https://twitter.com/SonicMovie/status/1074853082159243264
The movie adaptation of Sonic the Hedgehog won’t open until November 8th, 2019, but we have a slight idea of what the sort-of live-action version of Sonic will look like, thanks to a puzzling first look poster and a second poster that didn’t seem to allay anyone’s worries. This “realistic” version of Sonic seemed to be a little too muscular and fuzzy according to some people, who — to be fair — would probably be far more horrified if Sonic was closer to actual, poo-loving hedgehogs.
Paramount has reacted to the jokes and memes about the posters by steering into the skid on the movie’s official Twitter page. They unveiled the picture above, showing Sonic with even more muscular legs, accompanied by the message, “This shouldn’t get any attention on the internet, right? #RespectTheLegs #SonicMovie”
They also retweeted some of the silly fan art, including this one:
— Aura (@Aurafox1) December 13, 2018
So far they’ve only ironically retweeted a few of the jokes at their expense, but we can’t wait to see where this goes.
In the meantime, we have suggestions for some other tweets they could share:
https://twitter.com/KatiKnitt/status/1072684145938231296
the perspective of this poster makes me think Sonic's sitting up there like pic.twitter.com/8WlJoAsx0W
— Dark Ruler Ha Donkus (@poondonkus) December 12, 2018
idc what anyone says, the new Sonic movie looks dope pic.twitter.com/lX6q9iFpc6
— Leah Williams (@mymonsterischic) December 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/AlannaWrites/status/1075130534001631233
And now, an important message from Sonic the Hedgehog. #SonicMovie pic.twitter.com/5eR5h2OVft
— ThatGuyNamedHunter (@HunterSquibb) December 18, 2018
I’m trying to work out how they even got to Movie Sonic from Normal Sonic
And my conclusion is – inhaling absolutely shedloads of glue, it’s the only logical explanation pic.twitter.com/qfcaK5HFeH
— Tracker (@Tracker_TD) December 10, 2018
Sonic The Hedgehog (2019) pic.twitter.com/Ycno0H8sD3
— One Punch-In Man (@CineMasai_) December 10, 2018
And you can’t have a meme involving fan art without a cursed image of Garfield making an appearance:
Gotta go feast pic.twitter.com/3zdEOVbJlE
— Jhall (@JHallComics) December 10, 2018
Other cursed images were bandied about:
Leaked concept art from the "Sonic the Hedgehog" movie. #SonicMovie pic.twitter.com/MW0cOutwjk
— Mel Kropping (@MKropping) December 12, 2018
Tails in the Sonic Movie (2019) pic.twitter.com/X7x9SJvfF1
— ⚙️ Meme Bean ⚙️ (@MemeBeanRegime) December 10, 2018
Oh my god, you just know they’re going to make Sonic’s face look like a real hedgehog aren’t they. Nightmare fuel! pic.twitter.com/9L02zWAvyH
— A+Start Son of a Glitch ✪ (@AStartShow) December 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/zazobusha/status/1073067838804496384
Even Gritty made a cameo:
look at what happens when you brighten sonic's face on the Sonic the Hedgehog poster pic.twitter.com/UV78cLMWj9
— Steve Zaragoza (@stevezaragoza) December 10, 2018
People continue to lament what Paramount hath wrought:
The Sonic poster is real… 😭 pic.twitter.com/zXxtR8T5L0
— Gajan Kulasingham (@gogogajman) December 14, 2018
When the Sonic movie ads showed up pic.twitter.com/24JRRNkkrj
— Default Setting (@DefSetting) December 18, 2018
Paramount: Sonic's normal design just doesn't look right in a live-action setting…
Progressive (6 years ago): … pic.twitter.com/VQsVTHXkIG— JakeWhyman (@Jake_Whyman) December 18, 2018
DETECTIVE PIKACHU LOOKS LIKE PIKACHU, MOVIE SONIC IS A HAIRY, NAKED LITTLE MAN
— Bobby Schroeder (@ponettplus) December 10, 2018
I actually think the Sonic poster looks fine, but I’m a bit worried by the tagline pic.twitter.com/bBGlcwW9qt
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) December 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/heyshanmurphy/status/1072159478521495552
https://twitter.com/joeyroditis/status/1072944982829424640
It’s a strange time to be a Sonic fan. (It’s always a strange time to be a Sonic fan.)
https://twitter.com/9_volt_/status/1072134665367183365
No, no, no. You misunderstand the situation. This is the first time the Sonic fan base unanimously hate the same Sonic related thing. There is no division for once. We all agree it’s garbage. pic.twitter.com/aA8AKELBRW
— A+Start Son of a Glitch ✪ (@AStartShow) December 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/Cybrid101/status/1074447606657544192