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

[Guest]

18 minutes ago, molul said:

Sorry for the rant, but if it's having live action, it's gonna suck. I mean, c'mon. Chances that it won't are like 1%.

Not just it being a mix of cartoony CG and live action, all live action movies suck. That's right, fuck Citizen Kane, the best movie ever made is Who Framed Roger Ra-oh

[Dee Dude]

Since nobody bothered to read my last post. ( not trying to be a jerk )

I stated that the best idea they use with live-action/CGI is by to have all the characters including the humans with Smash Bros Brawl-esque cartoony semi realistic models and using real sets and locations for the live action part of the film.

That said, I'd very much prefer a fully animated CGI Sonic film instead.

[FriendBot]

Also wasn't Paddington a CG/Live-action hybrid but it was good?

Can't see why the same can't be said for this movie especially since Van did took the time to play through the games and understand the stories for those games and I'm guessing trying to get the proper middle-ground tone that seems to fit the series the best. 

I can understand wanting just a full-on animated Sonic film but I'm more than willing to see how they could pull off a CGI/live-action Sonic flick and if it works, then I will be ecstatic!

[Enesephus]

1 minute ago, Detective-Dude said:

If anybody bothered to read my last post. ( not trying to be a jerk )

I stated that the best idea they use with live-action/CGI is by to have all the characters including the humans with Smash Bros Brawl-esque cartoony semi realistic models and using real sets and locations for the live action part of the film.

That said, I'd very much prefer a fully animated CGI Sonic film instead.

I did read your post. I'm sorry for not responding, but I just don't see the point in making the humans CGI. Sure, it would keep Eggman from looking out of place, but that would just make the decision to make this movie live action even more pointless.

[molul]

Perhaps it's due to what Haruki Satomi stated. Many fans are not confident on what Sega does with Sonic, and they won't until some good quality products are delivered.

[azoo]

Thing is, nothing about Sonic calls for live action to blend with it.

And yeah, we've even seen the Progressive commercial do a decent job with it, but in the same clip we see the Progressive people in the "Sonic human" style from Unleashed. So in that case, why not just have a movie where people look like that and Sonic and co are in a full CGI environment? What's the point? Marza working with Sony's CGI team could definitely do it with combined efforts!

Does Sony or Sega not believe that they can pull off an action-adventure film that'll be taken seriously while animated in CGI? There's otherwise no point to the idea of a live action / animation hybrid, other than to pander to kids who think the style is cool or the parents who take their children to see funny animals dancing and doing things in the real world.

It just doesn't make sense.

[Lord-Dreamerz]

Lets just hope the movie isn’t inspired from a certain Sonic fan film…. (<.<;)

[Dee Dude]

12 minutes ago, Hyper Enesephus said:

I did read your post. I'm sorry for not responding, but I just don't see the point in making the humans CGI. Sure, it would keep Eggman from looking out of place, but that would just make the decision to make this movie live action even more pointless.

It's alright.

Well I guess you're right about live-action being pointless since we might as well make everything CGI but I'm all out of ideas then. I really don't want another 06 situation that has real life people with a bunch of giant uncanny multicolored furries running around. They might even give Eggman another 06 like design!

Let's hope they don't screw it up.

 

[Jovahexeon Jax Joranvexeon]

1 hour ago, TimmiT said:

Not just it being a mix of cartoony CG and live action, all live action movies suck. That's right, fuck Citizen Kane, the best movie ever made is Who Framed Roger Ra-oh

Hell,  we've even had our fair share of legit good live-action video game movie adaptations like Tekken and the Ace Attorney movie. 

[Enesephus]

3 minutes ago, Detective-Dude said:

It's alright.

Well I guess you're right about live-action being pointless since we might as well make everything CGI but I'm all out of ideas then. I really don't want another 06 situation that has real life people with a bunch of giant uncanny multicolored furries running around. They might even give Eggman another 06 like design!

Let's hope they don't screw it up.

