July 2000 Old News Page 2

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July 2000 Old News (Page 2)

Is it loading quicker?
July 19th, 2000

I'm doing a test. I'll be doing various things to this front page during the day in attempt to make this page load quicker. If it works, I *hope* to be changing five pages a day. My first step is changing my jpgs to gifs...I was told they load quicker. I've shortened the names on some of the buttons so that they'll look better (they're hard to read when I reduce the font). Pokemon Bashing is now Humor, International Pokemon is now PKMN of the World, Editorials are now Rants, and I've added a button for the message board, but that's it.

Oh yeah, and I hope to do something special on Friday regarding the second pokemon movie...I *hope* to do song lyrics (got to get permission first...) from the Japanese movie, character bios of the humans in the movie, a revamped movies section overall (each movie will be organized better), lots of stuff. But considering how hard it is for me to get on the computer lately (because everyone else is on it) it might be hard...

The Power of One Special
July 16th, 2000

For the love of Kami-sama, go to Bulbagarden's CD Guide and download yourself some mp3's from the Japanese Movie 2 soundtrack. After that horrid special, I had to listen to Toi et Moi and the Jirarudan theme a few dozen times to get sane after that...

Well, what was it like? It opened with the two groups singing the remix of the TV's second American OP. Then they had Kel yelling a lot and they had a brief 30-second overview of the plot, and then told the inspirational stories I told you about earlier. Then they had lots of soundtrack stuff. Lots of bad (I mean BAD) pop music, with Donna Summers obviously knowing nothing about Pokemon. It was...pukificacious (OK, that's not a real adjective...).

Name Updates, Added Picture
July 15th, 2000

I've added the full American names for Ookido and Hanako, so that's in the human section. I've also added a picture for Pokemon Gold/Silver.

Cheesy as I-don't-know-what Pokemon the Movie 2000 Special
July 15th, 2000

Oh my...I was looking at Nintendo's officail Pokemon site, and found their little write-up on the special airing tomorrow night on the WB! Here's an excerpt:

The program airs on July 16, at 8:00 PM Eastern and Pacific time. Tune in to get an early look at your favorite characters' newest big screen adventure, and to hear some of the songs created especially for the movie's soundtrack. You'll even get to go behind the scenes to watch recording sessions and interviews with Dream Street, Alysha, and Weird Al Yankovic.

Watch Weird Al poorly pronounce Pokemon names in the song that replaces Toi et Moi! Sounds more like a special about the soundtrack than of the movie itself...

One of the best part of the show will be a special segment hosted by David Gallagher from 7th Heaven. With the help of Kobe Bryant, Christina Aguilera and the boys from 'N Sync, David will tell the inspirational stories of real kids around the country who demonstrate the movie's message, "the power of one." Like Ash, these kids have made a real difference in their own communities on a daily basis. Here are a few of the amazing kids you'll meet on Sunday:

This is going to be like a *really* bad after-school special. Here's an inspirational story:

Andre Graves turned his life around when he stopped selling drugs, and now he helps other kids to stay on the right path.

<as former drug addict> "I used to sell drugs, but I noticed that they weren't selling that well with the 2-12 crowd. So I did a little research and found out that kids are spending all their money on Pokemon. So now I sell Pokemon lollipops laced with cocaine! That'll bring em' back for more!" PS. This paragraph was just a joke. You'd be surprised at how easily people jump to conclusions...

Included will be "heartfelt experiences" with such super-stars as N'SYNC, Christina Aguilera, and Kobe Bryant. Let's listen to Christina Aguilera:

"I think it's important that young people today realize that they really do have the power to change the world."

(No, that is not Gwen Stefani on crack...that's the picture of Christina they put up on the site...)

So in conclusion, this thing will be a cheesy-as-HFIL laugh-riot. You know I'll be watching! Oh yeah, the link to the whole article is here.

Kids' WB! Stuff
July 15th, 2000

Today Kids' WB! played the Portugese opening to Pokemon and the Swedish Pokemon Rap. Did anyone else think of the Swedish Chef (from the Muppets)?

Also, Kids' WB! played Japanese Episode 9 of Card Captor Sakura. Not only are they skipping episodes, they're also showing them out of order! Take a look below:

English Episode 01=Japanese Episode 08
English Episode 02=Japanese Episode 12
English Episode 03=Japanese Episode 17
English Episode 04=Japanese Episode 09

All I can say is that I hope the rumor about Nelvana starting over from Japanese Episode 1 this fall are true. They're confusing a LOT of people! I know that if I hadn't seen the first three episodes fansubbed at Animazement 2000, I wouldn't have a clue as to what's going on.

Pokemon Live Show Times/Cities
July 13th, 2000

Pokemon Live may be coming to you! Here are the cities and dates.

Sept. 15 - Sept. 17: Albany, NY, Pepsi Arena
Sept. 20 - Oct. 1: New York, NY, Radio City Music Hall
Oct. 4 - Oct. 8: Cleveland, OH, CSU Convocation Center
Oct. 10 - Oct. 15: Wallingford, CT, Oakdale Theatre
Oct. 17 - Oct. 22: Toronto, ONT, Hummingbird Centre
Oct. 31 - Nov. 1: Grand Rapids, MI, Van Andel Arena
Nov. 2 - Nov. 5: Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
Nov. 14 - Nov. 19: Fairfax, VA, Patriot Center
Nov. 21 - Nov. 26: Atlanta, GA, Fox Theatre
Nov. 29 - Dec. 3: Charlotte, NC, Independence Arena
Dec. 6 - Dec. 10: Camden, NJ, Blockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Centre
Dec. 12 - Dec. 17: Worcester, MA, Centrum Centre

Pokemon Live! is also scheduled to visit the following cities, but exact dates and venues have not yet been confirmed: Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Miami, Orlando, Denver, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Mexico City.Tickets for Pokémon Live! will be on sale soon, so contact your local venue for more information about purchasing tickets.

It's coming to Charlotte, which is pretty close to where I am, so maybe I'll see it! Whee -_-

Everybody Polkamon!
July 13th, 2000

I know you're ALL dying to hear the Weird Al song that's on the second Pokemon movie soundtrack...well, here's the link. According to the offical Weird Al site, the song will be played during the end credits of the movie. And in the Lugia section (under Movies), I've posted the lyrics at the bottom of the page! Enjoy!

Explanation...
July 13th, 2000

After getting kicked off TWICE yesterday while trying to upload one HTML, I was pretty much fed up with AOL (when's my Earthlink CD coming in?) so the thing I've been promising you for a week isn't up yet. I'll try again tonight after my brother's off-line...we share computers, and while he checks e-mail and whatnot I work on my summer reading ("All the King's Men"). But by the time he's done, the book has bored me so much that I just want to go to bed! The book's so friggin wordy!

Pocket Monsters was not created by me. It was created by Satoshi Tajiri and the crew at TV-Tokyo. Pokemon is (c) Game Freak, Nintendo, 4Kids Productions, Hasbro, Bandai, and a ton of other companies. When you have a popular anime like Pokemon, lots of people own it so it's impossible to list every company who owns a piece of Pokemon. No infringement of copyrights is meant by the creation of the web site. All images were gotten from official websites (Nintendo, TV-Tokyo, etc.) unless otherwise noted (I don't steal images from other sites!).