Saw the film. Only complaints were that China and Russia did jack shit, Ron Pearlman's stuff was kind of pointless, and the Category 5 was kind of underwhelming[spoiler].

Favorite part was [spoiler]when the acid spitting lizard one revealed IT COULD FUCKING FLY and then Gypsy Danger WHIPS OUT A SWORD AND GUTS IT. Fucking fantastic.

Really wish the Pacific Rim negative reviews weren't a mixture of "Its kiddie shit therefore I hate it." "I'm going to hate on this and hope for its failure in order to force Del Toro back into making the movies I want him to make." and "I don't like/understand Kaiju films therefore this is shit" While there are some good points there overall attitude really does a disservice to the criticism. Also the one Variety asshole giving Del Toro shit for not doing some piece about Mexico.

Best Friends Get Hyped For Pacific Rim

>>37908
Guh! Variety has been giving this movie shit since the beginning!

And besides! Half the movies he's done were B horror flicks in the Guadalajara indie circle.
(Would I like to see a Mexican Jaeger? Sure. Would I be appeased with a "Resorteras Nucleares Patentadas por la UNAM" joke? Just as much, yes. No one in the press here's really cared beyond general enthusiasm over the flick and seeing a countryman do the name good.)

Anyway, tldr fuck Variety.
The producer on this flick must've had a bad spat with the editor sometime back or something, thats usually where this sorta thing comes from.

>>37907
I completely agree with everything in this post. Prior to that scene, I also enjoyed Gypsy Danger hitting it over the head with a freaking tanker. Also, GLAdOS.

However, I also add the same complaint that I had for Bayformers, in that there was too much human focus and not enough robot-on-monster action. Not nearly as bad as Bayformers, but more than once I thought "come on someone punch a monster's head already".

Otherwise an extremely fun movie, and it pretty well fit my "Power Rangers for Adults" idea. I just hope that they don't make a sequel, because this is the kind of thing that really only works well once every ten-ish years or so.

>>37912

I seem to remember it being greenlit for a trilogy already.

>>37910

Yea whatever it was they seemed to want to kill the hype before it ever had a chance, but hopefully those Thursday numbers will bode well for the Weekend and it will beat WWZ numbers. Course if it passed that the next big test is Japan. Its already got support from a good number of those in the Japanese Mecha Genre community, here is hoping that the public takes to it as well.

Also love how many negative reviews describe it as >>37909 this but bigger and louder and I try to figure out how that is a bad thing.

"Power Rangers on really good Acid"

"Transformers mixed with Godzilla"

"Transformers fighting Rubber Dinosaurs in a Bathtub"

"Bigger more expensive power rangers"

How is that bad I've no clue. But then again I've likely got experience with this genre then they do and that isn't much.

>>37912
> there was too much human focus and not enough robot-on-monster action.

Totally agree. At most they should have had one zany scientist, not two, and Hannibal Chau the black market dealer should have been excised completely. That would have easily cut down at least 15, 20 minutes that could have been devoted to more action.

In general, the fight scenes were better choreographed, better shot, and better edited than Bayformers. I'm pretty happy with them, I just wanted more.

Honestly I liked the scientist and the black market subplots. I thought they helped give the world and setting more of an expansive focus than just focusing on the robot pilot action would have.

WITH ALL THAT SAID THOU

I think the movie needed another fight scene. Not because PEW PEW I LOVE EXPLOSIONS AND ROBUTTS but because I felt like the Russian and Chinese Jaegers needed a chance to actually shine before they got bitched out. Plus the scene where Mako gets lost in the memory also needed more of an immediate sense of threat than OH GOD SHE'S GONNA FIRE THE PLASMA CANNON IN THE BASE I'm like what.

What they should've done is had another Kaiju (possibly a pair) attack in some place close by like Japan or something where they could feasibly get to. Then Cherno and Coyote get to tango a bit with the thing, show off their moves, but Gypsy Danger winds up going haywire cause Mako follows the rabbit and she almost gets the mech destroyed but Eureka saves them, which further enforces the Aussie Pilots mistrust of the two and better shows that Raleigh and Mako simply aren't ready yet.

