The Sonic Movie Moves On...

Not long ago, a few leaked images provided a glimpse at Sonic's redesign. Now we have something better: a new trailer.

Paramount released Sonic's original, horrendous look back in the summer.

The trailer was a shock and fans were...disturbed.

Many criticized the creation, and fans even resigned the blue blur themselves. Due to the huge response of backlash and cries of "the fans can do it better," the movie was delayed with the promise of a fresh, less terrifying Sonic.

It seems they kept their promise. Although there are still differences from traditional Sonic, such as blue arms and the lack of his "cyclops" eye, this design has been welcomed and easily accepted. 

In addition to making him appear generally recognizable to the public, Paramount's new ad has revealed other clear improvements.

Normal-looking

The most obvious change is to the size of his body. He no longer looks like...well, a human.

Scary!

Sonic's gloves are back, too, and his shoes look like a combo of his trademark striped-ones and his soap shoes.         

GLOVES!

Although his eyes are still separate, they are not as small and are done in more of a "Tails" fashion.

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Also, his teeth are not as scary as they were originally seen, either.

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In general, the new design is cuter and more expressive than the mutant horror show we saw the first time.

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Notes

• When I first heard about this movie, a long-long time ago (when it was supposed to be made by Sony), I was worried. I almost always prefer traditional animation to CGI. ScoobyDoo, Garfield, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and plenty of others all took the CGI route. I wasn't looking forward to seeing Sonic like that (it took me a while to even accept Sonic Boom's style). 
• But Sonic was CGI through the videogames, which I was fine with. So I convinced myself: if they can make him look okay in the games, they'll do even better with the movie. 
• The 1st movie trailer was a huge disappointment and it made Sonic a laughing stock. It was scary. I don't understand how that design even happened. Who thought that was good? And fans. If fans ridiculed Sonic for blue arms, sport's tape, and a scarf, why would the fans like that?!

Luckily this has redeemed the movie and shown that they actually do care about trying to make the movie a good one. It's plot won't really have much to do with what fans are familiar with, and most of Sonic's friends are sitting this one out, but at least when I say "it has Sonic in it," I believe it.    

The movie comes out February 14th, 2020.