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NEWS: Pokémon: Detective Pikachu Live-Action Film's 1st Trailer Streamed


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Heishi



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:36 pm Reply with quote
Well, this is rather surprising.
But it is quite charming, actually. I think I'll give this a watch. It doesn't look so bad.

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Isabel Sandoval



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:40 pm Reply with quote
I never thought i would want to watch a movie where ryan reynolds voices pikachu and yet here we are

i can waiting for pikachu to say shit lmao
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BadNewsBlues



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 5:38 pm Reply with quote
Felicity dash wrote:
I’m so conflicted. Because it looks disastrously better than I initially thought & I am a bit intrigued enough to want to see it. At the same time the cgi animation does terrify me enough to not want to see it.


How does this even work as a phrase?

Zin5ki wrote:

They're going to make Pikachu smoke, just to try and roughen his image.


Being disobedient and randomly shocking people isn't a rough image?

Also someone must have really liked the commercials for Smash Bros 64.
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Dr. Wily



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 5:53 pm Reply with quote
I want to say "These designs and this CGI look terrible" but then I keep thinking "how would a "realistic" version of a 1-foot-tall (based on the Pokedex) electric rat look like?" and I realize my brain simply cannot process a non-animated pokemon. Like, every time I see a design and dislike it at first, my logical brain knocks my initial reaction down, like one half says "That Jigglypuff looks awful!" and then the other half kicks in and says "It's a puffball with hair, how else should it look?"

I mean I'm gonna be there opening weekend for sure... but man, thinking about stuff like "what would a Charizard look like" has me reeling right now.
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SnowWarren



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:00 pm Reply with quote
I think my problem is just that the texture on all of them makes them look like plush toys rather then living breathing creatures. Especially Charizard.
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firedragon54738



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:09 pm Reply with quote
Well it looks like if your stuffed animal of Pikachu came alive and got an anoying voice

Just know it was going to be bad
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CastMember1991



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 7:21 pm Reply with quote
firedragon54738 wrote:
Well it looks like if your stuffed animal of Pikachu came alive and got an anoying voice

Just know it was going to be bad


The story is charming no doubt, and the script is as witty as I imagined it would. Where the problem lies is how the Pokémon look. They look WAY too realistic to the point of uncanny valley. I'm really worried about this movie flopping as a result of this. If it bombs, that'll be a shame because the story is brilliant.

I think this movie is really the latest to underscore the fact that it's really difficult to replicate what makes a video game franchise so great.

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jdnation



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 7:25 pm Reply with quote
#sukkar wrote:
I think the CGI will improve as the production process goes on, but it's not the worst thing in the world.


I dunno... unless this is somehow using early footage, I think the CGI we see if more or less what you'll get minus some post colour /lighting processing.

Unlike video games where graphics are real-time, these things are often farm-rendered frame by frame for days in 4-8K.
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ninjamitsuki



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 7:26 pm Reply with quote
The trailer look okay and this could very well be the first decent live action video game movie... But dear god those designs are uncanny valley as hell.

I'm sad Alex Hirsch didn't have anything to do with the finished product.

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zawa113



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 7:37 pm Reply with quote
Well, that made me go from "seriously?" to "ima see it in theaters!"
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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 9:33 pm Reply with quote
This looks completely ridiculous and more than a little stupid and I really want to see it for some reason. Very Happy
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Haterater



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:58 pm Reply with quote
SnowWarren wrote:
I think my problem is just that the texture on all of them makes them look like plush toys rather then living breathing creatures. Especially Charizard.


I think that's the main problem I have. Jigglypuff to me especially. But other than that, I like what I saw and it looks interesting. I'm just glad it has pokemon beyond Kanto.
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:01 pm Reply with quote
First time I've been interested in Pokemon in nearly 20 years. Kinda want to see it, but will probably just wait for the home release.

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Galap
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:01 pm Reply with quote
Zin5ki wrote:
Galap wrote:
God the CG pokemon look really bad.

It would have been cool if it were a live action 2D animation hyrid.

They're going to do it.
They're going to make Pikachu smoke, just to try and roughen his image.


Jeez, the grown man voice is creepy enough.
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TsukasaElkKite



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:39 pm Reply with quote
This looks legitly terrifying.
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