Then! When Cherno and Coyote go to defend Hong Kong with Eureka off to the side, you introduce the two category 4's have them fight them off a bit THEN have one of them reveal the knockout power button which is what causes Coyote and Cherno to go down. Now you've shown that your enemies aren't just monsters they're also damn cheaters too, at least in the minds of the audience.

This makes Gypsy Dangers entrance a lot more poignant to show that Mako and Raleigh (who fyi really needed a goddamn training montage together or something) have improved as partners.

THERE! I've just made your film flow better. Gimme a million dollars Del Toro.

>>37916

Also I've taken to calling this Shoe the movie.

Cause for some damn reason shoes are an important symbol in this film.

How much did this movie cost anyway? Maybe they couldn't afford another fight scene.

>>37919
It was very much under-budget. And ahead of schedule.
For all intents and purposes, this was a very very smooth production.

Okay so now that I'm less high on HOLY SHIT IS THAT A TANKER, I've thought on it some more and have come up with what I think is probably a more final list of issues.

1. The entire Wall plotline is fucking stupid. Yes they actually bring this up in the film, but it's so stupid that it shouldn't have been in there at all. It's only point and purpose in existing is to cut down on the number of Jaegers, which you could do better by simply saying the pilots present are those that Idris considers the best in the world while the others are off defending the coast elsewhere.
2. China and Russia did jack for crap in this movie and it's total bullshit.
3. Probably could have used more/better female characters. Mako wasn't great and the Russian chick, again, did nothing.
4. Raleigh's actor is a droner. I'm actually not sure if I should have this here or not because for some reason I like Raleigh, even though he is basically Maverick from Top Gun.
5. Category 5 needed to be more impressive I think. Maybe even just bigger.
6. Black Market stuff ultimately served little purpose besides world building, which is cool but does not serve film flow much. I kind of suspect it's only here because Del Toro likes Ron Pearlman a lot.
7. Idris is kind of a crappy commander.

I don't think the "there's too many humans, just like Bayformers" comparison is really valid. The thing about Bayformers is that the Transformers themselves are characters, and they just DROWN in extra human characters who serve no point or purpose, when the movies are called fucking "Transformers." In Pacific Rim, the robots are just machines, and a movie needs at least some characterization, even if it's only on the level of Top Gun or a Super Robot show. Ron Pearlman is ultimately a meaningless sidequest that could have been cut, but I'm fine with there being two scientists because the pair thing is a running theme in the movie, it fits. Every other character is a pilot, and thus kind of can't be cut.

But again, HOLY SHIT, THAT'S A TANKER, so who cares about any of this.

Word is there is about an hour of extra footage much of it pilot action centric.

>>37922
I hope the cut action scenes are with the Russian and China mechs. Because as repeated ad nauseam here, they needed more screen time.

I squealed like a high school girl when the Russian mech did a Votoms punch.

So I just got back from watching the film a second time. This time in a proper quality cinema.

Opted for 3D since the next showing was sooner.

Much better experience than my first viewing. Though I spent the rest of the film trying to figure out if I got a better picture with the 3D glasses on top my regular glasses or vice versa.

>>37912
I'd argue that there wasn't enough time alloted to character development for the lead pilots. In the original script, getting them to be able to sync up properly was a significant thing. In the final film there wasn't as much time devoted to it.

That said, I'm glad the relationship between the two was developed in such a way that you could interpret it as a platonic friendship. But that's just me.

