So, I'm guessing everyone has seen the 12th Pokemon movie now?

Jesus Christ.... 12 movies.  Hell of a thing for a fad.

I found it quite enjoyable, I especially liked how it played into the previous two movies.  One of my favorite parts of it was that Marcus pretty much dies at the end of it, indicating that Arceus went out of its way NOT to save him, since it saved everyone else.  That was kind of cool, in my opinion.

A ton more Team Rocket in this movie too, which is always a bonus, especially how they mistook a bunch of crappy kitchen junk for ancient treasures while Jesse was using the scepter containing THE JEWEL OF LIFE as a walking stick because she was knackered.  The ending with Damos leaving a message for everyone was really cool too.

Overall, one damned enjoyable movie!  So what did you think?

I'd have to check the end credits again, from the actual movie itself we see everyone else specifically being saved, but all we see of Marcus is a close-up on his headpiece lying at the bottom of the hole in the temple, which suggested to me he'd fallen to his doom.

The axis thing suggests that Arceus at least made the "worlds" of Dialga and Palkia, which are essentially the "worlds" of Time and Space, which suggests the entirety of existence pretty much.  Giratina seems to be something different, but it was clearly inferior to Arceus, which was never troubled by it but which managed to take more damage than Dialga or Palkia could.  Arceus clearly isn't omniscient though, as it didn't know who Ash was and because it took time for the correction in history to filter through to the present and register with present day Arceus.

Whatever it is, it's beyond anything else in the world we've seen so far at least.

Arceus - God
Giratina - Death/Satan
Dialga - God of Time
Palkia - God of Space
Ho-Oh - Avatar of Rebirth/Phoenix
Darkrai - Master of Dreams/Nightmares
Groudon - Master of Land
Kyogre - Master of Sea
Rayquaza - Master of the Sky
Mew - The "first" Pokemon
Then various spirits of wind and air and the sea and lightning and fire and stuff, genies that grant wishes etc, etc

Master Professor wrote on Dec 8^th, 2009 at 7:50am:


Not to mention those cybernetic, seizure-inducing, magical computer antivirus creatures.  


Anyway, I'm watching Jewel of Life for the first time right now (like, right now). From what I've seen so far, it's not bad.

What I really liked was the fact that they actually came right out and stated that Arceus created our world (in Pokemon myth of course) rather then pulling a 4Kids and just saying something about how it made its own world only or something. Sure, it wasn't as open as it could have been, but at least it tied into the game mythology well. I also liked how Ash used the D-WORD - he told Arceus not to die, and we almost never hear of characters dying since America seems to think kids need to avoid that topic or something. :/

And I don't know why, but I just LOVE the scene where the Cyndaquil and Chikorita work as kitchen slaves. XD

Plus the effects were FANTASTIC.

Amai Liang wrote on Dec 8^th, 2009 at 11:48am:


Yeah, that was something noteworthy. But then again, if six-year-olds are watching the Harry Potter movies (particularly the fourth one), I wouldn't be that surprised.

For a Pokemon movie, there was a lot less BS this time around, which I liked. I'm now rewatching some segments again just for kicks.

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Actually, that'd be hilarious. Can you imagine what sort of movie that'd be?  I daresay it'd have a lot of their million-dollar-Pikachu-catching machines being put to waste, not to mention a bunch of slapstick humor.

personally I feel that pokemon has evolved from fad to hobby by now.

So I've just finished reading the guide, and what I find interesting is the past methods of controling/ capturing pokemon. These guys were into a bondage thing restricting and controling their pokemon, where as if you look at Sammy from the celebi movie he had like an early version of a pokeball.

also Arceus was all up in the hizz-ouse smacking bitches.

Tech II wrote on Dec 8^th, 2009 at 5:27pm:


Ash, Brock and Dawn get hold of two bags of Grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and a whole galaxy of multicolored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers.... also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls and go on a roadtrip to Viridian City.

cryztalwing wrote on Dec 8^th, 2009 at 12:06pm:


If they pulled a Team Rocket centred movie, that would indeed be epic. They have Team Rocket centred episodes, so...here's hopin'!

I'm also rather chuffed that no Christian organizations have spoken out against this movie yet, for revealing 'paganist' ideas or whatever crap they think it shows. Or has there been? If someone can clarify that, that would be cool.

And no new region...naah, pretty sure there will be. Pokemon locations have a trend of copying real world locations within Japan, and they've yet to cover (Kanto = Kanto region, Johto = Kansai region, Hoenn = Kyushu, Sinnoh = Hokkaido). Following this trend, I'm guessing the next region will be based off of Shikoku.

According to The Pokemon Company, Arceus won't be the last Pokemon:

http://twitter.com/PokemonCompany/statuses/6477030544

Master Professor wrote on Dec 9^th, 2009 at 10:12am:

They need to make an bug type Legendary,or one of the common house fly that bugs Ash and steals all of his food.