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20557 No. 20557
So how's about that show that started/destroyed Matthew Lawrence's career?
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>> No. 20613
Listen, I can't contribute to this thread at alllll, but I will say this:

FUCK YEAH! SUPERHUMAN SAMURAI.
>> No. 20616
HELL YES ROCK N ROLL INTERNET ULTRAMAN
>> No. 20626
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Imagine my astonishment as a wee lad when OUT OF NOWHERE, OPTIMUS PRIME TO THE RESCUE.
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Neat little find. +400 videos of Ultraman fights.

http://www.youtube.com/user/MrUltraMonster#p/a
>> No. 20744
Bandai making Superhuman Samurai figure!!! hoping D Arts line goes better than Ultra Act
>> No. 20751
Iron King was here, you are all scrubs.
>> No. 23222
BAMPU
>> No. 25348
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On the topic of giant monster movies, who's seen The Last Dinosaur? Is it as cheesy as the name suggests? Is he our friend and a whole lot more?
>> No. 25357
>>25348
It's cheesy alright but a fine watch. Also it has a character who is an oil tycoon and big game hunter named Maston Thrust.

If this scene doesn't bother you. Then you should be fine.
Last Dinosauryoutube thumb
>> No. 25377
So Media Blasters is apparently going to be releasing Godzilla vs Megalon, Destroy All Monsters and Godzilla 85 on DVD and Bluray.
>> No. 25496
What's this? A kaiju and tokusatsu thread?

Count me in.
>> No. 25502
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Hey guys we lost billions of yen and hundreds of men trying to stop Godzilla. Now he's alive again and walking away should we go after him?

Nah.
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>>25502
He was monstrously fucked up and they didn't really have anything left to throw his way, it was a draw.
>> No. 25506
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>>25505
G-Force always had more maser cannons stored away somewhere.
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>>25506
True, but do they wanna waste all their shit on Godzilla and be fucked if something else pops up?
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>>25507
I guess that would be pretty silly.
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>> No. 25728
So what's the most recent kaiju movie/thing?
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>>25728
That's a very odd question, they are still coming out all the time.

And Kaiju only means strange monster so it pretty much boils down to "monster movie", Kaijin means they are humanoid monster and daikaiju means they are a giant monsters or a kicking band.

Daikaiju - Farewell To Monster Islandyoutube thumb

Now if you are looking for a good Giant Monster movie free of the older cheesier effects then I suggest you give the Gamera 90's series a try it's incredible, for the most part my distaste for the millennium Godzilla series is unbelievably strong but a few people like it and I'd much sooner recommend the Heisei era Godzilla stuff which is FUCKING GOLD, Godzilla VS. Biollante especially.
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I could make an elaborate hypothesis about how Godzilla's representation of the US didn't end with the first movie. I could say that as the battle lines of the Cold War were being drawn, Godzilla found himself playing the part of the hero against communist space dragons and Soviet engineering made to counter him. I could say that as those looming threads died in the real world, Godzilla once took on an unsure, and percieved unstable role in modern society. But honestly, it would sound like I'm reading too much into a movie about karate dinosaurs.


Instead, I'll say this. A really kickass plot for a Godzilla movie could involve terrorist groups and Military dictatorships creating their own monsters in an attempt to sieze world power, with an old and grizzly Godzilla coming out of retirement to lay the smackdown on all of them.

Could've sworn I posted in this thread the first time.
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>>25749
>terrorist groups
Red Bamboo is at it again huh.
>> No. 25753
>>25751

Batman has Leviathan

Superman has Intergang

The JLA has the Legion of Doom

Godzilla's Giant Monster Detective club has Red Bamboo.
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For some reason, this song sounds like a lover's farewell.

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The question now is... who's woman enough for the King of the Monsters?
>> No. 25801
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>>25800
84/85 Godzilla just looked like he was fed up with everyone's shit.
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Made this for /co/, before that "/co/ hates Japan" ruined the thread.
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>>26088

You are awesome and that thread (until derailment) was awesome.
>> No. 26097
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>>25749
Replace Terrorist group with Alien Invaders and that's Final Wars.

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>> No. 26099
>>26088
The Mogera thing has me laughing.
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>>26097

But they didn't really make any new monsters. And that's a potential peril: being unable to make a new, endearing, enduring enemy for G.

Maybe they could have Kim Jong Il (or a suitable expy) release Pulgasari (or a fascimile thereof).
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Why are there no clips of Godzilla Island... anywhere?
>> No. 26217
>Godzilla Marathon on TCM

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>> No. 27117
I need to watch more Ultraman.
>> No. 27203
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I could see this bitch scaring little kids.
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I am now a Mothra fan.
>> No. 27226
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So...essentially Toho won't let Godzilla fight him, because he'd lose, thus not being the King of Monsters, so they just let him fight normal Mothra....who still often beats him?
>> No. 27234
>>27226
>him
I think Mothra is a girl if I remmber right. Lay eggs and that...
Or is it like GINO? Have a whole nest full of egg, still a man.
>> No. 27238
>>27234
Mothra's kid in the Rebirth series, dunno if he was female or male, I only called it such because I don't think much about giant monster gender.
>> No. 27240
>>27234
I think I remember Mothra being referred to as a she.
>> No. 27248
>>27240
Again, yes, she is a girl.
>> No. 27302
>>27117
You and me bro.
Fortunately I got a few months ago the entire first series on DVD.
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>> No. 27431
Cinemassacre's Top 10 Giant Movie Monstersyoutube thumb
This is a nice top 10 of giant monster films by James Rolfe.
The #1 film was a quite interesting surprise.

>>27310
I wish I could find a better quality version of that short.
There was one on youtube, but the quality was awful.
>> No. 27728
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Gamera Theme Song 1969youtube thumb

I love Kaiju songs.
>> No. 28202
Even if there is no God or Buddha, there is MOSSURA!

mothra songyoutube thumb
>> No. 29127
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I have, as of this moment, watched EVERY GODZILLA MOVIE IN EXISTENCE!

TREMBLE BEFORE ME MORTALS!
>> No. 29137
>>29127
We are not worthy!
>> No. 29139
>>29127
Here, have a thing!

http://www.mediafire.com/?690zp54cz9ki6
>> No. 29142
>>29127
ALL HAIL THE LIZARD KING!
>> No. 29177
>>29127
Pfft, I accomplished that several years ago when I finally found a copy of '85 at one of the rental stores here.
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>>29177
AHH, BUT THE COMICS AND ALL OTHER TOHO FILMS?

