Podcasts TV Remakes, Reboots, and Revivals Pokemon: The First Movie & Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution - "Get that Pokémoney"

Pokemon: The First Movie & Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution - "Get that Pokémoney"

Published: March 9, 2020, 6:40 p.m.

The year was 1999. Children all over the US were missing out after staying up late to go to the opening night of "Pokémon: The First Movie" and missing out of school the next day, suffering from "pokéflu." If you were Rolando you were there. If you were Nicole - you didn't care. Now, 21 years later a CGI remake of the film, "Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution," hit Netflix leaving both diehard and fair-weather fans to wonder, "Why?"

How does Pokemon's first film hold up? Is a CGI spectacle enough reason to remake a movie in 2020? What possible lessons can children or even filmmakers learn by watching "Pokemon?" Tune in and find out.

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