Remember that time when Sonic the Hedgehog had horrifying manteeth? With Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the horizon, let’s look back at the incredible story of the Sonic Movie Redesign!
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Sam Procrastinates - • Sonic Movie Trailer - ... • Sonic Movie - New Offi...
Just Jess - • YIKES. Sonic the Hedge... • WE DID IT! New Sonic T...
CoryxKenshin - • WHAT WENT WRONG SONIC ...
REACT: Anthony Padilla, Joey Graceffa, Brandon Rogers - • KZheadrs React To Son...
Jim Sterling - • Sonic The Hedgehog 201...
Stephen Colbert - • Meanwhile... Sonic The...
AGirlAndAGame - • Sonic's Redesign! - So...
Black Nerd Comedy - • NEW SONIC MOVIE TRAILE...
IVORY - • SONIC LOOKS SO GOOD!! ...
Music used in order of appearance:
Carnival Night Zone Act 1 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3: • Sonic 3 Music: Carniva...
Mystic Cave Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog 2: • Mystic Cave Zone - Son...
“Game Over” Sonic 1 Gangsta’s Paradise cover by Siivagunner: • Game Over - Sonic the ...
Hill Top Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog 2: • Hill Top Zone - Sonic ...
Spring Yard Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog: • Spring Yard Zone - Son...
Chemical Plant - Sonic Forces: • Sonic Forces "Chemical...
Double Take - Sonic Mania Plus: • Double Take (Encore Sa...
Opening Theme - Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine: • Opening Theme - Dr. Ro...
Toxic Caves - Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball: • Toxic Caves - Sonic th...
Trap Tower (Pinball Stage) - Sonic Mania Plus: • Trap Tower (Pinball St...
Ludwig van Beethoven: Ode an die Freude/Ode to Joy 1: • Ludwig van Beethoven: ...
Green Hill Zone Act 1 - Sonic Mania: • Video
Blossom Haze - Sonic Mania: • Blossom Haze (Press Ga...
Speed Up - Sonic Mania: • Speed Up - Sonic Mania...
Choose Your Buddy - Sonic Adventure: • Choose Your Buddy (Sla...
Blitzkrieg Bop (Steve Solomon Cover): • Blitzkrieg Bop (Steve ...
Sonic Schoolhouse - Main Menu: • SONIC's Schoolhouse - ...
Rogues Gallery - Sonic Mania: • Rogues Gallery (Mirage...
Casino Night Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog 2: • Casino Night Zone - So...
Emerald Hill Zone Remix by Plasma3Music: • Emerald Hill Zone Remi...
Apotos (Night) - Sonic Unleashed: • Apotos (Night) - Sonic...
Werehog Battle Theme - Sonic Unleashed: • Werehog Battle Theme -...
Outro music is Subtext by Graham Kartna: • Subtext
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:49 Prologue
05:25 Chapter 1: The Beginning
06:59 Chapter 2: The Fall
16:34 Chapter 3: A New Hope
21:34 Chapter 4: The Return
29:09 Chapter 5: Aftermath and Beyond
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It's crazy how people bullied a movie into not being ugly.
Ikr
I mean the first time it was so ugly
If my little siblings saw the og design they would have had nightmares. And me too honestly if had to watch a full movie with whatever that was
People bullied a franchise back to life
I have to admit, I'm curious to see how the Sonic movie would have done if they kept the original design and released it on its original date. At least Sonic's original design lives on, as seen on the Chip & Dale movie
the most nostalgia inducing part of this video is the fact you could still see the number of dislikes on a youtube video back then 💀
Yeah-
@@spencerthespinosaurusdinod7744 😂😂😂😂😂
Currently 3.8K dislikes.
yea
@@captainrick4513wait wha-
Another interesting fact, Ben Schwartz was originally just a placeholder until they found a different celebrity to voice Sonic. But they were so impressed with his performance in test footage that they gave him the job!
Cool 👍🏻
I wonder what kind of celebrities did Paramount consider to voice Sonic, because in many international dubs Sonic was voiced by celebrities, ranging from actors to KZheadrs
@@pablocasas5906Chris Pratt could be a decent choice, since the Mario Movie worked.
@@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171In a concept promotional poster, Chris Pratt was considered to play the role of ‘Donut Lord’ (Sonic’s live action buddy cop).
@@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171 "He's so cool!"
Imagine if they kept this design and still made the second movie, imagine how Knuckles and Tails would look
i keep thinking how funny it would be if they did that for an april fools joke then released the actual trailer the next day
I don't wanna think about that 😭
@@connorscorner443 anatomically correct ugandan knuckles 😂
they shouldve made designs like that for them just for fun tbh
You think there would be a sequel?
I think the reason why Jim Carrey was chosen for the role of Doctor Robotnik was because his daughter said that he would make a great Sonic villain due to him trying to play Sonic games only to not be very good at them which gave him the inspiration for such a role to begin with.
😂
Lmao
thats.. _neat_
Ha….neat
And oh boy it was good choice
This is why constructive criticism is so important. This literally saved the ENTIRE MOVIE. More corporations should take constructive criticism to improve.
People think it's bad but it's actually really and i mean REALLY good it can save the movie
While you don't have to listen to everything people say it's important to be willing to listen and see what they have to say otherwise you can miss something important. while not quite the same as here the guy who makes dilber once just made a cat show up for a few jokes about cats and keyboards and he got hundreds of emails from people saying they love and want more catbert. the thing was he hadn't named the character or meant for him to be a character, but decided if hundreds of your fans give your character the same name at the same time it's probably a good idea to keep the character.