I EVEN FISHED GAMERA

ALL I HAVE LEFT NOW IS ULTRAMAN!
>> No. 29185
>>29127
You're so lucky.
I even haven't begin.

>>29179
Good luck with that.
It's gonna be a loooong road there.
>> No. 29197
>>29179
Tiki. Dude. Do you have any idea how much Ultraman there is out there? There's been almost as many Ultra shows as there have been Riders. I hope your entire year is free.
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>>29197
>>29185
HA HA HA!
You guys make this sound like it will be hard, it's all fun and free time, I don't watch this stuff like a challenge, I watch it to relax.
>> No. 29266
>>27728
I almost forgot:

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Need to watch those Ultraman discs I got for five bucks at Target sometime.

Also, here's a cool Godzilla Noir sketch I got from Phil Hester at my LCS last Wednesday.
>> No. 29421
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Anyone buy the new MST3K Gamera dvd pack?
>> No. 30349
AAA
>> No. 30350
AAA
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>>29127
>> No. 30653
http://robojapan.blogspot.com/2011/12/ishiro-honda-family-suing-for-godzilla.html

First Superman, then the Jack Kirby stuff, now this.
It keeps happening!
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>>30653
YO FUCK'EM
>> No. 32158
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Just a reminder that this entire series is on Netflix Instant.

It's worth watching just for the bizarre shipping, Zilla Jr.'s badassery and the amazing designs of some of the kaiju.
>> No. 32159
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What are /mtv/'s thoughts on Clover?

I liked the monster's personality but the design was very uninspired. His parasites looked great, tho.
>> No. 32165
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>>32159
That's everyone's opinion on Clover, the monster itself is trash but those Parasites were the stuff of perfect nightmares.

If only they'd gone with the Whale, THEN WE'D HAVE A MOTHER FUCKING KAIJU FOR AMERICA.

Instead of...balloon head.

All ya had to do for the whale was consolidate his three fins into one and he'd have been perfect, plus that black skin texture would have been so much harder to see at night.

The point where I hated Clover was that scene on the collapsing Hotel where everything is exploding so we get a good look at clover as he comes towards the camera and he looks...fucking glued on to the screen, with a body so cartoonish and unintimidating I just fucking laughed.

Cloverfield's mistake was...it doesn't fucking look like anything, certainly nothing intimidating.

Godzilla? Motherfucking Nuclear reactor strapped to a Dinosaur with a little cat thrown in, the Cat part gives us sympathy and GIANT WALKING NUCLEAR DISASTER DINOSAUR PROVIDE INTIMIDATION SURPLUS.

Cloverfield...is uhhh, bull frog gorilla shrimp? And the repeated Godzilla 2000 in so many errors, Yes, Monster big and resilient, but it needs a nice classing threat, Oxygen Destroyer ray, Atomic Breath, sleep pollen.

The idea I had when I thought his was gonna be the awesome whale was something like Ambergris and he'd be spraying it all over the place and then the military shows up and proceeds with the "BLAST IT!" plan, upon which their bullets and rockets ignite the Ambergris which has and exceeding slow burn rate despite being highly inflammable causing a hell fire in the city streets that could last weeks and drives everyone underground where they quickly encounter the parasites from the movie.

That's my two cents on fixing Clover, this big lumbering puking monster Whale staggering through a burning New York hell scape, dropping it's insidious cargo without even meaning too.

This walking deep sea God of rot.

I also wanted it to have a purpose for what it's doing...Clover is, according to the movie, just a wandering baby.

My idea would have it just being sick and looking for help, it's destruction just a by-product of this unfathomable creature never meant to walk in the same world as us.

In summation:
Clover is dildos.
Parasites are fucking rad.
They should have gone with the Whale.
>> No. 32166
>>32165

I think JJ Abrams is just a shitty monster designer.

Before the film was done, he claimed he'd had this vision of a unique monster design, a "new giant monster for America." And we got. . . a spider lizard with a bulldog head. Nice job, JJ.

It's not just a problem in Cloverfield, either. Look at the Smoke Monster from LOST. It could have been this crazy cool mythical thing, but then he has it kill its victims by. . . bludgeoning them to death? Wow, very subtle. Very menacing. Brute force is so impressive and scary!

It's even there in Super 8. While I admit the subterranean creature was kind of neat, if you look in the DVD extras there are dozens of very visually striking designs that Abrams flat-out just turned down. And he went with something that. . . really kind of looked like a mini Clover with a different face and eyes.

The guy is kind of the George Lucas of kaiju. "Look at my amazing concept! Isn't it awesome? Aren't you impressed?"

No, JJ. Fuck you. You wouldn't know a good design if it bit your nuts off, you effeminate hack.
>> No. 32170
>>32166

The design of the Super 8 alien was pretty cool, imo. But that design also has Spielberg's input, one should always factor that.

I like the bizarre grey-spider mash up and the way it moved and behaved.

As for Clover, it's really not all that noteworthy in hindsight.

Has a slightly bizarre anatomy with those little hand things (which are apparently feeding tubes or some shit like that - wtf) and the way it moves, but it's not special in any way.

It's only hability is being resiliant (and it still got killed), and being the carrier for the much more intresting and freaky parasites.

When your giant monster it's upstaged by its ticks, you fucked up.

That said, I do like the way the face behaves when it's pissed off. The air sacs suck, though.
>> No. 32176
>>32170

Air sacs were cool, but how the fuck did delicate membranes like those survive constant shell barrage?

For that matter, WHY was Clover so goddamn sturdy? It was an infant mutant trench creature of some sort. It didn't even have G-cells.
>> No. 32178
>>32176

It was a creature (possibly alien in origin) that lived in the depths of the ocean.

It was denser than it appeared to survive the pressure or some shit.

*handwaves, and JJ calls a day*
>> No. 32567
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Now Children, tell the nice la…youtube thumb

My favorite Godzilla moment ever.
>> No. 32568
>>32178
It's now my headcanon that the monster is so skinny because the first time it came out of the water the pressure drop made it puke out most of its internal organs.
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Save the Earthyoutube thumb
>> No. 32602
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>>32568

. . . Jesus, no wonder it's so pissed off.

Any love for KONG in here?
>> No. 32612
>>32602
King Kong Vs Godzilla - Movie Traileryoutube thumb

HELL YEAH!
>> No. 32653
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>>32654
>Rodan's height increase in his entire history has only been 10 meters.

