Team behind Sonic movie to “fix” character design following negative reception

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If you haven’t already seen the memes, watched the trailer, or heard the collective horrified gasps echoed throughout the internet, in reaction to the trailer for the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie, then, well, you still probably wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the reception to Sonic’s design was...less than stellar. In fact, the director of the movie, Jeff Fowler, made an official statement today regarding the look of the character.

Thank you for the support. And the criticism. 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...

Changes will apparently be made, though, what exactly those changes will entail is unknown at this point. Seeing as the film will be hitting theaters this November, that doesn’t leave too much time to fix things, but at least the criticism has been addressed. Sonic the Hedgehog will be released in cinemas worldwide this November 8th. If you want something a bit more traditional in the meantime, you can check out the recently uploaded part 2 of the official Team Sonic Racing: Overdrive animation.

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Yeah "fixing" the mistake is in itself a mistake because when you give a child throwing a tantrum what they want it leads to creating a self entitled sociopath. They shouldve been free to do as they wished with the design and let everyone who had a problem with it deal with it. I say let things fail and succeed on their own terms because then they have no excuse, now they can be like "we only did what you said". Way to fall into their trap guys
 

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As an illustrator and cartoon artist myself, I generally am very forgiving design-wise with other people's works.

However this...this thing is an atrocity.

Jesus Christ look at him.
 
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Good, Sonic looked like whoever designed him went based off a vague description and not the actual fucking design of Sonic.

I doubt it'll make the movie better though, will still look meh even with a perfect Sonic

More like they based movie Sonic off Sanic.
 
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Well, better they fix the damn shitty Sonic design. But what about Eggman? Isn't he supposed to be fat?

And also this:

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If they wanted to be more realistic, they could have still done the 2 separated eyeballs and have the mouth moved to the front with the 2nd model. The really shouldn't have made the base model design so different.
 

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I'd bet money the change is minor.
It doesn't matter anyway. Sonic's design honestly isn't as bad as the entire story and a skinny ass Robotnik.
 
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I’m still most unsettled by the fact that he has white paws, not gloves.

As said in the movie he's a cat "Meow???"

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It's gonna end up being a B movie even if they somehow manage to fix Sonic's character design.

Most certainly as I have never heard of a single movie that got a delayed premiere date. Because its not like video games. If you delay it then nobody will see it. They'll think its shit.
 
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his arms aren't supposed to be blue either

The blue in his design also isn't supposed to be yellow, either. Or a self-insert.

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Keep your expectations in check considering the movie releases in November. There's only so much they can do in 6 months.

I'm expecting some minor alterations to the face such as bigger eyes, less pronounced lips and teeth etc. which is kind of worrying considering the human proportions are the biggest issue I think.

Oh, don't worry, I already know what to expect:

 

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