It's safe to say that the first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog didn't receive the response Paramount was hoping for. Rather than audiences welling up with nostalgia at seeing a true videogame icon on the big screen for (nearly) the first time, the collective response was one of horror. Or, more specifically, what in the name of all that's holy is that blue monstrosity? Sonic the Hedgehog, familiar to everyone as a broadly drawn cartoon with a decent dose of attitude, looked hideous. Maybe it was the tiny eyes, maybe it was the human teeth, maybe it was giving him a more recognisably human body - whatever the case, nobody liked it.