Sonic the Hedgehog movie

I’m just waiting for the actual trailer. We still have like 8 months left. Probably will have to wait another 2 months to get one. It’s probably the studio’s fault for releasing that teaser poster so early, to cause a lot of bad buzz by the time the actual trailer happens. I mean sure teasers for movies that won’t come out for another year are not uncommon (i.e. The Peanuts Movie). But there had to be a better way to tease the film, like only showing the shoes.

I saw someone edit movie Sonic to look more like game Sonic, and it looks way better in my opinion.

YMMV on that. The Shaved arms just look weird when he's got detailed fur. Like it's some dude wearing a costume but the costume's not finished. His arms don't look like they belong on him.

Edited by Ghilz on Mar 4th 2019 at 11:41:22 AM

Honestly, I'm firmly in 'It looks fine' territory. They need to show him in motion for me to really buy completely into it, but it's not that bad an interpretation.

Damn I was going to use this one parody trailer for the movie that I few months back that used that clip from Hbomberguy’s sonic video (you know the one) but I cant find it

Honestly I'm just wondering why they gave him white fur hands instead of gloves like he normally has. And if they were gonna give him a cartoonishly large head anyway, why not give him cartoonishly large hands and feet to keep him closer to the game design?

It feels like a little too much blue, making the overall design feel more like a plush toy. The realistic fur and musculature combined with anthropomorphic elements also calls attention to the fact he's technically naked and Animals Lack Attributes. The original Sonic design had a pot belly, while the modern version made him taller and leaner, the proportions here seem to try and split the difference. I think was also throws me off is the lack of a waist.

Ian Flynn describes the vicious cycle that is the Sonic movie design debate so eloquently...

...and stirs the fire.

And unsurprisingly, Yuji Naka is not amused...

Not bad, but someone else did it even better (at least in my opinion). (Like, this is so much better, even Yuji Naka himself retweeted it!)

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Mar 5th 2019 at 12:47:35 PM

Loose the hairy look though,thats the problem

Who?

Does it even count if you're just pasting actual Sonic on top of it? :-P

Edited by Ghilz on Mar 5th 2019 at 3:34:05 PM

The creator of Sonic

Invader Zim creator Jhonen Vasquez follows Paramount and Sega's example for one of his own characters. (BEWARE NIGHTMARE FUEL.)

EDIT: I knew its real purpose, though.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Mar 6th 2019 at 10:19:16 AM

Bump.

Another leak of Sonic's appearance.

And I've already brought it up on my Twitter, but it's worth doing it here:

I'm morbidly curious about where these leaks are coming from. Is someone on the inside disgruntled about Sonic's appearance as we all are and are leaking these first looks in some effort to make the top brass take the hint?

Or is it all in the name of spite?

I mean, if the leaks are real and they stir up a significant amount of hate, then maybe the execs will take notice and fix it.

There's no way.

One issue is that the styling of Sonic was always about having a lot of personality and attitude (it was the 90's), especially in contrast to the more heroic Mario. What we've seen so far is more of a Dreamworks Face, which has long been mocked as really generic. Maybe when we see it in animation and get more of a sense of the personality, but at the moment he seems to be in a default wide-eyed smiling expression.

I mean, now I approve of the design. It kinda, sorta, not really got Jhonen Vasquez to draw Nny again.

I feel one problem is, so, I think Sonic as originally designed is very traditionally cartoony. Exaggerated proportions, wide eyes, thin-and-noodly but expressive limbs, a head that's mostly just one un-textured colour. And hey, the traditional cartoon character gloves! It's a problem the series has sort of tackled before — when it jumped to three-dimensions, the series had to more definitively decide how to handle the fact that Sonic's mouth is only ever on the side of his face, and how to handle that his three-spiked head was designed mostly with the assumption you'd be looking at him from one side or another.

I don't think that's the sole problem, though. I do think this fan redesign, already linked by others, tends to be a bit better about translating Sonic's personality to a very live-actiony style, though I don't know how it'd look in motion.

Edited by Lavaeolus on Mar 6th 2019 at 8:52:30 PM

This edit makes his eyes a lot more recognizable.

Well... I wasn't planning on sleeping ever again anyway.

Okay, two new things:

First, those renders that were leaked a few days ago, turns out there not the final design (although apparently the one in the style guide is the closest to the final version).

