Difference between revisions of "SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (film)"
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| − | Relevant here for the visuals of the conflict between Sonic, the alien and super-powered but fully organic hedgehog on one side — with his human friends Tom and Maddie Wachowski — vs. Dr. Ivo Robotnik, Jim Carrey's evil scientist who wants to capture Sonic on an accusation of terrorism, and Tom Wachowski as well. As with [[E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL|E.T.]], the threat to Sonic is vivisection and dissection, though in Sonic's case there'd be the goal beyond curiosity of discovering the source of his powers: playing self-on-self baseball, Sonic reaches an energy level that generated an electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) that blacks out much (most?) of the American West. Organic and visually soft and fuzzy Sonic — and, figuratively, Tom and Maddie Wachowski — contrast with Dr. Robotnik and his machines. Note one of the great trucks of SF cinema, with Dr. Robotnik inside and surrounded by cybernetic and electronic gear, controlling drones of mainly Modernist design. Note Robotnik in a series of aircraft as very high-tech nesting dolls (Russian: matryoshkas),[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matryoshka_doll] but metal and flying and firing various weapons. Note also motif of octagons associated with Robotnik, and perhaps a hexagon. | + | Relevant here for the visuals of the conflict between Sonic, the alien and super-powered but fully organic hedgehog on one side — with his human friends Tom and Maddie Wachowski — vs. Dr. Ivo Robotnik, Jim Carrey's evil scientist who wants to capture Sonic on an accusation of terrorism, and Tom Wachowski as well. As with [[E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL|E.T.]], the threat to Sonic is vivisection and dissection, though in Sonic's case there'd be the goal beyond curiosity of discovering the source of his powers: playing self-on-self baseball, Sonic reaches an energy level that generated an electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) that blacks out much (most?) of the American West. Organic and visually soft and fuzzy Sonic — and, figuratively, Tom and Maddie Wachowski — contrast with Dr. Robotnik and his machines. Note one of the great trucks of SF cinema, with Dr. Robotnik inside and surrounded by cybernetic and electronic gear, controlling drones of mainly Modernist design. Note Robotnik in a series of aircraft as very high-tech nesting dolls (Russian: matryoshkas),[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matryoshka_doll] but metal and flying and firing various weapons. Note also motif of octagons associated with Robotnik, and perhaps a hexagon.[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HighTechHexagons] |
Sonic and Tom Wachowski come to represent friendship and family, Robotnik the cybernetic, "mechanical," and, of course, the figuratively robotic. Robotnik is associated with, but not part of, the US military. | Sonic and Tom Wachowski come to represent friendship and family, Robotnik the cybernetic, "mechanical," and, of course, the figuratively robotic. Robotnik is associated with, but not part of, the US military. | ||
Revision as of 16:30, 7 April 2020
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG. Jeff Fowler, director, executive producer (one of seven). Patrick Casey and Josh Miller, script. Based on the Sega Game,[1] characters credited to Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara.[2] Sean Haworth, production design. USA, Japan, Canada: Paramount Pictures, Sega, Original Film (main production) / Paramount Pictures (US distribution), 2020. See IMDb for details of production and distribution.[3]
Relevant here for the visuals of the conflict between Sonic, the alien and super-powered but fully organic hedgehog on one side — with his human friends Tom and Maddie Wachowski — vs. Dr. Ivo Robotnik, Jim Carrey's evil scientist who wants to capture Sonic on an accusation of terrorism, and Tom Wachowski as well. As with E.T., the threat to Sonic is vivisection and dissection, though in Sonic's case there'd be the goal beyond curiosity of discovering the source of his powers: playing self-on-self baseball, Sonic reaches an energy level that generated an electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) that blacks out much (most?) of the American West. Organic and visually soft and fuzzy Sonic — and, figuratively, Tom and Maddie Wachowski — contrast with Dr. Robotnik and his machines. Note one of the great trucks of SF cinema, with Dr. Robotnik inside and surrounded by cybernetic and electronic gear, controlling drones of mainly Modernist design. Note Robotnik in a series of aircraft as very high-tech nesting dolls (Russian: matryoshkas),[4] but metal and flying and firing various weapons. Note also motif of octagons associated with Robotnik, and perhaps a hexagon.[5]
Sonic and Tom Wachowski come to represent friendship and family, Robotnik the cybernetic, "mechanical," and, of course, the figuratively robotic. Robotnik is associated with, but not part of, the US military.
RDE, Initial Compiler, 19Feb20
