Sonic the Hedgehog's redesign just saved its new trailer
Seven months after the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer zoomed in, a second has arrived. In that period, the movie crashed into fan backlash over its realistic take on the '90s video game character, depicting the blue anthropomorphic hedgehog with separate eyes and a more humanoid physique -- he had calves.
Director Jeff Fowler humbly took that criticism on and promised a rethink. Now, with Sonic comic book artist and game cutscene animator Tyson Hesse leading a redesign, Sonic may have been saved.
Not only does the new Sonic look more faithful to the video game version, the trailer itself plays more with Sonic's sense of fun and use of supersonic speed to do important things like visit a rubber band factory or play ping pong against himself.
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Fan reaction to the new design has been overwhelmingly positive, best case in point: "I mean this from the bottom of my heart and in regard to all Sonic fans everywhere. Thank you for everything you've done for this series and this community. Not only for the sonic movie, but you've done so much to bring life into out favorite character. Thank you Tyson!" @SamsProStation tweeted.
https://www.cnet.com/news/sonic-the-hedgehogs-redesign-just-saved-its-new-trailer/
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And as an added little bit of information...
Tyson Hesse is my son-in-law.