Ahh, baby.
>> No. 32664
>>32653
They done goofed. '00-'03 generally ranged from 55 to 60 meters, '04 in Final Wars was 100 meters.
>> No. 32721
Gentlemen, I want to catch up on my Giant Monsters, watching the most notable films of the genre and whatnot. However, I'm finding that getting downloads of these things is harder than expected. A little help? Basically if you got a link to a download or a torrent or full film on Youtube or some shit of a film you like with giant monsters, can you give it to me? I really want to watch everything I can, so I'm not giving many specific directions.

I did manage to find The Host and the original Godzilla, though. At least the US version of the Godzilla.
>> No. 32723
>>32721
http://extratorrent.com/torrent_download/1522789/Gamera+Trilogy.torrent

The Gamera Trilogy is monster movies at their very finest.
>> No. 32977
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>>29185
>>29197
PITIFUL DOUBTERS!
>> No. 33185
Why, hello BBC documentary that I barely remember from almost 15 years ago! I'm very glad to see you on YouTube, as you were very insightful!

Godzilla BBC Documentary - Part 1 of 4youtube thumb
>> No. 33235
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>>27240
>>27234
As it turns out we were all wrong, that's Mothra Leo, Mothra's child from the Rebirth trilogy and who is male.

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>> No. 33252
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What we know about the 2012 Godzilla movie:

The image of a new godzilla was confirmed fan-made

Godzilla will fight another monster

The movie is live action and 3D

David Goyer is the official writer

TriStar will not be involved with the film

The monsters and effects are CGI

Legendary Pictures is the producer

This film has replaced Godzilla 3-D in Imax

Godzilla will use his trademark weapon, Atomic Breath
>> No. 33255
>>32977
Ah, but have you seen the anime? The Hanna Barbera movie?
>> No. 33257
>>33255
OF COURSE!

UltramanSuperFighterLegend openingyoutube thumb
>> No. 33266
>>33252

>David Goyer is the official writer

>Some kind of joke about Godzilla renouncing his Japanese Citizenship.
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>>33266
Shall I tell you how it's taking supposedly place in America then?

(Although Godzilla has always been an allegory for America and more specifically atomic power)
>> No. 33270
>>33257
Juuuuust checking... here's a little something for you - the British dub of a Japanese puppet show about an intergalactic peacekeeping giant robot and its crew. People sometimes mistake it for a Gerry Anderson production, owing to the puppets and it being shown on British TV. Oh and it was created by Go Nagai.

Star Fleet [X-Bomber] Intro HQyoutube thumb

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>> No. 33271
>>33268

The plot of the film will be that it takes place in the 1950's-60's. Russia invents their own Godzilla. They fight. Huge parts of the world are destroyed. It's all an allegory for Mutually Assured Destruction.

... also Korea tries to make a Godzilla too but it keeps dying.

>> No. 33275
>>33271
So it's Rocky IV? Neat, I'm psychic.
>> No. 33277
>>33275

You're now imagining Apollo Creed looking over to Godzilla going "I want you to promise me you're not gonna stop this fight, no matter what. No matter what!"

"AAIIEEEEEEE—UH—UNK!"

>> No. 33278
>>33277

No wait. Scratch Apollo Creed. Have him be King Kong.
>> No. 33279
MST3K on CBS Morning. The Subject: GODZILLAyoutube thumb
>> No. 33285
ok gentlemen can anyone explain this to me

Space Battleship Gamera Express 999youtube thumb
>> No. 33406
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I'm not surprised that Godzilla joined a gang. I'm just disappointed in him.
>> No. 33414
>>33285

Super Monster is comprised almost entirely of stock footage from other Gamera films. It also contains a bunch of pop culture references in the new footage they filmed, like an exploding Godzilla billboard, and apparently some Battleship Yamato footage. Mostly it's because Gamera movies before 1995 were kind of stupid, I guess.
>> No. 33510
>>33414
The thing is, ok, I get the whole stock footage deal.

WHY LEIJI MATSUMOTO STOCK FOOTAGE

Was there a publicity deal? Is that it?

Also I'll hear nothing of early Gamera being stupid, it's the Real Robo versus Godzilla's Super Robo. And it's amazing. :V
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Can it be time for unappreciated monster appreciation hour yet?

I thought Eclipse was great and had a beautiful design. Was also impressed Sector 7 didn't have a typical horror-movie cliffhanger ending.

They ripped off Gwoemul, but I was okay with that after a while.
>> No. 34620
>>34613
I like how it was visibly fucked up throughout the movie.
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>>34613
Wasn't it made by the same studio?

Also, HOW'VE WE NOT TALKED ABOUT THIS YET?
>> No. 34722
Well shit, all this time I had been ignoring a Superhuman Samurai thread?!
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>>34720
It's pretty good, but they went a little overboard if the concept art holds true.
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Like, I get the idea behind "WHAT IF DINOSAUR INTO BIRD, BUT FEATHERS ARE SPIKES!" but in the concept art it seems too be just a little too much, I figure it'll be a little more streamlined in the movie.
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So, anybody on here happen to hear about Guillermo del Toro's new project? Because I think you guys are really going to like it.
May need to let /jam/'s Mecha thread know too if they don't already.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Rim_%28film%29
>> No. 34767
>>34750
THAT LOOKS FUCKING RAD

"Daikaiju Die!" - Daikaijuyoutube thumb

Daikaiju - Farewell To Monster Islandyoutube thumb
>> No. 34771
>>34750
so is that actually what happened to the Macross/Robotech movie? I don't know if Akira or Cowboy Bebop will be the same if they're not called Akira and Cowboy Bebop.
>> No. 34813
>>34771
It's entirely possible; I didn't know there plans for Macross. One of the main reasons del Torro got behind this was the fact his Mountains of Madness plans totally bottomed out in just about every way.
>> No. 34891
Watching the original Godzilla, it's really crazy that something this dark and apocalyptic became such a lighthearted campy franchise. Half the movie is spent in court, and Godzilla's more of a dark god than just some big monster. If I didn't know this was the original, I'd think it was a deconstruction.
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>>34891
That's why everything after the Showa era tried to return to that awe inspiring mass destructiveness of the impossible beast.
>> No. 35172
The new Godzilla movie has a release date

May 16th, 2014.
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>>34750

>movie about giant robots

Ehh, bit late for it, Gundam and Robotech kind of already--

>has giant monsters too

WUT

>Del Toro at the helm

NIGGA WUT

I will probably see this at least twice
>> No. 35335
> new Godzilla movie

I am not entirely sure how do I feel about this one.

