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Film & 40s: Pokémon: The First Movie

To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the US release of the Pokémon movie and the release of Sword and Shield we decided to watch the first Pokémon movie!

An audio accompaniment to your movie viewing pleasure with your friends at Giant Bomb.

Nov. 15 2019

Cast: Ben, Jan

Posted by: Jan

In This Episode:

Pokémon

Episode Notes:

We streamed and watched the digital version of the Pokémon movie on Hoopla! Hoopla is an app that links up to your local library so you can rent things for free with a library account!

Special thanks to our guest Chastity from GameSpot Universe

Our TRT was 1:14:22 and we started at the VERY beginning. This should be the same version that is available on all streaming platforms!

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But I was told this was ov...oh, west. Very good.

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I knew I should have brought my Chromecast to my weekend out to a bungalow park.

If only my switch had streaming services.

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Holy Shit the mad lad Jan has done it! Too bad I have already watched it few times :(

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Whaaat!? Chastity!

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Oh hell yeah.

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Well this was a fun surprise, thanks guys! If you do end up doing this again for Detective Pikachu or other movies though, I'd really appreciate it if you added some sync points similar to GBE's. It's a big help for folks who can't necessarily watch it all in one sitting. (Also I know this is a teeny-tiny nitpick, but keeping the ID3 tags consistent with previous episodes would be nice too...)

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Grookie Gang Gang Gang!

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Welcome, Chastity!

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Since I live outside of the US, and can't use Hoopla, I was watching a version that had additional content at the start. For me the movie didn't start with any bubbles. It started with a group of explorers walking in the jungle, while a Mew was watching from the trees. And it then went on with Mewtwo's origin story.

About 12 minutes later I saw what you saw when you hit play. I restarted the movie from where I thought you started, and I think I managed to sync it somewhat OK when Chastity sang along to the intro song.

It would be very helpful if you could turn up the volume multiple times for syncing if you're going to do more FIlm & 40s another time. But I'm guessing you may have used headphones so then that wasn't an option?

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if u would of told 11yo me that at some point id be drinking beer and rewatching the first pokemon movie, i would of been hella more excited about becoming an adult

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@toxicantidote Yeah, I had the same version and kept fighting with sync. I had to give up.

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Wtf Golduck is amazing y'all are wrong

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Awesome. I started drinking some beers and watching another movie but wasn't feeling it, this is a perfect replacement. Also I need to renew my library card because I haven't used it in forever.

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@toxicantidote Yeah, I had the same version and kept fighting with sync. I had to give up.

With that version they started about 12 minutes in, and I was able to sync it based on Chastity singing along with the song during Ash's battle in the beginning.

I hope this helps for people.

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They're gonna be the very best, like no one ever was.

Its kind of crazy how much of this movie I still remember. I have the mew card somewhere too

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Man, the Japanese version (which is still dubbed) has this whole extra bit at the start about the scientist's daughter or some crazy shit. It's kinda wild.

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I remember seeing this movie when it came out as a kid with my sister and both of us being interviewed by the local radio as a review of the film. Me being only 9 at the time did not really say much even if I was the bigger fan then my more extroverted sister. I don't think I have seen the movie since, or any other pokemon movie until Detective pikachu this year.

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More west coast Film and 40s, please!!

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hey remember the episode of pokemon where james returns home due to news of his parents' passing, only to discover they faked their deaths to lure him home to make good on an arranged marriage that was a catalyst for him fleeing his very wealthy, aristocratic life

pikachu showed up once i think

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@dprotp: that was the episode with Jessibel who was just Jessie with a dress and a more overt bondage gimmick, right?

Pokemon was weird...

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I enjoyed this one, hadn’t seen the movie since it came out. I would love to see more 90’s classics from our younger riders. Watch The Goofy Movie cowards!

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Film & 40s: Pokémon freed up both cheeks of my mind

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This was great fun, but the whole "Brother, my brother" part was a little too real, man.

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Hearing them squee over this movie is so goshdarn wholesome. :)

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if you are looking at the japanese version with the extra bit in the beginning, the one with a 1:25:15 run time, try starting the movie at 11 mins 38 sec when they say go.

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Good job, you made me watch Pokemon for the first time!

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Big fan of this (though I'd also echo the requests for a few moments with volume from the movie to aid with keeping things in sync). This takes me back to my childhood, it's wild thinking how far Pokémon has come and I'm glad I'm still able to enjoy it now.

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Detective Pikachu F&F w/ Chastity was teased here, let's see it!