Sonic Live Action Movie Thread (Read OP for topic rules) "Trailer 2 on Page 482)

[Kellodrawsalot]

You know the worst part?

9 out of 10 chances that we be getting a post-credit scene. Just imagine there going to throw Amy, Shadow or Trails in the post-credit scene and now imagine what they be looking like.

[SBR2]

48 minutes ago, Tracker_TD said:

Looks around

No? Nobody? Alright...

Here's what TSSZ have apparently verified as another shot from the movie. It looks... well. 

 

...Why? 

I'm so done now. I want to say something good but I'm just coming up blank. Everything that comes out is seriously killing my interest more and more. 

[Rowl]

It does not look that bad in my eyes. Sonic is one of the hardest characters to change for a live-action adoption. This is probably the best a person can do.

[Badnik Mechanic]

It looks like an awful made for TV CG cartoon show.

 

Blockbuster movie? Lol.

[Spooky Mulder]

Maybe it's the angle but his head really does look huge. It's a strange design, but I won't nitpick it right now because I'm sure there's plenty of that.

Instead I will point out how childlike Sonic looks! I wonder what age he is supposed to be? I don't think this is the ~16 year old Modern Sonic we've seen in the 3D games. I'm thinking he's more like 10.

[KHCast]

5 minutes ago, Rowl said:

This is probably the best person can do.

Then maybe don’t do live action if it’s so hard if the “only” option was this 

[Tarnish]

4 minutes ago, Mayor D said:

It looks like an awful made for TV CG cartoon show.

 

Blockbuster movie? Lol.

My first impression is they used that old-ass 'Howard the duck' movie as inspiration.

[CottonCandy]

I think I figured out why the face looks so off to me. It's the shape of the mouth, it looks awful. It reminds me of a muppet character. It get worse the more you stare at it. 

[Graystripe2000]

Could that shot be from the teaser trailer shown in Brazil, perhaps? It looks like he’s running down a highway, which he was doing in that teaser trailer. 

[Polkadi~☆]

1 hour ago, Tracker_TD said:

Looks around

No? Nobody? Alright...

Here's what TSSZ have apparently verified as another shot from the movie. It looks... well. 

 

The comparison really makes you think, doesn't it... 

 

Well, Sonic still doesn't (nor will he ever) look like a part of reality. If anything, this picture makes him stand out more, like a freakish animated character in the real world, something that only CGI could make. It's honestly a shame.

He actually looks like a bootleg figure, one that you'd find miscoloured in a Taiwanese shop or something. And I'm not sure teddy bear mouth is working for him; If anything, it makes him look less like Sonic.

To be perfectly honest, and I need to emphasise this:

I did not recognise him as Sonic until the post said so.

 

why can't we have a sonic movie? why do executives think their decisions override anything?

please, it actually hurts

[Ryannumber1gamer]

4 minutes ago, Polkadi~♪ said:

why can't we have a sonic movie? why do executives think their decisions override anything?

please, it actually hurts

Because executives know better and need to ""fix"" the design of a beloved character who's been popular for nearly 30 years.

[Polkadi~☆]

Just now, Ryannumber1gamer said:

Because executives know better and need to ""fix"" the design of a beloved character who's been popular for nearly 30 years.

As the saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." So, where was the Sonic design broke?

I'm being honest, someone please explain, it's starting to boggle my mind...

[expansivelovestories]

What is interesting, this many years from its beginnings, CGI characters (much less so non-animal depictions) really still look much less realistic than hand animated characters!!  

I am sure there is some sort of neuropsychological explanation for it, as well as aesthetic: Whether it is Roger Rabbit or Space Jam, the integration between the characters and filmed content is basically perfect and feels very natural to the mind and emotions! 

[Tarnish]

Just now, Ryannumber1gamer said:

Because executives know better and need to ""fix"" the design of a beloved character who's been popular for nearly 30 years.

Isn't there like an unspoken rule or something that goes something like: 'Don't fuck around with iconic.'? If there isn't, there really should be.

[StaticMania]

1 minute ago, Polkadi~♪ said:

As the saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." So, where was the Sonic design broke?

I'm being honest, someone please explain, it's starting to boggle my mind...

It wasn't reality enough, so they decided to make it more reality.

[Ryannumber1gamer]

Just now, StaticMania said:

It wasn't reality enough, so they decided to make it more reality.

And instead, they only made it look even of an unrealistic mess. I honestly think you could've just altered Modern's design to give it a few more realistic touches like realistic fur and it would've stood out better. In fact, given there's a fan design of that floating around, I absolutely believe this.

And what's more funny - if he looks awful now - I sure as hell can't wait to see him next to real human people. Because I'm expecting Garfield the Movie levels of awful with this CGI.