I would not call it constructive. People were absolutely ruthless
@@sanfordday Sadly, sometimes, in order to make a point, you have no other alternative than to be ruthless.
@@sanfordday The first design was ruthless on the Sonic franchise. Sometimes people need a backhand to set them straight.
This is an example of a company being rewarded for respecting their fans, Disney could learn a lot
All companies should be like this, listening to the fans, the people that actually watch and play the product.
Naw, they don't gave a CRAP about what their audiences want. But they will constantly blame them for not coming to see mediocre/terrible films rather than accept the L.
@liamphibia What are you on about? Constructive criticism made them change the movie.
@@willietonka8634 Disney. I was talking about Disney. Not Paramount.
The Sonic movie is the shining glowing example that if you want to do a movie or TV show inspired from a game series, you stay faithful to design choices or story queues from the games. I'm looking at you Resident Evil.
What about The Super Mario Bros. Movie?
@@pablocasas5906 This comment was made literal months before the mario movie came out.
@@peppapigsaw9181 yeah, I know. Don't know if you have seen the Mario Movie, but I think it's a great example just because it's so faithful to its source material, though it helps that Nintendo themselves were involved in the production and gave Illumination concept art, as opposed to how SEGA didn't seem to be that involved with Paramount aside from some guidelines like not showing Sonic's feet. Now I wonder if Paramount is considering making a Sonic animated movie after finishing Sonic 3, I mean they're releasing an animated Ninja Turtles movie this year and are developing an animated Transformers movie as well. I'd say Sonic works better as animation
We’ve got some great movie adaptations of games recently, the sonic movies, Mario bros, FNaF…
Right when the redesign came out, one of the former CGI animators said that Paramount pushed for the realistic Sonic, knowing fans wouldn't like it, but figured the public audiences wouldn't care, comparing it to TMNT live action movie in 2014, the original vision and concept art for the movie shows that the director and teams vision was a traditional Sonic. The artist even quoted a tweet with the trailer of the redesign saying "yeah, pretty much what we wanted to do in the first place"
Another example of Interference. Luckily the original design, and the fans, won this round.
I TOLD you that it was because of "lIvE aCtIoN cArToOn ChArAcTeR rEaLiSm" that was so popular in the late '00s-when the redesign happened.
As I always say, that was Paramount's biggist misstep regarding the movie since the Sonic franchise hits tens of millions of people right in the most important spot a movie like Sonic would need to draw from, nostalgic childhood memories. More importantly, Paramount forgot that Sonic's popularity was so large at one point that he was competing with Mario for awhile and was popular enough to the point where the genesis games are considered treasured childhood memories for many a person who grew up in the 80s and 90s, so even people who grew up with the Sonic games from that era who are casual fans would take one look at the redesign and say 'Not. My. Sonic.' And those are just casual fans. The hardcore Sonic fans would have said easily the worst thing (and redesign, depending on how you feel about the continuity) since Sonic Boom.
I really hate movie studio 🤣
Movie execs baffle me. If public audiences wouldn't care, why wouldn't you just go with the design people already like??? Like, there's no way that people who weren't complete and utter weirdos were going to be impressed by the design for its "realism" or find any appeal in them making a blue, bipedal hedgehog look more like a mutant ape. I think whoever made that call should be studied by scientists.
2019 people: bro this is a crappy design 2020 people: that’s better 2022 people: DAMN THATS BETTER THAN THE FIRST SONIC REDESIGN 2023 people: OK OK THATS ENOUGH!!! 2024 people: STOP THATS ENOUGH 2025 people: now I guess there’s gonna be 100 sonic movies
2023 people: DANG THATS EVEN MORE BETTER!
How is the sequel better? I love the movie sonic design we got don't get me wrong. Is it because they kept the model for the next movie and it seemed better? Sorry, just confused
@@Space_Cowboy.22. I'm confused too
@@RealityKun maybe cause they used the redesign model offf the start so possibly
@@Space_Cowboy.22. o
what makes me the happiest about the sonic movie is the simple fact that they listened to the public alone, BUT ALSO BECAUSE I FREAKING LOVE SONIC
It’s amazing how one movie redesign can save an entire franchise, whether it’s cinematic or part of a video game.
Sonic the hedgehog movie is one of those rare moment where you want this movie to succeed because they actually listened to the fan. It's beautiful.
History is being made and will affect a lot of people for the years to come
I think the moral of this story is, if you take risks & don’t get defensive when dealing with criticism, the results could lead to something great. Paramount & Jeff Fowler could’ve handled Sonic’s design the same way the Ghostbusters reboot & Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop handled their criticism by saying something like “everyone who’s upset are pathetic neckbeards & man-children who need to grow up,” causing the movie to turn into an overblown culture war. But instead, they took the response seriously and tried to be respectful to the fans and the source, leading it to be the start of Sonic’a renaissance
Honestly I couldn’t see them making another Sonic Movie if they kept the old design. And if they would, boy oh boy… Poor Knuckles
@@madster01 Not to mention poor Tails
This is why movies like Sonic, Bumblebee and Ghostbusters Afterlife show us that we need more directors that care about the source material that their making instead of people that don’t like the team behind the Halo show.
To me, because of this move of redesigning Sonic, it created a new impact in the entertainment industry. Sonic has changed the game for them and now they know that we call the shots.
@@natedeanmaan2 I guess we should welcome Hollywood to the next level.
Here after we got a title reveal for Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which appropriately utilized "Live and Learn" as it's music... *We've come full circle*
Dude I am so proud of as a sonic fan we went from having the most horrible absurd design of sonic we could possibly get to now having a trilogy and a knuckles tv series
@@Cortezyy + Sonic X Shadow Generations... Sonic fans are FEASTING right now
@@TheRealChicky-D dude we are eating great right now and I couldn’t be prouder
@@Cortezyy Guess what. We get to eat more.