I do know the Director is quite enthusiastic about the whole Kaiju genere, which is an improvement over Emmerich's "Godzilla sucks lol I am doing this for the paycheck" approach. But on the other had, excessive fanboyism over the source material can also be problematic. Just look at Peter Jackson's King Kong.

Plus, while I did enjoy Monsters, the climax of that film kinda sucked. I hope that was more of the limitations of low budget indie cinema not allowing shit to properly hit the fan, and less of a lack of understanding on how to properly end a movie, and a giant monster movie at that.
>> No. 36009
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BREAKING NEWS: KAIJU ATTACKyoutube thumb

Test of the Kaiju Emergency Alert Systemyoutube thumb

Why has no one posted the viral updates yet?

There are pictures of the mechs now, for goodness' sake.
>> No. 36010
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>> No. 36011
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>> No. 36012
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And now the cool pictures:

>Gipsy Danger
>> No. 36013
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>Cherno Alpha
>> No. 36014
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>Striker Eureka
>> No. 36015
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>Coyote Tango
>> No. 36018
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>Crimson Typhoon

So far we've got five released pictures with several more likely on the way.

According to >>36011 there are at least two more named mechs: Tacit Ronin and Diablo Intercept Mark-2.
>> No. 36020
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The official site: http://www.panpacificdefense.com/

I swear, the combination of this and Godzilla: The Half Century War makes me wish for a Kaiju-themed XCOM-style strategy game.
>> No. 36024
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>>Reading up on Pacific Rim
>>Guillermo Del Toro, Idris Elba

Not bad, not bad...

>>The bot AI is played by Ellen "GLaDOS" McLain

FUCK WHY ISN'T THIS MOVIE OUT YET
>> No. 36027
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>>36024
>The female lead is that really awesome Asian chick from Brothers Bloom

Triple points if they give her a decidedly Asuka/Rei type personality.
>> No. 36028
>>36027
I need to see Brothers Bloom. And Evangelion. And something that can get me properly into the kaiju genre.
>> No. 36030
Looking at the schematics of the mechs again, I notice that there's an insert in each one detailing the name, version number, operating system, weight and power system on each one.
>> No. 36034
>>36027
There's a bit where a robot gets fucked up because one copilot is thinking in English and one in Japanese.

So there you go.
>> No. 36134
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36134
YOU THERE! STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND WATCH THE FUCK OUT OF THIS TRAILER!:

Pacific Rim Official Trailer -…youtube thumb

PACIFIC RIM: MOVIE OF THE 2013!
>> No. 36135
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>>36134
So yeah, that...that's definitely GLaDOS right there.

I can't unhear it and I keep expecting the Jaeger AI to betray them at some point or offer them a certain kind of baked goods that I'm not allowed to mention because old meme is old.
>> No. 36136
>>36134
-Idris Elba rocking the natural accent
-Giant Del Toro Monsters Godzillaing the fuck out
-Giant robots punching kaiju in the face
-Somebody gave Del Toro a quarter billion to make the above happen
And they say good movies don't happen anymore. Then again this could always be the next Prometheus level disappointment!
>> No. 36137
>>36134
Just saw this. Honestly, I'll be surprised if this gets above a 50% on Rotten Tomatoes when it comes out. However, this has my inner child all atwitter. There are so many childhood properties wrapped up in a glorious CG-fest: Power Rangers, a bit of Eva, a nod to Big O and a few Gundams, Godzilla, you have actor Ellen McLain doing THE GLADoS voice from Portal.

>>36136
Even if it sucks from a critic standpoint, it's going to be complete camp like Snakes on a Plane was. I'm sold.
>> No. 36139
>>36137
If the worst that we can say about it when it comes out is "it sucks, but it's so damn cool and combines everything I love in it", then in my eyes, it's a very good thing.

>>36136
Idris Elba is a glorious man. I wanna see him become the new "It" guy.

Also I'm pretty sure seeing him and Ron Perlman talking to each other will make my entire day when I see it. Ron Perlman is also pretty damn awesome.
>> No. 36140
>>36134
We need a Cave Johnson promo for that big mutha.

Cave Johnson here, turns out those sad little octopuses..octopie..octee..whatever turns out those little guys had some BIG Friends that didn't like us "borrowing" their facilities for our testing chambers. And so myself and the leaders of the free and some not so free worlds have banded together to keep those mean mother hubbards from taking back what we rightfully stole in the first place. So the plan is to integrate our testing center AI in control of a multi trillion dollar mech defense program and things should be okay..as long as she's included in the action. Cave Johnson we're done here.
>> No. 36145
>>36134
Just got back from watching The Hobbit.

God did that trailer immediately before the movie got me hyped.
>> No. 36147
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36147
And now the newly released posters.
>> No. 36148
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>>36147
>> No. 36149
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We really need to get a clearer picture of Gipsy Danger's nose art pin-up girl.
>> No. 36150
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Also gifs.
>> No. 36151
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>> No. 36152
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>>36151
>> No. 36153
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>> No. 36154
File 135541606799.gif - (2.82MB , 280x156 , Rocket punch.gif )
36154
And finally.
>> No. 36159
I recently asked why Canada doesn't have a mech and someone kinda made a good point...

>canada likely doesn't get a 'mech because it wouldn't surprise if the US, Canada, and Mexico all pooled their shit together to build one, given how close of allies those three nations are. Compare Russia/China/Japan who all hate each others guts and it wouldn't surprise me if at least one of them wasn't planning to use their mech to murder the other two when this all blows over.
>> No. 36161
>>36159
Mexico Forms the Legs US Forms the Torso and Head and Canada will be THE HAT.
>> No. 36164
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>>36161
>Implying Canada wouldn't form the arms.
>> No. 36174
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36174
>Tom Cruise was considered for a role but in the end, Idris Elba was cast.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663662/trivia

http://shallanelprin.tumblr.com/post/37882520743/tom-cruise-was-considered-for-a-role-but-in-the
>> No. 36175
On a tangentially-related note:

Robot Jox Traileryoutube thumb

I finally found out what the title of that one live-action mecha movie I saw years ago is.
>> No. 36179
If the robots combine into a big one, it HAS to be called Jet Jaeger
>> No. 36180
So this hasn't been posted yet.