As for action, to reiterate what I've read as rumors: Supposedly there's about an hour's worth of material cut from the theatrical release. So I hope that there were more action scenes for Cherno Alpha and Crimson Typhoon in all that.

http://thecinemasnob.com/2013/07/12/midnight-screenings-pacific-rim-and-grown-ups-2.aspx

Brad approves

>>37921
>1. The entire Wall plotline is fucking stupid. Yes they actually bring this up in the film, but it's so stupid that it shouldn't have been in there at all. It's only point and purpose in existing is to cut down on the number of Jaegers, which you could do better by simply saying the pilots present are those that Idris considers the best in the world while the others are off defending the coast elsewhere.

The point wasn't that the other Jaegers were elsewhere. It's that the four ones we saw were the only ones LEFT. Strike Eureka was supposed to have been decommissioned a day before the attack on Sydney.

As for the wall, the point of it was that humanity had been at war for over a decade and the Jaeger program had taxed the world economy so much that people were working for rations.

>>37930
>The point wasn't that the other Jaegers were elsewhere. It's that the four ones we saw were the only ones LEFT. Strike Eureka was supposed to have been decommissioned a day before the attack on Sydney.

Yes I'm aware of that, I was saying that and the wall are poor choices and was suggesting an alternative.

>As for the wall, the point of it was that humanity had been at war for over a decade and the Jaeger program had taxed the world economy so much that people were working for rations.
Again, a poor plot choice because the Wall is fucking ridiculous and just makes literally every leader on the planet look like a complete moron.

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>>37921
>>37930
>>37931

Whiner. You haven't even mentioned the only legitimate problem with the movie, which is that they underplayed the kaiju's toxicity levels to the point where it wasn't even a thing anymore.

Seriously, the WHOLE point of building the Jaegers was to conserve military might and to stop the big buggers from bleeding everywhere. This was barely even mentioned in the movie.

The rest of your complaints are just opinions, not things that detract from the quality of the film.

> the Wall is fucking ridiculous and just makes literally every leader on the planet look like a complete moron.

Kind of like the Wall that's currently being reinforced between the U.S. and Mexico? Holy shit it's like Del Toro is actually bringing up relevant human reactions to perceived threats or something, how unrealistic.

Sage for bitching at a fellow Rim fan, but your nitpicking is a little elaborate, bub. Say, who's going out for a second viewing? I know I am.

My main thought with the Wall was that it was corruption. Politicians saw the number of Jaegers go down, and decided they might as well spend the last years of humanity living the good life, getting kickbacks for this Wall bullshit. Security Theatre!

As for rations, I don't think it was just the Jaeger program, as the Wall does rations along with the Shatterdome. I think that, because of a decade of Kaiju attacks, deaths, and moving people inland, that farming has been seriously disrupted the world over. The Jaeger program might have made this worse, but it wasn't the cause.

Also, anyone else just have to laugh when they said "Gypsy Danger is analog!" as though having your COMPUTER powered by a nuclear reactor will somehow save you from EMPs.

>>37934
>Kind of like the Wall that's currently being reinforced between the U.S. and Mexico? Holy shit it's like Del Toro is actually bringing up relevant human reactions to perceived threats or something, how unrealistic.
Illegal immigrants are not titanic, building destroying monsters. If it really is intended as a metaphor (which I doubt), it's a shitty one.

You are right about them downplaying Kaiju flu, I'd forgotten about that.

>Say, who's going out for a second viewing? I know I am.
Probably.

>>37936
>Illegal immigrants are not titanic, building destroying monsters.
Depends which country they're from.

See, I just took the Wall as the world leaders resigning and saying "Shit we're doomed. Better go make plans to colonize the moon!"

I just took it to saying that the world leaders/head scientists knew the whole Jaeger program couldn't last forever and opting to go into hiding/running away from the threat rather than facing them head-on. It was a good excuse to why they were seen as humanity's last hope, cause the rest of humanity had all but given up.

I don't think the Kaiju/Illegal Immigrant thing holds any water. Cause what does that mean? We can't build barriers around us, so instead we gotta punch the invaders in the face then drop a nuke in where they come from? That's... some message you're giving if that was your intention.

