Tuckerscreator
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
10/20/2013 00:00:00
They have not been able to bring back the old Mewtwo. The first voice actor, Philip Bartlett, died from surgery complications and the second, Dan Green, went into retirement after the death of his wife. It's almost as if the role is cursed...
doctrainAUM
Since: Aug, 2010
10/20/2013 00:00:00
We're talking about a Japanese movie. Unless the role is cursed in Japan, as well.
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lilpurplebird
Since: Oct, 2011
10/26/2013 00:00:00
Ichimura Masachika is still active, I'm sure they still could've gotten a hold of him. But I don't think we're ever going to get an answer as to why there's a second Mewtwo.
HammerOfJustice
Since: Apr, 2013
09/13/2018 00:00:00
The writers apparently didn\'t think they\'d be able to do original Mewtwo justice and since Shudo had passed away they couldn\'t ask him for help. however, now there will be a re-telling/remake of the first movie next year.
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It wasn't what I expected.
But that doesn't mean it's a bad thing. Having watched Pokémon since it first started airing in the U.S., I think I have a pretty good handle of how the series works, and I can usually at least predict the general flow of how most episodes or movies go. Not this time. I didn't expect that this movie would focus on just the Pokémon again, like the Keldeo movie did. I didn't expect this Mewtwo to act the way it did. I didn't expect Mewtwo to sound the way it did. This movie threw me off from the formula I thought I'd get,and except for the end, surprised me. And it was refreshing. I know that "Newtwo" gets a lot of hate for possibly replacing the old one, but I really liked that they tried something new instead of making the easy appeal to the past. The Red Genesect, while a bit generic, is still a serious foe, and the high-speed battles that take place during the movie are a pleasure to watch, again, because it's different from what we usually get.
However, having said all that, there is some part of me that feels that using the original Mewtwo may have made a better story. Again, while I do really like that this Mewtwo is different, I think that there could have been another great movie made from the bringing back of the first movie's star. I'm a sucker for continuity, and it could have led to new storyline potentials for the original Mewtwo.
Nonetheless, though I wouldn't call it my favorite Pokémon movie, I still enjoyed watching it. If you can get past the fact that the Mewtwo is a little different than the one you know, then I think you'll like this one, if only because it's not what you're used to seeing.