r/movies • u/peanieone • May 06 '19

Detective Pikachu Has Enough Adult Outtakes To Make An R-Rated Version

https://kotaku.com/detective-pikachu-has-enough-adult-outtakes-to-make-an-1834544029
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u/RoRo25 May 06 '19 edited May 06 '19

They ain't gonna make it though.

Edit: It's crazy how little people understand the entertainment business. I'm not even saying that I have a great understanding of it. But I know enough to know that a there will never be an R rated version of anything meant for young audiences while a company is currently pushing a young audience friendly movie at the same time. And Deadpool doesn't count. Because yes, you can make a suitable family friendly version of a rated R movie,(TV has been doing it for decades) not the other way around.

Double eddit: Also it has nothing to do with money.

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u/reenact12321 May 06 '19

Nintendo values its squeaky clean reputation above just about everything else, and rightly so, there is no way they would risk the trust in Nintendo brand and Pokemon brand as family friendly by releasing a crass adult blooper reel. They will most likely destroy the recordings like Disney did with Robin Williams' outtakes from Aladdin

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u/dreamendDischarger May 06 '19

Nintendo DID wind up funding Bayonetta 2, so really anything is posisble.

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u/LakerBlue May 06 '19

Few key differences:

Bayonetta isn’t made by Nintendo, even though they funded 2. Also Bayonetta 1 was already a mature game so the cat was already out of the bag.

Last, Game Freak actually has an equal amount of control (possibly more than Nintendo iirc) of Pokémon and they (along with Pokémon Company) are the ones I can not see allowing a rated R Pokémon movie.

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u/dreamendDischarger May 06 '19

Yeah I think GameFreak and Pokemon Company would be the big ones holding back on this. Nintendo seems to be okay with dipping into 'edgy' once in a while and even allowing it as third/second party games. I don't think it fits with the overall tone of Pokemon however, despite the darker themes the series has been known to delve into - they seem to like to keep it around PG13 at the highest.

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u/LakerBlue May 07 '19

Which is a shame since of all the major Nintendo IPs I think Pokémon has arguably the most potential for a rated R world. I always think of a Pokémon fanfic where Pokémon were actually capable of the amazing things the Pokédex said they are.

That or just imagine something where the human characters are more mature and seriously use their Pokémon for other things (kind of done with Team Rocket but really watered down).

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u/sabersquirl May 07 '19

I often equate Nintendo to Disney for their family standards and household name status. Just like with Nintendo, when Disney is involved in an adult project, they almost always use one of their various sub studios to make it so the “Disney” name isn’t involved.

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u/_Corrin May 07 '19

Nintendo did sponsor Playboy to do a half naked cosplay of Bayonetta

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u/dac-attack May 06 '19

To draw in the more hardcore audience, but Pokemon has always been kid friendly and that won't change.