![]() While I'm from the old SatAM generation with a really menacing, smart, reserved plotting Robotnik (I couldn't stand the slapstick of the previous cartoon), if I understand correctly the newer "Eggman" version hams it up with flair and gusto of superiority. Upon viewing Sonic 1: This man was the perfect choice for the role. ![]() He's an awesome actor, but was this really the correct choice? Will his acting show through any body prosthetics to make him rounder? First we have a Sonic that doesn't look like Sonic, and now a Robotnik that doesn't look like Robotnik. Initial impression: Wait, Jim Carrey? Will he be in a fat suit? Robotnik's supposed to be more round. ![]() maybe that will change for the third movie? Appearance-wise, he's changed as they decided not to go with his corpulent physique, which makes him look kind of Sonic '06 like, but. Definitely one of the best interpretations of the character and, personality wise, nails what it'd be like if Robotnik were a real person. I think Jim Carrey understands this fundamental dichotomy of the character far more than a lot of people who have been entrusted with the property, and has come up with a psychological background for him that explains why he is the way he is, this brilliant, bizarrely charismatic, but extremely dangerous nutjob. It helps you identify more strongly with Sonic, who loves to humiliate and make a mockery of him, but can't come off as too much of a jerk for doing so. ![]() You have to fear and hate him, but you also have to really laugh at him when he loses. Some adaptations (AoStH) lean too hard toward "goofball", others (SatAM) lean too hard toward straight-up menace. I think Robotnik as a character works best when he's both a goofball and a legitimate threat. ![]()
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