Pacific Rim Power Rangers Traileryoutube thumb
>> No. 36189
>>36179
>Jet Jaeger
>Not Jaeger-Meister or Chuck Jaeger
>> No. 36191
>>36189
Sentai Iron Man is Jeager-Meister.
>> No. 36192
>>36020
jesus fuck get out of my head

upgrading tanks instead of infantry, capturing and repurposing giant space robots.

all my money

>>36014
>Australia building a giant robot

even i dont believe this
>> No. 36193
>>36192

Australia has a WHOLE LOT OF URANIUM.
>> No. 36195
>>36193
More importantly, the vast majority of the world's Australium. Nothing makes giant robots move better than that stuff.
>> No. 36196
>>36192
>>36193
>>36195
Speaking of Australia...

News on the pilots, guys in the while control suits confirmed to be the Australians.

http://pacificrimfilm.blogspot.com/2012/12/rob-kazinsky-is-australian-pilot.html

Also some info on the Russian pilots:

http://pacificrimfilm.blogspot.com/2012/12/russian-pilots.html
>> No. 36284
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/rorschachsrants/news/?a=72241
Is this a good or a bad thing?
>> No. 36285
>>36284
Another Godzilla made in Hollywood? I actually liked the first one, but it has dat 90s feel.

As for the news on the link...
>Frank Darabont
>Indiana Jones 4
>The Mist
>Walking Dead tv series
Take from that what you will. I don't like it.
>> No. 36290
CES Qualcomm Pacific Rim Traileryoutube thumb

New trailer.
>> No. 36297
>>36284
Why good in my opinion.
>> No. 36340
http://www.esquire.com/video/#v1774105147001

Another reason why Idris Elba is perfect.

>"My background, well, it's a white wall."
>> No. 36386
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36386
So. . . Have they explained why the giant robots are necessary yet?

Why are fighter planes, drones, and maybe orbital strikes useless? Do the monsters have a special weakness to massive facial trauma? If so, why not pop a thermobaric weapon right over their noggin? Wouldn't that have the same effect as a giant fist punch from the punch dimension? Why are the huge, clunky, slow battle robots even necessary at all?

This explanation is really the only thing I want to see in the movie. Everything else can just go home.

My personal theory is, the monsters see large creatures/entities as a threat to their territory (cities) and will go after such threats relentlessly. This means the Jager can lead the creature away from populated areas, meaning less collateral damage. The Jagers are basically gigantic matadors with targets painted on their chests. This reinforces the natural hopelessness and doom of the invasion, creating Lovecraftian undertones that Del Toro inserted deliberately after being denied "Mountains of Madness."

Yes, I know it's very unlikely that they will use these explanations at all. Doesn't mean I can't dream.

Also, is anyone else really upset that they made Ellen use her GLAdOS voice? She's an opera singer, for Christ's sake.
>> No. 36387
>>36386
But we can't have Opera singing robots, that is just silly.
>> No. 36388
>>36386

Why are you even asking this? Seriously, why? If you have giant monsters stomping around, the natural... no, the LOGICAL thing is to build giant robots to fight 'em. That's all the explanation I need, and for the life of mine I can't understand why do you need anything else in a movie that is "giant robots fighting giant monsters".

I mean, do you also need an explanation on how Superman can fly? If so, my condolences for the loss of your inner child, bro.
>> No. 36389
>>36386
It's not going to be that exact voice in the film proper. I think Del Toro said he deliberately GLaDOS-ized her voice to call to attention that it was Ellen McLain.
>> No. 36395
>>36386
The first you see in the trailer is fighter jets doing crap against the Kaiju. Makes sense as the weapons simply don't scale up. Normal military ordnance may fuck you and me up instantly, but against a creature that big that probably has unnuturally hard skin, at best it would be like bee stings.

And I don't think you can compare the type of damage a thermobaric weapon can do Vs getting punched with a giant fist with several hundred tons of kinetic force behind it. Plus, thermobaric weapons are notoriously shitty against hardened targets.

From what I read elsewhere, an attacking Kaiju can indeed be beaten with conventional forces, but it takes tons of time and leaves catastrophic loses on both the military and civilian sides, and if you recall they don't have a way to stop them coming out (pretty big deal, if you lose half of your army fighting the fuckers, what happens when the next one shows up in a week? And the next one after that?). I guess the Jaegers are a relatively "safe" way to engage them directly and physically push them out their path of destruction, while risking just two people.
>> No. 36397
It's odd how Portal has become anathema, to the point you can't even speak of the game or reference it without angry people yelling about cakes and lies. I recall when the trailer hit the web, and /v/ basically exploded into a raging volcano of rage (even more than usual).
>> No. 36399
>>36397
Things can get repeated ad nausem. Valve themselves said that got tired of the old 'cake is a lie' jokes way before everyone else did.

That said, as someone who both love the Portal games and has been following this movie for a while, it was rather tiring seeing people mention GLaDOS over and over again. That and the repeated comparisons to Transformers and Evangelion.

On the other hand, you're talking about /v/.

>>36386
>>36395
The background information that's been released basically points to the experience that conventional weapons were ineffective against the kaiju, the original script saying that the first monster took about three days of almost constant bombardment by military forces before it went down. And after that the monster's toxic blood left the city uninhabitable.

Basically the monsters are giant telepathically-controlled bio-weapons that are meant to wreck shit up and then release a toxic substance when they're killed. Jaegers are essentially giant mobile walls that can go toe-to-toe with them and are meant keep the monsters from getting to populated areas in the first place.

Naturally, the Japanese were the ones who first thought of using giant robots. See: >>36015

>> No. 36400
>>36399
It does have an upside, though. Many people who like Portal or whose only exposure to giant robots is Transformers had their interest piqued by the trailer. I know nothing about kaiju (although I'd love to learn before the film comes out), and I know it was the case for me.
>> No. 36403
Guys

No, really guys

What if... they actually make a "the cake is a lie" joke in the film
>> No. 36404
>>36403
Frankly I'd be more enthused if one of the Jaegers had lemon based ordnance.
>> No. 36405
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>>36403
>>36404

No. Stop.

