THE NAME OF THE GAME: The first trailer for the upcoming live-action cinematic adaptation of Sonic the Hedgehog has––as can be expected––drawn a lot of conversation and criticism...including on your favorite nerdy-geeky podcast. Andrew and D. Bethel have a lot to say about the trailer and, in a larger scope, movie adaptations of video games and what works and what doesn't. But first, the trailer.
RELEVANT LINKS:
Ben Schwartz's––Sonic's voice actor––bizarre interview with Larry King. Rosenberg, Adam. "The Internet is Obsessed with Sonic the Hedgehog's Muscular, Sculpted Sex Legs." Mashable. 10 Dec. 2018. Gravity Falls' creator, Alex Hirsch, and his Twitter thread response to the Sonic trailer. D. Bethel's Free Comic Book Day video.RELEVANT EPISODES:
Episode 19 - In It to Win It (03 Oct. 2014): Where Andrew relays his pitch for the Tetris movie. Episode 72 - Murphy, the Pilot of Piqued (13 Nov. 2015): Where Andrew and D. Bethel first discussed the nature of adaptations of video games into movies.INFO:
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"Disco Medusae" and "District Four" by Kevin Macleod (incompotech.com)