The 'Sonic the Hedgehog' movie is getting a major change after 'loud, clear' criticism of Sonic's look - here's what's going on
1. On April 30, the first trailer for the new "Sonic the Hedgehog" movie debuted.
Here's that trailer:
2. After the release of the trailer, "Sonic the Hedgehog" fans reacted negatively to the look of Sonic.
Gaming websites were particularly critical of the movie trailer.
Kotaku described the trailer as "horrific." The headline on Eurogamer read, "The first Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer is even worse than you expected."
Fans on Twitter and Tumblr were similarly critical.
The backlash was swift, loud, and primarily from people who could be described as "very online" — folks who can get the attention of the film's maker, Paramount, and Sega.
3. On Thursday, just days after the trailer was released, the film's director said that Sonic was going to get changed ahead of the film's release.
"Sonic the Hedgehog" director Jeff Fowler took to Twitter on Thursday afternoon with a message intended to assuage concern over Sonic's look.
"Thank you for the support. And the criticism," he wrote. "The message is loud and clear... you aren't happy with the design & you want changes. It's going to happen. Everyone at Paramount & Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be... #sonicmovie #gottafixfast"
Given that the movie is expected to arrive in November, Fowler and Paramount still have some time to tweak the look of Sonic before the movie arrives.
One artist on Twitter offered a pretty clear example of the simple changes that could be made to help make Sonic look less bizarrely human:
Left is original screenshot. Right is my rework to make #Sonic more stylized. pic.twitter.com/IhXeAZYlQI
— Edward Pun (@EdwardPun1) April 30, 2019Popular Right Now
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