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It feels really strongly like Sega was just feeling that weird intimidation that video game people feel when they interact with old media, where for some reason they'll approve the nastiest shit because Hollywood suggested it.
Sonic The Hedgehog live action movie
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I'm not sorry. Eggman please, stop this monster.
Sword of Mars
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Yeah all I got from the trailer was that Sonic commits one of the worst terrorist attacks on US soil and the army rightfully mobilizes and brings in a expert counter terrorist operative Dr. Robotnik to conduct the mission to eliminate the terrorist Sonic.
Truly a movie for true Patriots.
Truly a movie for true Patriots.
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I'm glad I was never much of a Sonic fan, or I'd probably be disappointed/enraged by this instead of mildly amused by the impending train wreck this movie will be.
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Honestly as a long term sonic fan, the hilarious train wrecks are just a part of sonic's appeal.
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You mean all those people who have never played a Sonic game?
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The trailer just drips with sinister Fortnite energies, I challenge you to deny it.
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No I'm not saying that the target demographic isn't kids; I'm saying that it's STUPID that it's kids, because kids don't give a shit about Sonic. Sonic is cared about exclusively by thirty year old boomers like me.
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Reactions I've seen broadly fall into two categories:
1) Non-Sonic Fans going "lol wtf"
2) Sonic fans going "Look how they massacred my boy!"
Normally we complain about stuff being too focus tested, but this absolutely was not focus tested enough.
1) Non-Sonic Fans going "lol wtf"
2) Sonic fans going "Look how they massacred my boy!"
Normally we complain about stuff being too focus tested, but this absolutely was not focus tested enough.
That arc was so much better than it had any right to be.
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Yeah this really does seem like a movie for no-one. Perhaps it is a money laundering scheme or some kind of tax dodge? Get a nice big flop on the books so they can report less earnings and keep the Sonic movie licence while they're at it?
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I think that the primary "Focus Test" for this should have been showing literally any single person not involved in the production to look at their concept art, and then when they recoiled in horror and confusion, to actually stop and don't go through with it. Or better yet, ask them if they think a Sonic the Hedgehog movie is a good idea, and when they tell you "Hell no, that sounds awful!" you listen to them and cancel it.
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*shrug*
I'm a fan and honestly, I'm not that disappointed, because just like with the Dragonball movie and the Last Airbender movie, I never expected much from this.
Jim Eggman could be funny I guess.
To be fair, we sonic fans are used to disregarding/making fun of the trash installments anyway.
This is not a fandom who thinks one bad media will ruin everything!
According to Tumblr, when Sony was still in charge of making the Sonic movie, the original intention was to make a comedy, but new executives came in and decided that making Sonic into a darker action movie more like Batman: The Dark Knight was a good idea. Because Sonic and Batman are so alike. 
Sega found out and stamped its foot, which ultimately led Sony to give up the rights to Paramount. And Paramount is apparently still intending to use the action sequences from Sony's draft.
Sega found out and stamped its foot, which ultimately led Sony to give up the rights to Paramount. And Paramount is apparently still intending to use the action sequences from Sony's draft.
Omegahugger
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So... They wanted to make Shadow the Hedgehog?
I guess, though in my opinion they seemed more to channel Ken Penders.
EDIT: Really, when you think about it, there's a lot of similarities between Penders and Hollywood execs, which is ironic considering how often Penders rails against "suits".
EDIT: Before anyone wonders why I didn't cite anything, here's my evidence.
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Isn't Ken Penders the guy that did SatAM? I wouldn't have minded a move version of that.
You're thinking of Ben Hurst. Ken Penders was one of the writers for Archie Sonic.
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I mean... early (Well, early-ish. Less than recent. Whatever.) Sonic cartoon/comic stuff could probably be portrayed as a sort of 'baby's first cyberpunk dystopia'. Some of the stuff they got involved in would fit right in with a Shadowrun campaign or somethin', and plenty of the basic premises involved are kinda' horrifying if you stop to think about it much.
It's not like there's not room to run in a dark knight sort of direction, you'd just have to be pretty damn careful about it. There appears to be very little that could be described as careful involved in the decision making involved here
It's not like there's not room to run in a dark knight sort of direction, you'd just have to be pretty damn careful about it. There appears to be very little that could be described as careful involved in the decision making involved here
Ah, my bad.
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And the one that kill it, don't forget that part.