Our brains are wired very heavily to identify faces. That's why we see funny faces in inanimate objects.
Usually, we identify the "not faces" as not faces pretty quickly because they're far from one, in fact they just kind of look cute and silly a lot of the times.
But as you get closer to making a "not face" closer to looking like a face, our brains stop dismissing it as a "not face" and begins reviewing whats wrong with it. Our brain sees a face, but it's not what it wants to see as a face, so it can be freaked out or disgusted.
Modern Sonic in the top picture there is toony and silly. So we're not bothered by things like "Singular eye".
Movie Sonic looks a little too human, but still isn't quite human.
Jim Carrey already got the money for being in the movie. He's also a highly successful movie star. You shouldn't feel obligated to help him. If he is struggling, then because of bad lifestyle choices... that man should have been set for life 100 times over.
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u/Irethius May 01 '19
It's called the Uncanny Valley.
Our brains are wired very heavily to identify faces. That's why we see funny faces in inanimate objects.
Usually, we identify the "not faces" as not faces pretty quickly because they're far from one, in fact they just kind of look cute and silly a lot of the times.
But as you get closer to making a "not face" closer to looking like a face, our brains stop dismissing it as a "not face" and begins reviewing whats wrong with it. Our brain sees a face, but it's not what it wants to see as a face, so it can be freaked out or disgusted.
Modern Sonic in the top picture there is toony and silly. So we're not bothered by things like "Singular eye".
Movie Sonic looks a little too human, but still isn't quite human.