 

Yeah, that is the big problem, isn't it, figuring out what they're going to do with Eggman in the movie since he's a human, rather than another funny animal? You either make all the humans CG, rendering the live action gimmick entirely pointless, or you have Eggman be portrayed by a live actor. In that scenario, even if you find someone that looks the part pretty well, you still have Eggman without Mike Pollock's glorious performance, which just ain't gonna fly.

[Myst]

As much as I love Mike Pollock, he is not the sole voice of the character. Others who came before him did their own take on the doctor and did a great job with it. I don't think Eggman's voice will be an issue. My only concern is that a live-action Eggman would look rather goofy. I think in order to make it work, they're going to have to change his wardrobe a bit, and not use a lot of bright colors. He needs a more subdued look.

[Marcello]

I think Danny DeVito could be a fun Eggman. Off the top of my head, I can't think of anyone else to play a live-action Eggman. If it's not DeVito, make him CG with Pollock's voice.

[Enesephus]

1 minute ago, Myst said:

As much as I love Mike Pollock, he is not the sole voice of the character. Others who came before him did their own take on the doctor and did a great job with it. I don't think Eggman's voice will be an issue. My only concern is that a live-action Eggman would look rather goofy. I think in order to make it work, they're going to have to change his wardrobe a bit, and not use a lot of bright colors. He needs a more subdued look.

I do know that. I worded that last bit differently (using the word "ain't," which I normally never use) to convey that I was speaking in a semi-joking manner there. However, with the way SEGA's been using the same voice actors for all Sonic media since Sonic X, I don't see why they would replace Mike Pollock for his big screen debut, especially knowing how popular he is.

[Dee Dude]

Speaking of voices. I really hope they stay faithful to the games by having the Sonic cast maintain their regular VAs and do not use a celebrity cast for this movie.

That's of the last things it needs and just for the record, not only should this apply to Sonic but to every film adaption of any cartoon/video game in general. Same thing with character redesigns.

[Myst]

I think Alfred Molina would be a perfect Eggman. Devito would play it too silly.

[Iamaspaz]

Am I the only one wondering why they are making a sonic movie? He isn't even that popular, compared to his haters.

[Tenko]

I have had a little faith restored in Sony Pictures with the images of the animated Smurfs movie reboot they posted earlier today. Clearly they have someone in charge that actually has a love and respect of the original source material this time around. If it ends up respecting the original material then I'm still all for a movie being made.

[LeTreuBleu]

What annoys me is everybody coming to the conclusion that it's somehow guaranteed to be bad, despite the fact that we literally haven't even see any physical aspect(s) of the movie whatsoever yet.  The only thing we know about it right now is that it's of Sonic brand, and is set for 2018.

So many ignorant people who don't think things through... -____-

[Indigo Rush]

Name me one CGI-Live Action kids film in the past decade that's been good.

One.

[Badnik Mechanic]

1 minute ago, Detective Indigo said:

Name me one CGI-Live Action kids film in the past decade that's been good.

One.

Paddington.

[Indigo Rush]

Just now, Detective Hogfather said:

Paddington.

I actually haven't heard of this one. Is it because it's actually good?

EDIT: Just saw the trailer. Toilet humor. Are you sure?

[Badnik Mechanic]

Just now, Detective Indigo said:

I actually haven't heard of this one. Is it because it's actually good?

Yup. Really good.

[Bowbowis]

3 minutes ago, Detective Indigo said:

Name me one CGI-Live Action kids film in the past decade that's been good.

One.

Sponge Out of Water

[Tenko]

3 minutes ago, Detective Indigo said:

Name me one CGI-Live Action kids film in the past decade that's been good.

One.

The Lego Movie, stretching here but it was listed as CGI/Live Action. Like Hogfather said, Paddington was too, not brilliant or groundbreaking, but it was a good fun family movie that rated highly.

[Indigo Rush]

Hm. Fair enough. Haven't seen it. (Spongebob, that is - LEGO Movie is a good point, but that was 90% CG)

Still though, it's not exactly easy to pull off.

We have every reason to be doubtful.