Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780439137416
ISBN number: 0439137411
Label: Scholastic
Manufacturer: Scholastic
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 128
Printing Date: November 01, 1999
Publishing house: Scholastic
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 756496
Studio: Scholastic
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Scientists cloned the legendary Pokemon Mew to create Mewtwo, the most powerful Pokemon in the world. Only no one counted on a mad, mean Mewtwo. Now it wants to rule, and it will stop at nothing to get its way.
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For all the people who think Pokemon is really boring, think again, it's great in books!Mewtwo is a powerful clone of the Pokemon Mew.He is back for his revenge after breaking out of Giovani's lab many years ago.Taking the most powerful of trainers or pokemon masters.Mewtwo's plan of creating the most powerful pokemon army alive begins.Being chosen as one of the powerful players, Ash is taken with his associates, Misty and Brock to the secret castle where he meets the other most powerful players with his guide, Nurse Wendy, who had been kidnapped from the pokemon healing center or hospital.There, Mewtwo clones all the pokemon and creates the rowdiest war ever!Copies and originals will fight in the ultimate battle.But Ash gets terribly hurt, and he may die!...........
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This is a good book! I like it when all the pokemon original and clones cry for Ash because he got in Mewtwo's crossfire!
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Okay,since I'm used to reading 400 page-long novels, I really expected to hate this book. I saw the movie, decided it stunk, and decided to see if the novelization was better. It's different, in a sense, but not better. If you don't have anything to do, read this book just to see Tracey West's interpretation of the movie. I think West is a bit mixed up. This book had no depth at all, and I was expecting some of the hidden meanings in the movie to show themselves, but that never happened. All this book did was tell a story. You could get much the same experience by listening to a friend talk about the movie. One problem I find with Poke'mon is that it's aimed at such a young audience. Because of this, they have to keep it as simple as possible. If they'd only realize that older kids watch it too! The series isn't alowed to develop to it's full potential, and I was REALLY hoping the book would do that. Yet, they continually simplify a good story just so little kids can just sit there watching and don't have to think! I don't understand. The other problem I had was the way they treated Ash. He has a bigger ego than in this book, people. I kept hearing his annyoing voice in my head throughout the whole thing and wishing a different character would take over. Ash just isn't cool. In fact, NONE of the characters are cool. We're given no clue as to whta they're thinking or what their motivations are, and that's something that makes books so much better than movies. Read this book because it's something different, not because it's good.
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this is the 1st chapt book my kids really got into ! my son is in the 1st grade and my daughter is in pre school, and they both loved it ! we haven't seen the movie yet but look forward to it coming on video ! this is a must read if you are trying to bridge the gap from story books to chapt. books.
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This book is okay, and great for the kids, but it missrepresents Mewtwo terribly. This book has been written like most kids' minds work: a villian cannot be good and bad at the same time. There is no happy medium. Yes, there are kids who grasp the concept of a "friendly nemisis" pretty well, but there are those who do not. Therefore, in the book Mewtwo is misrepresented and portrayed as a shallow villian who's only desire is to be a world conquerer.
This is not at all how the origonal movie portrays him. The only reason Mewtwo lashed out like he did was because he was protecting himself, confused, and blinded by rage. Then, disillusioned by mankind, he set out to destroy it. Total and complete genocide. He didn't know that what he planned to do was wrong. The thought never crossed his mind. he was only a few days old, for crying out loud!
This book, though great for younger readers, isn't how the movie was. The author has given Mewtwo a massive inferiority complex and a real short temper, and set him loose to stomp Tokyo to the ground. Even though he admits his mistakes at the end, the response seemed forced and stale. Even rehearsed.
In the beginning, even the other characters, the scientists, could've been more developed. They didn't seem right. They didn't seem professional. Even Prof. John Smith (aren't we the clever character namer?) seemed to not know his profession. Glass tube with blue fluid? Try artificial womb with simulated amniotic fluid. Cloning machine? Puh-lease...
Sure, it works for the little kids, but older fans and others may find it frustrating, and insulting to their intelligence. A more accurate novelization? Try the Art of Pokemon: The First Movie. It's much better.
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