Incredibly, it's only in recent years that Hollywood has cracked the code on video game adaptations. Apart from these movies, we had hits on the small screen like Fallout and The Last of Us. But at the same time, on the film side, we continued to have confusing errors like Eli Roth's "Borders." It's still a mixed bag. What Sonic is saying is that video games can indeed represent a bright future for screen franchises, but only if they're executed right.

Video games have a huge built-in audience. They often feature vast worlds full of rich storytelling. When it does well, we can get monster hits like Super Mario Bros. Movie. This audience is intensely loyal. However, for literally decades, studios seemed to almost show an active disregard for the source material when adapting video games for the big screen. Time and time again, we've seen it go badly. It seemed like the studios said, "Look, these video game movies don't work!"

What Sonic the Hedgehog helped demonstrate to the greatest extent is that video game movies can work incredibly well, and it's all down to execution. Undoubtedly, most of the time, the problems were a matter of execution. so sure Hollywood should probably try to make a Grand Theft Auto movie.or any number of other popular video games, but they should do it respectfully, taking a page from the franchise's book instead of bending recognizable characters to fit a story that doesn't feel natural.

We talked a little more about this in today's episode of the /Film Daily podcast, which you can listen to below:

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is in theaters now. You can buy the first two Sonic movies on 4K, Blu-ray or DVD from Amazon.