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Sonic The Hedgehog Movie: A Trailer Is Here And It Really (Really) Does Not Look Good

He's no Detective Pikachu, that's for sure.
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The first trailer for the upcoming Sonic The Hedgehog film has dropped and reception has been… mixed. And that’s putting it incredibly nicely.

The movie will see the popular Sega character brought to the big screen with the help of CGI technology and fans were given their first glimpse at the new-look hero on Tuesday.

Obviously, it didn’t take long for fans on social media to begin sharing their takes on the promo clip, with many voicing their disdain for Sonic’s new look, particularly his weird new teeth and lips:

The Boy Whose Face And Arms And Arse Are Blue

Channel 4, 9pm pic.twitter.com/u4GcC7qVzZ

— Sam White (@samwrite) April 30, 2019

Good morning to absolutely everyone and everything other than live action Sonic the Hedgehog’s creepy human teeth xx pic.twitter.com/yJX6WPW7Li

— Alanah Pearce (@Charalanahzard) April 30, 2019

Sonic The Hedgehog has human teeth. That's a thing that exists now. Cool cool. pic.twitter.com/MKRviRHdbU

— Rae Johnston (@raejohnston) April 30, 2019

So I just watched the trailer for the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie pic.twitter.com/OFsRPZxlgr

— Tanner LaFond #RehiredJamesGunn (@tannerlafond) April 30, 2019

Nope. Do not want. Ruining everything. Do not want.

The only good thing is that Robotnik looks semi decent at the very very end.https://t.co/WILzLcL9N8

— i am ant n im in the endgame now (@iamanthonyjames) April 30, 2019

Okay. Listen. I really try to stay positive on here and let people enjoy things even if they don't appeal to me.
But I am breaking that rule temporarily to say:
DEAR GOD THE LIVE ACTION SONIC THE HEDGEHOG LOOKS TERRIFYINGLY BAD WHO APPROVED THAT AAAAAAA I'm gonna have nightmares

— Cat! 🌸 (@Cat_Whitney) April 30, 2019

sonic movie: don’t worry! Those leaked images aren’t sonic’s final design! we’ll fix it!

sonic movie’s brain:
Don’t do it.
Don’t do it.
Don’t do it.
Don’t do it.
sonic movie: we made his eyes even smaller and gave him human lips pic.twitter.com/1a4O9STKQM

— TAHK0 ☕️ (@TAHK0) April 30, 2019

I'm glad that even in the Sonic movie trailer the cop is absolutely horrified about this blue hedgehog and shoots him down with a tranq gun pic.twitter.com/Ux2vfEGAIr

— Pixelbuster (@Nitomatta) April 30, 2019

There were also plenty of (unfavourable) comparisons to Detective Pikachu, who makes his cinema debut later this month:

Detective Pikachu: good, cute, solves crimes
Sonic the Hedgehog: evil, upsetting, has human teeth and hands

— Hannah Woodhead (@goodjobliz) April 30, 2019

This Sonic movie is like someone looked at Detective Pikachu and said "Hey we can do that!" but didn't have a clue how to avoid making sonic an uncanny valley horror show.

...but then tossed in Jim Carrey like that somehow fixes it.

— 🌙💤Zakail🐺🌈 (@Zakail_) April 30, 2019

If this came out around the time they did those Smurf movies, sure. But this is the Detective Pikachu era. Step your game up, #Sonic https://t.co/gi1mNC3irc

— Adam J Monetta (@adamjmonetta) April 30, 2019

Some people even went back to watch the Detective Pikachu trailer in order to make themselves feel a little better:

The comments section of the Detective Pikachu trailer right now pic.twitter.com/wJAE7r3eE1

— Šime (@crotchmedia) April 30, 2019

It wasn’t all bad though and one aspect that has got the thumbs up is Jim Carrey’s appearance towards the end of the trailer:

Re: Sonic

I'm enjoying Jim Carrey being in his element once again but the rest is a big nope for me.

— Olly Gibbs (@ollyog) April 30, 2019

I do like Jim Carrey as eggman. The last teaser at the end makes me positive about this movie.
The way sonic looks is a mixed bag of emotions :/
Still going to watch it, being a old Sonic and Carrey fan. https://t.co/IJDBoPO8W9

— Dragon Furry (@DragonFurry) April 30, 2019

Okay they may have massacred Sonic but I gotta be honest I dig Jim Carrey's Robotnik pic.twitter.com/pm8npMLWH0

— Superstar🌟 @Touhou 17 (@StarWarrior642) April 30, 2019

Me preparing to watch Sonic the Hedgehog. pic.twitter.com/RyZH6dVkP5

— Austin Eruption (@AustinEruption) April 30, 2019

Well Sonic the Hedgehog looks spectacularly awful except Jim Carrey. Will probably only go twice.

— Elliot Wengler 🇪🇺 (@Wengle) April 30, 2019

Jim Carrey is gonna be the best part of the Sonic Movie by far pic.twitter.com/PHEc77Z36o

— Pixelbuster (@Nitomatta) April 30, 2019

Jim plays baddie Dr. Eggman and the film marks his return to live-action after a long absence.

The voice of Sonic is being provided by Parks And Recreation actor Ben Schwartz.

The movie also stars James Marsden, who you might recognise from X-Men, 27 Dresses and Hairspray.

Sonic The Hedgehog will be out in November. Watch the trailer above.

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