Post by PikaFusion on Sept 21, 2020 2:52:54 GMT
this is such an awesome find....
speaking of the 20th anniversary, i searched through this thread to make sure it wasn't posted already, but i remembered an old defunct pokemon fansite that was initially created to be a pokemon live fansite and found this link. it includes an entire play by play synopsis of pokemon live (mirrored here, song lyrics are included as well) - catfish.it.cx/trsrockin/trsrockin.com/script.html
on the main subpage for pokemon live, the former siteowner also had this to say-
"Ever heard of Pokemon Live? It was a stage show that started up around Summer 2000, essentially taking the basic plot of the animated series and combining it with music, dancing, and neat special effects. In December 2000, my dad and I drove 300 miles to Camden, NJ, to see this wonderful show, and we were both totally blown away by the amazing special effects. Here are a few examples: during "Misty's Song", huge Pokemon puppets floated around a black-lit stage - and they actually moved like the Pokemon are supposed to! Goldeens looked they were swimming, and Mew floated gracefully around the sky (they even did Mew's tail separately). Giovanni's MechaMew2 was impressive, especially when it exploded, shooting sparkly bits of confetti into the audience. Even the Team Rocket HQ was done in a neat way - with the whole chorus dressed as evil Rocket minions and odd purple lighting it felt creepy! During "Double Trouble", two Rockets banged steel pipes along with the rhythm as Jessie and James danced around an irritated Giovanni.
Flanking the stage were two towers built to resemble Pokedexes, which showed clips from the shows during song numbers. Interestingly enough, the forbidden scene from "Holiday at Acapulco" appeared during Team Rocket's song, "The Best at Being the Worst". Also shown were scenes from "Legend of Dratini" (such as where James grabs Jessie and leaps from the Safari Zone sign... to crash face-first on the ground).
Some of the actors were phenomenal, others weren't very good. The best-played characters were Giovanni (who appeared both evil and slightly nuts - and who actually got BOOED by the kids at curtain call!) and Brock (that guy could REALLY dance!) Ash was good, except that he seemed awfully old (especially funny when Gio was calling him "little boy"), but Team Rocket were terrible. I was tempted to go up on stage and tell them how to do the motto properly! There were also small actors playing the roles of Meowth, Pikachu, Jigglypuff, and Mewtwo, with the actual VA voices (pre-recorded)."
i remember reading up on and using this website a Lot when i was younger prior to the owner shutting it down in early-mid 2011 and she had stated that her goal was to provide as much information as possible to those who couldn't make it to the show + her believing that an official recording seemed unlikely, which in hindsight was smart of her to write all of this down while she still remembered it.
she also bought the soundtrack from amazon around the time, and stated that it very rarely pops up on ebay auctions (this was written...around 2001 or 2002 i believe) catfish.it.cx/trsrockin/trsrockin.com/pklive_soundtrack.html this is an article of her reviewing the officially released soundtrack
Here is her DeviantArt Account (now inactive tho): www.deviantart.com/mandyneko
Her new site (Although it redicts to a Chinese cosplay store now): www.meowaboutcosplay.com