it's kinda funny...
with the japanese episodes, we would have a summary posted somewhere weeks in advance and we would speculate on what would happen, and usually we would be correct with most of our assumptions. Then a day or two later, we get the pics and full summary of the episode. Then we move on to the next new episode until a year later when it's aired in english, then we comment on the changes between versions or whatnot.
with this special, we're completely left in the dark right until the very last minute when it finally airs, so we'll have to take it at face value right then and there.
it's a strange feeling for the pokemon anime...