Sonic The Hedgehog

the shadow · 3 May 2019 at 11:38

Flibster said:
Depends what they are adjusting. May well have to re-render the entire thing and run it through all the checks again. Looking for pieces passing through each other or in front or behind things they shouldn't. Adjust and re-render all the effects, reflections and so on.

It could be a hell of a lot of work for them.

Just sell it to Netflix

Chojin · 3 May 2019 at 13:00

They should also replace the voice actor, unless they want to keep some element of cringe factor in the film.

Gerard · 3 May 2019 at 13:30

It baffles me why they tried to make the character more human looking, that "fixed" comparison on the other page shows how it should look. But its too late in the game to re-render all that now, they'd effectively be doubling the effects budget and probably have to add a few months onto the current release date.

Meddling-Monk · 3 May 2019 at 17:46

Looking at the Sonic model, it almost looks like a suit that an actual person was wearing that they mo-capped off of, or designed to allow a person to wear (merchandising?) and that might have been part of the reason why it looks "human" like instead of looking like Sonic.

But yeah, I was wondering what I was looking at as well. If I didn't know it was a trailer for Sonic the character, I REALLY wouldn't have guessed.

cheesyboy · 3 May 2019 at 18:01

Meddling-Monk said:
Looking at the Sonic model, it almost looks like a suit that an actual person was wearing that they mo-capped off of, or designed to allow a person to wear (merchandising?) and that might have been part of the reason why it looks "human" like instead of looking like Sonic.

But yeah, I was wondering what I was looking at as well. If I didn't know it was a trailer for Sonic the character, I REALLY wouldn't have guessed.

The expense of CGI to make it look like a guy in a furry suit

Meddling-Monk · 3 May 2019 at 18:06

cheesyboy said:
The expense of CGI to make it look like a guy in a furry suit

I know right? Which makes me think its for merchandising opportunities because of the look...

Kreeeee · 3 May 2019 at 18:15

Acme said:
I assume that with the way animation works, they would just need to adjust a few models and then the change would take place throughout the whole movie. The character movement etc will all be the same still.

Not if they properly fix him by giving him a round body and long legs. The skeleton used for the animations will be different.

Marsman · 5 May 2019 at 09:32

This film is getting a makeover apparently after a lot of backlash over the look of Sonic.

Kudos to the director for listening to criticism and willing to make changes. This film already has a budget of $90m. Maybe the production company could have saved money on redesign had they asked maybe Sonic's creator for his input on the character's design. He doesn't like it, along with half the Internet.

Looking at the production info as to what input Sega had, if any; and all it says they weren't keen on, were the eyes. WTF were Sega doing approving that. :confused:

We'll have to wait and see if the next trailer is any less terrible.

the shadow · 24 May 2019 at 16:46

Flibster · 24 May 2019 at 20:38

So... delayed then.

No surprise, they're going to have to redo most of the CGI. There goes the budget....

Boge · 24 May 2019 at 21:20

What an absolute travesty. Don't those 'tards in Hollywierd have anything better to spend their money on?

****** Eejits. It's nothing like.

(PS I spent way too much time that could be considered healthy playing Sonic on a Megadrive in the early 90's)

Nitefly · 24 May 2019 at 22:26

Nothing says valentines day more than Sonic the Hedgehog.

Meddling-Monk · 26 May 2019 at 02:46

Interesting... Sonic has gloves on there in that pic.

Glanza · 12 Nov 2019 at 12:53

V_R · 12 Nov 2019 at 12:55

He looks better, but it still looks ****.

MissChief · 12 Nov 2019 at 13:07

Still has weird human teeth but looks far better than previously.

snips86x · 12 Nov 2019 at 13:08

The fact Jim Carrey is in it makes me want to watch on that alone

Gray2233 · 12 Nov 2019 at 13:11

I might go to see this just for the laughs.

Meddling-Monk · 12 Nov 2019 at 13:19

This new trailer now has my interest piqued. Checking on release times now.

:: edit ::

Ah, Feb 14th, not long to go then.

steve5424 · 12 Nov 2019 at 15:08

Wow that's a big change. I like it so much better. Not only that but the footage used makes the film look a whole lot better too.