WhileLylecontinues his busy schedule of vengeance, here’s the low down on video games lately:
For once, I’m gonna have to disagree with Lyle. Consider me not in the tinfoil hat club when it comes to the theory that the trailer for the live-actionSonic the Hedgehogmovie was some sort of elaborate marketing ruse to get people talking about it. Paramount has been releasing box office bombs one after the other for a while now andSonicis just another example of them throwing anything they can at the wall in the hopes of something sticking.
Sadly, I’m calling it now:Sonicwill continue that trend of box office bombs — regardless of what his design is. As for why the trailer and CGI were so terrible, obviously, it was rushed. But, was this because it was an intended and elaborate marketing scheme? I doubt it. My hunch is they wanted to piggy off the back of the potential success and excitement aroundDetective Pikachuonce they realized they had their own live-action take on a famous mascot. So, they slapped together that abomination of a trailer as quickly as possible and threwCoolioin it and hoped for the best.
Plus, keep in mind, Paramount have had this bizarre “realistic” direction on animated characters for a long time (Transformers,TMNT, andMonster Trucks). Personally, I can only hope at this point they delay the movie and give those folks working on the redesign plenty of time. I can’t even begin to imagine how long it’ll take to re-render half that mess.
Discharged question of the week:which month do you think is most fitting for Sonic? I’d aim forJanuary, honestly.
