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NEWS: Guardians of the Galaxy, Gravity Falls Writers in Talks for Live-Action Pokémon Film

Emma Iveli wrote:

It's not slang... it's a play on drug trafficking.

I see. I was trying to find some kind of dog fighting component to it, since telling someone to transport a basket of dogs doesn't cliick with drugs in my mind. It comes off like a random joke. If they wanted to do a drug trafficking plot they should have used like a magic spell or potion to get around the censors. I still don't see how 'children's cartoon' is inaccurate here though, I have seen the show and it's nothing that stands out, which is why I was worrisome in the first place. The humor level in Detective Pikachu is very minimal, and not the kind of humor you find in kids shows.

The Marvel movie universe says most superheroes are just too silly or unrealistic to be in movies as is so they have to be changed. Are those the people you trust to be in charge of a Pokemon movie who will look at it and say a bunch of Pokemon are too silly and unrealistic? The Chipmunks comparison is because that movie tried to make them realistic pint-sized Chipmunks as well.

-Stuart Smith

The Marvel movie universe says most superheroes are just too silly or unrealistic to be in movies as is so they have to be changed. Are those the people you trust to be in charge of a Pokemon movie who will look at it and say a bunch of Pokemon are too silly and unrealistic? The Chipmunks comparison is because that movie tried to make them realistic pint-sized Chipmunks as well.

That being said, I wish that it wasn't Pikachu. A different Pokemon would have been better.

That being said, I wish that it wasn't Pikachu. A different Pokemon would have been better.

I never saw GOTG, but Marvel movies have complete disregard for the source material overall. Not a good sign for an adaption.

You directly compared the show to Hannah Montana and were called out for it. Now you're desperately backtracking and saying you've seen the show. Uh-huh sure It's fine to be mistaken once in a while.

I'm really baffled here. First of all "those people" who make the Marvel movies aren't making the film. Again with the completely inaccurate generalizations. You really should work on that. Secondly, Marvel movies are "grounded" so that they can appeal to more people which is the key to their major success. They're not ashamed, they're going about it the intelligent way. Honestly aside from maybe the costuming, the Marvel movies fully embrace their comic book history. I think it's DC/WB that seem ashamed of their material being too silly and needing to be changed. Thirdly, I DO think you're on to something with the Chipmunks comparison. How would YOU go about it? And please don't say "I wouldn't try and make this movie at all" because that's no fun.

I don't see how saying I've seen the show after being told I should watch it is backtracking. And while I'm not going to sit here and defend Hannah Montana, it's not as if that show didn't have 'serious moments' either. I'd argue it did them better just by virtue of not having leprechauns and other wacky stuff in it and was just a normal sitcom.

-Stuart Smith

It always leads to a bad adaption, though. It's wether you want to target fans of the source material or the casual mainstream geek market. Marvel movies do the latter, anime does the former. From what I've been told the Civil War movie wasn't even about superhero registration. Detective Pikachu could be a Disneyfied family comedy for all we know

That being said, if you prefer shows with dramatic moments that are strictly grounded with no fantastic elements and that you only like shows with fantastic elements if they are comedies, that's absolutely fine. It doesn't sound like a set of preferences anybody I've met actually has though.