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

kuwanger · May 3, 2019

Chary said:
I’m still most unsettled by the fact that he has white paws, not gloves.

It's funny you say that given it's not really that unthinkable that a hedgehog has white paws. Blue flur? Uh, yea, blue as a color is very rare in nature and based upon structure forms to selectively reflect light, which would be difficult to do in any sort of hair. Blue pigments in life just aren't a think, AFAIK.

Having said all that, I can understand wanting Sonic to look different. But, referring back to a previous Temper Tantrum, why isn't it unsettling that Sonic isn't wearing gloves but no mention of Sonic not wearing pants?

Pipistrele · May 3, 2019

Let's pray for those animators and modelers who now will have to crunch their ass off because of their higher-ups' unfortunate decisions.

Deleted User · May 3, 2019

kuwanger said:
It's funny you say that given it's not really that unthinkable that a hedgehog has white paws. Blue flur? Uh, yea, blue as a color is very rare in nature and based upon structure forms to selectively reflect light, which would be difficult to do in any sort of hair. Blue pigments in life just aren't a think, AFAIK.

Having said all that, I can understand wanting Sonic to look different. But, referring back to a previous Temper Tantrum, why isn't it unsettling that Sonic isn't wearing gloves but no mention of Sonic not wearing pants?

Hair can be dyed blue.

Also, I can't help but be curious why @Chary liked this. Are you unsettled by animals not wearing pants? Is there an origin story to your fear of freeballing animals? Do tell.

Freezerbomb · May 3, 2019

The new designs leaked this morning! So excited!!!

Deleted User · May 3, 2019

Freezerbomb said:
The new designs leaked this morning! So excited!!!

Tails was touched in a place or in a way that made him feel uncomfortable and when he told his parents, his teacher and a police officer they all joined in.

XDel · May 3, 2019

Still do not give a rats ass.

kuwanger · May 3, 2019

Snugglevixen said:
Hair can be dyed blue.

Hedgehog quills are made primarily of keratin which, AFAIK, are more difficult to dye. Beyond that, it'd be just generally hard to dye near your whole body especially without having obvious other colored roots for any length of time.

Deleted User · May 3, 2019

kuwanger said:
Hedgehog quills are made primarily of keratin which, AFAIK, are more difficult to dye. Beyond that, it'd be just generally hard to dye near your whole body especially without having obvious other colored roots for any length of time.

Hair is also made from keratin

kuwanger · May 3, 2019

Snugglevixen said:
Hair is also made from keratin

Looking more into it, it looks hair is 95% keratin. I'm not sure if that percentage is higher in quills? It's interesting because hedgehogs have this habit called self-anointing where they chew something up into a froth and cover their quills in it. Yet, I've done some googling and it's not clear exactly how much color they'll actually show. Ie, I get the impression the structure of the quill might allow large absorption of colored liquid but the outer keratin layer will still be a very visible layer. So, I wonder how "blue" you could actually get a hedgehog.

KingVamp · May 3, 2019

Since we are talking about different things here, I just want to say that I don't think Sonic caused the blackout.

Bladexdsl · May 3, 2019

see...memes work!

WhiteMaze · May 3, 2019

shaunj66 said:
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.

wangtang32000 said:
lol
i guess they didn't get the memo of the dozens of complaints about the design months before the trailer showed up...

Let's face it, this is happening because of the recent trend of turning cartoons into movies.

If the Pokemon Detective Pikachu movie thing hadn't happened, this wouldn't have either.

However, that one was done right. They kept faithful to the original designs. This one...this one shall be remembered for eternity.

That's not Sonic. That's the deformed offspring between a human and a plushie of Sonic The Hedgehog.

Freezerbomb said:
The new designs leaked this morning! So excited!!!

I almost f******* croaked laughing at that. Oh my God I have tears running down my face.

Ferris1000 · May 3, 2019

The trailer has twice of dislikes in comparison to likes

Lazyt · May 3, 2019

I can promise you, that won't happen

Youkai · May 3, 2019

LiveLatios said:
next up: just delete the whole movie, that'd be a better idea

although i kinda like the idea of jim carrey as eggman, jim carrey's a good actor

But Eggman is "fat" and Jim Carrey is not ... they should have used someone like him as Eggman

Kubas_inko · May 3, 2019

It took 2 months for them to notice the hate about the design? Well, what can I say.

Bladexdsl · May 3, 2019

they need to put jim carrey into a fat suit now

Mythical · May 3, 2019

Bladexdsl said:
they need to put jim carrey into a fat suit now

We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better, than he was.

Steena · May 3, 2019

seems to me they did this on purpose to bait every single person on the earth into making content about it, as this seems to be an effective trend as of late (gilette, cpt marvel, papa johns, etc).
there is absolutely no way that a team of professionals designs and then approves sonic with those proportions. you go on artstation and the most basic bitch fresh students do it better. sonic design completely foregoes the basic principles of design language in itself, (let alone getting it doubly wrong given how the character is laid out aesthetically, which exaggerates the principles of design language), which you probably have at least heard of if you're a working force into that insanely competitive business.

you can excuse the old super mario movie, nobody had a clue on how to adapt a very surreal 240 pixel videogame into a realistic movie, also with awful gci capability, possibilities for awful dumb stuff is easy to see happen. shouldn't even begin to be an issue in current year. this is just controversy baiting.

Justinde75 · May 3, 2019

Honestly its just the eyes, mouth and limbs. Everything else is fine, kinda sad they dont have sonics actual voice actor

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