We were sent a free screening link in order to review Sonic The Hedgehog for
Paramount Home Entertainment ahead of it's release today on 4K Ultra HD,
Blu-ray and DVD.
This is very much a family movie, which has a little nostalgia, plenty of action and even a little mild, comedy peril. Throughout the post are activity sheets which you can click on to
save and print off!
The story stars super speedy, Sonic the Hedgehog (voiced by Ben Schwartz),
aka The Blue Blur, in his new home on Earth. He's hiding out, living among
the regular people in small town America, but they don't realise he's even
there. He accidentally catches the attention of evil genius Dr. Robotnik
(Jim Carrey) and knows his time on Earth has to come to an end. He needs to
use his magic rings to escape to another world...
Classic super-villain vs. super-sonic animated action ensues, and it's very
well done. Dr Robotnik is very much robo-human, and Sonic is super speedy
out-of-his-depth blue hedgehog. He's very cute and lovable - famously
softened up after reviewers while the movie was in edit said he was too
terrifying. (Think original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rather than their
reboot.)
The storyline is quite clever, Robotnik wants to harness Sonic's power and use
it to take over the world, Sonic needs to find his rings and escape in time.
Classic chase, with a touch of humanity and kindness thrown in, this is a
heartwarming story with a happy ending.
It'll be really easy for younger members of the family to follow the movie and
enjoy it, and there's action and humour throughout. This is slapstick with
comedy injuries - very much as you'd expect from an animated computer game
hedgehog. It's not 'stupid' though, so it will amuse older members of the
family - and we're the ones who'll get all the references to the original game
and video gaming history.
Bonus content on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray & DVD includes:
Around The World In 80 Seconds
Deleted Scenes
Original Opening
Super Observant Carl
Baby Sonic
Bloopers
Building Robotnik With Jim Carrey
Around The World In 80 Seconds
Deleted Scenes
Original Opening
Super Observant Carl
Baby Sonic
Bloopers
Building Robotnik With Jim Carrey
Sonic The Hedgehog is distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment and is released today on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD, already available to Download
And Keep. Find out more on the Sonic The Hedgehog movie website.
Paramount Home Entertainment have offered a copy of Sonic The Hedgehog on
Blu-ray each for two of my readers. Entry to the giveaway is by the Gleam form
below. No entries are mandatory and each extra task completed earns another
entry into the random draw. Your details won't be used for anything except
this giveaway, then deleted.
If you are new to Gleam, there's a link to help as well as my other UK
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and conditions at the bottom of the giveaway form.
Sonic The Hedgehog Movie (Cert PG) 2 x Blu-ray Giveaway (sent by Paramount)
We were sent a screening link to Sonic The Hedgehog for review. I
received nothing else in return for the time taken over this
post.
I'm pretty sure it was an Atari, too. My OH played more than I did. A fun way to pass the time on a lazy Sunday.
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ReplyDeleteSuper Mario was my favourite game when I was younger
ReplyDeletePlaying Mario Kart with my little brother and every time I'd be about to win, he would grab my remote and throw it in another room 😃🤣
ReplyDeleteOne of the first games I ever played was the original Gran Turismo on PS1. I used to play it for hours with my mum and dad
ReplyDeleteI loved playing sonic and mario!
ReplyDeleteThe first game I definitely remember playing is Frogger. I got a mini arcade machine of it for Christmas 1982. It broke eventually but a few years ago my husband got me a replacement for Christmas, which now has pride of place in my retro console collection :D
ReplyDeleteYes, I remember playing sonic the Hedgehog too!
ReplyDeleteWe had a Cokecovision and I remember playing Smurfs and Space panic.
ReplyDeleteThe first game I remember playing was Super Robin Hood on the Spectrum!
ReplyDeleteWe had a Commodore 64 and we loved playing Super Mario Bros.
ReplyDeletepaper man on the Commodore 64
ReplyDeleteMy first game was Pacman on the Commodore64
ReplyDeletefor me it would have to be back to the future on my Commodore 64 I was addicted to that game
ReplyDeleteI remember playing goldeneye 007 I think it was on the N64, it was my brothers but he always used to let me play
ReplyDeleteSnow Bros in the arcade. Always steal coins from my mother's purse... Dongchun Bang
ReplyDeleteMy first games were Dizzy and Boulder Dash on the C64! Still have the cassettes in storage :)
ReplyDeleteplaying space invaders
ReplyDeleteWe had the stick tennis game - this is my first memory of playing games on a console
ReplyDeleteone of the first games i played was Alek the Kid
ReplyDeleteFirst game I played was crash bandicoot on the PlayStation one xx
ReplyDeleteI loved Sonic, it was even a nickname for a while, played on the Sega megadrive
ReplyDeleteElite on the BBC Micro
ReplyDeleteI used to play pacman and after I would go to bed my mum used to sit on the end of my bed playing it she was addicted
ReplyDeleteIt would have to be space invaders, got competitive with my brother!
ReplyDeleteWe had an Atari too. The first game I really remember playing a lot of though, was Monkey Island on the PC. We actually used to play it as a family working the clues out together.
ReplyDeleteha space invaders
ReplyDeleteBeing surprised by my dad with an Atari and Space Invaders and Pac Man games. Loved having evenings playing them with him and watching his face struggling to coordinate the joystick and fire button - Happy days!
ReplyDeleteSpace invaders in college but also Donkey Kong on a little handheld device which unfortunately got left on a train.
ReplyDeleteI loved paper boy! so addictive!
ReplyDeleteWe had an Amiga - great times
ReplyDeleteDizzy on a Commodore 64
ReplyDeleteIt would be Tomb Raider and I remember my cousin coming over a lot and me watching him play tomb raider
ReplyDeleteIt was Sonic the Hedgehog on the mega-drive
ReplyDeleteWe used to play wizards lair on the commodore 64 on a black and white portable TV and only realised years later that taht you needed to see the colour of keys to unlock doors and escape!
ReplyDeleteWe had a device called a rumble station, plugged into the TV it was great fun
ReplyDeleteManic Miner on the ZX Spectrum.
ReplyDeleteTetris was the first game I played
ReplyDeleteMine was crash bandicoot as a kid and then spyro
ReplyDeleteI believe Sonic was my first to play ad I started on the sega genesis.
ReplyDeletemy son would love this film!
ReplyDeleteI loved street fighter
ReplyDeleteSame we had an Atari before a mega drive which I played sonic all day long , Atari I had pacman , space invaders, Atlantis
ReplyDeleteI remember playing pacman and space invaders
ReplyDeleteAlex The Kid In Wonderland on the Master System
ReplyDeleteWe had a Spectrum ZX and I remember playing Trans Am
ReplyDeletePlayed it on a friend's PS2.
ReplyDeleteI used to love playing Abe Space Odessey. I think that's what it was called 🤔
ReplyDeletelove sonic fab game xx
ReplyDeleteI remember playing Wonder Boy!! I loved it. Also Flimbo's Quest
ReplyDeleteWe used to have the Sega Megadrive and my cousin would come over ever Friday night and we'd play the Michael Jackson Moonwalker game. Still the best game ever in my opinion - they should make it for the PS4!
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