Movie Sonic gets a new look!

By Mark Rodriguez

I'm a little late to the party, but since I spent so much time complaining about the horrible design Sonic was going to have in his upcoming live action movie, I might as well talk about the response to the random. In a surprising twist where it seems nowadays most studios have a 'don't like it, don't watch it' or a 'this movie isn't for you' attitude towards their fans, the people behind the Sonic movie basically said "whoops, our bad" and actually fixed the design. Now Sonic the Hedgehog quite literally looks like Sonic the Hedgehog.

There are a few minor differences here and there, but they make sense for bringing an alien talking hedgehog to our world. His arms and legs are still blue and furry (quilly?) instead of the shaved look from the games, and his eyes are still separate, but it makes more sense than whatever the hell the videogame Sonic's eyes are. His eyes are bigger and rounder though, and combined with the patch of white fur between them, it overall works. Sonic also gets his gloves back instead or having white furry hands. Most of all, Sonic is more.... Sonic-sized. His proportions match much closer to his videogame counterpart, rather than trying too hard to give him more realistic human-like proportions that made him look like a guy in furry pajamas. 

Due to the changes, the Paramount Pictures and DJ2 Entertainment film was pushed back from this month to February 2020. I mean, not only do they have to reanimate Sonic for every scene he is in, they also have to refilm a few of the scenes with the actors. Due to the height difference between NotSonic and MovieSonic, now Jim Carrey and James Marsden will have to look a little lower than they were before to make any scene they're taking directly to the blue speedster look right. If not, it'll look like they're trying to talk to someone behind Sonic. 

From what the trailer shows, it seems Sonic does indeed come from another planet (I don't know if the current games call it Mobius or not, but I'd love the shoot out to it) and it does indeed look like the games with giant loop-de-loops and the like. Sonic comes to Earth because everyone is after 'his powers', which I assume is his speed. Dr. Robotnik (the trailer does reveal he will be called Robotnik, rather than Eggman) will be after him, but based on his reaction upon seeing him, this is the first time he ever sees the hedgehog. 

Yes, as mentioned before, Jim Carrey will be playing Dr. Robotnik and it looks like he'll be hamming it up in his typical 90s fashion. James Marsden will be playing a police sherrif that becomes Sonic's friend and Tika Sumpter will be playing James,' wife. 

The trailer looks like it'll be a lot of fun. There's better humor shown here and the music remixed from the Sonic games works better than Gangster's Paradise. My only nitpick is Sonic seems too nice and friendly. As the hedgehog with attitude, Sonic is always a bit rude and rushy, and also cocky, hence the trademark smirk. We'll have to see how that plays out in the movie, but between a better Sonic and Carrey's antics, this is bound to be a good time. 

Valentine's Day is an odd release date. Maybe if your significant other is a super duper Sonic fan?