 So the Sonic the Hedgehog trailer was finally released and all of us old school gaming geeks have been waiting for it for what seems like ages. But we gaming geeks, we are a proud people. So when this trailer dropped, oh the backlash, the backlash and the memes and people were freaking out about how terrible Sonic the Hedgehog looked. And because of that it was just announced that the studio was going back to the drawing board and completely redesigning Sonic the Hedgehog. And in this video we're going to talk about how that is a complete and utter waste of time. What is up everybody this is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel I try to take the mess and turn it into a message. So if you're into that stuff make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell. Alright so what are my qualifications to talk about this movie in Sonic the Hedgehog? Well let's talk about my gaming history. I am a 33 year old man I still game like crazy and it makes me feel good because now I'm a PC gamer more than a console gamer and I can still keep up with them young folks. But anyways my first system was an NES, my next system was a Sega which I had for a long time until I got a Playstation. And I wasn't one of those fancy kids who got both a Sega and an SNES I just had the Sega. So Sonic was my dude. More specifically Knuckles was my dude. I loved me some Knuckles but I grew up on Sonic the Hedgehog loved it. You guys remember that Sonic game where it had like the cartridge where you can like open up the top and then put in a different Sonic game? Does anybody remember that? If you do let me know down in the comments below. But anyways like I grew up on Sonic the Hedgehog and then when these movie posters started coming out and stuff and you got Sonic's legs and he's sitting on top of what it looked like the Golden Gate Bridge I'm like oh no oh no no no no. Right and we're going to talk a little bit more about this in a minute but I want to touch on a few things. I want to talk about where the studio screwed up, my opinions and views on that but also what we need to understand as people too. Alright but anyways one of the first things that just comes to mind that just comes to mind like do you ever watch like TV shows or movies and they have those things called focus groups right like focus groups are a real thing if you're not familiar with focus groups are they call in people they call in a certain demographic of people that they plan on marketing something too right and basically they bring in this focus group and they show them different stuff maybe it's a product or whatever it is or in this case it would be a movie so like I don't get what studios aren't getting focus groups like it is insane it is like I felt the need to make a video on this because this this movie comes out what like in the summer and they're like oh we're just gonna redesign Sonic the Hedgehog like it blows my mind that they didn't try to get some input or or did nobody working on this project like play Sonic or any like I just don't get it so like where were the focus groups when it comes to this movie the next thing I want to talk about is it just seems like some of these studios are so out of touch with where we're at as a society like some of my favorite youtubers like Drew Gooden's a great example like when he did his review of like the new Kim possible coming out and just completely like just made fun of it how ridiculous it looked I didn't watch Kim possible but I knew that live action one looked ridiculous right but like this constantly happens on the internet when people try to remake things and bring them back they just get trashed they get utterly trashed there's been a few good remakes that I've actually enjoyed but here's the thing like most recently most recently in the last six months or so when it was first released the image of Will Smith as the genie in a Latin people lost it people lost it so I'm just trying to understand how you could work in the like Hollywood movie industry the remake industry and not have seen because this happens all the time and not have seen the public backlash and outrage about Will Smith how he looked as the genie in the new Aladdin and said you know what we're working on the Sonic the Hedgehog movie maybe we need that time out for a second to make sure that this doesn't happen to us and the other thing that they didn't think about is that that the Disney fanboys and girls they're not nearly as brutal as the gaming fanboys and girls all right and that is one of the reasons why I think the Sonic one just like whoa it blew up it became such a thing and yeah as soon as the the trailer was released oh my god like every just about every youtuber and influencer I follow like like Elvis the alien I think Leon Lush just so many people were just making fun of Sonic and posting memes of him Justin Wang was doing it I'm like yeah yeah that's fair right but here's here's what I want to talk about okay because me and you chance on me and you we're not Hollywood producers we're not making movies or anything but me and you like here's the thing like we're not gonna be happy with anything all right like I just think we need to come to those terms I don't think we're gonna be general genuinely happy with anything so what I try to do as I try to practice a little empathy and I try to think okay why are they making this movie well the first obvious answer is a money grab right a money grab like I I think that they're marketing to people like myself other people around my age who played Sonic and now have children because when I saw this I'm like oh cool my son and I play like newer video games like Fortnite and everything but this movie is a way for me to introduce him to my childhood so like I think they they look at that as a money grab same thing with these like Disney remakes and they look at it like that but the other thing that that they're thinking is is that they're going to make a movie that maybe is nostalgic for us that we're going to enjoy but because of the money grab they're out of touch with it right but then like we have to think to ourselves like one of the reasons I say we talk about the problem but focus on the solution is because this happens in everyday life with everything and that's one of the reasons why I want to make a video about this movie is because like I don't think anybody like anybody that I've seen really has has put out solutions and that's one of the issues with just where we're at as you know human beings today like a lot of us just sit around and complain and everything like that but we don't offer solutions right like we don't say like what would make it better what would make this thing better so in my opinion when I look at this I'm like what would make this better and the only thing I could really think of is like a full on CGI movie like not live action like into the spider-verse was this phenomenal movie that was completely 100% animated but in most movies when you kind of intertwine like CGI with live action it gets a little silly right so I don't think any of us would have been happy and you could you can let me know if I'm wrong like let me know what your solutions would be down below but what I'm getting at is they are completely wasting their time and I think I think it's got to be difficult why don't why am I saying I think I know it's difficult for any anybody in the public spotlight right now whether it's movie studios or influencers or whatever it is because the outrage is so loud and so in your face that like this studio is redesigning this character before the movie comes out now I am not in that industry but I can only imagine how much time and how much money that's going to take right and looking at the grand scheme of things and the bigger picture on this for the money that they're about to dump into this to this redesign do they think they're going to make that money back right I personally highly doubt it now the second question that I want to ask is do they think that people are going to be happy because my assumption would be is that they're probably going to pull in a focus group they're probably looking at all the ridiculous stuff online and they're gonna try their best but they cannot reshoot this entire movie they can't change everything because if we're gonna be honest there was much more wrong with that trailer than just Sonic the Hedgehog's design I don't think I don't think people watch that trailer and they were like everything in this trailer looks amazing except Sonic the Hedgehog like just the last thing I'll touch on is I am a huge Jim Carrey fan you know huge huge huge grew up on Ace Ventura, Dumb and Dumber all that stuff and even just seeing Jim Carrey in this I was excited to hear he was going to be playing Dr. Robotnik in this like even his role doesn't look all that great so what I'm getting at is it's just crazy how like companies and industries bend to the will of the mob and everything like that and I see this as a waste of time and money because at the end of the day especially as gaming geeks out there we're never gonna be happy you know I think at the end of the day to like most of us just want them to leave well enough alone just like okay that was great you know even though we like you know going back and playing those games we don't like seeing remakes or having them put on the big screen and everything like that but let me know your thoughts on this down below like do you think there's a way that they could do this right do you think that a simple redesign of Sonic the Hedgehog would make this movie better right let me know if you're gonna see it like I'm probably gonna see it no matter what whether I love it or hate it or whatever because I'm always surprised there's a lot of remakes that I've taken my son to go see he absolutely loved them even though I didn't really think they were that great but at the end of the day like hey some of those studios that's really all they need you know two people go half of them are really entertained 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