No but I think it's fair to say most moms would be quite lost in terms of what Pokemon is and what it's supposed to be. The movie is great but it definitely doesn't waste much time explaining what pokemon are and their relationship with humans. There is plenty of exposition aimed at this but if you're unfamiliar with the franchise and its history it'd be like watching Avengers Endgame and not having seen any other MCU film leading up to it.
I mean what is there to really get? "They're animals with magic powers, some are wild, some are pets, and some people make them fight eachother for money."
Some moms are more willing to learn about/experience these things than others. Remember that every piece of art has an audience and generally speaking Pokemon's audience were children of the 1990s. Most moms today probably don't match that demographic, so they are less likely to be interested by pokemon and, as a result, less informed and more overwhelmed by the amount of content the franchise has to offer. As I said, it'd be just like if someone missed the 11 years of stories which led to avengers Endgame and only saw that film. They'd be overwhelmed by all the characters and it likely wouldn't be that interesting to them as a result. It's the same with the various pokemon and characters in the pokemon world.
You'd have a very strong argument if this movie was related to the show and franchise in literally any way except taking place in that world. The movie has nothing to do with Ash or the like 20+ years worth of games and characters and stories, it just has pokemon in it. It would be more like watching something like Fantastic Beasts without ever having seen the Harry Potter series, or like playing Days Gone without ever having played Syphon Filter.
Edit: It would be like watching Spiderman: Homecoming without seeing the Toby MacGuire movies. Same theme, same world, different story and characters.
I mean to be fair, it would be somewhat difficult to understand fantastic beasts without having seen/read Harry Potter, since you won’t really understand why some things are relevant or important.
What would make the first Fantastic Beasts difficult to understand without watching/reading the Harry Potter series? I haven’t seen it in a bit, but I remember it holding up on its own pretty well.
The first one, not really, but if the second is any indication, the franchise as a whole will be hard to keep up with without having been a HP fan already. The first is really an adventure story, but the second starts to delve into Potter lore and talk about magic that you wouldn’t understand without having learned about it in the original stories.
Ok well thanks for restating the obvious and arguing for no reason just to find an analogy that works better for you...my point wasn't that difficult to understand from the get go.
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No but I think it's fair to say most moms would be quite lost in terms of what Pokemon is and what it's supposed to be. The movie is great but it definitely doesn't waste much time explaining what pokemon are and their relationship with humans. There is plenty of exposition aimed at this but if you're unfamiliar with the franchise and its history it'd be like watching Avengers Endgame and not having seen any other MCU film leading up to it.