Thing is, until Newt connected with the brain, they all thought the Kaiju were big dumb animals from another dimension, not engineered biological weapons following a Hive mind. It probably was expected that upon reaching the Wall a Kaiju would just lose interest and go elsewhere, instead of spending one hour tearing it down.

Gauging reactions from all over the internet, it seems that Otachi is everybody's favorite Kaiju.

Do you guys agree?

Just came back from seein it.
Jesus fuck that was good.

For all the complaints about the wall. Its main reason and purpose was to do exactly as explained in the movie. To cut the Jaeger programme and make it apparent there's no backup. It also works so we can sympathise with the ranger characters and be like "oh this is the end of an era for them. They're the last of their kind!"
If there's any political allegory to be made with the wall, it'd be parodying the government's mentality and logic in taking that decision. "Whoops. Better build a wall." But even then, that's scarce.

Now excuse me as I go make fanart for this.

Also, damn shame we couldn't see the Jaeger programme in its prime.

>>37946
Animated Series focusing on that period would be the best. Problem is Genndy Tartakovsky is now doing movies and he's by far the best at understanding that kinda action for the small screen and doing designs that fit the motif.

>>37947
Also, Genndy Tartokovsky has already basically tried to do that show, and it blew up after a season.

>>37948
that was mainly due to network shenanigans working to push him out.

>>37947
>>37948
>>37949
Now that Pacific Rim is front and center of the media and public's mind, maybe he can leverage the recent popularity and get Sym-Bionic Titan back for another season.

I'm not too hopeful though.

>>37950
And maybe on the side, get someone good to try and do a Pacific Rim animated show!

>>37905
>Poland joke

>>37944

Nope. For a bat-analogue, Otachi was horribly overpowered. By the same token it was the only Class IV to really represent any threat. Leatherback was tough but went down easy to plasma. Speaking of IVs, Scunner/Raiju might as well have not even been there, they died so easily, but design wise and personality wise Scunner is probably my hands down favorite. He's just so shifty, gross-looking and violent. I'm consoled by the fact that there are infinite clones of him in the Anteverse, of course.

>>37938

It's more "building a wall to keep your problems out doesn't fix the problem." We saw it in Mulan too, and this new Attack On Titan anime. I think it's a great metaphor for hiding and avoiding the issue instead of facing reality, which humans do a lot.

Did that weird cleft down the middle of Slattern's face bother the hell out of anyone else?. . . It just seems like a design flaw for some reason.

Also, guess whose favorite BPRD artist apparently worked on Rim? His name is even in the credits!

>>37953
> Leatherback was tough but went down easy to plasma

I don't think so. The fight with Knifehead shows that they were used to the Kaiju going down with one plasma blast, since it was a huge surprise that Knifey survived the first one. Now, how many did Leatherhead take at point blank? 6? 8?

I wouldn't say Scunner died easily, unless "multimegaton russian nuke going off in your face" counts as such. Now, that poor asshole Raiju died like a bitch.

Also, people like Otachi probably because her spreading the wings was such a SHIT JUST GOT REAL moment.

I concur with basically everything that has been said so far but I would also like to add DOUBLE SINGLE DILF ALERT FUCK YEAH. I'm not enamored with Hunnam nor did the writing really delight me in any way but yeah, as someone who has absolutely zero knowledge of giant mechas or kaiju I thought it was a damn fine action film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVd7LKRZtCE

anyone else running into this problem trying to see the film?

>the wings
>THE SWORD

Far from a perfect film, but 10/10 entertainment, would watch again. I want a t-shirt and all the action figures.

> first solid box office numbers roll up
> MFW Americans would rather watch Grown Ups 2 than Pacfic Rim

Absolutely disgusting.

And it isn't just America, it seems that the movie isn't doing well in Australia. What the hell Aussies? Your mech and pilots actually got shit done in the movie, where is the love?

Unless the word-of-mouth is insane and the movie picks up, Pacific Rim won't be the blockbuster we all hoped. I guess this world really does deserve the apocalypse after all.