God dammit, you people are the reason Ellen McClain will never again have a career.
>> No. 36409
>>36405
Yeah, poor woman will have to stick to her shitty sidejob as an opera singer.
>> No. 36455
Between wanting to watch some kaiju between now and Pacific Rim coming out, and playing the Lungfishopolis level in Psychonauts, I decided to look up the Gamera episodes of MST3k. Did they review any other kaiju besides those ones?
>> No. 36456
>>36455
The did Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, and probably some others depending of what you count as kaiju.
>> No. 36459
>>36456
Anything that remotely counts. I'm just getting into the genre for the first time, and I want to pick up on any winks and nudges to the genre that I wouldn't get otherwise when I see PR.
>> No. 36460
>>36456
Anything that remotely counts. I'm just getting into the genre for the first time, and I want to pick up on any winks and nudges to the genre that I wouldn't get otherwise when I see PR.
>> No. 36556
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36556
First look at the toys coming out for Pacific Rim.
>> No. 36557
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36557
On the negative side looks like these ones won't have much articulation.

On the positive side, the sculpts look decent, and its the first really good look we get of Crimson Typhoon and Striker Eureka.
>> No. 36558
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>> No. 36559
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>> No. 36560
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>> No. 36561
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I REALLY hope they come out with bigger, better quality figures with more articulation.
>> No. 36562
>all the PR mechs have "male" body types despite being physically impossible anyway

God damn it Del Toro, at least go all the way with it. Where's my sexy female-looking ladybot?
>> No. 36673
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36673
Those blueprints did not do the designs justice.
>> No. 36674
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>> No. 36675
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>> No. 36676
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>> No. 36696
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>> No. 36697
>>36696
HA HA YES PERFECT
>> No. 36698
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>> No. 36699
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>> No. 36700
>>36699
Really? Australia builds the best mech?
>> No. 36701
>>36700
well when giant monsters can come from ANYWHERE I kinda think its a necessity to build something like that. Also might be it being the newest monster killer or something.
>> No. 36702
GUYS

GUYS

GUYS

Bryan Cranston in Godzilla, hopes for movie brightened.
>> No. 36703
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>> No. 36704
>>36700
Australia needs that to deal with just the spiders.
>> No. 36715
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OI COHM HEAH AN FOIT ME
>> No. 36721
I read elsewhere that the movie has a surprise Jaeger than (obviously) hasn't been shown yet, and it will feature in a space fight. Not sure if belive or not.
>> No. 36722
>>36721
Either Mid Movie Rebuild or Resurrection of an Early Prototype from what I've seen being posted.
>> No. 36724
>>36721
I kinda wish the Jaeger was from another faction that hasn't been revealed yet, a country that isn't usually represented in media, but that probably won't happen.
>> No. 36725
>>36724
Early version of the script had a battle in Peru between a kaiju and the jaeger Puma Real.

Another jaegers mentioned in the early script was Japan's advanced model, Tacit Ronin.
>> No. 36726
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>> No. 36757
>>36726
That pic actually makes me wonder something

The Kaiju in Pacific Rim, are they purely physiical and melee, or do they have long range attacks?
>> No. 36794
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36794
JUST MAKE THE MOVIE HALF CENTURY WAR
>> No. 36905
http://www.panpacificdefense.com/

more centralized location for stuff plus some really big blueprints for Gypsy and Striker.
>> No. 36907
>>36905
I HATE THAT FUCKING TRAILER HORN WITH A PASSION

INFINITELY FUCKING TERRIBLE
>> No. 36911
If any a y'all wondered how nausicaa of the valley of the wind's world ended up post apocalyptic here ya go.
>> No. 36912
>>36911
Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyoyoutube thumb

Whoops
>> No. 36919
I'm just going to put it out there...
Calling something Gypsy will get you shit sooner or later.
In euro atlest...
Well now I can say told ya when it happens.
>> No. 36921
>>36919
They are all NATO call signs mixed with traditional pilot names for planes, anyone who has a problem with it is a complete fucking idiot.
>> No. 36953
>>36921
Or a butthurt minorty that get pissed when they down get their flag put up on their holiday.(But that was more about a miscommunication, still made swedish news)
I will still say "it" when "that" happens.
But one a better note: http://blip.tv/chasingthemuse/godzilla-the-series-what-we-watched-6532484
>> No. 36960
New Pacific Rim trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxnQi1qAvdM
>> No. 36962
>>36960
>Charlie Hunnam narrating just like in SoA
I've never really thought about this before but would his voice be considered sexy? I like it either way.
>> No. 36963
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>>36960
>Charlie and the Gang solve the alien crisis.
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>>36960
ohh that last bit soo delicious practical effect squashy monster head.
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>> No. 36984
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>> No. 36985
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>>36984
>> No. 36987
>>36985
Australia is DOOMED!!!!
>> No. 36988
Uh, is it just me, or from the trailer it looks like there will be a scene where they explore on foot the insides of a Kaiju?
>> No. 36994
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36994
>>36911

I'm very okay with this headcanon

>At the end of the movie the Jaegers lose the fight for humanity
>An embittered Idris Elba concludes it was a lost cause from the beginning
>goes on to found an imperialist warrior nation and fuck with Nausicaa's shit

We never did find out what the hell the Giant Warrior things were even for. . .
>> No. 37004
>New trailer
>They still haven't discussed why the Jaegers are even necessary/why we can't just nuke the monsters

God dammit
>> No. 37013
>>37004

The kaiju show up out of nowhere and always hit major populated coastal areas. Nukes aren't really an option when you don't know where your target is until it's surrounded by civilians.
>> No. 37039
>>37004
> kaiju appears near a city
> nuke it
> they keep coming
> we keep thowing nukes at them

Somehow you came up with a plan less practical and logical than giant robots. Congratulations.
>> No. 37044
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>>37004

I'm much more interested in how they built the damn robots at all.

Wouldn't something metal of that size collapse under its own weight, especially something bipedal? It's like strapping legs to a skyscraper and then somehow expecting it not to fall over and explode.

I mean, I can suspend my disbelief and all, but if they're going to go to the trouble to give the monsters a large elaborate backstory to explain how they exist, they should at least do just as much (if not more) for the Jaegers.

I mean, why are they even human-shaped? Wouldn't there be a more practical design, like a tripod or something? Why do the humans have to Playstation Move the robots? It flies in the face of anything approaching logic.