[SSF1991]

1 hour ago, Tracker_TD said:

Here's what TSSZ have apparently verified as another shot from the movie. It looks... well.

A little backstory on this, as I woke up to see the picture all over the place and basically spent upwards of 10-20 minutes doing search result after search result to get more information about this picture. I still don't know where it came from, but we did get an screenshot of a now-deleted post that someone made on Instagram. They confirmed that they were working at Paramount (which seemed to fit their resume, even if it wasn't directly mentioned), and that this has been seen "all over during promotional events". Out of respect for the person, it didn't feel right to say their name and post the screenshot we receieved. The last thing we wanted is for the guy to get swarmed with messages on their social media account(s). Something that I didn't include in the article I wrote is that there were also suspicions that it was posted on Reddit. We found the person's username, but no post. Unlike Instagram, I think they deleted their post there as well, but in this situation there isn't a screenshot to prove it. Since that part ended up in a dead end, I left that out of the article. It was that Instagram screenshot we received that convinced me that we got enough necessary verification to write it up. I feel that it should be worth noting that, again, this person is not the leaker. They just simply said "hey yeah, that picture going around is real. I know because I work there". Immediately after I posted the article, we got more details on where it could've come from. The picture really fits in with a description of a preview video that was shown at CCXP in December. I feel that it added more credibility to the picture. So that got added to the article post-publish.

Long story short: my fingers hurt from so much typing, but I found things. Then after I posted the article, I found more things. lol

I get the feeling that there will be more developments on this either tonight or tomorrow. And, one thing's for sure, I'm growing more and more convinced by the day that SXSW will give us a trailer of some kind.

[expansivelovestories]

15 minutes ago, Ryannumber1gamer said:

And instead, they only made it look even of an unrealistic mess. I honestly think you could've just altered Modern's design to give it a few more realistic touches like realistic fur and it would've stood out better. In fact, given there's a fan design of that floating around, I absolutely believe this.

And what's more funny - if he looks awful now - I sure as hell can't wait to see him next to real human people. Because I'm expecting Garfield the Movie levels of awful with this CGI.

There is still a small chance that, rather than introduce, perhaps to some controversy, Modern Sonic but with branded shoes (I thought i saw that in the thread yesterday?), they want to present this false version until perhaps April 1st this year?  

Then perhaps on that day, introducing the actual version to be used in the film, which would probably be the good one you are describing, the branded shoes would not be as much of an issue. 

[Polkadi~☆]

2 minutes ago, SSF1991 said:

I get the feeling that there will be more developments on this either tonight or tomorrow. And, one thing's for sure, I'm growing more and more convinced by the day that SXSW will give us a trailer of some kind.

It is funny you say this, as SXSW will be running the stream for the Sonic panel themselves.

One less thing to worry about for you at TSSZ, but it makes one wonder about the occasion.

1 minute ago, expansivelovestories said:

There is still a small chance that, rather than introduce, perhaps to some controversy, Modern Sonic but with branded shoes (I thought i saw that in the thread yesterday?), they want to present this false version until perhaps April 1st this year?  

It is sad that people are still in this denial phase...

I'm sorry, but if we have this much information already, it's real. I'm am actually really, really sorry.

[ShadowSJG]

Oh........ooof

[SSF1991]

5 minutes ago, Polkadi~♪ said:

It is funny you say this, as SXSW will be running the stream for the Sonic panel themselves.

One less thing to worry about for you at TSSZ, but it makes one wonder about the occasion.

I feel that SXSW streams the Sonic panel whether it's huge or not. But it sure does make my work easier. lol

If there's going to be a Sonic movie trailer revealed there, though...I'm going into an underground bunker.

[Nicky Nicardo]

I'm not too big a fan of that still image. That being said, it also doesn't worry me that much because it's quite grainy/not-good-quality and looks like it's been taken when he was in the middle of talking while running. I need to see Sonic in actual motion in a trailer before I can form any sort of concrete opinion.

Still, the cartoony branding guide pics from yesterday? Those just keep growing on me~

[Blueknight V2.0]

31 minutes ago, Mayor D said:

It looks like an awful made for TV CG cartoon show.

 

Blockbuster movie? Lol.

My thoughts exactly.

I'm almost done with this film now. I just can't do this anymore. I'll check out the trailer whenever it releases, but I just cannot really accept this as Sonic. So if the design doesn't look better in the trailer, then I'll just stick to the game & TV Sonic.

[Tarnish]

I'm just laughing my ass off at this point.

[Razule]

Actually had a bit of hope it wouldn't look that bad in the actual movie, but.. yeah. All that's left now is to actually see it in motion.