Ugly Sonic Has Just Made Sonic Fans Look Very Silly

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This is something of a minority opinion in our world, but I don't particularly care for the Sonic the Hedgehog movies. Robotnik and Stone make a great duo, but everywhere else it feels like the films always go for the easy gag, action sequences are stretched out too thin, the plot is overly simplistic, and I was thoroughly unallured by Idris Elba as Knuckles. Give me Luther, Bloodsport, or Charles Miner any day. It's maybe for the best that they don't exactly follow any of Sonic's needlessly convoluted stories, but aside from being CGI pacifiers for 90 minutes respite from your own children, I don't see the appeal. Box office returns, critical reception, and the gaming world's embrace of the Sonic flicks all prove me wrong, but Chip 'n Dale's Ugly Sonic feels like vindication.

My feelings towards the Sonic movies have always been out of step with the rest of the world. When Sonic was first revealed, I thought (as everyone else did) that the design was pretty ugly, but I also thought the memes kind of ran away with themselves and it became a much bigger deal than it needed to be. I don't think it was that bad. I think it would have been a silly reason for full grown adults to not see a movie about a superfast hedgehog from outer space who runs fast, eats chili dogs, and tells fart jokes. It was a strange example of the entitlement we see with mass market movie audiences, with the memery quickly moving beyond good-hearted mocking to mean-spirited demands that the design be changed.

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If you watch Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (side note: please do that, it's better than both Sonics), you will notice that Ugly Sonic is significantly uglier than the original Sonic. Although, perhaps you won't notice, because our