Archive for the “Pokemon VHS” CategoryPokemon VHS
Mar
07
2010
Pokemon 2 Pack Vol. 11 & 12 - Pikachu Party & The Great RacePosted by: Pokemon in Pokemon VHS Pok mon Heroes The fifth Pok mon movie takes Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu to the city of Altomare, a thinly disguised Venice guarded by the shape-shifting Pok mon Latios and Latias. Two new agents of Giovanni’s, Annie and Oakley, are out to capture these rare Pok mon–reducing Team Rocket to the role of spectators. Latios and Latias are linked to an elaborate, computer-generated mechanism that defends the city, controls the tides and brings fossil Pok mon back to life. Ash and Pikachu foil the evil plan with some help from Misty, Brock, and Bianca, a girl who lives in Altomare with her kindly grandfather. The contrived story suggests that as far as features are concerned, the Pok mon franchise has pretty much run dry. (The film earned less than $1 million in its U.S. theatrical release.) Extras include a Camp Pikachu short and a Pok mon Heroes trivia game. (Rated G, all ages: minor cartoon violence) –Charles Solomon Pok mon 3-the Movie Customer Review: pokemon 3
Feb
11
2010
Pokemon 2 Pack Vol. 11 & 12 - Pikachu Party & The Great RacePosted by: Pokemon in Pokemon VHS Pok mon 4: The Movie The fourth Pok mon feature follows the pattern set by the previous three–and falls into the same traps. The TV series depicts the modest adventures of Pok mon trainer Ash Ketcham and his friends Brock and Misty as they roam an imaginary world, fighting matches and making friends. The features add elaborate CG effects that don’t mesh with the flat, drawn characters, and over-scaled threats that feel beyond Ash’s abilities to resolve. Forty years ago, Sam, a young trainer, meets the 251st Pok mon Celebi (it looks like Tinkerbell with a goldfish for a head). To escape a mean hunter, Celebi brings Sam to the present day, where they meet Ash & Company. They also meet the evil Iron Mask Marauder who’s supposed to be a member of Team Rocket, but who’s much nastier than the comically inept Jessie, James, and Meowth. The Marauder corrupts Celebi with a “dark ball” and forces it to create a monster out of trees, branches, etc., that is blatantly copied from the Night Walker in Princess Mononoke. Ash and his friends eventually save the day, the Pok mon, and the forest–but it all feels like we’ve been there/done that. –Charles Solomon
Jan
30
2010
Pokemon Vol. 17 & 18 Combo Pack Water Blast & Picture PerfectPosted by: Pokemon in Pokemon VHSPokemon Vol. 17 & 18 Combo Pack Water Blast & Picture Perfect Pokemon 2-Pack - Vol. 17 Picture Perfect & Vol. 18 Water Blast! Tags: Picture Perfect, Pokemon 2, Pokemon Picture, Pokemon Vol, Water Blast
Jan
26
2010
Pokemon 17 Vhs Collectors Set (Bonus 50 Pokemon Trading CardsPosted by: Pokemon in Pokemon VHS
Pok mon Heroes The fifth Pok mon movie takes Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu to the city of Altomare, a thinly disguised Venice guarded by the shape-shifting Pok mon Latios and Latias. Two new agents of Giovanni’s, Annie and Oakley, are out to capture these rare Pok mon–reducing Team Rocket to the role of spectators. Latios and Latias are linked to an elaborate, computer-generated mechanism that defends the city, controls the tides and brings fossil Pok mon back to life. Ash and Pikachu foil the evil plan with some help from Misty, Brock, and Bianca, a girl who lives in Altomare with her kindly grandfather. The contrived story suggests that as far as features are concerned, the Pok mon franchise has pretty much run dry. (The film earned less than $1 million in its U.S. theatrical release.) Extras include a Camp Pikachu short and a Pok mon Heroes trivia game. (Rated G, all ages: minor cartoon violence) –Charles Solomon Pok mon 3: The Movie The most elaborate of the features to date, Pok mon 3: The Movie, Spell of the Unown introduces new Pok mon that debuted in the fall of 2000 in the Gold- and Silver-edition Gameboy games. En route to the Johto Tournament, Ash, Brock, and Misty visit the mountain village of Greenfield, where they encounter an 8-year-old girl named Molly. Her father, Professor Spencer Hale, disappeared when he set off to study the Unown, a group of 26 Pok mon that resemble letters. The Unown build a baroque crystalline shell around Molly’s palatial home, send the leonine Entei to watch over her, and grant whatever she wishes–except the return of her father. What Molly really wants is a family: she refers to Entei as her father and has him kidnap Ash’s mom to be her mother. Ash charges to the rescue with the help of Pikachu, Charizard, and Cyndaquil. In the climactic battle, Ash is joined by Brock and Misty, as well as the usually villainous Team Rocket. (”We figure if we don’t help you, we’re outta showbiz,” Meowth explains.) Molly’s father eventually reappears, but the viewer never sees the reunion with his daughter. Ash, Molly, and the other two-dimensional characters simply don’t fit into three-dimensional, computer-generated crystal settings, and large sections of Pok mon 3 look like two movies unsuccessfully spliced together. A short is also included, “Pikachu and Pichu,” in which the popular electric Pok mon wanders through a big city, getting into mischief with the mouselike Pichu brothers. –Charles Solomon |
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