I mean, if you're just going to go "conventional weapons are useless lol" like in pic related, and leave it at that, that's fine. But we've got portals under the Pacific and international robot brigades and Idris Luther Elba showing up all at the same time, and it begs the audience to overthink things.
>> No. 37046
>>37044
It really doesn't.
>> No. 37056
>>37044

Listen, guy, I think it's time you learned about a little thing called the suspension of disbelief. It's when you read a story/watch a movie/play a game/etc where something that you know clearly impossible happens. Such as genetic mutations giving people laser eyes, or an alien organism that reproduces via face-rape/using the genetic code of a host species to make their spawn, and then you let go of the fact that it's unbelievable/couldn't possibly happen because the story doesn't really work without it, and it's just goddamn entertaining.

So, yeah, I know that there's no way a serial killer who lives in dreams could go around killing teenagers, or that a humanoid alien can fly around at the speed of light with no actual way of producing the thrust necessary to fly, or the fact that any sort of the shit we see in movies could actually happen, but I don't let it bother me, because it would take away from the enjoyment I get observing it.

Just take MST3K's advice. "If you're wondering how he eats and breathes, or other science facts/(lalala)/Repeat to yourself 'it's just a show'/I should really just relax."
>> No. 37062
>>37044
> and it begs the audience to overthink things.

No, it's doing precisely the contrary.

It's a live action movie about super robots punching the shit out of alien monsters. It doesn't pretend to be any more than that, and I am not sure why do youy want more than that. I mean, do you watch a Super Robots anime expecting an explanation beyond "we built the giant robot because how else are you going to fight a giant monster?"
>> No. 37063
>>37062
I blame Evangelion.
>> No. 37065
>>37063
Eva gave the flimsiest expalantion for the mechs, it's literally "we built these things because they have a plot device that counters the monsters' own plot device". Just because it's adorned with christian imagery and psychobabble, doesn't mean it is any more credible.
>> No. 37066
I forgot to add, there is a science dude in the movie, we have seen him in the trailers. We most likely will get some exposition about the robots in the actual movie.
>> No. 37075
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Speaking of Giant Monsters, peace be with you father of titans.
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>>37066

there is an explanation

they ask him why they can't just blow up the monsters

and he shrugs

that's his response

a shrug

. . . i'll take it over michael bay's "plots" any day though. sort of hoping the monsters will get some fun background like pic related though.
>> No. 37081
From /m/:

>Some new info from Del Toro posted in the fansite forum:

>- Coyote Tango is an AMERICAN made Jaeger, but is stationed in Japan.
>- Crimson Typhoon had its cannon removed, apparently. He didn't say what the arm does instead.
>- The Jaeger seen on the cover of the graphic novel is called Horizon Brave.
>- The Jaeger seen in the Wondercon footage during all the news reels is called Romeo Blue.
>- 7 Jaegers appear "active" in the film and 2 more "passive" or as BG but 4 get big screen action. 7 kaijus do battle, and four more appear in archival footage or as remains. Plus two king of Aliens.
>- The Japanese solo Jaeger Tacit Ronin appears in doco footage.
>> No. 37086
So apparently there's a video game tie-in already.
http://asia.gamespot.com/news/pacific-rim-game-revealed-6407950

The screenshots I've seen seem pretty bullshotted, though who knows about the gameplay.

The studio making it has...extensive experience with wrestling games, it seems.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuke%27s
>> No. 37088
>>37081
> Plus two king of Aliens.

what
>> No. 37089
>>37086
Holy shit, that comments section

> Pacific Rim? Toilet Rim more like.

> To be fair I am looking forward to the movie but only because GLADoS is doing the AI in the giant robots
>> No. 37100
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>>37044
Why build humanoid robots.
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"Are you telling me that you built a giamt robot... in humanoid shape?"

"The way I see it, if you're gonna build a giant robot, why not do it with some style?
>> No. 37113
>>37065
Personally I always thought how they explained the giant robots was rather slick, especially since they used that plot device for some cool shit later on.
>> No. 37139
>>37100
That is....so weirdly inspiring.
>> No. 37140
>>37139
It would be the intro speech to the most epic Science Fiction Movie ever.
>> No. 37326
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RPs6-K8zfak
>> No. 37327
http://youtu.be/qFwYXo-Z0vQ
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>>37327

>Inception boom

EVERY

FUCKING

TIME

All in all, that short is gay as hell. Is anyone else getting a serious Prometheus vibe from this? "Look, we've inserted some really cool exotic plot device that has absolutely nothing to do with why you want to watch the movie! By the way, it's going to be a central element and keep showing up, so you'd better learn to like it!"

ALSO

>Ripping the Mass Effect holo blade dildo things
-5 points from Gryffindor
>Kung fu kendo scene clips ripped straight from Matrix 1
-5 points from Gryffindor
>"Previous" pilot is in black and white despite doing the tests in presumably 2005 or some shit
-5 points from Ravenclaw
>Whole movie is basically yet another massive 9/11 allegory wrapped up in a flashy skin so the viewers can feel better about themselves and the shit world they live in
>also a copy of Godzilla Final Wars

A BAJILLION POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR! HYPE TRAIN DERAILED, MIND THE GAP

+5 points to Gryffindor for the multiracial cast.
>> No. 37385
>>37384
>"Look, we've inserted some really cool exotic plot device that has absolutely nothing to do with why you want to watch the movie! By the way, it's going to be a central element and keep showing up, so you'd better learn to like it!"
LOL kinda caught that too.

>"Previous" pilot is in black and white despite doing the tests in presumably 2005 or some shit
Haha noticed that too, wut
>> No. 37389
The neural control scheme was always there. It was a pretty significant part of the original script.
>> No. 37393
>>37384
I'll give you credit, at least you didn't bitch about the movie ripping off Evangelion. I still want to punch you in the throat, though.
>> No. 37395
>>37393
I've never seen Eva, can I still see the film and 'get' it?
>> No. 37396
>>37395
"get" Eva by watching Pac Rim..nah. Nothing about Man thumbing their nose at God and him throwing down the hammer multiple times nor Souls of Mothers in Robots (Unless you count GLaDOS). "get" the Film without watching Evangelion then yes since this is more giant monster battles (Mans own Monsters vs Real Ones). Watching Robot Jox would be better prep than any of the Eva series.
>> No. 37403
Pacific Rim -- 'Oversized Rob…youtube thumb

Glorious.
>> No. 37404
>>37403
Most would have used green screen, he built a fucking Ride/Torture Room.
>> No. 37405
>>37404
> not building the fully functioning mechs

More like Shitllermo del Hackoro. 0/10 will not even pirate.
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>>37403
>>37404

>mfw I assumed from the original trailers that the pilot room had to be 100% CGI

WHAT THE FUCK

>putting A-list actors in an extremely dangerous pit of machinery and throwing them around

So much director balls

So much

I can only image how many potential actors for these roles just walked off on seeing that set pitching around.

