UPDATE: Call-in Date Pushed Up
Support has gained in the effort to bring what is presently a suspended Sonic fan film to official fruition.
It’s not Richard Kuta directly fronting the effort. But with his apparent initial blessing, it is another Sonic fan, Sonicthehedgehog360, organizing an effort to place a mass call-in to Sega of Japan beginning December 1st. (11/06 Update: The date has been moved up from December 5th to December 1st, which is a business day.) That, at least, is the call to arms plastered on the call-in’s official hub. Presently a showcase of fan works, the site promises to have details on how you can contact Sega of Japan and voice your support for Kuta’s work.
“I really saw some great elements in Kuta’s movie. Storyboards, story elements, voice samples, and the feel of the movie really hit me,” the organizer said on why he’s moving forward with the effort, even after Kuta indefinitely suspended development on the fan film. “I just couldn’t let a project go to waste from troll attacks.”
When the day comes, participants will get instructions on how to call in to SoJ via their computer. In the interim, Sonicthehedgehog360 is using the page as an outlet for other fan works, including music and art, with the first in a series of live Internet performances scheduled for next Saturday at noon, eastern time (and not this Sunday, as previously reported.)
It is a Kuta Aid, of sorts–even after Kuta swore off the project.
“I instructed (Sonicthehedgehog360) to cancel the call-in since the project is dead,” Kuta wrote in a comment on this site yesterday morning. “I sincerely have given up on this project and made my departure from the Sonic community.”
But Sonicthehedgehog360 says in an E-Mail to TSSZ News he did seek initial approval from Kuta to organize the effort–likely before the aforementioned comments were made. He also said that while Kuta has no involvement in the organization itself, there are context clues in the effort.
“The call-in site being ‘on’ says something about the status of the movie,” the organizer said, noting interest has piqued from hundreds of Sonic fans.
If the effort does make it to December 5th, we will follow up with those call-in details for those interested. But if nothing else, the effort shows that even if Kuta abandons the notion of a Sonic film, there are plenty of others willing to pick up where he left off.
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Well, I’ve removed the SatAM episodes, and not because of your request MYG. I did because I’m going to do what’s right, not follow the Rich’s bad example from the past where he sold DVDs on eBay. Even though thousands of people upload cartoons to YouTube all the time, I’m not going to do that. I’m going to keep my good name. I’m not going to blow that away even if this was for an Academy Award-winning script. Don’t even bother me with the “oh, he’s a flip-flop… blah, blah, blah.” I know what choice I needed to make, I repented, and I made it.
Now, I’m deeply angered by the smut-throwing here. If you don’t want the movie made, then sit back and let the thing fail on its own. If the movie doesn’t have the polish, it won’t make it… got it? People working for Sega will figure it out if it’s worth it or not, and will live with it. They’re trained professionals with more than enough experience to figure things out.
@Sonic360
Yes, you are correct when you say that the people working for Sega are trained professionals. The same trained professionals who decided to pass on this movie a couple years back. So the professional response would be not to pitch the same movie to them again, by staging a scripted call in.
But it’s not the same movie, if you mean the script. It’s like 4th draft if I remember correctly. Plus, after waiting a number of years, it’s logical to try to re-submit the idea. If it’s not worth it, let ‘em deny it. I don’t care. I actually liked Night of the Werehog, and that was at least something near-cinematic quality.
By the way, thanks for not holding the SatAM video upload thing against me. That was a dumb thing to do, and I’m not going to make the same dumb mistakes other people have made. Plus, there’s plenty of Sonic sites that could be closed down from the illegal content… “Fast” *cough* “Feet” “Sonic” *cough “Stadium”.
@Sonic360
Should you really be saying that about a forum that you are a member of? Also, the reason why it doesn’t make sense to re-pitch this movie is because in this case, the studio specially told the “director” not to contact them again about it. Why else do you think that YOU have to organize this event? If this wasn’t true, Kuta himself would be constantly pitching this movie over and over again like he did up until 2009. He also wouldn’t be hiding behind another studio in hopes that Sega doesn’t find out he is involved. (I’m referring to his most recent pitch that he claimed he made)
I actually don’t mind TSS having that content on their site. It’s a fan collaboration, so there’s going to be various people with differing standards working on there. TSS is still nice, and has a nice professional look to it. At the very least, Sega likes their Summer of Sonic events and sends them promo material all the time. I’ll just stick to subjects that are liked there since anything that has “sonic: SotCE” tagged on it are immediately banned, previous to me posting on there last week’s topic btw.
Shoot, did someone answer my question but then it got deleted?
I can answer for you. Jealousy. I don’t understand jealousy myself, but the trolls will do all they can to make you think that they’re good, honest people. That’s definitely not the case, though. Don’t believe them, no matter how good they twist the facts, or lie. It’s quite obvious if the project wasn’t any good, the trolls would let it fail on its own.
@ Sonic360 – A good person tries to follow through on what they say about 99.9% of the time. I can’t say Kuta’s a good person given how much he’s flip flopped about the production status of this project along with details attached to it. As a Sonic fan, I am by no means jealous of Kuta. If I was truly that jealous I’d go out and make my own movie or something of equal merit within the community to get the cred and respect that he wants so badly. However I am irate, tired, and just plain sick of hearing about this project every chance he gets a little soapbox to rant about the hate or hype it up with what little progress he’s made. He claims to have been doing this for what? 5-6 years? 10 years? And all he has to show for it is some 40 second trailer and a load of drama attached to it. If he really wanted it done, it’d have been done, or if it was really too much he’d have given up and moved on like he claimed last week.
Then again, I’m the type of fan perfectly content with drawing fan art, writing fanfiction, or even possibly submitting a portfolio to Archie Comics to pencil stories for one of their Sonic comics. While I’m still working on it I’m not posting about it everywhere I go in as a means to get the cred/respect if I did get the latter. In fact, acting like that serves to hinder my focus, not to mention the very real possibility that I could be turned down.
Whereas I’m being more realistic towards what I can accomplish, Kuta hasn’t and apparently doesn’t acknowledge the fact that he can/has failed in getting this thing made official. Those C&D notices should have been indication enough, but if the both of you really want to go there with this call in, all I can say is be prepared for the very real possibility of having this fall on deaf ears, legal action, etc.