Archived on 2019.05.04
A couple of days passed from the 'Sonic the Movie trailer impact' - after seeing the first trailer featuring a blue furry creature we are totally not familiar with, most of the fans were mad or at least skeptical about the design of Sonic. Even the people who are involved in development of original Sonic series, and moreover the creators of Sonic himself - Ohshima-san the artist and Naka-san the game programmer - were confused and worried about the drastic change of their beloved son.
My energy was drained over these two days and I even had nightmare because of the design. It was already decided that I was to mourn over what they have done to Sonic forever. And I still will.
Yet, to our surprise: a Twitter account, which seems to belong the movie's director Jeff Fowler, posted following words:
Thank you for the support. And the criticism. The message is loud and clear... you aren't happy with the design & you want changes. It's going to happen. Everyone at Paramount & Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be... #sonicmovie #gottafixfast 🔧✌️— Jeff Fowler (@fowltown) May 2, 2019
Wow. I can't believe what I'm seeing here.
But I'd gladly take this offer.
No wonder they had to make some move after having this much of thumbs-down on the trailer.
The news spread like wildfire and reached the creators of Sonic quickly as well. Here are their reaction:
