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Rumor: Reddit AMA leaks Sonic Movie plot details
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Do you think if Detective Pikachu does well and this bombs then people will get the message that it's ok to be faithful to the source material?
Regurgitated worms is kind of like a chili dog so I guess it makes sense. I hope he ends up with a human love interest.
I was hoping they'd go with an origin where Sonic is partially raised by Robotnik who becomes evil due to a failed experiment.
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It sounds atrocious as a Sonic adaptation, but for what it's worth the AMA guy seemed enthusiastic about the overall quality, albeit with the caveat that it's definitely more aimed at families with young kids than older viewers or Sonic fans.
In my eyes, Sonic stories have always been dumb and paper thin, and almost exclusively aimed at children, so it makes perfect sense. What deep Sonic plotlines were people expecting?
Wow, that sounds so incredibly generic. But it'll sell. Kids will love it. Maybe we can expect some good jokes here and there.
Silver lining to the movie is we don't have to endure all of Sonic's friends.
Why would he be called Robotnik?
Sega abandoned the name in favour of Eggman years and years ago.
Sega abandoned the name in favour of Eggman years and years ago.
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Having any of the film be remotely related to the canon of the games would be a nice start. Ask any Sonic fan their ideal plot for a movie and "Sonic is an alien from space who teams up with a cop to fight a government scientist" is probably the last thing they would come up with.
The basic sonic story was always sonic rescuing his animal friends from being robots and stopping eggman from building world destroying death planets. It's for kids but it was never a joke like the way Mario treats Bowser.
But........... like i said who cares about Sonic canon besides like 3000 nerds with Deviant Art accounts who will find a way to criticize minute details of the film's visual depiction no matter what
Sega stance on the matter is that his nickname is Eggman which Sonic calls him out of insult.
His real name is Ivo Robotnik.
I'm pretty sure that isn't true.
Every modern sonic game I've seen has him referred to as Dr Eggman or just Eggman.
Honestly the whole magic rings thing really makes me think this is legit. It just seems like something Hollywood would see in the games and be like "Sonic collects rings and jumps through a big ring sometimes, so lets use that."
Oh man, I wonder if they're gonna have coprophagia jokes in this one too
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I guess we'll find out once the box office numbers start rolling in.
Robotnik was purely a localization thing at first. Later on they came up with that explanation to shut purists up.
Naw go play SA1 and SA2. Yeah modern they call him Dr. Eggman but his name IS Dr. Ivo Robotnik
Robotnik is his real name. His grandfather in SA2 is Gerald Robotnik. Sonic and friends used Eggman as an insult but eventually Eggman came to like the name and just started owning it.
In SA1, he introduces himself as Robotnik (Sonic calls him Eggman during this scene):
Hard to see here but it says "Robotnik Empire in purple letters during a scene in SA2:
In reality, Eggman was his original name in Japanese while Robotnik was the localized Western name. The story explanation was just to reconcile both so they're both canon. After the Adventure games, I don't think he ever calls himself Robotnik again.
Eggman being a nickname makes more sense anyways. Good lore reconciliation
It's false. The only real plot leaks have Officer Burpo in them. I can post the page of the script where Sonic is born when I get home.
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It sounds just dumb enough to be real. Fucking Hollywood, I swear to god. Fucking SEGA, I swear to god.
I say this in every Sonic Movie thread but I hope to Christ Nintendo has significant creative control over Illumination's film.
I say this in every Sonic Movie thread but I hope to Christ Nintendo has significant creative control over Illumination's film.
While I agree adapting the Adventure setting onwards would be pretty silly, the core themes of the first few games still resonate. It's basically nature vs. industry, something that kids movies have dealt with for years (though it's happened less often in recent years, I guess because a few too many critics said it was "preachy" or something)
Wouldn't be that hard to adapt, say, the setting and aesthetics of Sonic CD with a simple story about Eggman trying to take over nature for evil means while Metal Sonic is the main punching bag in fight scenes. Just gotta give Amy some more agency (she and Sonic could team up) and it'd be great.
Ultimately though the problem was attempting live action meets CG Sonic in the first place... Just like how the CG Smurfs movie kinda ignored the original themes of that show. Pure animation would be the way to go for Sonic, especially in the wake of Spider-Verse where they could feel comfortable going all-in with the Mania Adventures aesthetic, but oh well.
Wouldn't be that hard to adapt, say, the setting and aesthetics of Sonic CD with a simple story about Eggman trying to take over nature for evil means while Metal Sonic is the main punching bag in fight scenes. Just gotta give Amy some more agency (she and Sonic could team up) and it'd be great.
Ultimately though the problem was attempting live action meets CG Sonic in the first place... Just like how the CG Smurfs movie kinda ignored the original themes of that show. Pure animation would be the way to go for Sonic, especially in the wake of Spider-Verse where they could feel comfortable going all-in with the Mania Adventures aesthetic, but oh well.
Yeah. I showed a friend of mine the leaked images. He instantly dry heaved and then said that we each should bring a six pack to the theatre when it's down to matine price.
Wait Jim Carrey is Robotnik?!
Sonic going through trash seems like a great way to honour the character. It weird they would go that grim lol. This is going to be terrible but probably terrible in a good way, like Cage's Wicker Man or somesuch.
Sonic going through trash seems like a great way to honour the character. It weird they would go that grim lol. This is going to be terrible but probably terrible in a good way, like Cage's Wicker Man or somesuch.
I follow one of the writers on twitter and he seems like a funny dude FWIW
I hope all of this is real just because the Robotnik stuff is FASCINATING
They even called him Robotnik the whole time. Eggman-deniers are now obligated to defend this movie, that's the law.
They even called him Robotnik the whole time. Eggman-deniers are now obligated to defend this movie, that's the law.
I would say that Eggman denialists are the Flat Earthers of the Sonic fandom, but lets be real there's probably a shit load of actual, vocal Flat Earthers in the Sonic fandom...
Idk, a lot of Sonic fans seem familiar enough with Blue Spheres.
Even if they had, how in the world do you turn such an oddball mythos into a story suitable for movie release?
