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TheSonic the Hedgehogtrailer is here , but what vocal plays over the footage ? Introduced as Sega ’s mascot with the original telecasting game in 1991 , the role is at last headlining his own plastic film this fall . Starring Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic , the bouncy - action / CGI hybrid see the speedster team up with police police officer Tom Wachowski ( James Marsden ) in an endeavour to thwart the plans of the vicious Dr. Robotnik ( Jim Carrey ) . plot adaptations historically seldom pan out well , but there was hopeSonicwould be able to turn that style .
Unfortunately for the creative team , Sonic the Hedgehoghas been generating immix - to - negative bombilation for a while , as evidenced bythe responses to the character ’s " resilient - action " looking at . Even Sonic ’s Divine , Yuji Naka , was disappointed with the final result , though some were unforced to reserve judgment for the first trailer . Sadly , the first theatrical previewdid little to reverse the conversation circumvent the plastic film , and one critique in finical orbit around a truly queer musical choice .
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TheSonictrailer is determine to " Gangsta ’s Paradise , " the iconic rap song by Coolio , which appeared on the creative person ’s 1995 albumGangsta ’s Paradise . It won a Grammy award for Best Solo Rap Performance and is wide considered to be one of the great tracks ever recorded . " Gangsta ’s Paradise " was on the soundtrack for the filmDangerous Minds .
Most times when a picture show preview employ license music , there ’s some variety of obvious connection between the Sung and the film itself . For example , theToy Story 4teaser ’s use of " Both Sides Now"ties into the movie ’s existential theme andDetective Pikachu’sincorporation of " Happy Together"reflects the blossoming crime - solving friendly relationship at the mettle of the story . But in the case ofSonic , it ’s hard to see the correlation . In " Gangsta ’s Paradise , " Coolio whistle about his life and current situation in bon ton , coming to the agonizing conclusion that he ’s immobilize in a cps and nothing will get good . It ’s a deeply contemplative and serious song that has very picayune ( if anything ) to do with a television secret plan moving-picture show adaptation hoping to be a goofy , kinfolk - well-disposed adventure . The tone of the song and the preview are essentially diametrical opposites , creating a jarring juxtaposition .
At good , Paramount ’s merchandising department must have thought the instrumentation made for a attention-getting background beat and using one of the most popular 1990s tracks superficially land to listen Sonic ’s ( and Sega ’s ) 1990s heyday . Otherwise , it ’s a very head - scratch up selection that does nothing to give bombilation or hype for the celluloid . Based on the reaction to the lagger , advertising is n’t off to the best start , so hopefully Paramount picks things up on theSonicfront over the next few months . They ’re a studio apartment that could truly use a major succeeder .
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