{"id":92900,"date":"2019-05-02T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/05\/sonic_movie_director_responds_to_criticism_promises_changes_will_be_made_to_hedgehog_design"},"modified":"2019-05-02T23:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T23:30:00","slug":"sonic-movie-director-responds-to-criticism-promises-changes-will-be-made-to-hedgehog-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/02\/sonic-movie-director-responds-to-criticism-promises-changes-will-be-made-to-hedgehog-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Movie Director Responds To Criticism, Promises Changes Will Be Made To Hedgehog Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/29d423ccd9057\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/29d423ccd9057\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Sonic\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/29d423ccd9057\/sonic.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/29d423ccd9057\/sonic.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Sonic\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Ever since the first trailer for the official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamegear\/sonic_the_hedgehog\"><strong>Sonic The Hedgehog<\/strong><\/a> movie went live the other day, the internet hasn&#8217;t stopped talking about the blue blur&#8217;s design. He&#8217;s got human-like teeth, beady eyes and electric hair. He doesn&#8217;t <em>really<\/em> resemble the Sega mascot Nintendo fans have grown increasingly fond of over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, changes will be happening. The movie&#8217;s Director Jeff Fowler recently took to <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fowltown\/status\/1124056098925944832\">Twitter<\/a> and said the message was &#8220;loud and clear&#8221; \u2013 people are unhappy about the design and want adjustments to be made. He further elaborated by saying how Paramount Pictures and Sega both want to make the character to be the best he possibly can on the silver screen.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you for the support. And the criticism. The message is loud and clear&#8230; you aren&#8217;t happy with the design &amp; you want changes. It&#8217;s going to happen. Everyone at Paramount &amp; Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sonicmovie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sonicmovie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gottafixfast?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gottafixfast<\/a> \ud83d\udd27\u270c\ufe0f<\/span>\u2014 Jeff Fowler (@fowltown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fowltown\/status\/1124056098925944832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It seems like there&#8217;s still enough time between now and the film&#8217;s release in November to rework the design of the blue hedgehog and make the necessary changes to each scene. While it&#8217;s hard to say what condition the rest of the movie is in at this stage or if it needs a touch-up, based on the trailer alone, it seems like Robotnik (played by Jim Carrey) has been handled slightly better.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FvvZaBf9QQI?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Are relieved to hear changes will be made? Tell us down in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since the first trailer for the official Sonic The Hedgehog movie went live the other day, the internet hasn&#8217;t stopped talking about the blue blur&#8217;s design. He&#8217;s got human-like teeth, beady eyes and electric hair. He doesn&#8217;t really resemble the Sega mascot Nintendo fans have grown increasingly fond of over the years. 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