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Sonic the Hedgehog movie
oddtail:
There are two possibilities here.
Either the terrible design was a marketing stunt and the better version was planned for the start, in which case this is the most cynical move ever, and also kinda stupid.
OR, someone decided to redo all that work half a year before the movie is done, which will put a LOT of stress and extra work (given American work culture, probably poorly compensated work) on the people who worked on the CGI/animation. And the result will poorly fit into the movie anyway, probably, because that's not a lot of time.
As I've seen someone on Twitter put it, "Hollywood has managed to make the most accurate video game adaptation ever, as Sonic's production will accurately reproduce video game development crunch".
To me, it's arguably worse than before. We're trading a shitty movie for a slightly less shitty movie and also exploitation of workers.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 01 May 2019, 08:40 ---Yeah, but Pikachu looks like Pikachu. This....thing isn't Sonic, its SINic. Its a crime against nature!
--- End quote ---
All they had to do was give him something akin to ski goggles or safety glasses so the could have the classic eyeshape in his design.
I'm pretty sure that's already been done in fanart.
LeeC:
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 03 May 2019, 08:54 ---
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 01 May 2019, 08:40 ---Yeah, but Pikachu looks like Pikachu. This....thing isn't Sonic, its SINic. Its a crime against nature!
--- End quote ---
All they had to do was give him something akin to ski goggles or safety glasses so the could have the classic eyeshape in his design.
I'm pretty sure that's already been done in fanart.
--- End quote ---
I like this rendition, it at least looks closer to the original model whereas the current looks more like Mike Meyer's Cat in the Hat.
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: LeeC on 03 May 2019, 09:12 ---
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 03 May 2019, 08:54 ---
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 01 May 2019, 08:40 ---Yeah, but Pikachu looks like Pikachu. This....thing isn't Sonic, its SINic. Its a crime against nature!
--- End quote ---
All they had to do was give him something akin to ski goggles or safety glasses so the could have the classic eyeshape in his design.
I'm pretty sure that's already been done in fanart.
--- End quote ---
I like this rendition, it at least looks closer to the original model whereas the current looks more like Mike Meyer's Cat in the Hat.
--- End quote ---
I suddenly realize what my big turn-off is in his design: he looks like a normal man in a blue furry suit, including human teeth
TheEvilDog:
A friend of mine has been swearing people out for daring to criticism the film, telling them to get over and their childhoods are long over.
I stopped for a few moments and thought things over as to why I dislike this design of Sonic, and then it hit me.
Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the most iconic mascots to come out of video gaming history. He's from a period where every game had to have a mascot to advertise the game, many of whom have been forgotten or left by the wayside. He's one of the few characters who people instantly recognise and that's due to the design. Sonic hasn't really changed in nearly 30 years, now some elements get updated every couple of years, but compare an image of Sonic from 1991 to 2017 (Sonic Forces) and he hasn't changed, not really.
It doesn't seem like much, but consider that in 28 years that blue hedgehog has shifted 800 million copies of over 80 games and has earned Sega $5 billion (by 2014, that number would be higher now). You can see that something has clicked with the gaming community when it comes to Sonic.
But I think more than that, this is a film based on a video game, traditionally a combination that more often bombs than it rarely succeeds, be it commercially or critically, and I believe that people are just afraid that this is going to become another Super Mario Bros Movie.
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