Theyre Getting Rid of Sonic the Hedgehogs Teeth After All

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The motto of Stan Twitter isnt so much ask and ye shall receive as it is yell and scream and youll force some animators to turn around a new character design in under six months. Thats apparently whats happening with the newSonic the Hedgehog movie, which released a trailer this week that tried to position Sonic as a mob boss.

But thats not what most people were upset over what really fucked everyone up was the teeth.

[Sonic the Hedgehog movie pitch meeting]
Jim Carrey: [chanting] teeth, teeth
Director: teeth, TEETH
Paramount execs [pounding the table]: TEETH, TEETH, TEETH! https://t.co/eDzzAmSjDC
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (@Hello_Tailor) April 30, 2019

And while Im not one to body-shame Soniclets be honest, its a weird humanoid figure that comfortably (or uncomfortably) straddles the uncanny valley.

Left is original screenshot. Right is my rework to make #Sonic more stylized. pic.twitter.com/IhXeAZYlQI
Edward Pun (@EdwardPun1) April 30, 2019

Within 24 hours, plenty of fans were able to rework Sonic into a more appropriately stylized form, like the one above. And now the filmmakers themselves want to do the same thingexcept its the entire movieand they want it all done in six months. On Thursday, the Hollywood Reporter found a Twitter account that appeared to be from director Jeff Fowler announcing that they would, in fact, change Sonics design.

Thank you for the support. And the criticism, Fowler wrote on Thursday. The message is loud and clear you arent happy with the design & you want changes. Its going to happen. Everyone at Paramount & Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be #sonicmovie #gottafixfast

Gotta fix fast, indeed! Most CGI-animated movies take upwards of three or four years to make. You could put your kid through high school in the time it takes to make a single Pixar film. And while, in this case, it would only be modifying one CGI character in a largely live-action picture, were talking aboutSonic inthe Sonic movie a character bound to appear in over half the shots, if not more, doing things like talking, sprinting, action-ing, etc. And all those shots, all those frames, would have to be edited, approved and distributed by November 8th.

I dont have high hopes for this. But feel free to start your own Sonic release date pool amongst your friends and coworkers.