...He's not cute anymore?I really hope Cinderace isn't delegated to being confined to his ball now that he's not a cute mascot mon that gets to walk around
I like that Ash himself even realized how foolish it was for Go to try and catch Mewtwo
Cinderace is very cute. I'm not sure why some people think he's Ugly but meh....He's not cute anymore?
This might actually be my least favorite episode of this series so far. I didn't understand the point of Mewtwo battling against Satoshi and Gou if the battle was going to be so vexing and repetitive: Mewtwo abusing Shadow Ball while Lucario and Aceburn were treated as impotent punching bags got tiresome very quickly. I understand the nostalgia angle, but I think it could've been handled a lot better without a battle happening involving Mewtwo, Satoshi, and Gou if for instance the Rocket-dan or some other villain had been featured during the climax, instead.
Oh dear god. We're not done with these crappy kids.Mewtwo outright told Ash and Go pretty much that they set an incredibly high bar and they have a long way to go.
Maybe they didnt have inspiration?I just watched it again, with subtitles this time to give my real thoughts on it, but somehow I'm still just feeling... nothin'.
What's bugging me the most is how this feels completely disconnected from everything else that's happened up to this point. Why make such a big deal about bringing back THE original M1 Mewtwo, if you don't actually make any direct reference or connection to it at all, nor even really give him the focus he deserves?? The rest of the episode itself was actually pretty average. It's just that there was so much wasted potential here that it like, hurts me.
You raised my hopes and dashed them quite expertly, sir.
dman_dustin said:I mean Mewtwo literally said as much.
I hardly think its fair to criticize the episode when the character in the episode tells you what's going to happen if you choose to follow through with what the other characters are going to do. "Repetitive?" lol, you aren't going to get anything else.
Well bruh.....if the ep ain’t for you, who grew up with Pokémon....and I’m just a newb in the franchise who also felt meh about it....then for WHO is this episode? Hmmm quite the conundrum.....XD
Realistically speaking what they were saying is that, it’s been 20 years of this journey with this kid and there’s still 50+ years to go. The writers could invent a shortcut but they don’t to keep it going and going. Though they could keep it going in a more fun way in my opinion without keeping Ash a newb forever. You kept him that way for this long, now take responsibility and level him up quickly, in the way you should have in the past years that were wasted.XD let this kid catch more legendaries pleeaeeease.I mean Mewtwo literally said as much.
I hardly think its fair to criticize the episode when the character in the episode tells you what's going to happen if you choose to follow through with what the other characters are going to do. "Repetitive?" lol, you aren't going to get anything else.
I don't understand the criticism either, Mewtwo outright told Ash and Go pretty much that they set an incredibly high bar and they have a long way to go, it wasn't going to change just because Go has a Cinderace or Ash has a Lucario and is competing in PWC just to have Ash and Go fare well against Mewtwo because it has to be "exciting"
Ash and Go were getting destroyed because it was Movie one Mewtwo I cannot imagine why anyone would think anything else was going to happen, let alone what even less meaning team rocket would bring.
As I said when discussing the possibility of Mewtwo being caught, the only feasible way is if it was a weaker feral Mewtwo from another universe but Mewtwo from the 1st movie, hell no.
In no way was any sort of needle of "progress" going to move with movie one Mewtwo. Which I'm pretty sure was the point of the episode, Mewtwo was too high of a bar to set at this point in time.
And as such this episode kind of felt like the end of a prologue, first chapter, end of a tutorial. As in you got this far but.....yeah, you still have a hell of a lot to go. Kind of like sword and shield when your low level Pokemon runs into that level 30-50 (for example) Pokemon because the world or wild area is that open.
Cool review dude!. What makes you think the writers will bring Mewtwo back?This episode would’ve been way better if the absolutely pointless 10 minutes of Go showing off his Pokémon he hasn’t used since capturing them, wasn’t included. What a waste of time, it didn’t even have anything to do with the overall theme of the episode.
As for the marketing parts, I’m 50/50. On one hand I’m fanboying over Mewtwo, his absolute godly seiyuu, and his genuine display of strength that BW Mewtwo couldn’t dream of having. On the other, Mewtwo lost 10 minutes of screen time that could’ve been used as a quick dive of his past, an explanation on his and Ash’s connection, and why he is where he is. I mean hell Mewtwo said he was “created” and Go didn’t bat an eye. That was jarring.
Also while that battle was immensely satisfying, I don’t like the Pikachu disrespect this series. When it comes to strong foes this saga, Pikachu has been smacked around and it’s starting to make me mad. How did Pikachu get one shot while Lucario and Cinderace took a barrage of hits? Come on now. I was most looking forward to Pikachu getting one good Thunderbolt on Mewtwo before kicking the bucket but this was just sad.
Overall, 7/10 episode. Looking forward to Mewtwo’s next episode because I know for a fact the writers aren’t done with him yet.
It's baffling how the anime staff thinks at times when it comes to stuff like this.You could watch this episode without having watched M01 and Mewtwo Returns and nothing would change. Heck, you could even replace Mewtwo with any other strong Pokémon and nothing would have changed since its connection with Mew is barely touched upon.
Pure marketing, again.