by Tony Ruggio
One of these days big Hollywood will get a video-game adaptation right. Judging from Sonic’s teaser trailer, one that has sent Twitter into a frothing hate-frenzy and earned more dislikes than likes on Youtube, November 8, 2019 will not be that day. I don’t know a thing about the Sonic the Hedgehog games though I vaguely remember playing them once or twice as a child. Until this week I had no idea the character had a discernible fanbase. That being said, there’s something oddly intriguing about a project so ill-advised.
Let's do the Yes, No, or Maybe So treatment after the jump...
YES
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It’s nice to see Jim Carrey in movies again, even if it is in something clearly beneath him.
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I grew up in the 90’s, so I will defend any use of "Gangsta’s Paradise"
NO
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Carrey’s big ‘trailer moment’ is painfully unfunny. He’s basically saddled with pure mugging.
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It’s Alvin and the Chipmunks all over again. Sonic looks like a walking cartoon instead of a cartoon brought to life. If you’re going to do live action, do live action.
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“From the Producer of The Fast and the Furious.” Are they really trying to lure people in via this strange comparison between two films that star colorful things going really, really fast?
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So Sonic’s an alien. Is that the best they could come up with?
MAYBE SO
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James Marsden is underrated as a comic actor, and Hedgehog might let him stretch a few of those muscles we haven’t seen since... Enchanted?
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Trailer hints at large-scale action set to Sonic’s peculiar speed. If they’re anywhere near, say, Quicksilver in X-men, that could be fun.
It's a NO, but I reserve the right to watch it for kicks anyway! How about you?