It was a terrible movie with no redeeming qualities, but was it really bad enough for them to give up on live-action entirely? It probably broke even, and I know Jew-wood doesn't give up that quickly especially for an IP this big
>>59222703IDC About the post topic, your attempt at a pun was shit. Goy-lywood was right there.
>>59222706that doesn't roll off the tongue either.
Defective Pikachu.
>>59222703>no redeeming qualitiesI thought Ryan Reynolds was pretty funny.
>>59222703It's one of the highest grossing video game movies. No reason it shouldn't have gotten some sort of immediate follow-up. I know they also announced a live-action show that would have been closer to the game storyline and/or the anime so maybe attention was put on that but that also seems to be stuck in development.
They really should just have had an underdog trainer making his way up through the leagues to the top ala Rocky or other sports movies. Have some of the legendary mystery elements as subplots for later stories and Team Rocket as the villains. Have Brock, Misty and Ash/Red or some new OCs with a similar dynamic or arc. Fix up some of the desings and I think it would have been a lot more popular.
>>59222703maybe it would've done better if they didn't have a muttoid as the protagonist
Did your favorite pokemon get a cameo /vp/?
>>59223163People don't care about a protagonist's race, go back to /pol/
>>59223415it's cool that a deviantartist got to work on a film and all, but a lot of these designs did not work
>>59223424You don't care, sub human. Because you are brown.
>>59222727i liked him until the industry started forcing him everywhere
>>59223528You're not even white though?
>>59222703Hebrewood just don't know what to do with the IP. The Detective Pikachu movie literally disavows of the franchise's core, capturing and battling Pokemon, so what else is there? The movie didn't even leave itself open for a sequel, pic related.
>>59224141Whiter than you will ever be, pajeet.
>>59222703Glad this movie series is dead
>>59223180kino
>>59222703>If we don't support non-Ash content we wont get non-Ash contentYou're almost there OP.
>>59223157It would have been bashed if it showed a full trainer journey in movie length.>>59223424Here on /vp/ that was criticized ever since the movie came out.
>>59222703>no redeeming qualitiesmost peak Pikachu design
>>592256321;1 design with fur
>>59222703>no redeeming qualitiesHard disagree. The climax was dogshit but the visuals were mostly kino.
>>59225725the nice brown eyes and slightly bringing back the white belly are choices that make me happy. They also went with really nice shapes for the head and eyes
>>59225584>It would have been bashed if it showed a full trainer journey in movie length.Why? There are tons of Pokemon animated movies and the show itself (which was readapted in movie format in I Choose You). The trainer storyline is what audiences know and understand about Pokemon most of all.
>>59223157>underdog trainer making his way up through the leagues to the top ala Rocky or other sports moviesTreating it like a sports movie would be the most palatable way to make it work for general people for sureLike >>59227189 said, people associate the franchise with the trainer becoming champion story
>>59227202Exactly
>>59227189>Why? Because that literally happened?>the show itselfThe ashnime lasts more than 2 hours.> readapted in movie format in I Choose YouThat isn't the full journey, ash doesn't win the league there.
>>59227234It doesn't need to adapt the ENTIRE story in one movie. It can literally just be an underdog who battles his way up through a few increasingly more challenging gyms or maybe has to face his rival at the end. Doesn't even need to be Ash. It can just be an OC like in every Pokemon game. My point is that general arc is easily adaptable because its just a sports movie with Pokemon.
No actress is beautiful and majestic enough to play live-action Cynthia
>>59227250I can see that Movie 1: >First timer Pokemon trainer struggles but wins a few badges and beats the rival from his town (maybe a kid that used to bully him or something idk). Some hints at legendary Pokemon or Mewtwo or something Movie 2:>Trainer has improved, winning more badges, have a legendary Pokemon story focus while he works his way up and meets new friendsMovie 3:>Trainer has to face the elite four while also contending with a larger legendary storyline
>>59222703I liked it.
>>59227250> his way up through a few increasingly more challenging gyms or maybe has to face his rival at the end. That's not a full trainer journey. We're discussing what >>59223157 said.
>>59227283see >>59227257This is how the trainer journey could work.
>>59227415Those are three movies.
>>59227257it sounds like it would work for a tv show, but not a movie.
>>59227257 what >>59227420 said. You don't want a theatrical release that requires you see a previous movie first in 2026 when streaming exists. It's just less convenient and more of a box office gamble