>>37963
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pacificrim.htm
>Worldwide: $91,300,000
They made back half their budget in a single weekend. Eh, I think it's gonna do ok.

>>37963
Japan doesn't get it till next month and there is also stuff like this

>>37961

where the number of showings is woefully low compared to its "competition" I blame all the bullshit numbers that showed early tracking to be low which might figure into how many reels were sent to theaters (few others on /co/ said they had like two shows for Pac Rim and then 2 for the 3d version as well as me). But as said it doesn't hit Japan till next month and I think some other countries get it later as well.

>>37961

Oh my god yes. ON THE DAY IT CAME OUT, my theater only had three screenings. It was disgusting. Is there some kind of conspiracy? I've never seen a movie have that few screenings on opening weekend before, with the possible exception of Open Season V or whatever the fuck.

>>37967
Best I can come up with is theaters want maximum profit and according to early tracking (what people want to see) turnout for Pacific Rim wasn't going to be as high as the Sandler film. So theaters ordered more of the one and less of the other or however that works. Comforting to note that the difference between the two is only about 6 million and that is with Grown Ups 2 running x4 as many screen times as Pacific Rim. But in all I think this will end up being similar to Blade Runner regardless in that it will endure.

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I hope Del Toro does a straight up comedy at some point, he's got the talent.

>>37968
>according to early tracking (what people want to see) turnout for Pacific Rim wasn't going to be as high as the Sandler film

>>37968
sigh
this doesn't deserve to be "cult classic."
It should be a worldwide franchise....

For some perspective:

>Pacific Rim
>Domestic: $38,300,000
>Foreign: $53,000,000
>Worldwide: $91,300,000

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pacificrim.htm


>Grown Ups 2
>Domestic: $42,500,000
>Foreign: $1,700,000
>Worldwide:$44,200,000

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=grownups2.htm

>>37971
Oh I've no doubt it will get legs once it hits the land of the rising sun. The powers that be that are the big names in Kaiju and Mecha have given it their blessing and it comes with a Japanese actress. This will do well there and in turn gain traction to be were it will be.

>>37972
Yea they've likely made all they will make from that movie maybe a little more just due to the saturation of the film but nothing beyond that.

Just wanted to say, Striker Eureka is the coolest looking of the movie's mechs by far. Shame they didn't keep Tacit Ronin's because dear god that was even sexier.

>>37975
Yeah problem with that: Japan is not a big theatergoing country. Like, isn't their highest grossing film still Spirited Away, which itself didn't make that much money compared to how it didn't overseas?

>>37977
I'm talking more enthusiasm over the property rather than box office. Get then hooked on the idea and this will have the base to endure and become cultural.

Sequel idea:

-Strange flying craft goes through a briefly opened dimensional breach followed by a Kaiju.
-Raleigh and Mako are at a Jaeger museum in the same city and board the Exhibit's big attraction, a restored Coyote Tango, the last working Jaeger on the planet
-They battle the Kaiju (highlights include one of Coyote's cannons being knocked loose, prompting the duo to rip it off of the Jaeger's back and use it as a giant club on the monster), beat it, but the mech is damaged beyond repair
-the pilot of the strange craft is revealed to either be an alien or a human from an alternate dimension.
-says his world is under attack by the Anteverse precursors and their Kaijus
-information they extracted from one of the few Kaiju they managed to kill reveals that only one race has managed to best the Precursors, humans and their Jaegers
-his species tried making Jaegers of their own (their advanced tech allows for quicker development/manufacturing) but their inexperience and the lessons the Kaijus learned from the first film makes for some catastrophic losses (it takes nearly half a dozen of their bots to take out even one Kaiju)
-he asks for help from the pilots and scientific personnel of our world
-Earth governments refuse, but Raleigh takes the outsider aside and tells him he's willing to help
-Raleigh, Mako, Herc, Tendou, the scientists and a few of the surviving Mark 2 and 4 Jaeger pilots come with him, aided by classified Jaeger and Kaiju intel from Hannibal on the condition they bring back some Kaiju parts for him to sell.
-the earthlings have to simultaneously teach the denizens of this alternated dimension how to defend themselves as well as figuring out how to close the reinforced Breach of this world, which is floating in orbit in preference to underwater.

