The Sonic The Hedgehog movie is a kid’s movie first and a Sonic movie second

I’m probably more surprised than anyone that I actually went to see the Sonic the Hedgehog movie. Having very loudly dusted my hands of the entire franchise more than once, but low and behold, I found myself with a day off and trying to decide whether to go and see Birds of Prey, 1917 and one other movie. So of course I got to see this damned one.

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The Sonic the Hedgehog movie might not look perfect, but at least it looks a whole lot better

Sonic the Hedgehog. Perpetually popular and yet constantly the butt of all of our jokes, well at least pretty much since he started talking. The latest, and arguably biggest butt for the collective internet to make fun of this past year has been the Sonic the Hedgehog live action movie due to come out In February.

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The Sonic the Hedgehog Movie didn’t need to look this terrible

Between the two new images of what Sonic the Hedgehog is going to look like in the new live action movie, my Twitter feed has been alight with rage and ridicule for the choices made regarding this movie’s character design. It’s kind of funny that it’s one of the few things I’ve ever seen the internet unanimously agree on.

The Sonic the Hedgehog Movie didn't need to look this terrible

So much so that one of the movie’s primary writers still went onto Twitter simply saying “Everybody relax.” Are the people working in the American film industry really this blind. How their choices when it comes to re-purposing Japanese properties into western movies always comes and bites them in the ass.

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