Hopefully whoever mandated that first design was fired because in hindsight it could've wrecked Paramount so bad. Fast forward to this year and we've learned that Paramount is not doing so great money wise, so imagine this context without the success of the first movie. The only hit they would've had was Top gun and nothing else, if I were Jeff Fowler I'd be reminding them constantly at what they almost did.
And this is why you should always listen to constructive criticism instead of getting in your feelings having a ego thinking you’re better than anyone. People need to understand this.
It’s just crazy to think that one single design saved the whole sonic franchise
Well the movies right now, jury's still out of if Sega actually learned anything themselves but I'm really hoping Frontiers is a return to form.
@@Cloud-dt6xb yeah if they just make the games right sega could have a second chance with the games
Ikr, one design can save the world.
@@jimppui1350 it’s sonic tho like he is mainstream like
@@Cloud-dt6xbnah, the franchise would probably be dead in the water if the movie flopped. Frontiers was NOT up to par and would have killed the franchise if the movie hadn’t saved it
Imagine what tails and knuckles would of like if they kept this design
We have early footage of the echidnas featuring their old designs. Looked about as ugly as Sonic too.
@@goojo173 True. And weirdly enough, they originally planned to have lizards tribe before Echidna tribe to search for Sonic's powers. That's very, very early development though, since the farthest that got into it was just artworks, no process of animating lizard tribe. Good thing they end up choosing Echidna tribe since it's more faithful to the Sonic games lore and forshadows Knuckles in the sequel. And it's also a good thing they redesign Sonic and Echidna tribe as well.
Look at little spiderman Jr!
@@goojo173 i NEED to see this, PLEASE
@@federicocabrera4414 WHERE IS IT?
Time Stamps 00:00 Introduction 02:49 Prologue 05:25 Chapter 1: The Beginning 06:59 Chapter 2: The Fall 13:14 Fans Reaction Montage 14:18 After the Reaction 15:44 What could've ended 16:34 Chapter 3: A New Hope 21:34 Chapter 4: The Return 26:52 Fans Reaction Montage 27:48 After the Reaction 29:09 Chapter 5: Aftermath and Beyond
Should have included the "Omegawatt stands in front of a chalkboard and explains why one anthropomorphic blue hedgehog is better than the other anthropomorphic blue hedgehog"
Thank you!
Thx buddy! 😊
Thanks pally
I remember my reaction towards the Blue Blur's first trailer. I believe I was either in my final year of Middle School or my Freshman Year of High School. The trailer had dropped sometime in the morning, around 8, maybe 9:00. I saw the thumbnail, thought it had to be clickbait or a prank, but no. It was official. Curious, I saw the trailer and it instantly colonized my brain. That day I was replaying it, I sent it to my parents, showed it to anyone who would put up with my newly developed hyperfixation. I didn't care if Sonic looked like something from under your bed or hidden deep within your closet, I just saw the end where it reveals the release date, glitches a bit, then the glitching escalates to reveal Jim Carrey wearing a game accurate Dr. Robotnik/Eggman costume, beautiful mustache and all. That was when I knew that this movie was gonna be GOOOOOD. Fast forward to 2021-ish. One day I was minding my business, working on schoolwork during a free period while looking at KZhead and stuff when I get a notification from Twitter that Idris Elba posted two words and a Sonic 2 poster: "Knock Knock". It took me 5 seconds to drink in the whiplash, and about 10 minutes of me squealing like a little girl for me to tell EVERYONE I KNOW about this.
As for Sonic Frontiers, its good to hear that Ian Flynn is writing the story, so I’m having faith in Sonic once again
Yeah me too bro
@@syaukiarianto9257 me too
YES LETSS GOOO
dont be too happy they will prob rush it
he's promising
Moral of the story: don’t take criticism too hard, and… _LISTEN TO IT_ Edit: I’d also like to agree with a lot of people in the replies, the criticism has to either be given well or, in my opinion, not given at all.
*_yeh_*
Agreed; and don’t be afraid to voice calm, level-headed criticism at a work in process, hoping the creators will fix it without a prompt to do so.
Moral of the story: Movies are like Food in a way, it's not just the quality / taste that is important but the presentation as well to get people to want to go anywhere near it.
-yes-
Yeah but like…. That also depends on what the criticism is. This was good criticism that resulted in a good redesign. ….. But then we have people like IGN only giving pure hatred to the franchise, not even giving a sliver of what could make the games better This is the only time something sonic related got good criticism that made something better.
"Sonic will have a new design that's still Sonic but a little more realistic" This actually aged well considering the current movie design
28:25 OH MY GOD YES, THANK YOU!!! AS AN ARTIST MYSELF I HATE THAT CONSPIRACY THEORY SO MUCH
12:28 actually, it really WAS executives who were behind the original design. They knew that it would displease “a small amount of people”. But they figured that it would work out in the end. In fact, they admitted that the redesign was what the VFX team originally wanted for the character
That's Paramount for you
@@JaniacTheHedgehog That's executives in general for you.
@@motherplayer Yeah, but Paramount specifically. Give me one live action adaptation where they didn't try to make them realistic.
@@JaniacTheHedgehog Hopefully they learned their lesson.
Yeah, they knew Sonic fans would hate it but banked on the general public loving it. They were wrong. While we've never seen them, I've heard before that concept artists tried to get something closer to the design we actually got but executives insisted they knew better.
27:04 as a MASSIVE sonic fan, I actually agree with you, the movie design makes him look more realistic but not TOO realistic, and he looks just cooler that way in my opinion.
