Dialogue
Prime suspect
Having watched the character models in the trailers for the live-action Sonic The Hedgehog and Detective Pikachu, my interest is piqued by both for entirely different reasons. While Detective Pikachu looks decent, thanks to the humility and talent of Ryan Reynolds, Sonic looks like a trainwreck ready to unfold. Possibly the main problem is the excessive anthropomorphising of Sonic compared to the Pokémon, whereas the latter look cartoonish, detailed and faithfully recreated. The Pokémon seem somewhat less disturbing and off-putting when compared to the hyperrealistic Sonic, with the somewhat normally proportioned legs and trainers, and the unnatural lack of gloves.
Looking past that, if you can, the plot as a whole looks awful and highly derivative (somebody’s seen X-Men in regards to that time-pause). Jim Carrey’s character seems mostly unfamiliar apart from a brief cameo at the end where he actually looks something close to Eggman. I honestly don’t know who they’re targeting – any adults who