Basically Giant Robot Magnificent 7, no, not Samurai7.

>>37976
Tacit Ronin did appear in the movie. Hell, Coyote Tango was less seen

>>37981
I mean that Tacit Ronin was supposed to be the big Mach V Jaeger star until they decided to go with Striker Eureka instead. Maybe it's for the better since I would've bawled if it was the one that went boom in the end.

On a positive note, Pacific Rim was the top grossing movie over the weekend over here. Second highest opening of the year so far.

Might as well post all the crossovers in this thread.

>>37986
Fuck. yes.

I'm not sure whether to post all the Attack on Titan/Pacific Rim pictures here or on /jam/...

so glad I wasn't the only one thinking this the whole movie
that and the fact that Charlie Day would probably make a good double for Sam Rockwell

Oh well.

So yea a lot of stuff was cut to keep it under time

Aww man, I'd love to see a Striker Eureka GN-X or Gipsy Danger Big O edit.

>>37991
Why is Eren so brown? If it's supposed to be some sort of antiwhitewashing, he's not even remotely dark in the anime.

Oh /co/, never change

Loved the movie. I laughed, I cheered and I cried (My son.). Got the comic and the art book.

Is it wrong that I aspire to be as amazing as Hannibal Chau one day? Those clicky shoes were awesome.

Am I the only one who was sad at the death of Chuck even though he was kind of an asshole[/spoiler], but couldn't give even half a shit about the prospect of Raleigh dying? He's the main character, but nothing he did throughout the movie made me give a shit about what happened to him. He's not hateable or anything, and it's more that I like everyone else more, but I'm so apathetic about him due to his lack of charisma that I was happier about even Hannibal surviving.

>>38001
When did this happen and is the thread still up?

>>38003
It was but I wanted him to live at least. Enough people had died. The way the Chinese and Russians went out was fucking horrific to me.

>>38004
All I think was made was that and this.

>you will never have an acid spewing preggo kaiju waifu

>>38003
Honestly I thought they would actually have him dead at the end; to me it seemed poetic, that he would die as part of revenge for his brother's death. I wouldn't say I was disappointed by the actual end, but it didn't have the same FUCK YEAH feeling as WINGS AND SWORD.

Also, I don't know how his escape pod worked; was the entire Anteverse underwater or something? And the pod just managed to float straight up?

>>38005
Well, according to >>37997, there is probably a lot of footage that will sate us at a later date. This will be the first DVD I buy in years.

>>38006
I'd just find whatever discussion that led to that amusing to read. Know the thread number?

http://archive.foolz.us/co/

>>38007
The part of the Anteverse we see seems to be submerged in fluid. I'd have to re-read the early script draft if that detail was a change or not, but the ending was essentially the same.

>>38009
Sadly I wasn't there. They were just reposted.

I goddamn loved that there wasn't a romantic subplot. Del Toro actually replaced that with more Charlie and Ron, which was good for world building. My female friend loved that there wasn't one either. I guess you could see the mains as that but they don't beat you over the head with it.

>already a Jap dub for Pacific Rim
>mfw Mako is Teh Rei
>also Raleigh is best Jojo (wow that ending is kind of appropriate), Geizler IKIMAAAASU, and Australians are Char/Katz

>>38011
>best Jojo
Which in your mind is....?

>>38010
>I goddamn loved that there wasn't a romantic subplot.
I don't know where people get this idea, Mako/Raleigh was incredibly fucking blatant. Is it just because they don't kiss at the end?