I agree as well. I also love how they managed to make him look outstandingly great, even with the eyes separated. In the games, he looks good too, but if you look closely, he only has one eye with two pupils
The re-design makes him reaaalllyyy more expressive and I think that's one of the most important factors why I think so too!
Baloney.
I ended up rewatching both Sonic movies this week (been going through a fixation don't judge) and I think they got it perfect! The final design is really cute and makes his character so much more endearing rather than unecessarily creepy like their initial design. And then seeing him next to Knuckles and Tails in the second film was just perfection, each was just right. It makes me excited to see what they do in the third film!
From my perspective, the movie went from "This is gonna be a terrible experience, and Jim Carrey as Eggman is going to be carrying the film" to "This is gonna be an amazing experience, and Jim Carrey as Eggman is going to be carrying the film".
29:57 - "I'd like to see you do that, Merriooo." (becomes the 2nd highest grossing movie of 2023)
I liked how they keep listening to us and giving us what we want: change the design of sonic, change the design of eggman, more sonic references, more sonic characters, less cheesy jokes and more action
Listening really helps things.
James Gunn is sounding more prophetic by the day.
They really care about their fans!
I just really love Ben Schwartz voicing Sonic, he just has the voice that sounds right to me. He isn't over doing the nasally "surfer dude" voice Roger Craig Snith does, and I wish this was the Sonic they went with in the games as well. This was my favorite rendition of Sonic I've seen in a long time.
same
@@game_mations3807 And dewey duck
@@game_mations3807 he’s from Space Force
Sonic is cannon in Space Force
Well, Roger Craig Smith does have his moments like in the Sonic Boom tv show when Sonic was at some therapy session and had an outburst which actually was pretty well acted. So yeah, it's not the VA's fault it's the script writers and those telling the script writers what to write if you think about it.
"I would like to see you do that Mario" *The Mario Movie making over 1 biillion dolars in the box office*
Movie was still mid, no amount of money will change that.
@@anthonyyawtwumasimensah197who the hell told you it was mid. both movies were peak.
29:57 "I'd like to see you do that, MERIO!!" Yyyyeah... should NOT have made that challenge. Mario made 377 million in 5 days. And broke even more records beyond that.
And now he's at 1 billion
Just saw Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and I must say they've clearly learned their lesson and now deserves all the credit. Do a review on Knuckles and Tails, they captured and executed them both perfectly
I completely agree that the second movie was an excellent representation of both Knuckles and Tails!
Now let's hope the third movie does Shadow justice too
@@iaminsideyourwalls2021design wise, they will. everything else... maybe.
Only thing it was missing was crush40!
@iaminsideyourwalls2021 I just hope they don’t cancel it because of the writer/actor strike going on
11:30 honestly even the cartoony redesign looks like it could exist in the real world more convincingly than what they had with that first monstrosity
Agreed. I've felt this way since I saw the old design. Old design looks like a starved science experiment who you'd find dead on the side of the road. New Sonic actually looks like he's able to live and breathe comfortably in his own body
@@ink_blot25 lmfao
@@ink_blot25 what a weird allegory but still fits
@@ink_blot25 Oddly specific but alright
If I saw the first design in real life I’d kick it in the face while screaming :)
“I’d like to see you do that, MARIO!” *Mario movie makes over $1B*
The fact the Mario movie made more money in it’s weekend then the whole Sonic’s run time is just wild
@@OliferCreator that's because the Mario movie was made by fans and Nintendo was breathing down their necks to make the perfect Mario movie
Yeah but they aren’t better movies than the sonic movies
Undeserving ngl, mario movie was so mid
THIS is what happens when you actually listen to and cater to fans. Sonic not only is gonna' get an entire cinematic universe thanks to the re-design, but on top of that the success of the Sonic movie got SEGA to finally get their heads out of their asses and take Sonic seriously again. It's like Paramount literally breathed new life into sonic. And how did they do that? By ACTUALLY catering to what fans wanted, they wanted to see sonic, and they actually GOT sonic. It's truly an awe-inspiring thing to see a franchise fall so low, only to climb and rise back to the absolute top of the mountain with it's glimmering sword held high to the heavens. I can't wait to see this movie on Saturday. I haven't been this genuinely excited for a movie in years.
okay but what if toby fox listened to frans?
@@connorprado9810 Who's Toby Fox?
@@christscrackers647 dude who created undertale and deltarune
@@Tonybaloney6969 Ah. Not exactly privy to that situation so I can't speak on that. But in the case of the sonic movie, listening to the fans was an absolute win.
@@christscrackers647 welp if toby fox listen to fans, the game is fucked and there are gonna be alot of weird random ships.
I wasn't a Sonic fan at all before this, but these movies have made me into one. I went to go see the first one just to support the drastic efforts they put into changing it. I hope it's set a new precedent for the movie-making industry. Hollywood is constantly giving us things we didn't exactly ask for, just showing us trailers and acting like we'll just accept anything in a movie because we 'don't understand how they're made'. But we do know how movies are made, and we know what we want. This was the first sign of the audience actually having a voice in the producer's room and I hope it continues so the industry doesn't waste money on movies we won't watch.
So you saw the sequel? I didn't care much for the first one as I thought that basically "nothing happened" in it, but the second one was soooo so so much better! Also, "the audience having a voice in the producer's room"... that's a good one.
I love them both too but I liked 2 more.
In the 2010s I wanted *nothing* to do with the Sonic fandom, as i mostly saw the "cringe deviantart" side of it. Seeing these movies and finding more cool Sonic content on the internet has changed me lol
Have you seen the sequel? ✨SPOILERS✨ What was your reaction when a certain character appeared at the end? Like did you have the same exited feeling as everyone else or were just like “meh” or confused?
