I’m still looking forward to the movie even though I don’t think the trailer looks good. (Gangster’s Paradise is such a poor choice of song.) I don’t trust trailers to be representative of their movies as a whole. I got burned by too many unreliable trailers in the past.
According to this trailer, Dr. Robotnik looks not like a typical Eggman for most of the trailer, but at the end has the bald head and crazy mustache. His body language is also different at the end, being more eager than the more calm persona he starts with. I’m wondering if he goes through a shift in character as the movie progresses. I’d like that. It would be interesting to see how his obsession with Sonic would completely ruin him.
Sonic’s design is different, but I can’t say I hate it. It might grow on me. It’s not like I think any of his designs are perfect. I can find something to bitch about in all of them.
I do like the energy thing going on with Sonic. There’s never any explanation why Sonic’s so fast, and I’m hoping the movie actually has a reason for once. It kind of makes Sonic like a superhero in a way. Maybe that’s what they’re going for in this version?
Something they barely showed and I want to see more of is the thing Sonic does with the ring. There hasn’t been much use for rings in most Sonic media outside the games (and even the games don’t do much) so it’s super cool when they actually have a purpose. It looks like they’re teleport rings, specifically, which is unusual as rings are usually power boosts.
Honestly, the movie doesn’t have to be good for me to consider it worth existing. Just having unique story elements from other continuities is enough for me.