Playing with a keyboard instead of a proper controller mainly. And rusty from having played so many modern Sonic games where they aren't any SS's for one thing.
Detective Pikachu: The Movie
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Playing with a keyboard instead of a proper controller mainly. And rusty from having played so many modern Sonic games where they aren't any SS's for one thing.
Is that the retro one? I’ve been thinking of getting it since I used to play Sonic 2 on my brother’s Sega Genesis.
Oh I see. I have it for the Nintendo Switch. I'm more of an older Sonic fan myself too. I got Sonic Generations awhile back on my PS3 and trying to get the hang of modern Sonic takes a bit of getting used to.
Yeah, it's a direct sequel to Sonic 3 and Knuckles (erasing Sonic 4 from canon) and helped out by Christian Whitehead. He started out as one of the main ROM hackers on Sonic Retro and got hired by Sega, it was him that ported Sonic 1, 2 and CD to iOS in 2013.
It’s a shame Sonic wasn’t able to adapt successfully to 3D like Mario did. The original games were great. I even like Sonic Spinball.
Yea it is, guess they just couldn't find a good way to adapt him to it. Looking forward to the new Mario Maker on the Switch myself. Can't wait to make some more levels with my Sonic Amiibo.
I loved Sonic when I was a kid, there was even a very short time when I was in I think kindergarten or early grade school where I wanted people to call me Tails after Sonic's sidekick. Up until the end of the Genesis era, I had pretty much all the games, watched both cartoons, and read the comics.
I haven't played anything since the Sonic adventures games, but I have been thinking about checking out Mania and Forces.
I haven't played anything since the Sonic adventures games, but I have been thinking about checking out Mania and Forces.
I loved Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast as a kid but it's horribly dated now and every other 3D game since has sadly been awful.
A new video 
. The cast tests to see how much they know about Pokemon.
. The cast tests to see how much they know about Pokemon.
It's mostly because they all went for a gimic rather than just letting it be a game (Adventure 2's hunt/mech levels, Heroes...all of it, Sonic 06...all of it, the Werehog in Unleashed, Generations being a medley rather than a game, Lost World ripping off Mario, Forces going grimdark/OC insert).
Sonic Colours is the best game of the modern era and was extremely successful, but only if you had a Wii. And that was the simplest straight forward 3D game they made, with a good story and a lot of self referencial humour to the franchise. They haven't gotten it right since.
It's a pretty good movie though clearly aimed at younger audiences even if it focuses mainly on the original set of Pokémon. The story could of been a little more fleshed out but it was quite funny and Reynolds was brilliant as Pikachu. Right after the film I went into town and brought Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu edition 
Oh goody, another movie where a fictional universe character comes bopping into ours because the formula first launched by the inestimably classy "Howard the Duck" just needed a little refining, though after a couple of decades "Pokemon" might finally succeed where even "Sonic" might not despite the return of Jim Carrey to the screens.
Didn't Sonic and Rocky'n'Bullwinkle and Smurfs and Flintstones and Scooby and all 5 zillion other equally themed flicks satiate yet? Oh, wait, they didn't do Jetsons yet... why not have both Jetsons and Flintstones bop into our time period and pretend the cartoon "The Jetsons meet the Flintstones" never took place because it's bound to be light years better than having both past and future arrive in the present and outside their cel-based existence into ours because... modern audiences lack too much ability to suspend disbelief in exploring other worlds?
I'm sure the Turtles song our forefathers danced to because Beyonce or any other modern "crooner" couldn't belch something up, decades'-old music should be too simplistic and slowly paced for today's audiences to sit through anyway...
Having said that and I'll admit I can be a teensy bit cynical at times, "Pokemon" actually looks like fun (did the Earthcentric formula finally get perfected?) and the Deadpan Spiderman guy seems to have range if he's not going to be swearing every third phrase or what not... Gotta have range. Range is cool.
Didn't Sonic and Rocky'n'Bullwinkle and Smurfs and Flintstones and Scooby and all 5 zillion other equally themed flicks satiate yet? Oh, wait, they didn't do Jetsons yet... why not have both Jetsons and Flintstones bop into our time period and pretend the cartoon "The Jetsons meet the Flintstones" never took place because it's bound to be light years better than having both past and future arrive in the present and outside their cel-based existence into ours because... modern audiences lack too much ability to suspend disbelief in exploring other worlds?
I'm sure the Turtles song our forefathers danced to because Beyonce or any other modern "crooner" couldn't belch something up, decades'-old music should be too simplistic and slowly paced for today's audiences to sit through anyway...
Having said that and I'll admit I can be a teensy bit cynical at times, "Pokemon" actually looks like fun (did the Earthcentric formula finally get perfected?) and the Deadpan Spiderman guy seems to have range if he's not going to be swearing every third phrase or what not... Gotta have range. Range is cool.
Yeah, they make it clear that humans and Pokemon have co-existed throughout all of history.