@@kiricappuchin Yeah, there's so much legitimately fantastic art from the fandom, you just gotta know where to look and maybe more important, where NOT to look! Also if you haven't, I strongly recommend playing sonic 1, 2, knuckles and 3 (sonic 2 and 3 can pair with knuckles to add him as a character to those games. It was the first and last time any company tried something like that. truly revolutionary).
Alternate Title: “How the Sonic Movie and Sonic Franchise were saved.”
"I'd like to see YOU do this Mario!" And then that movie broke the record in a few days.
Illumination: *and I took that personally.*
Well, I just saw Sonic 2 and without giving spoilers, I am happy to report that not only was it worth all the hype, it's bigger and better than the first. I felt like I was watching a full-on video game on the big screen. GO SEE IT ASAP!!!
X2 Eddy. Like, those same exact feelings you felt are the same ones I felt walking out of theater. I...seriously, can't fathom enough how much I loved the movie in its entirety; yes, I know the human subplot isn't stellar, but the greatness and good of what they brought in the table outweights the bad. Like, I hadn't felt that sense of overenjoyment in watching a movie in a long time, heck, not even the hype post-No Way Home can resemble what Sonic 2 made me feel; that's how much I loved Sonic 2
Sonic x anime
69 BOIIIIIII!!?!?!?!?!!!!
Dud same I even thought of the idea of them making those things from the movie lik make them levels in a sonic game like sonic mania or making it it's whole game then again they hav to put both parts they can't just have 2 its whole game so that could happen but since their will probably be a 3 we have to wait to see anyways 😌
Yea way more entertaining than the first one. The only issue I had was that wedding scene interaction between Rachel and the undercover cop. It was dragged out and their romance wasn’t relevant to the movie.
One of the times where the power of fandom hatred was used as a force for good.
I feel like it's been the only time
Fandoms usually only go rabid when their initial criticisms are dismissed or ignored. Most people can deal with a subjective difference of opinion when it comes to artistic direction. But when the difference is *this* objective, then being told that there's nothing wrong feels like gaslighting.
It was legitimately the first time the Sonic fandom came together on anything in ages lol.
@@amirgarcia547 - It was legitimately the first time that *the entire world* came together on anything. It was a time where ~300 million people were somehow evenly split on the question "Should the real-life equivalent of Biff Tannen be president?" But absolutely nobody was insane enough to defend *this* level of absurdity.
@@CheshireCad Except executives who green lit it in the first place
“I’d like to see you try that ‘Mario’” Famous last words
Mario: *causually gets away with a terrible movie plot and gains over 1B*
Is it weird to say that this story helps restore my faith in humanity? Paramount could have released it with the old design. But, the fact that they listened to the fans and postponed the release to fix it? That's awesome! 🤓
The rewatchability of this is incredible I've literally never played a single sonic game and I watched this video five times
3:13 What about Sharon Miller She is a Miller
Same here. Most of my knowledge on Sonic came from the animated TV series I grew up with (Sonic SatAM, Sonic Underground), the Archie Comics series, and these movies. I couldn't play any of the games to save my life lol.
20... 21? idk anymore. ive seen this too many times
sonic heroes, adventure 2, 3 & knuckles, riders, unleashed (if you don't mind the 20 min night stages lol) , mania and genererations are all advised
I'm in the same boat, and now I'm interested in which game is good to start.
The VFX team that saved this movie should pat themselves on the back for getting it a sequel and potential for more Sonic movies
And also Tyson Hesse for making Sonic’s new design.
That vfx studio got shut down because of the overtime and unpaid dues.
@@aono335 oh gee that's lovely
29:57 Well this sure didn't aged well lol
I liked both the sonic movies but In my opinion the mario movie was better lol. 😂
29:56 This aged like MILK lmao *$1.36 Billion in Box Office*
7:35 “Look at this, I took 9 million steps today!” That’s the one thing from the first trailer for Sonic that I really do miss and I wish was in the final film. It’s just the kind of witty one-liner that’s in tune with Sonic’s personality, and I felt a touch of disappointment that that line was cut.
I don’t think it was “cut” per se. It was just a trailer line. He also says “basically it looks like I have to save your planet” which does not happen in the movie AT ALL. Trailers pull that shit all the time.
@@goojo173 Even if it was just a line for the trailer, I just think that when time freezes and Sonic is standing with all those missiles surrounding him, it would have been a fun line that fits well with the character. It certainly got a laugh out of me.
@@benmalsky9834 Yeah, agreed.
What surprises me is that a scene from the first trailer wasn’t used in the first movie, but instead carried over to the second one. Which’s where Sonic crouches, and then it’s a close up of his face before using his super speed to cross the ocean.
@@goojo173 Yeah, the "save your planet" was probably only there to be misguiding. The trailer also implies Sonic only got to earth recently, when it reality he's been hiding for ten years.
I will only wonder what would’ve Tails looked like with his possible old design
He'd probably look like that one taxidermized fox.
@@GrumpyLoco6 maybe
Search up “stoned fox”
@@MrNuggetz44 😂😂
@@MrNuggetz44 lol
Bro said ‘I’d like to see you do that Mario’. Little did he know what Mario did after the video came out 😅
It was 1 year ago ._.
@@SonicFan-ys2fswell did he miss the highest grossing animated film of all time?
@@Sketchios this was in 2022 not 2023
@@SonicFan-ys2fs oh okay.
