Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (Rob Letterman, May 10, 2019) Movie • Page 18

Yeah, in a general sense, the idea of spinoffs outside the Detective Pikachu premise is cool, & Mewtwo specifically is something that could be neat. Like, something inspired by the first Pokemon movie in the incredibly loose, vague way that superhero films borrow from comics, but mostly its own thing doing the most w/ the different medium & world, could be cool. But, yeah, I mostly just want new things.

 

I don't think a film really works in the same format as the games. The idea of Detective Pikachu makes more sense because it isn't going to be overstuffed with content to appease people.

 

They'd have to go through a bunch of the gym battles in Red/Blue as a montage in order to fit them all in and I really don't want that.

 

Film 1: main character gets a starter, takes on the first gym, and has a showdown with team rocket.

Film 2: skip ahead in time. Main character beats the final gym/Giovanni and makes it through Victory Road. Movie ends when he/she reaches the elite 4.

Film 3: main character battles the elite 4, takes on Mewtwo, and shuts down team rocket for good.

 

if I’m being 100% honest I would like nothing to do with actual Pokémon story.

just give me side stories like this and other stuff in the Pokémon world.

 

Yeah I think having it be side stories set in the pokemon world is probably better than the tradition pokemon champion story. a lot of the reason that most video game movies fail is because they try to recreate a story thats meant to be played, so then the experience of watching it is like, "well wait why aren't i just playing this?" and it doesnt really work. The more successful video game movies are the ones that just take tropes and elements from video games (wreck it ralph, scott pilgrim, etc) and blend them with traditional story structures. Like I'm assuming this is going to do.

 

Nah, I personally disagree completely with that. It's another reason why adapting the original games would be bad, but that basic journey structure would be so easy to build films around.

Like, you don't have to make 8 or 9 films to depict every moment, every gym, etc., nor do you have to condense it all into one overstuffed film. No montages or whatever. Star Wars, Marvel, & so many other franchises have told successful stories where events happened between chapters that weren't important to see.

The first film would follow kind of an origin story, almost "hero's journey" model, where a new protagonist is introduced, the world is established, etc. The protagonist gets their first Pokemon at the end of the first act, & taking on the first gym would take up the third act. It's all there.

This is where another advantage of not adapting Red/Blue comes in: There's not a good way to break up Ash/Red's journey w/out having like 5 or so films, which is too much, or having weird pacing. Like, you couldn't go straight to Giovanni, nor could you downplay that battle's significance. But, w/ a new 8-gym adventure from scratch, you can make it work easy.

The second film would take place around the middle of the journey, maybe opening w/ getting the 4th badge, but this film would mostly ignore the gyms. It'd be where you tell the Team Rocket (or Rocket-type organization) story, w/ everything taking place in one time period instead of spread out along a whole game. The third act is all in their hideout in a basement or cave or whatever.

Then, the third time picks up the story thread of the Pokemon champion journey again. Opening sequence is getting the 8th badge (which, when built for these films, doesn't have to be a narratively important character like Giovanni). The film would revolve around Victory Road (act 1) & the Elite Four (act 2). The third act of this film? Facing the champion, who would be a character that existed in a recurring (but not distracting) role all along the trilogy. Either the rival, or a mentor. And, if a mentor... Could even be Ash/Red?

 

New trailer

 

My local theater (Paragon) still hasn't put tickets up for sale yet ughhh

 

!!

 

The Pokémon interactions I want to see

 

That's the best trailer they've done so far hands down

 

ugh can't wait - bought my tickets for 9:30 PM on May 9th!

 

jesus christ man

 

https://m.ign.com/articles/2019/04/24/pokemon-detective-pikachu-first-reactions-twitter-roundup

 

THIS MADE ME CRY

 

Yet again I'm asking the question: "Why does Tim not work for a film company?"

 

Hands down the best trailer

This movie is going to make the world collective feel like a kid again

 

Those first reactions got me hyped.

 

lol

 

Lol this got me feeling all sorts of ways. Fuck. I can’t believe how many years I’ve been wanting this damn movie.

This is going to be the best movie I’ve ever seen in my life

 

I’m seeing Endgame tonight but secretly I’m more hyped for this movie tbh

 

There was a trailer before my showing and everyone was hyped!!