The first game was released in 1996, but the franchise has continued to churn along thanks to the consistent release of new games for Nintendo’s various consoles as well as 2016’s very popular Pokémon Go. The mixed reactions make sense given how big and how powerful Pokémon’s reach was and still is. *Did you hear this guy secretly worked on the screenplay?*- Joanna Robinson November 12, 2018 *Well it's only good because the male director re-wrote it.* Same woman writes a Pokemon movie that AGAINST ALL ODDS looks good. Some fans aren’t used to what Letterman and his creative team are doing with the appearances of the Pokémon - making them all furry and hairy instead of cute, cartoon creatures:Ī woman writes one of the most popular and beloved scripts in Marvel history. Jigglypuff in Pokemon Detective Pikachu Warner Bros. And what it seems to come down to is disagreements over the visual aesthetics and tone of the film. In the trailer, Pikachu talks about everything from how isolated it feels to its poor interrogation skills to its willingness to help Goodman unlock the mystery of his missing father while perhaps restoring Goodman’s childhood love for Pokémon and his dream of being the best Pokémon trainer in the world.īut Pokémon fans’ reactions to the trailer have been a mixed bag. In Detective Pikachu, however, the gimmick operates a bit differently: When the characters on screen hear “pika pika,” the audience hears full sentences and cogent thoughts, becoming privy to Pikachu’s multitudes. In Groot’s case, he only ever utters “I am Groot,” but it thanks to changes in his intonation, it can be interpreted to mean a multitude of things. The Guardians franchise also features a character, Groot, who’s well-known for only saying one thing. Mime, but they all play second fiddle to Pikachu itself.)ĭirector Rob Letterman co-wrote the film, which comes out in 2019, with Guardians of the Galaxy co-screenwriter Nicole Perlman. (The trailer also features other famous, non-Pikachu Pokémon like Charizard, Jigglypuff, and Mr. Just by Pikachu’s luck, Goodman’s father has gone missing, so he’s desperately in need of some detective help - it sounds like just the job for a furry, yellow, electricity-wielding Pikachu. Pikachu (Reynolds) is a lonely detective who has finally found a young man, Tim Goodman (Smith) who can surprisingly understand him, even as rest of the world continues to hear “pika pika!” when Pikachu speaks. That’s the basic premise behind Pokémon Detective Pikachu, a hyper-realistic take on Nintendo’s pocket monsters whose first trailer was released today. With that said, what if Pikachu was voiced by Ryan Reynolds and could actually say coherent things about no one being able to understand it? Or about how, even though Pikachu is much more well known as the bright yellow face of Pokémon, it’s also a world-class detective who can headline a neo-noir feature film about a young man ( Justice Smith) looking for information about his father? Reynolds brings the same comic energy and timing to the role as he did with Deadpool.Well, to be fair, Pikachu has always been able to talk - but really only to coo out its name or some version of its name, forever exclaiming “pikachu” or “pika! pika!” in a high-pitched voice, no matter the situation. In previous incarnations, Pikachu was a loyal pet who could only say his own name (“Pika Pika!”) now he’s a wisecracking urbanite with a deerstalker hat and a caffeine addiction. For the uninitiated, Pikachu is a furry little yellow creature, capable of delivering powerful electric shocks when his cuteness is called into question. The setting is Ryme City, a metropolis where humans and Pokémon live side-by-side, although they cannot understand each others’ languages. Given the history, that’s a giant leap for Pokémon-kind.ĭetective Pikachu’s template is clearly Robert Zemeckis’s classic Who Framed Roger Rabbit? – both in its junior film-noir plot and its mix of live-action humans and animated fantasy creatures. Without Reynolds this would be pretty run-of-the-mill with him it’s a perfectly acceptable family movie. But following the colossal success of its Pokémon Go game, the Japanese brand has undergone an expensive Hollywood makeover, and if the results are not exactly groundbreaking, they’ve at least caught the attention of the wider world, mainly thanks to the inspired casting of Ryan Reynolds as Pikachu. Nobody who sat through 1998’s awful Pokémon: The First Movie, any subsequent Pokémon films or the more than 1,000 TV episodes, could argue that quality entertainment has been a priority of the children’s monster franchise. D etective Pikachu is undoubtedly the best movie ever made… about Pokémon.
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