I’m so glad to come back and declare that YES you called it Frontiers was a REFRESHING breath of air for us Sonic fans AND new gamers I don’t believe for a second that this movie didn’t influence things (especially with a lot of gaming mechanics taking cues from the movies) We are BLESSED with a good Sonic timeline now…such a shame it was at the cost of the reception to everything ELSE related to this decade being garbage And to that I say SORRY NOT SORRY SONIC IS BACK WAHOOOOO!!!
The redesign is literally what made me watch the movie at all. And after watching the sequel, I can't believe to say I am EXCITED for the next one. Me? Being a Sonic fan? More likely than I thought!
Sonic x anime
@@hamzahmohammed1162 N-
@@THEREALSAM15 ????
What
@@MrFrog-kq4rw what what?
Sonic didn‘t need to look like he could actually exist in our world in the first place cause well…he‘s an alien from another planet with different physics and rules. It makes sense that aliens apply to different anatomy and physics than any lifeform on earth.
Yea, I thought they'd bring it up but I guess they didn't think of it.
29:58 that did not age well lmao.
The Super Mario Bros Movie released in 2023 instead of 2022
the sad part is that multiple alternate universes had to suffer with the old ugly sonic design and it getting released as a movie...
This was an EXTREMELY well done video. I literally had chills throughout the whole thing because I was THERE, I saw the trailers, I saw the posters, I saw the redesign and I even participated in the community by providing my own ideal designs! To see someone sit down and actually go through the history is such a fresh take, and it really puts into perspective how things turned for the better. I grew up in the mediocre age of Sonic, and to see that this could change? I can't wait to see what happens in the future!
Same!
Also, amazing channel and art haha
same this video is like a homage to the trials and tribulations the hardcore sonic fans went through during the creation of this movie
Jeff Fowler is an absolute fucking legend. Any time he opens his mouth about Sonic does nothing but reinforce big of a fan he really is. Especially after seeing the second movie, I couldn’t have more faith in his abilities. Paramount would be stupid to get another director for the third movie. Even after, I hope he continues to have a huge involvement in the movie universe going forward.
Same!
"I'd like to see you do that, MERIO." Well THAT aged poorly.
I had always been more partial to Mario and Pokémon titles but after I saw the second Sonic I grabbed my switch and downloaded Sonic 2. I had heard great things about it and that it had quite the reputation and let me say, Sega nailed this one and now I know why there’s a huge following for older Sonic games
0:00 Beginning 2:49 Prologue 5:27 The Beginning 7:02 The Fall 11:03 Manhog Conclusion 13:42 Manhog Reaction Montage 17:00 A New Hope 22:01 The Return 24:00 Explaining why one Sonic model is better than the other Sonic Model. 27:50 Redesign Reaction Montage 30:09 Aftermath And Beyond 36:30 Ending
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You forgot the segment “omegawott stands in front of a chalkboard and explains why one anthropomorphic blue hedgehog is better than the other anthropomorphic blue hedgehog”
Thanks for informing me.
@@MsMarii95 I can tell you're trying to sound like you have good grammar, but actually you just made horrible grammar.
@@MrNuggetz44 he didn't ya dunce, its the "explaining why one sonic model is better than the other sonic model" idiot are ya blind?🤬🤬🤬
The director's swift response to it was absolutely the right move, here. However, it was, itself, a bold and brave risk that could have just as easily backfired. There will *always* be criticism, and there will be those who, feeling they can make things happen if they're loud and in-your-face enough, will step up their criticism in the future to try to force this kind of response to anything they dislike. I like to think that the reason the director made this unusual but ultimately heroically correct choice was because he did a very careful study of the criticism, looked at it as objectively as he could, and also looked around for counterpoints. It's clear, from how the final design came out, that he had his team and probably was himself looking at specific criticisms, because the final design was much closer to the iconic look. I can't help but think there might've been some internal disagreement over the design even before it was released and panned; if internal criticisms were suddenly validated by unrelated fan criticism, that might explain it. But even that's something that usually would have to be ignored lest you allow internal disputes to leak into the broader world as people try to use public pressure to get their way. So I totally get why this is usually never going to happen. It's fascinating that it happened here _and_ it was, in fact, the right choice.
I recall shortly after the release of the redesign trailer that one of the members of the graphical design team said that the redesign had been closer to what they, the design team had wanted to do in the first place but had to shelve due to pressure from higher up. This statement coming out after Jim Carrey had criticized the decision on a redesign on the belief that fan criticism was stifling the artists. After the design team member’s comment came out revealing that the execs were the ones that had forced the artists to make the original design, Jim Carrey went largely quiet until the immense success on release and he began openly praising the redesign and the execs listening to the fans.
Well said. He tried to analyze why and how the people reacted to said design, and once he realized the mistakes on his own judgment, he made the right choice to do changes. Great explanation
29:57 Famous last words, Omegawott
Yup now it's one of the biggest grossing movies in the world.
I'll just say it. I bow down to your editing skills. I've watched this video like 5 times and it still hasn't gotten boring.
Dang, I knew the original design caused me pain but I never knew why except for the teeth. You put it into words extremely well, and got me laughing out loud while at it. Awesome job dude!
I know that old Sonic looked like an off brand Rocket Racoon.
Honestly it was the un proportioned eyes and human teeth that really bugged me. Other small things did too, like how Sonic had a gray chest, white hands and no gloves and how the Pumas instead were these red Nikes a 7th grader would buy from their local Koals
Same
feels as if this ay youtuber just found out about sonic remake and thought no one else knew
It's an amazing(ly awful) example of The Uncanny Valley. Give something that isn't human human-like limbs, teeth, and facial structure and you have Instant Manhog the Sonic Nightmare Fuel.
