I still think the backlash towards the design is fairly overblown TBH, Detective Pikachu had way worse examples of going too "realistic" in terms of design. Yet Sonic got the brunt end due to the series being a punching bag for cheap jokes about it's quality.
It's clear the actual plot hadn't changed much either, just Sonic's design. So you'd still get Jim Carrey's iconic performance as Eggman. Including moments like this.
I think I read somewhere that Jim picked that song himself.
Hells yes. Robotnik is my favorite performance of his since Bruce Almighty.
That kind of blows my mind.
I still think the backlash towards the design is fairly overblown TBH, Detective Pikachu had way worse examples of going too "realistic" in terms of design. Yet Sonic got the brunt end due to the series being a punching bag for cheap jokes about it's quality.
It's clear the actual plot hadn't changed much either, just Sonic's design. So you'd still get Jim Carrey's iconic performance as Eggman. Including moments like this.
It's possible that I'm just used to him.
You must live under a rock. People LOVED his performance. I've not seen any reviews and discussions about the movie not mention Carrey's great performance.
Lol, that wasn't my intention. I was just trying to emphasise that I wasn't being one of those people who can't stand it when people like something they don't.
As a Star Wars fan, I admit this is a dangerous precedent to set.
But in this instance, we did. And it got us a sequel that looks right.
Close. Ireland.
if everyone hates something the internet provides a great chance to course correct
Such a gorgeous rock though!!!!
I still think the backlash towards the design is fairly overblown TBH, Detective Pikachu had way worse examples of going too "realistic" in terms of design. Yet Sonic got the brunt end due to the series being a punching bag for cheap jokes about it's quality.
It's clear the actual plot hadn't changed much either, just Sonic's design. So you'd still get Jim Carrey's iconic performance as Eggman. Including moments like this.
Yeah Jim said in interviews that he wanted to come back for a trilogy (before the first movie was even out) because he felt like he could go a lot deeper and maniacal with Robotnik if given the chance, and he really wanted the chance.
Honestly, I think these designs work perfectly fine. Sure, some could've done with a bit more work, but and they do look like the characters they're supposed to look like and they're never the main focus of film. And personally I think Mr. Mime works absolutely perfect. Just a reminder that this was actually going to be part of the movie:I still think the backlash towards the design is fairly overblown TBH, Detective Pikachu had way worse examples of going too "realistic" in terms of design. Yet Sonic got the brunt end due to the series being a punching bag for cheap jokes about it's quality.
I have no idea, but I absolutely need to know this. That monstrosity needs to be saved in all it's glory!
ya and i just revisited that scene on my 4k set up via the 4k disc goddamn i say the mix films the room and subwoofer use is well done!
Yeah people forget he’s an actor that almost never do sequels, him wanting to do a trilogy and enjoying a character that much is pretty huge
Yes, it was picked by him. I heard he picked it because it was a song he listened to a lot while younger, but that's not mentioned in the article.
They actually produced quite a bit of merch involving that design, so it definitely wasn't intentional.
Kind of, the deleted scenes use the old design due to the early VFX. Including a horrifying version of Baby Sonic that looks closer to how you probably remembered the original design.
Yeah. Like, you can dislike the original design all you want, I think it's pretty telling that people willingly just ignore that changing an entire design like this 100% forced the animators into crunch time.
I honestly can't remember, was there a strong push demanding for the studio to change the actual design? I thought it was just people naturally reacting negatively to the bad design as you'd expect with reactions on the internet. I remembered it was pretty surprising they were even going back to the drawing board at all since this type of redesign almost never happens once something is revealed. Personally I don't think it's fair to say the internet mob forced crunch on animators when it is the studio paying for the whole thing and setting-up schedules. They either could have ignored the reactions and taken the loss or given more time for animators to change the design.
I still think the backlash towards the design is fairly overblown TBH, Detective Pikachu had way worse examples of going too "realistic" in terms of design. Yet Sonic got the brunt end due to the series being a punching bag for cheap jokes about it's quality.
It's clear the actual plot hadn't changed much either, just Sonic's design. So you'd still get Jim Carrey's iconic performance as Eggman. Including moments like this.
That makes sense, No point redoing them, or doing the scenes you hadn't yet done as both good and bad.Kind of, the deleted scenes use the old design due to the early VFX. Including a horrifying version of Baby Sonic that looks closer to how you probably remembered the original design.
In interviews with the writers they said their first drafts had a story that was much more game-accurate (originally the first movie had Tails and Chaos Emeralds, they said), but studios kept bouncing it back to them because they didn't think it would play well with mainstream audiences. The studios wanted the brand recognition, but not the content. So they forced the "CGI character amongst real-life actors" template on the writers/producers, and they settled for simply sneaking in easter eggs for the fans.
Yes. We can't default to "Accept whatever is first seen, or be to blame for everything the bosses do as a result".
At the same time, I do think the original worked for simply giving us decent origin stories for Sonic, his nemesis and their feud, because we KNOW the games aren't ever going there.
