Random: Jim Carrey Mentions Upcoming Sonic Movie During Golden Globes Skit

I have no hope for this movie. No, I lie. I hope the poster reveal was a major troll attempt.

im curious how he will play as robotnik in this film. 🤔

" at least more people now know about Sonic's big screen outing."

You say that like it is a good thing. I fully expect this to be the next Avatar the Last Airbender or Dragon Ball Evolution. Another live action abomination that should never have been made.

At least the Mario movie has a chance (small though it may be). Since it isn't live action.

It'll be a toss up as to which is worse, Sonic or Detective Pikachu...

@CurryPowderKeg79 I have no doubt he is just doing it for the paycheck. He clearly doesn't care anymore.

Jim Carrey, Andy Samberg, and Sandra Oh are all precious and we don't deserve them 👐

"I'm sure it'll be nominated."

You mean for a Golden Razzie?

@CharlieSmile yes i love hollywood

Everything about this movie is just sad. It's like watching a one-legged puppy try to play football. People are counting it out already without seeing what it's capable of because... it's a freaking one-legged puppy! You don't really need to see much beyond that to know what it can do. I'd have had much higher hopes for an animated film, but when I heard it was live-action, that was it. I just want this movie released already so we can put it behind us.

Am I STILL optimistic? Still? I never was.

@Heavyarms55 dude, I don't know what you're saying! When I heard about the concept of a Detective Pikachu movie, I was a frontrunner for mocking it endlessly and saying how awful the idea was. After that trailer though man, I've made a complete 180. The writing genuinely looks quite sharp and funny and some of the set-pieces rather creative. Not to mention, it looks interesting visually. I have gone from despising the very idea of it to being pumped for it in the space of one trailer.

Sonic, on the other hand, seems to be completely and utterly unsalvageable. It's a horrible idea and any media they've released of it so far only makes it look worse

Is he being called Dr. Robotnik in the movie, not Eggman?

Just wait for the Mario movie, everyone. At least that one has a chance. Well, a small chance.

@Heavyarms55 I think Detective Pikachu could be good. Not great, but good.
Which is probably because lots of people actually want to see a realistic take on Pokémon, proven by tons of popular Fan-Art in all variations of hyper-real styles.

A live-action-hybrid of "Sonic the Hedgehog" on the other side was just a weird concept to begin with. But I hold my horses until we have a first trailer.

I am surprised he took the time from drawing his stupid kindergarten level liberal propaganda drawings to actually appear in a movie.

I honestly feel that this might just end up being Sega's equivalent of the Super Mario Bros. Nintendo movie from back in the day--not a good thing.

Must be staged and part of the show. Have a hard time seeing them disrespected one of the greatest actors of all times like that.

It had to be part of the show 🤣 I can't imagine that actually being real. But damn it, Jim handled that well regardless. I love his reactions.

How they insist on making him move seats, do they think it's funny? What a couple of holes.

Well, it's his own mistake to attend the Golden Globe freakshow. But he seems to get along with (or rather counters) what they put up.

Anyway, what's more crazy is how the multibillion dollar movie industry has just enough cash to pay a bunch of retarded facelifted drunks for its big events.

If it's mo-cap, then I have total faith in Carrey absolutely nailing it as Eggman.

If, though, it's entirely live action as I fear, then unless the fat suit is really convincing, I don't really see myself on a theater seat.

@Bensei Realistic Pokemon fan art is not the same as a live action film...

@Heavyarms55 I have seen mostly good reactions from nearly everybody around media about the upcoming Pikachu movie, people are genuinely intrigued.

I have no idea why you're making it seem like a hopeless trashfire.

I hope James' acting in the movie will be better.

This was a great skit

Well, Andy Samberg was in That’s My Boy so I highly doubt that the Sonic movie will be as unforgivably atrocious as THAT movie.

After that whole Jeff Bridges segment at the Golden Globes, I’m now convinced that he could pull off Big the Cat. Can we shoe that casting into this Sonic movie?

Edit: Wait, my last comment was also a Big joke. ... Guess I must fess up about my obsession with fishing and froggies.

I’m not sure how we further determined the quality of a movie (two to be exact) that still has very little info released based on a Golden Globe skit. But here we are.

I’m also sure Jim Carey is fine and that the skit was just that: a skit that everyone, he included, was most likely in on. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s the one who helped develop it. Sounds like his sense of humor

Clearly this was all a planned skit hence him being mic'ed up and given the chance to plug his movie. Also he would have approved the perceived slight on the film by Andy Samberg. It's all marketing, people! And good marketing at that. Also note that Spider-verse won best animation over all the Disney offerings so anything can happen if the movie is great.

The circle-jerk complaining about this movie has been hysterical.

I hope it turns out good just in spite all of you, but the fact that all of you are trying to hold a Sonic movie to such high standards is more hilarious.

Sonic was never a good video game. If it was, it hasn't been the past decade.

@Varkster I stand open to the possibility that it wont be a trashfire. But I have yet to see a live action adaptation that wasn't. If it is actually good, I will be very surprised. I give it a 5% chance. Primarily because you guys seem to be defending it.

@Heavyarms55 I know lots of people that - based on that fanart - would have loved to see a game with that realistic slick of paint, even if it was just for seeing if it works, and are now super excited for that movie.

While personally I'm still not 100% sold on the idea (some Pokémon like Jigglypuff work great, some like Mr. Mime are a bit uncanny), I'm at least willing to risk seeing it judging by the first trailer, as the plot seems to stick true to the source material while deviating enough to stand on its own.
And that's coming from someone who thought "Detective Pikachu" sounded like a ridiculous concept on paper.

