Amph Paramount Pictures' Sonic the Hedgehog movies + Knuckles series

There's still a very widespread belief in Hollywood that live action automatically has some extra crossover demographic appeal that animation can never have.

 

You've got me. As an 80s child I grew up with the Chipmunks and Smurfs cartoons, and not once did I have any desire to see the live action versions.

 

I am a child of the 80's and would never seen any of the live action versions if it weren't for my kids. I will go see the He-Man live action film though assuming it does finally happen after so many stop and go's.

Meanwhile the trailer has been trending on YouTube for three days for all the wrong reasons. Guess will see if any press is good press after all.

 

Okay, I know this is a bit of a radical change to make to a film at this point in the process, but

 

I actually think the Shadow character is the most emotionally complex entity to emerge from the Sonic universe, particularly his story arc in SA2. I think a film adaptation would be well served to have him in it, but going off the campy tone of the trailer, his existential anxiety that makes him such a compelling character has no place in this particular movie.

 

But what if he was chasing after that DAMN fourth chaos emerald?

 

I'm actually hoping a trend soon starts where trailers for every movie ever made are recut with Gangsta's Paradise and posted on YouTube.

 

Can't wait for the Frozen 2 trailer set to Gangsta's Paradise.

 

This is the greatest thing I've seen next to Blue Will Smith. I'm crying laughing

 

This... this is what it's come to? Disney owns Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel, and Fox, so now other studios are like, well... I guess... Sonic might be a good franchise idea?! Yikes, enjoy our Disney overlords, I'm not sure there's much realistic competition left.

 

I legit did not even know there was a Sonic comic.

 

Based on what I've seen from the first horrible live action Smurfs film, it feels like the goal is to keep your target demographic, children ages 4-10, engaged. When the Smurfs are on screen, the kids are engaged. When the Smurfs are not on screen is when the humans are primarily on screen so the human actors become cartoon versions of themselves and are not grounded in reality nor do they act normal. Hank Azaria looked the part of Gargamel, but was just so over the top that it turned me off. I feel the same is going to be true for Jim Carrey.

If these movies can find the balance that most Pixar films found, where it can entertain both children and adults, then it will be successful. While fixing Sonic's look will probably get more butts in theater seats, I think they're only addressing one small problem with this film.

 

I mean, they're fixing the only thing they can fix at this point. I guess they could cut out some of Carrey's antics.

 

I thought his parts in the trailer were terrible. I don't think he's changed, I think I'm just not 10 anymore

 

Ooooooh, somebody stop me!

 

Exactly. I thought The Mask was the most hilarious movie ever... when I was 8.