Although I wonder if it's not refreshing to get in the middle of all those old-school effects, after Trek 2 I've been getting worried that our actors ham it up because green screens don't give them any inspiration
>> No. 37497
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Oh, okay. So they CAN'T nuke the kaiju, because the kaiju always attack cities.

Got it.

This movie just got 10% more credulous, but only by virtue of a tie-in comic. What happened to the days when movies actually explained themselves?
>> No. 37498
>>37403
>>37403
GET HYYYYYPE.

I'm surprised Pacific Rim is going to be released before the the S. Korean Tae Kwon V film. If that ever gets made, people are going to accuse it of stealing the rocket powered punch idea.
>> No. 37504
>>37497
What happened to the days when movies were judged by their content, and not by their trailers?
>> No. 37506
>>37497
...The movie hasn't even come out yet!
>> No. 37508
>>37506
>>37504
It's the same guy as before, bitching about plausibility and whatnot. He won't rest until he gets elaborate, scientifically accurate expositions of the ins and outs of these impossible machines.
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I'm liking these front shots of the jaegers.

Kinda iffy on the height references, though.
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Oh hey, guess who else is hype for the movie.
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>>37582
>> No. 37590
>>37582
>>37583
Oh my. I never thought about it, but how about Del Toro directing a MGS movie?
>> No. 37592
>>37590
And then KOJIMA tweets a rough sketch of a Rex head set.
>> No. 37594
>>37592
>>37590
Ron Pearlman confirmed as Revolver Ocelot
>> No. 37597
>>37594
Can he get back to making insane cat noises?
>> No. 37601
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>>37597
Sure, why not.
>> No. 37608
Pacific Rim trailer - swededyoutube thumb
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>>37497

>can't nuke something
>Build a robot to beat it into pulp instead

I fucking love this
>> No. 37636
New PACIFIC RIM Jaegers Mech featuretteyoutube thumb
>> No. 37643
>>37636
Reminds me of a cool pic I saw a long time ago with all these mecha designs based on the style and flags of various countries (Russia was big and blocky, Japan was sleek, America was heroic).
>> No. 37661
>>37636
>namedrops Tetsujin 28
>create silhouette first, then the actual design around it
>pistons and levers and gears in certain areas

They understand how to scratch a mechafag's itch
>> No. 37662
>>37661

Tetsujin 28 - The Lingering Mo…youtube thumb
>> No. 37663
>>37662
SKS subbed one of the old episodes from 1965.

http://www.skarohuntingsociety.blogspot.com/2011/08/tetsujin-28-1963-episode-84.html
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From the art book. Digging Romeo Blue.

Kind of want the Jaeger herclix. Shame Simon Strange and the rest of his team are on that kickstarter thing. I'd kill for a Pacific Rim game like Destroy All Monsters Melee.
>> No. 37797
http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Soundtrack-Warner-Pictures-Legendary/dp/B00DFRVAC2

Soundtrack is up on Amazon. Sounds pretty good.
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>> No. 37815
Does anyone have that concept artwork of the two alien assholes responsible of sending the Kaiju to fuck shit up?
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>>37815
Have the art book. There's more than two.
>> No. 37844
Pacific Rim - "I Need To Acces…youtube thumb
>> No. 37847
>>37844
Love that all Ron Pearlman had to be told was his character was a Pirate.
>> No. 37854
【MAD】進撃の巨兵 パ…youtube thumb
>> No. 37855
Pacific Rim - Monster Mega-Bra…youtube thumb
>> No. 37856
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37856
To anyone who's ever complained about the jaeger's name:

>Gypsy Danger: A classified CNO (Chief of Naval Operations project supported by Rewson).

http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/names/g.html

Also, more background information.
>> No. 37857
So Gladdy synth filter won't be as strong in final film. But still close enough that anyone that has played Portal series will likely not notice.
>> No. 37858
>>37856
On that note, though:

http://travisbeacham.tumblr.com/post/54372997105/gobigorgoextinct-slattern-is-an-old-time-curse
>> No. 37859
Hoping that a positive review for Pacific Rim is titled "Jaeger Meisters".
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>>37795

>STATUS: KIA
>STATUS: KIA
>STATUS: KIA

Sweet Jesus

Kaiju don't fuck around, huh?
>> No. 37864
>>37857
What's interesting about Ellen McLain is that she can replicate the voice mostly on her own, she doesn't really need a filter.
>> No. 37865
>>37864
Shame Striker Eureka likely won't have enough in cockpit shots to warrant a Vocal AI since she knows the person it would be. And then we'd get hats! Oh once we get enough pics of Jaegers need a TF2 group shot homage.
>> No. 37866
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tlfyn_CQRGo
>> No. 37869
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Clever
>> No. 37872
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The troops are out and spreading the word.
>> No. 37885
Watched it.

I am still geeking out, so this isnt' exactly the most unbiased and objective opinion, but that was basically the best thing in the history of ever.

Also, stay for the credits, there is extra stuff at the middle and the end. Plus, a very heartfelt dedicatory.
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Prepare your anuses for Comic-Con...
>> No. 37889
>>37885
I watched it as well.

I know where you work anon. mwahahaha.

I had to go to the restroom and missed the credits. Fuck me. Can you tell me the extra stuff in spoilers?
>> No. 37891
Just got back from watching the film, though I feel like I ought to watch it again in another cinema. I think the one I went to kind of botch a couple of film transitions, and the focus could have been better.

In any case, the battles were good, the pacing throughout the movie felt a bit rushed, though. Also, Hannibal Chau lives.
>> No. 37893
>>37891
Oh, so that's what happens during the credits? A side characters that barely gets any screen time lives rather than dies? Meh.

Either the movie or my theater seemed to have weird sound issues. The foreground noise of the battle would be so overwhelmingly loud that it would override the background music. The only thing you could hear was the deep bass of the background music. Kind of made the background music pointless.
>> No. 37901
I've been reading discussion in /m/ that Del Toro said that about an hour's worth of material was cut from the theatrical release.

If so, I definitely need to get a director's cut DVD.
>> No. 37902
It was everything I expected and more than I wanted also GET HYPE

Best Friends Get Hyped For Pacific Rimyoutube thumb

>>37901
For real? I'm getting that the second it comes out.
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