That's why I think tossing Detective Pikachu into the same drawer as Dragon Ball Evolution is unfair. Detective Pikachu is an experiment, but a project that is backed by people who know their stuff and the risks involved. DBE was a trashfire cashgrab that was produced because Fox had to do something with the license.
The script writer of DBE even apologized and admitted that he was only after the paycheck and not really invested in the project. (Even though I think you got to blame the ignorance of every decision maker on that project.)

The only good thing about DBE is it ticked Akira Toriyama off so much he got back invested into the franchise.

@Bensei That's the thing, a realistic style done entirely animated as a game DOES sound cool. CG "realistic" Pokemon alongside live action actors sounds repulsive. To me anyway. Clearly that's not as widely held an opinion as I thought.

Perhaps the uncanny valley is something that's bigger or smaller for some people.

@Heavyarms55 It certainly varies with how schooled your eyes are to seeing it. I work in the VFX-industry, so I too found lots in the trailer that I thought was uncanny what friends of mine just couldn't see. It also tends to fade after some minutes if you can get into the plot, which of course doesn't work when you only see snippets.

I also think Pokémon will get away with more stuff as other films because they still keep their cartoonish silhouettes and vibrant colours, thus making it closer to Roger Rabbit than to GoT-Dragons. Sonic's posters do the mistake of trying to be real (like... MCU-real), thus going to deep into the uncanny valley.

To sum it all up: Detective Pikachu is still a risk, it can still become very uncanny, and is probably just an experiment.
But an experiment I am willing to take part in, as the trailer seems as if the creators know these risks and know what they are doing.

Mmm, it's funny how people is complaining about a movie that they haven't even seen a trailer for, just a teaser of a furry and muscular (and obscured) Sonic. Why would people want Sonic to be translated with his skinny legs and arms, he RUNS for christ sake.

@KayFiOS He's got the heart of a champion

Poor Jim 😟 one of my fave actors

Well, I hope that, somehow, the internet finds a way to make It's called Sonic The Hedgehog a meme.

When Carrey was younger, his 'tude and his hair would have landed him the role as Sonic.

Now, he's perfect for Robotnik.

You either die a hero, or live long enough to yada yada you know the rest.

I mean it's a perfect fit, Carrey was last relevant around the same time Sonic was!

I love how realistic and spontaneous these kinds of things are.
I was LMAO at the entire thing for its imaginative improvisational nature.

Imagine caring about a Hollywood celebrity's opinion on anything. (Not that I think Sonic will be great, because it probably won't). I'm surprised that they didn't try to force an unfunny anti-Trump joke into it. I guess they had the rest of the show for that.

@Bensei But it doesn't need to be a risk. I rewatched the preview and thought that if they did this exact same movie, with the same actors serving as voice actors instead and the same plot, I'd be seriously intrigued. Even going with the realistic style, if the entire film were animated the uncanny valley wouldn't be nearly the issue.

As it is, it constantly looks like the real people are clearly interacting with something that isn't really there or something that looks horribly out of place and obviously fake.

@Heavyarms55 The thing is there are already 20+ animated films of Pokémon out there, with a cg-animated Mewtwo returns coming soon as well.
Personally I couldn't be bothered to watch any animated spin-offs or specials like the one to Mystery Dungeon. That market is overly saturated.

However, Live-Action Movies get WAY more media attention than animation or a series (which is a shame, really), and addresses a different kind of market. It also makes sense to pick a different medium for a different market, as this is also the first time a Pokémon Movie has been created with a western market in mind.

@Edu23XWiiU I was wondering the same thing, but then I remembered. The whole world thinks it's cool to have on sonic.

@Bensei Perhaps. But I still have little hope or expectations for it. I just think it would be strictly better animated. The CG alongside live action just looks fake. Too cartoony and out of place. There is a reason MCU made Vision appear human for much of Infinty War, for example. And why Thanos is usually not on screen alongside a regular actor outside of action sequences.

The sonic movie must have not have had a big budget, or no REAL actor wanted to be in it...since they went with an actor who 'overacts' and was shamed by all of hollywood for his big mouth! Anyways, Carey had his days of glory in the past (just like many comedians that only lasted for a short time with a high career...Robin Williams, Adam Sandler and so many others...proving that it's a tough crowd not to want to redo the same routine over and over again). Well, when I first heard of the Sonic movie, I didn't know it was going to be live action, but if they do it like Who Framed Roger Rabbit or Cool World, it could work, other than that, it all comes down to the actors to make it good, and knowing that Jim Carey is in it...is a definite no go for myself (seriously can't stand the guy). Other than that, just like so many of the video game to hollywood films, this will be another flop...and even though Pokemon fans will be excited at first, I'm not seeing Detective Pikachu becoming a big hit either. I wanted to see the Assassin's Creed movie, but for some reason didn't know...anyone know if that was actually good or not?

@Heavyarms55 As mentioned before, MCU characters are meant to seem real (and do a pretty convincing job in doing so, even when next to real actors!). Thus they get closer to the uncanny.

DP can get away with more because it's not designed to be compared to reality like "Jungle Book" or even "The Hobbit", but rather "something surreal in the real world" like "Casper" or "Alvin and the Chipmunks". Just like you'd accept "human emotions" more in a Furby-doll than in a robot that looks very close to a human - but not quite.

It's very debatable if it works, and hard to judge by a few snippets, I agree on that. I have to disagree on Vision though. They gave him the human shape because of the plot, not because it was "harder to do". They wanted to show him becoming more human for Wanda, and doing it like this was the quickest and most efficient way for cinema.