Sonic movie was AWESOME!!!

I just finished watching the Sonic fan film by Eddie Lebron of Blue Core Studios.  For an 18-minute video, it was incredible!  I wont spoil anything (especially that surprise ending) but the scenery's were beautiful and lush.  I don't know where Mr. Lebron chose to film South Island, but it was green with a lot of trees.  Perfect setting for the first games with that bright look to them.

The addition of humans was a good touch, it made it feel like Sonic really was part of our world and how they set up news clips of Dr. Robotnik (as sort of a backstory to the movie) before he moves his Egg Carriers over the city.  Again, I don't know which city was being used.  They also specifically mention G.U.N. so as not to mention any specific military force or country associated with them.

Now, early on, we got a taste of one of the first humans we encounter... DOUG WALKER!  The Nostalgia Critic himself has a non-speaking cameo and is the first one to see "the blue blur"!  The humans were really great actors.  Whoever played Robotnik was chosen well, he wasn't fat, he was big with a hint of muscle, so they didn't get a stereotype fat-man like Peter Griffin.  His acting was really well done, his intro-speech was very deep in his thoughts, he was more like a guy who wants to preserve peace his way, but not in a way we would all agree with.  Sorta like Hearth Ledger's version of the Joker.  My only critical respond of the human actors was the G.U.N. soldier being tortured, he wasn't acting well-enough in that scene.  The four G.U.N. soldiers, however, were pretty good.  I was hoping the female soldier was Topaz to connect with Sonic X.  Their acting seemed pretty good.  I was pleased with the one scene where the soldier was reloading her weapon... no "endless" magazine LOL!  I think my favorite scene was when Sonic was hitting on the female soldier.  That was a nice break from the non-stop action.

The explosions and graphics were kind of 2D against the real-life background, but pulling something off like that is hard (to make a Buzzbomber hit a tree and make it realistically explode, Eddie Lebron would have had to put a REAL explosive on the tree to give it a 3D-depth, but something like that would've been not only expensive but dangerous).  Other graphics like the gun muzzle flashes could've been better.  They could've added a bit of smoke and ejecting brass shells.

Sonic's 3D model was unique.  It wasn't a copy-cat from the games, but it didn't deviate either.  I liked how he looked with a bit of flowing hair in addition to his spines.  I guess my only criticism would be his mouth animation.  He could have found a way to move the mouth to either side of Sonic's muzzle instead of being smack-center, but it wasn't that bad.  And the lip-sync animations could have been better, but from someone who tried lip-sync animations I know how hard it is.

The story was simple, Robotnik invades South Island and the G.U.N. tries to stop him.  That is where we meet "the blue blue" and he doesn't just appear, we see bits of him before we see his face (the Doug Walker scene) so for an 18-minute movie it had a nice build-up.  The parts where Sonic was battling the Buzzbombers and Motobugs were really good, intense, and high-speed like a car-chase that puts you on the edge of your seat (I mean, it wasn't as good as the tank scene from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" but it was still good).

It ends with a great wide shot of Green Hill Zone (which was mentioned by name) and we get a sense that this is where the first game begins.  I can now picture this movie's Robotnik coming down with a giant wrecking ball later on.  As for the last few seconds... dude, that was totally unexpected... and I'm not gunna tell you what it is!  You'll have to see it for yourself!

Overall, great movie, it was 18 minutes but it felt longer, and I kinda knew it was gunna end at that point, and it was worth it.  The entire movie was worth the two-year wait (and the two-day wait LOL) and I would heavily recommend any Sonic fan to watch it!

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In other news, I'm having problems logging into my Skype using my Windows Live login information.  I can still log into my Skype account, but a majority of my friends are on my Windows Live.  Is anybody else having that problem?  Thank you.