Also, I wish I could drawfag, but I would love to see a crossover of Shining Gundam and Gypsy Danger (Shining Danger?) with the Shining Finger crossed with the Plasma Cannon.

>>38012
There's Google for that you know.

>>38012
Yeah but it wasn't a subplot. Most of their shipworthy scenes were used to accomplish other stuff at the same time and gotten over with quickly.

>>38010
Those guys seriously didn't get enough screentime. Even the Weis had more time to shine than them.

>>38015
This. If there was one it was a hell of a lot more subdued than the shit we usually get shoved into these movies.

Also Bay should really pay attention to the fights in this. Even at night in a thunderstorm the action was more clear than Bayformers in broad daylight.

>Japanese Jaeger
>Mexican name
>British pilots

Weird.

How come the American Jaeger, the one that's showcased the most, gets the shittiest design?

>>38012
Mako and Raleigh were clearly very close by the end of it, and quite emotionally intimate, but the suggestion is that that's true for pretty much all Jaeger duos. It was left just vague enough that if you want to believe they were just friends, you could.

Like Mulder and Scully before all the craziness went down in the X-Files.

>>38021
Apparently the duel between them was supposedly to showcase that the connection between pilots isn't just emotional/intellectual but also somewhat sexual? I can get it for the Russians and Stacker/Tamsin but for siblings and father/son? That must be insanely awkward.

>>38022
I wouldn't say so. Usually, when there's a fight like that and it's a build up to sexual tension, you get innuendo like someone is bodily pinned to the ground, or they wind up in a position where their faces are really close and they're both breathing heavily, but that wasn't the case here. Mako could have easily been any rookie; the scene was all about proving she was on the same level as Raleigh. The only thing really sexual about it is that she looked fucking hot in that tank top. If anything, the relationship that came out the most during that scene was father/daughter. While there was some romantic context, it was very subtle, even at the end; there, it was more like close twins who can feel each others' pain than anything else.

When you drift, there's an intense connection that is almost entirely emotional; but, it's not just the way you make each other feel, like endearment, it's super empathy because you can see all of the other's memories. And, on the subject of empathy, it had to seriously fuck with him for Yancy to be plucked while they were connected. Raleigh would literally feel Yancy's fear, pain, and other emotions as he's being pulled away until the moment his gear becomes disconnected.

Speaking of being hot, the entire movie I wondered if she might be the same actress that played Knives Chau in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, mainly due to the short hair and highlights. (Answer: no.)

>>38023
No, I mean this was apparently stated to be so explicitly by Del Toro or Beacham or something. No source for this other than TVTropes though, unfortunately.

>>38022
The Russians are father/daughter.

loved the movie.
lots of forgivable flaws.
lots to love.

>>38025

Husband and Wife actually.

>>38027
The Australians are still father/son.

>>38028
But they sure fooled every girl in the room, though.

>>37997
Ah, the mexican film power trio!
These guys are real tresures, I swear.
Diego Luna and Gael Garcia wouldn't be a bad addition either...

>>37947

I'd say Jeff Kline would be a better opinion.

Heck the movie ran like something he'd honestly make: Heroes given the rough end of the budget stick, paramilitary themes, poor executive decisions, and the braintrust finding critical information by going out and getting dirty. All you had to do was make the characters more subdued and less friendly and you've got it.

It suddenly occurred to me, that even though Mako has her sexy gurl scene (where she doesn't even show that much skin), RALEIGH is the most sexualized character in the film.

>>38029
To be honest I didn't realize they were father and son until they actually said so in the end, so I was wondering why they were getting all up in each other's faces. And I'm usually not even into that kind of stuff so it was a little "Wha?". I think it's because their actors are way too close looking in age, and for some reason I was under the impression that Chuck had a different last name so their being father and son was supposed to be a sad twist.

>>38031
everyday we trope-bustin

>>38030
>Jeff Kline did the terrible Jackie Chan and Stuart Little cartoons
Please no-
>Transformers Prime
Oh OK then.