It was a fun movie, clearly for kids but perfectly enjoyable. Reynolds was great as Pikachu and I really loved to see all the different ways Pokemon were integrated into everyday life. I really liked Pikachu's and Tim's growing friendship, they made the emotional core of the film work. Psyduck was everything I hoped he would be. I want it on Blu Ray just to slomo scenes and try to catch all the various Pokemon in the background. I know I spotted a Togepi at the fight club. I also loved little details like instead of a rat walking around a warehouse, it was a Rattata.
This cracked me up. 
Finally got to see it today. Loved it! Even my mom liked it ok. Some things were a bit too predictable and I can see how the last act was rather weak in part. That said, I might try to pick it up on dvd some day.
Holy cow, there was one part that really cracked me up. Tim's dad had his tv on and the movie they were showing was the VERY same one from the Home Alone movies! 
Totally geeked out over that!
https://kotaku.com/detective-pikachu-director-explains-a-most-unexpected-e-1834743814
Totally geeked out over that!https://kotaku.com/detective-pikachu-director-explains-a-most-unexpected-e-1834743814
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Based on the Pokemon video games and Anime (but specifically the Detective Pikachu game). A young man tries to solve the disappearance of his father with the help of a strange Pikachu which only he can understand. A fairly enjoyable, but predictable film. Tim Goodman goes to Ryme City to find out how his father met his apparent fate, but finds that there is more going on under the surface. It may be predictable, but it slowly introduces it's various concepts. (Of course, this adds to the predictability.)
The opening with Mewtwo's escape from the facility was a great way to start the film, as a way to add mystery. (Why were they experimenting on Mewtwo? Did they create him, or capture him? Etc.) It certainly gives the impression that Mewtwo would be in responsible for the disappearance of Harry (Tim's father). Then the introduction of Tim and his friend (and the attempt to catch that Cubone) effectively establishes Tim as a character, and through Tim we discover Ryme City after he finds out his father is missing, presumed dead.
Of course, Tim isn't alone in trying to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. One can't have 'Detective Pikachu' in the title without a Pikachu who's also a detective. The meeting between Tim and the Pikachu was rather effectively done. (Of course, Ryan Reynolds sells it as the Pikachu.) That Tim is the only one who understands the Pikachu adds to the mystery, but also adds to the predictability as the film goes on. Then there is Lucy Stevens, the reporter intern who (along with her Psyduck), helps Tim's investigation.
(Of course she has her own reasons, but she's onto what is going on in the background.) It is revealed that one of two people may be responsible for what is going on. But the mystery is, which one is actually behind the conspiracy? Howard Clifford, the founder of Ryme City, or his son, Roger, who owns the TV station, and is Lucy's boss? Tim and Lucy have to navigate the misdirections that the actual antagonist throws up, to find out what is really going on. (Howard's holographic simulator is certainly impressive.)
The climax of the film was certainly an engaging part of the film. The predictability didn't detract from the enjoyability any. It was a well built sequence, and the various elements had been carefully foreshadowed throughout the film. For example, the Ditto reveal didn't come out of the blue, nor did the realisation of who the actual antagonist is, or what actually happened to Harry. Overall it is a good film, but more work was needed to be done to make the script less predictable. 7.5/10.
The opening with Mewtwo's escape from the facility was a great way to start the film, as a way to add mystery. (Why were they experimenting on Mewtwo? Did they create him, or capture him? Etc.) It certainly gives the impression that Mewtwo would be in responsible for the disappearance of Harry (Tim's father). Then the introduction of Tim and his friend (and the attempt to catch that Cubone) effectively establishes Tim as a character, and through Tim we discover Ryme City after he finds out his father is missing, presumed dead.
Of course, Tim isn't alone in trying to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. One can't have 'Detective Pikachu' in the title without a Pikachu who's also a detective. The meeting between Tim and the Pikachu was rather effectively done. (Of course, Ryan Reynolds sells it as the Pikachu.) That Tim is the only one who understands the Pikachu adds to the mystery, but also adds to the predictability as the film goes on. Then there is Lucy Stevens, the reporter intern who (along with her Psyduck), helps Tim's investigation.
(Of course she has her own reasons, but she's onto what is going on in the background.) It is revealed that one of two people may be responsible for what is going on. But the mystery is, which one is actually behind the conspiracy? Howard Clifford, the founder of Ryme City, or his son, Roger, who owns the TV station, and is Lucy's boss? Tim and Lucy have to navigate the misdirections that the actual antagonist throws up, to find out what is really going on. (Howard's holographic simulator is certainly impressive.)
The climax of the film was certainly an engaging part of the film. The predictability didn't detract from the enjoyability any. It was a well built sequence, and the various elements had been carefully foreshadowed throughout the film. For example, the Ditto reveal didn't come out of the blue, nor did the realisation of who the actual antagonist is, or what actually happened to Harry. Overall it is a good film, but more work was needed to be done to make the script less predictable. 7.5/10.
Maybe it was the nostalgia but I really enjoyed it! Child me squee’d when Ditto (in it’s true form) was on screen. I wasn’t too big on the finale though. I was hoping that Mewtwo would want to destroy the humans like in the first Pokémon movie rather than a human taking over it’s body to do evil.
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