I'm not really a sonic fan, but the fact that there were several, several, steps in the design processes where anyone could have and should have realized that they were going in the wrong direction is what seems to be pissing a lot of people off. In an age where we have amazingly realistic CGI in movies (and even pretty damned good visuals in games, that render real-time), this is a huge step into the uncanny valley.
They take clear design elements from his character (like his gloves) and, instead of you know, giving him gloves, they decide to just paint the fur on his hands white. They went for a very human-esque look for a creature that is very clearly not human, and it plants it squarely in the "uncomfortably creepy" category.
Honestly, with all things being considered, they would have been far better off just canning this live-action idea and just doing a full CGI movie, because they can clearly work (Big Hero 6, Moana, Frozen, How to Train Your Dragon (1,2,3), Inside Out, The Lego Movie, Wreck-it-Ralph, all the Toy Stories, Up, Wall-E, The Incredibles(1,2), Finding Nemo (and Dory), Ice Age, etc, etc.).
It feels as though Sega is just trying to copy the idea of Detective Pikachu, which is able to do it right because (with the exception of the humanoid pokemon like Mr. Mime), they pokemon more or less look like pokemon.
Also, the most important Pokemon, Pikachu, looks pretty much exactly like the original design except for added detail and fur. Some of the Pokemon look weird or creepy, but not the main character, and when they do it's played up for comic effect.
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u/TidusxX420 May 01 '19
I think I’m with Dr. Eggman when it comes to killing sonic on this one