I know, I know. I'm doing it again. I went out today and didn't leave myself enough time to watch a film. I could try to review something I've watched already, but that's kind of a cop out.
Sooooooooooooo.
I'm going to do two again tomorrow. I promise this will be the last time I cheat like this. Pinky swear.
Peace.
Sunday 13 January 2013
January 12th - Sonic the Hedgehog fan film
Just in case anyone at BCS sees this,
I'm just giving my opinion of the film. I don't want you to think I'm
trying to turn people away. I love what you've done with it and would
totally buy it if there was a feature length DVD
:D
I thought I'd go for something a little
different today. Instead of a 'film', I thought I'd watch a fan film
on Youtube. At less than 19 minutes, Sonic is a lot shorter than your
regular 90-minute dealio due to obvious budget constraints, but that
doesn't mean that it is going to be bad.
This isn't the usual perception of the
Sonic universe. It's set in a semi-dystopian future, where Dr.
Robotnik has started to claim control of Mobius and is eliminating
all animal life on South Island. A group of G.U.N. (Guardian Units of
Nations) defenders are taking aim at a flying ship when they are
ambushed by buzz bombers. Outgunned, they are saved by The Blue Blur
himself, Sonic the Hedgehog. Once Robotnik finds out there is still
one Islander left, he shifts his priorities to destroying Sonic. This
is however, until he is presented with one of the Chaos Emeralds...
Aside from a few amateur looking shots
and lines, I really enjoyed this fan film. It took a twist on the
Sonic universe that I haven't seen explored yet and it worked very
well. The contrast between the well-known bright and colourful Sonic
locales and the darker, urban environment which we are given here
sets a darker tone to which I, as a fan was not displeased to see.
The story makes sense if you really think back to the original games,
which could be seen as sugar-coated for the younger audience, and not
shoehorned in or randomly thought up on the spot. The character of
Robotnik was near enough spot-on in my opinion. He looked the part
(sans the awkward-to-do-in-real-life-'tache), sounded the part, and
even created an aura that made him into the evil genius we all love
to hate. Getting Jaleel White on board to reclaim his role as the
voice of Sonic was a major thumbs up as it rekindled my fondness for
the early '90s “Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog” cartoon.
A great idea with lots of easter eggs that I would love to see
fleshed out to 90 minutes. - 3 gold rings out of 5
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