Best Robotnik? Maybe!
As promised,Blue Core Studiosheld theworld premierof director Eddie Lebron’sSonicat MAGFest this past weekend. The viewing wasn’t without a hitch, however. The final cut of the film was lost as a result of a Trojan, so instead we were treated to a production cut with several effects still not added (man, wasthatgood for a few laughs!). After MAGFest ended, the team spent the next few days putting the movie back in a watchable state, and here we are. I’m still not too happy with the audio mixing, but whatevs.
The nearly 20-minute short stars Jaleel White, reprising his role as the Blue Blur from the three DIC EntertainmentSoniccartoons. Allfather Niero believes that Jaleel really phoned in his performance, but I think he adds a warm element of familiarity in a film that is otherwise very… off. Eddie says thatSonicis a mere spec film, but I would have rather he fleshed out and made a standalone tale that actuallywentsomewhere, like hisMega Manfilm.
But I’ll give credit where credit is due: The Robotnik actor is AMAZING! I also like the surprise cameos from various Internet personalities like brentalfloss,James “AVGN” Rolfe, ScrewAttack’s Stuttering Craig, That Guy With the Glasses’ Doug Walker, and Egoraptor. So there’s that.
Let me know what you think, especially of Sonic’s freakishly hairy character model.
