[sonic slicer] about Sonic

[irgpie]

Of course the article used a Sonic '06 image. I mean why not.

But anyway, I expect this would at least be better than that live action fan-film from last year. Unless this winds up falling into the unfunny kind of 'bad'.

[Police Girl]

Its probably going to be Smurfs-tier writing.

So bad, unfunny bad, and unnecessary.

[Phi]

I never saw the Smurfs movie, but I don't even need to see it to know it's terrible.

[Police Girl]

I saw the trailers for both of those movies.

That was all I needed to see.

[Rin]

Are you guys ready for Sonic the "Yearly movie whore" hedgehog?

Why did they pick Sony for this? I mean, in terms of shitty CGI movie churning studios it was either Sony Animation or Blue Sky.

So they pick the one that's churning out shitty Smurfs movies and has a hard-on for Live Action/CGI hybrids. Of course, this is of that Live Action/CGI blend.

Can't wait for Sonic's adventure in New York.

You know, for what its worth, isn't marza the guys who [tornado fang]ing did cutscenes for Sonic games? Including Night of the Werehog.

[Police Girl]

They are going by Wikipedia.

So I'm sure the CGI elements will look fine.

Its just the Live Action bit that's going to be a problem because no doubt are they going to do some Fish-out-of-water by the numbers story in *insert big american city here* where he befriends some human, some comedy antics, some stupid jokes meant to be edgy or vulgar to appeal to the slightly older kids, the villain does something bad, Sonic gets all mopey, gets un-mopey, saves the day, goes home and promises human friend they'll see eachother again. credits roll.

Sequel is more of the same.

[Rin]

They are going by Wikipedia.

So I'm sure the CGI elements will look fine.

Its just the Live Action bit that's going to be a problem because no doubt are they going to do some Fish-out-of-water by the numbers story in *insert big american city here* where he befriends some human, some comedy antics, some stupid jokes meant to be edgy or vulgar to appeal to the slightly older kids, the villain does something bad, Sonic gets all mopey, gets un-mopey, saves the day, goes home and promises human friend they'll see eachother again. credits roll.

Sequel is more of the same.

Or perhaps it will be almost none of that?

Maybe I'm just being too optimistic here, but I can't imagine Sega allowing vulgar... or any of that kind of [parasitic bomb] in their sonic movie.
You have no idea what kind of grip they have on Archie Sonic, ever since Ian Flynn replaced Bollers, Penders and co. And ever since the Penders fiasco, the grip is even tighter.

And by grip, I mean, quality control. Many things have to go through Sega first, before they can be put into the comic (Sonic can't cry, he can only lose if he wins next time) or the more recent "No family members for SEGA cast... sans Cream, since she had Vanilla in the games).

That's my two cents.

[Mirby]

Honestly I think a lot of what you're expecting is pure conjecture, Clefant, and odds are that that won't happen.

[Police Girl]

Yeah, I know.

But its not wrong to keep expectations at a big low. Movies based off of video games seldom work, and Sonic's been through many rough patches lately.

And this is coming from somebody who really likes Sonic. Lately it just seems like the good buildup from Unleashed, Colors and Generations is sputtering out. I couldn't stand to play Lost World past the third stage thanks to the awkward control, Sonic Boom looks okay, but the redesigns are hit-and-miss and nobody can really be sure if the gameplay will be any good right now.

I'm usually more optimistic for new stuff. But not like this.

[Mirby]

I dunno, I really enjoyed Lost World myself. And I'm pretty excited for Sonic Boom, especially cause it's gonna be quite unique.

And video game movies are slowly getting better and better. I think the trend of years past where vg movies never work is what's sputtering out, honestly.

[Amatiramisu]

And video game movies are slowly getting better and better.

...
They are?!

[Phi]

I hope she's not talking about movies like Wreck-It-Ralph, because that doesn't count.

[Sakura Leic]

I think the last one we had was the horrible Chun Li one, though there's probably another one I'm not thinking of.  And I hate Advent Children.

[Phi]

Advent Children was strictly fanservice for people who couldn't shut up about Cloud; it served no real purpose as an actual movie.

[Sakura Leic]

By shitting all over his character I might add, I mean that is actually realistic that he would regress but that makes the movie boring seeing Cloud just act like a dead beat for 2/3's of the movie.

[Phi]

Tron, dude, chill out. Everyone chill the [tornado fang] out.

[Sakura Leic]

....moving on from stuff not sonic related.

Some people who played Sonic Boom on the floor of E3 reported that the frame rate was kind of slow and the character switching beat em up style broke up the pace a lot.  From the look of things it kind of looks like Night time Unleash, thoughts on this?

[Phi]

So pretty much what was shown to be the case in the gameplay videos. The framerate always looked like crap as soon as I saw the gameplay preview, and the fighting looks generic. Seriously, if they're gonna go Ratchet & Clank style, at least make the combat creative.

But yeah, the Werehog stages are an accurate comparison.

[Rin]

Tron, dude, chill out. Everyone chill the [tornado fang] out.

No, Phi. My patience has run out. Sorry, but I'll have to decline on the "chill out" offer.

BUUUTTTTT... I'll rather talk some more about SANYK IN A SANYK THREAD, so whatever.

Some people who played Sonic Boom on the floor of E3 reported that the frame rate was kind of slow and the character switching beat em up style broke up the pace a lot.  From the look of things it kind of looks like Night time Unleash, thoughts on this?

As long as there's more interesting combos, and more diverse music during combat. I don't mind.

[Mirby]

As long as there's more diversity between the beat-em-up sections, I'm happy. Cause Unleashed focused too much on the night stages with too few day stages in between, so it got repetitive and sluggish.

I only hope that Boom U doesn't fall into that pattern again.

On the other hand, Boom 3D looks pretty solid and I can't wait to explore in that one.

[Sakura Leic]

The combos don't really look that interesting from what I saw.  It's really a shame because I was kind of looking forward to this game, but I'm not liking what I'm seeing so far.

[Rin]

I myself am more looking forward to the tv series. Though that in itself, doesn't look too "smashing".

[Protoman Blues]

From the look of things it kind of looks like Night time Unleash, thoughts on this?

I hope the music is good.

That's about the only thoughts I have towards what looks like a clusterfuck of a game.

[Phi]

I mean, I suppose I still have some hope for it. If they improve the framerate, perhaps the combat will be more tolerable. One of my problems with the Werehog stages (PS3 version) was the shitty framerate. Looking at it actually made me somewhat dizzy, due to the choppiness.

[Sakura Leic]

Yeah I'm kind of hoping the music at least is good like most Sonic games including Sonic 06.