Petrana: There’s a lot going on in their eyes seeming so real. Moving on, I want to get to the bottom of this uncanny valley line: When is it too much, and why does Pikachu come close to being a grand slam design?

After we picked our jaws up off the floor, a few of Polygon’s staffers jumped into the ring to discuss the decision to give Detective Pikachu some scruff on which his deerstalker could sit. Pokémon is a media franchise created by video game designer Satoshi Tajiri that centers on fictional creatures called Pokémon.As of 2020, there have been 23 animated films and one live action film.The first nineteen animated films are based on the anime television series of the same name, with the original film being remade into the 22nd.

For me, it’s the kind of trippy disconnect I felt watching Where the Wild Things. Chelsea: So anything without fur. Live-Action Pokemon Movie Detective Pikachu Sets 2019 Release Date. The story begins when ace private eye Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim to find out what happened. He is kitty-like. Patches: Remember when they revealed Iron Man had fur? Honestly, each time I watch the trailer, Pikachu grows on me.

Allegra: Hold up, this is what Pikachu looks like in that Super Bowl commercial — furry, but not that furry: Patches: They went the extra mile for our boy Pikachu. Jenna: My biggest concern about this movie is the Pokémon we DIDN’T get to see in the trailer.

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It’s just not my dream.

Chelsea: Which Pokémon looked right to y’all? Chasing clues together through the neon-lit streets of Ryme City—a sprawling, modern metropolis where humans and Pokémon live side by side in a hyper-realistic live-action world—they encounter a diverse cast of Pokémon characters and uncover a shocking plot that could destroy this peaceful co-existence and threaten the whole Pokémon universe.

Aiding in the investigation is Harry’s former Pokémon partner, Detective Pikachu: a hilariously wise-cracking, adorable super-sleuth who is a puzzlement even to himself. Petrana: It’s a balloon Pokémon. Chelsea Stark, managing editor: I think he’s cute!

For better or worse. But it’s shorter and more closer to mouse. Allegra: I’m the Comic Book Guy of Pokémon, and I will never apologize.

I think the spot proved that Pokémon could look like themselves while standing next to live-action actors.

Jenna: Jigglypuff is CANDY, and we should not give candy hair. What would a Pokémon look like if it were real? All the textures in this trailer should be ... less. Petrana: I am curious enough about seeing the rest of the world that I will get over Pikachu’s eyes. Petrana: I would’ve absolutely preferred that treatment. It’s not my vision. Star Wars: Squadrons Single-Player Review, Robert Zemeckis' The Witches Remake: October Release Date Revealed, Best Amazon Prime Day Xbox Deals: What to Expect, Spider-Man 3: Jamie Foxx's Electro to Return, But in the MCU, Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Is a Very Expensive Game of Pretend, Nvidia RTX 3070 Delayed Until the End of October, Minecraft's Steve In Smash Bros. May Have Been in Negotiation for 5 Years, Detective Pikachu stars Ryan Reynolds as the titular character, screenplay by Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch and Guardians of the Galaxy co-writer Nicole Perlman, check out our recent review of Pokemon Sun and Moon, Things Ghost of Tsushima Doesn't Tell You. These are not CUTE. Look at Incineroar in [Super Smash Bros. Pokémon-Filmlexikon. There’s a lotta fan art out there of photorealistic Pokés, so the bar is set. Pokémon 3 – Im Bann der Icognito jetzt auf Pokémon‑TV! Those would make sense to me. Patches: You think Jigglypuff feels like rubber? Entei und die geheimnisvollen Icognito wollen einem einsamen Mädchen helfen, doch die Fantasiewelt, die sie für sie erschaffen, könnte die Realität in Gefahr bringen! Greife auf Pokémon‑TV nach den Sternen. How have you dreamed of running alongside a real-life Pokémon? There’s a huge number of horrifying variations of beloved creatures that we haven’t yet been inoculated to. That’s its name. Allegra: Yes! He feels like a puppet, but with living eyes. Patches: What was your vision, Allegra? Or full fur! Detective Pikachu achieves a similar living-but-not effect with CG.

The movie makes a bold choice: While the classic Pokémon designs come to life alongside human actors, there’s a delicate push toward texture and zoological expectation. The designs of eight of the major Pokémon regions—Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola, and Galar—are strikingly similar in geography and demographics to regions in the real world, and they are sometimes even officially stated to be based on certain locations. Allegra Frank, deputy news editor: There are two hypotheses I have that would make me okay with this Pikachu’s texture: (1) His hair is perpetually standing up because he’s full of electric currents. So you have to go full hair.

The story begins when ace private eye Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim to find out what happened. Jenna Stoeber, video producer: Faithful to the reality of an electric mouse? If they’re going to go this direction by making him have the same fur length as, like, a A LONG-HAIRED CAT, then heck yeah, I want that to be the canonical explanation for this. It’s a huge deal for Pokémon! Mime, who looked how I expected and was not bad to look at.

But those eyes are just … evil.

Based on reactions, I might be the only one who approves of hairy Pikachu.

Like, if anime were real. Jenna: I also would have preferred a Roger Rabbit look.

There is no reason Jigglypuff should be that furry.

Detective Pikachu, the live-action Pokemon feature film with Ryan Reynolds coming 2019, is big on photorealistic, furry / hairy Pokémon. Allegra: Ryan Reynolds’ eyes, but blown up to be twice as big! On Monday, the first trailer for Detective Pikachu, Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Entertainment’s stab at a live-action Pokémon feature film, revealed a world populated by the living, breathing creatures, rendered with photorealistic computer animation. Matt Patches, entertainment editor: So Pikachu, formally an Electric-type Pokémon cartoon, is now a 3D, CG, detective-hat-wearing companion voiced by Ryan Reynolds. We encourage you to join the debate in a mannered, Pokémon trainer-like fashion in the comments. Legendary has set a …

Ultimate]: He has fur. I think it’s just been so many years of me loving Pokémon and dreaming of what Pokémon would be like in real life that this is movie was probably never going to sit right with me.

Petrana: As Jenna said, while Pikachu’s eyes are a little off-putting, I am really dang curious about how they’re going to render some of the others.

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Finding that they are uniquely equipped to communicate with one another, Tim and Pikachu join forces on a thrilling adventure to unravel the tangled mystery. And it’s shocking. Pokemon Live Action Movie Finds its Female Lead.

What did you imagine Jigglypuff to feel like? Allegra: Speaking of expressions though: JIGGLYPUFF. Pokémon – Die TV-Serie: Folgenlexikon. Patches: How do we feel about the Super Bowl commercial from a few years ago that literally copy/pasted the Pokémon designs and dropped them into what amounted to a football arena?

Allegra: Something cuter! Jenna: The amount of detail in Pikachu’s expressions is also displeasing. Allegra: Greninja also looked okay, but I am less attached to it.

Allegra: The eyes ... look like human eyes. Petrana: It’s like a subtle fuzz. Whereas this Pika looks like a Persian. Patches: I see, the problem isn’t the existence of texture, it’s the particular texture for you.