{"id":69954,"date":"2018-12-19T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/12\/an_official_sonic_movie_twitter_account_has_opened_immediately_jokes_with_angry_fans"},"modified":"2018-12-19T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T10:30:00","slug":"an-official-sonic-movie-twitter-account-has-opened-immediately-jokes-with-angry-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/12\/19\/an-official-sonic-movie-twitter-account-has-opened-immediately-jokes-with-angry-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"An Official Sonic Movie Twitter Account Has Opened, Immediately Jokes With Angry Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7e02b92d4279f\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7e02b92d4279f\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Sonic\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7e02b92d4279f\/sonic.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7e02b92d4279f\/sonic.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Sonic\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>An official Twitter account for the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie has appeared, seemingly operating as a way to keep people talking about the film via memes and humour.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, you&#8217;re likely aware of the shenanigans surrounding the first couple of movie poster reveals &#8211; the first poster received an overwhelmingly negative reaction as fans came to terms with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/12\/the_upcoming_sonic_movie_has_received_its_first_poster_and_its_strangely_muscular\">Sonic&#8217;s new muscular physique<\/a>, and it only got worse with the second poster&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/12\/sonic_movie_writer_tells_everyone_to_relax_after_poster_backlash\">full leg reveal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new account&#8217;s first (and currently only) original tweet addresses fan concerns by joking with those who have said negative things online. As you can see, a picture of a <em>possibly even more muscular<\/em> Sonic can be seen holding a poster with the words &#8220;Can&#8217;t a guy work out?&#8221; blazed across its front. The image&#8217;s caption tells you everything you need to know.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This shouldn\u2019t get any attention on the internet, right? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RespectTheLegs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RespectTheLegs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SonicMovie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SonicMovie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gqz9wSvYhD\">pic.twitter.com\/Gqz9wSvYhD<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Sonic The Hedgehog (@SonicMovie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SonicMovie\/status\/1074853082159243264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Aside from this tweet, the account has also been retweeting images from other users, even if they&#8217;re not exactly showering the movie with praise. Here are a few examples.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">behind the scenes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SonicMovie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SonicMovie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NHBdT6WvLI\">pic.twitter.com\/NHBdT6WvLI<\/a><\/span>\u2014 violaine briat (@violainebriat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/violainebriat\/status\/1072684164749512704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just couldn\u2019t get my thigh out of the shot, I couldn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QSKGrBpXoS\">pic.twitter.com\/QSKGrBpXoS<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Arin Hanson, my dear (@egoraptor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/egoraptor\/status\/1073026056414584832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iPgmUyMkTE\">pic.twitter.com\/iPgmUyMkTE<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Aura Fox (@Aurafox1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aurafox1\/status\/1073061057692921857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Whatever your thoughts on Sonic&#8217;s new look, it seems like this is only the beginning of a journey full of jokes, memes, and shattered dreams (which could end up serving as a good autobiography chapter title in years to come).<\/p>\n<p><em>As ever, feel free to share your thoughts on this topic in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An official Twitter account for the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie has appeared, seemingly operating as a way to keep people talking about the film via memes and humour. At this point, you&#8217;re likely aware of the shenanigans surrounding the first couple of movie poster reveals &#8211; the first poster received an overwhelmingly negative reaction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}