Just finished Sonic 2 in theaters and I have to say, as a sonic fan, it was incredible. I love how when they introduced Tails and Knuckles, it wasn't super over the top with the shock factor of "OMG THIS CHARACTER IS IN THE MOVIE!" and that was it (if you get what I mean). The characters were phenomenal and I am so happy that Knuckles and Tails were just like how they are in the games personality and power wise. And (SPOILERS AHEAD) Super Sonic was INCREDIBLE. When Sonic became Super Sonic in the movie, I thought he was going to be super humorous and childish as he fought Robotnik but I'm REALLY happy that they made him more serious and badass with his representation. I was freaking out the entire time he was on screen and I loved every second of it. And the end credit scene with Shadow was so unexpected to me (I didn't know they were making a third one I thought this was gonna be the last one) and I am SO hyped for the next movie. The SMEU is gonna be great and I am so excited to see what more they do with it, because this is definitely one of my new favorite movie trilogies.
Nevermind, he's still the Sonic you once knew.
Knuckles just fixes the master emerald
they kinda got everyone hyped up for tails after the end credits scene in the last movie
@@ountak2395 they did
In order to be a trilogy, there has to be at least 3 movies. But the movies are incredible yes
Seeing this new channel start fresh makes me think how big it’s going to get. Omegawott is about to be a HUGE KZheadr. Good luck omegawott! Get ready to be BIG!
Ill never forget after the reception of that first trailer, people were feeling sorry for Jim Carrey. They said he had to carry the movie on his shoulders, and were making memes about his back going out. Im sure he wouldve still been the same as the animated actor he is, but that design wouldve been such a massive eyesore. Im so glad both the director and the studio redid the design. Now the correct portrayal of Sonic's appearance helped elevate just how great of a performance Jim Carrey's did as Dr Robotnik/Eggman.
The fact that they listened.. still gives me so much joy. Like my eyes literally glowed when they announced the re-work.
Love how every time he references the *old* sonic design, he does the dramatic flashback to the terrible design we were forced to see
*they
@@smelly2897 2 genders
29:42 Welp who’s gonna tell him?
29:58 Omegawott: i like for you see that mario Years Mario had made 1.36 BILLION DOLLARS at the box office
And they did that with arguably the worst movie company
@@metal_pipe9764 Talk about irony, but the only reason it sold so well is because Shiggy had a death grip on Chris Meledandri's throat to prevent any mishaps.
It funny because the Mario movie was everything everyone wanted from a Mario movie
Seeing the Sonic 2 trailer, i am SO glad knuckles isn't being betrayed as an idiot, he's the guardian of the MASTER EMERALD he has no reason to be as dumb as the series started making him. I also hated how tails was nerfed to a helpless sidekick as well, Tails is scary yes but he isn't a coward. He can fight when he knows he needs to, and shouldn't need sonic 24/7.
And I can assure that, having seen the movie (without giving you any spoilers, PS, its worth it A LOT and I LOVED IT 😍) both characters DO get the respect and love they deserve. In the movie they had their flaws, but they had it for a reason of its development, and I can tell you that it is a joy seeing them together next to Sonic. Totally recommended 👌🏻
Being honest, I like this rendition of Knuckles. Instead of just being an idiot he's an honorable warrior thats just new to human culture. Which makes sense considering Knuckles story.
@@Callmejames488 Precisely, he can be kinda naive in regards to learning about humans and his association with Eggman throughout the movie, but it makes sense for the way he was raised and the way he acts
I don't know if the biggest surprise in this is that this whole ordeal happened _three years ago,_ or that it was only three days between the trailer and redesign announcement tweet. I remember it feeling so much longer, a week at least. Just goes to show how strong the public reaction was!
One thing that always confuses me is people being upset that sonic is an alien. He has always been from a different world… i think. Because in the cartoon he is from the planet mobius. also people got really mad that he teleported through rings, thats straight out of the games, you use rings to teleport to special stages, in sonic 3 its straight up a giant ring that grows from being really small and teleports you to the special stage. And then in sonic 3D blast you use rings to teleport to the next stages
29:57 famous last words
I know I’m late but I wanna thank everyone’s criticism over the first design. If it weren’t for you and the people at paramount and SEGA we would have never gotten THE Sonic movie we deserved. Now we have a sequel, tv spinoff, and third movie on the way!!!
who is sonic.eyx do you know
@@Amanwholikestoeatchicken He's a creepypasta.
It's hard to believe a character design is was saved the whole movie, and most likely the entire franchise in general
Yeah, what a redemption arc indeed. Constructive criticism is an important thing, because without it, we would've have ended up with this outcome. Both of the Sonic movies have been fantastic, and I'm truly excited to see the third one! Oh, and the Knuckles show as well.
I remember when this went down. It was glorious
Great video! I agree on Sonic’s movie design being better than his current, mostly because it has the ability to look like nearly every iteration of the character.
Give him the bandanna and then boom, looks like all of the iterations truly
I remember 3 years ago seeing the design I though that, that was it this is their final moment and the sonic franchise is over, but to my surprise they actually listened to the fans and put effort to redesign it it’s rare to see this happen since most big companies don’t listen and just move on but seeing this happen with a new sonic movie released it’s just amazing to me
I remember showing my old manager the redesign for Sonic (her and her boyfriend were also huge fans of sonic), she about screamed when she saw how adorable he looked.
I’m here to say, the sonic movie 2 was every Christmas present a sonic fan wanted, action? Top notch, felt like I was watching a marvel movie, adventure? better than the first, and, well, the first was pretty good, so yeah, and the family friendly stuff and overall fan service?...amazing....pacing? Overall pretty fast, could be better, but yeah, sick overall... And the post credit seen had..an interesting character revealed....who is gonna make paramount rich AF..We’re looking at not 50m, not 70m, but likely 100m, at least, that’s just me.