Secondly, apparently someone got to see the movie at a test screening and has given their opinion.

I'm putting some details under spoilers, incase these turn out to be legitimate:

• The movie aims to bring a new origin story for Sonic and Robotnik. Its main goal is to introduce children to Sonic the Hedgehog as a character, but at the same time throw references and pay homages to details from the original game series for the long time fans. It aims for a PG Rating.
• He gave the movie a 7/10 grade. "It's geared towards new fans with respect for the older peeps. Just go into it knowing that new kids will fall in love like we all did at one point."
• About how the movie was like, he said that "Id say it is more TMNT with reference to story and action balance. It's a solid mix between engaging action which continues to develop the bromance between sonic and Tom."
• "Its definitely being targeted towards youth demo. It seems their goal is to intro sonic to the next Gen of fans. More so with access to their parents wallets for spin off merch and happy meal toys. I enjoyed it similar to seeing transformers. Don't expect the green mile storytelling but turn your brain off and just enjoy for what it is. The cast does a great job".
• Robotnik is only called by the Robotnik name in the movie, no mention of the Eggman name at all.
• 90 minutes long
• "It's a good balance between giving the old fans something but introducing him to kids. I went in not knowing it was gonna be screened or any expectations. Cheesy but enjoyed it from start to finish. Jim Carrey kills the role."
• About the movie's plot: "Sonic escapes his birth planet and grows up on Earth. Ends up alone after some time and grew Up staying hidden. Loneliness gets to him which leads to govt bringing in Robotnik to find out the energy disturbance caused by Sonic[The Rings]. Hijinks ensue and a good story is told. Tom and sonic become besties".
• About Robotnik in the movie: "Yeah he's just a psycho super smart doc that works for the gov initially. They give him the power and he goes full Eggman lol. He's super obnoxiously smart too. Makes tons of comments in the film about how superior his brain is lol. Really fun role for Jim Carrey."
  • "He doesn't rock the signature look until tail end of movie. Has the typical long coat and all dark evil scientist look. Short mustache as well initially."
• About Jim Carrey as the role: He kills it. Total classic Jim with the over the top. He's awesome as the egomaniac.
• "Rings are how sonic got to Earth. He can throw one and imagine a place and it will take him. He is fast from his first steps."
• There was one post credit scene: "Only had one post credit scene currently but it was one of those right after the credits start. Lights came on after and we provided feedback. Sets up for more movies in a nice way."
  • "Robotnik is defeated and ends up on a foreign planet that Sonic was supposed to escape to in the event of being found on earth. He is now hefty and rocking the full blown stache."
• This first film serves as the origins for Sonic and Robotnik.
• About Ben Schwart's voice for Sonic: "Slight acted voice but you can def still hear Ben overall. He nails the role and surprisingly so does majority of the cast."
• "Lots of humor and fun for all ages. Kids ate the comedy up. Sonic dances right after an short battle and kids about died laughing in the theater."
  • "Not too heavy on adult content of sly jokes. Def aimed at family and young kids who can pull their parents wallets for merch".
• Sonic's origins will involve an owl that saves him as a baby, "She's the one that saves him as a baby."
• Sonic and Eggman are the only game characters on the movie.
• "Sonic and Tom end up helping each other solve their personal conflicts. They balanced sonic and Tom pretty well and they are a good duo."
• "Action scenes were great in story telling and execution wise. Effects weren't complete so a lot of it was still early cgi and the hidden actors playing sonic. At one point he was just a blue doll on the counter lol".
• About Tom Wachowski in the movie: "Tom has racoon problems in his trash. When he sees sonic face to face for the first time. He tranqs him and puts him in a cage. Robotnik shows up and they escape and Tom begrudgingly agrees to help. His main concern is moving to SF to prove to himself that he can handle real cop crime and not Montana small world problems. You see it early on for character dev".

Jim Carrey as Eggman was a role I didn't know I needed to see until just now.

God this sounds awful.

Eggman as a government agent?

This is Michael Bay-level shit.

I swear to god this setup of 95% prequel to get to the actual iconic things from its source material was used in another terrible adaptation but it's not coming to me right now, either way this sounds pretty bad

Edited by Nouct on Mar 8th 2019 at 3:29:19 AM