Yeah
By m I mean million dollars
Ik I felt like thw movie really captured the games
I mean it’s already at 100m and it’s only been like 2 weeks
i fr kept geeking out during the movie w the references they made it was so good
I always found it funny that the sonic movie was one of the last movies to be released before the pandemic and was quick enough to make enough money for a sequel.
29:55- well.... About that....
Yup he spoke to soon lol. 😅
Imagine what tails and knuckles would have looked like if the internet didn't speak up they wanted a redesign on sonic.
How bout shadow or super sonic?
It's beyond human power of imagination
@@toastyboi8737 put spoilers lmao
@@i_solo_fiction_lmao_cope even if my reply was made before the movie released, i technically wouldn't be spoiling it, since shadow was pretty much expected to appear in the movie franchise at some point.
@@toastyboi8737 oh yeah, yxfucwicwocwgcwhovhwvpw
Another bit of trivia, apparently the original trailer featured several designs of sonic, since they haven’t quite finalised the design yet. Also, while the story boards were likely used with the original designs in mind, the only bits of finalised footage for the original sonic designs where the trailer itself and the baseball sequence, so unfortunately there is no “man-hog“ cut for the whole film.
Thank god
Unfortunately? You make it sound like it was a bad thing even though it was quite the opposite.
@@negavenom Oh it very much was a good thing. It’s just there are people who were hoping they kept the original design with the express purpose of mocking it.
@@tompotter8703 Oh now that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.
Although tbf, I kinda feel also sad about this news that I can't get a man hog cut of the mogie to give to someone I hate out of spite
this is exactly the video i was looking for!!! i wanted to see a general recap of all the mayhem because, while i am a sonic fan and have been since i was really little, i didnt have social media or even friends who also liked sonic at the time to give me updates on what happened. i happened to see the trailer and some memes, got freaked out, saw the redesign, and decided it was probably worth watching. that’s about it. i love the movies now and really wanted to see if anyone had a video on it. the only ones i could find were from the “top ten crazy things about the sonic movie you didn’t know”/watchmojo-like channels. not exactly what i wanted. i don’t know if i’ve ever seen any of your videos before so i was a little hesitant to click on this but i love your energy and jokes so i’ll definitely be watching in the future!
The Sonic movie didn't only save the reputation of the franchise, it also brought a brand new Sonic fans. As a child I wasn't a big fan of games. Plus, I was this kind of girl that doesn't like "boyish" stuff (that changed somewhere between my child-teenager period), and that's why I never really cared about this "blue hedgehod boy". The only characters beside Sonic and Eggman I was aware that exist, were Tails, Amy and Shadow. This movie changed everything... I fell in love with Sonic and the entire universe of this franchise. So congratulations Sonic Team, and thank you for bringing us to the New Era of Sonic the Hedgehog. Great job!👏👏👏
When you think about it’s crazy how the sonic movie went from being universally hated to literally being one of the best things to come out of the whole franchise ever and a critical/financial success.
now a year later, just the title release has everyone hyped, screaming, crying and throwing up.
Excellent video! One important thing you forgot to mention was that, the design from the original first poster isn't exactly the same one from the first trailer. There was an interview with the Russian voice actor of Sonic where he mentioned that when the first poster dropped, Paramount was worried from the reactions and made some"tweaks". So, he might've ended looking worse than what we originally saw. That first poster had a strange green irirs bulging out of his skull with beefier legs that we got a better look on that other Golden Gate bridge poster. So, even back then he was being changed.
Times sonic was said: 69 Times Hedgehog was said: 13 Times sonic was said by others: 4 Including beginning (sonic): 87? Including beginning (hedgehog): 14 You're welcome.
29:15 that comment aged like milk left outside on a 37 degree day
a gazillion...
Hey man, I don't think in my life would I ever have watched a 38 minute video about Sonic and I started this with the intention of watching it for a minute. But this was actually one of the most approachable and fun movie analysis videos I've seen and I actually watched the entire thing without realizing it. Job well done and I hope you continue!
I watched Sonic 2 movie and it was AMAZING. I highly recommend it.
This guy is correct.
Highly accurate.
That's good to hear! :D
No spoilers
@@thegaminglab7816 no spoilers. Spoilers are no good. The only thing you should know about the movie is that it's good.
Just Jess: DID THEY DO THIS ON PURPOSE!? Conspiracy dudes: yes actua- omegawatt: OBJECTION
You made an error: While Sonic Unleashed and Generations weren’t loved by critics many Sonic fans including myself LOVE them. In fact many of us fans consider them the only good games Sega has made before Mania.
Actually, your point on why they did the design is pretty spot-on, but where you know they fucked up is they assumed nobody would give a fuck about the changes, completely ignoring that there are people who have been fans of sonic since the early days who now _have kids_ and just how significant of an icon he is to video games. The ONLY video game characters that are considered even more iconic than Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Eggman are Mario and his cast of characters. THAT'S HOW BAD PARAMOUNT FUCKED UP! Also, having seen the second one recently. Sonic 2 is the better movie. The best way I can describe it is that Sonic 1 is a movie starring Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic 2 is a Sonic the Hedgehog movie.
So, basically it's like Sonic 1 vs. Sonic 2?
Yeah the studio wanted realism but audiences wanted cartoony, like Roger Rabbit before. With Jim Carrey's antics, a cartoon-like Sonic was perfect and audiences used their PhotoShop skills to prove it. Producers, for once, understood and went with it.