>>38031
Thank goodness for that. And they did it in a way that wasn't patronizing or annoying either.

>>38035
Hey, Jackie Chan Adventures wasn't terrible.

Sure, it may have reused the exact plot every single season but it wasn't that bad.

So did anyone find the fight between Striker and the kaiju that broke the wall brutally hilarious? The only missing was speakers on Striker so Chuck and Herc could scream obscenities and the damn thing while they curbstomp it.

>>38038
Well, Striker is the most advanced Jaeger ever made. It probably would have fucked up Otachi if it wasn't for Leatherback's EMP.

Question: Knifehead marked the start of the Kaiju coming out the Breach stronger and stronger, right? I mean, the bros seemed pretty confident that one shot from the plasmacaster was enough, probably out of experience.

>>38040
Yeah I guess. Although there seemed to losses before too.

>everyone but me remembers the Kaiju's codenames
>I am a horrible fan

What I wanna know is, since this is a going to be a trilogy, and probably not all prequels, what are they going to do now that the Jaegers are all gone? In the face of another Kaiju attack, are they going to perhaps try to hijack the Kaiju themselves for use? Maybe Del Toro will watch EVA for real now that the movie's over, and we'll get an actual homage of it.

I wish the concept artists had done work for the prequel comic or something. Those early pilot suit designs looked nice and I wish we had more art of them.

>>38047

I am probably alone in this... but damn, Karloff is my favorite kaiju design. Just look at that sucker, holy shit.

>>38044
Well, Crimson Typhoon is probably salvageable, since the robot only lost it's head. I don't recall it receiving that much damage besides that, unlike Cherno who was in real bad shape. Cherno itself could be if somebody gives a shit, seeing that Gypsy was left in similar bd shape.

>>38044
>implying we won't yank that stupid wall down to build Gipsy 2.0, Cherno Beta, and a dozen other Jagers as part of the Mk 7 line

6s I mean

>>38048
Damn that looks really nice. Almost Amano-esque. Wonder if any famous Japanese artists worked on it? I know Shinkawa did a poster for it.

Sequel they've opened a new portal..on the MOON.

>>38053
>featuring Syd Mead kaijuu, mustached Jaegers, and trap Raleigh

Goddamnit /co/

Anyone try the Xbox live game. I'm thinking of giving it a try. Espically if what I heard about the Mark 1s being playable.

>>38055
If it's the Yukes game I heard it's pretty crappy. I would love it if they made a real game in the vein of Metal Wolf Chaos though.

http://www.nyfcc.com/2013/07/pacific-rim-reviewed-by-armond-white-for-cityarts/

As always, one man stands above the mob and tells it like it is. I love you Armond White.

>>38058
>>Kisses Man of Steel's ass

And I'm done there. No need to say more.

>>38059
Man, you don't know Armond White? The guy is like the ultimate Troll Critic. You can basically take whatever he says as only true in bizarro land, or on Opposite Day.

Ebert regretted saying it because he felt it was unprofessional of him, but he once said of White (after having previously defended him when people turned on him for disliking popular movies): "It is baffling to me that a critic could praise Transformers 2 but not Synecdoche, NY. Or Death Race but not There Will Be Blood. I am forced to conclude that White is, as charged, a troll; a smart and knowing one, but a troll."

>>38057
Eh it looks like something me and some buddies can have fun with.

Id like a game where at the Shatterdome it plays like XCOM, researching,building and recruiting but when kaiju attack and your Jaeger deploys it plays like Destroy All Monsters Melee.

>>38064
>Id like a game where at the Shatterdome it plays like XCOM

...Are you me?

I've wanted an XCOM-style Pacific Rim game since last year. (When I was keeping track of the movie, reading Godzilla: The Half Century War and playing the Xenonauts demo).

> you will never have uncle Guillermo del Toro singing the theme of Totoro to help you concentrate.
> In japanese.

>>38065
It would just be perfect. Although I would prefer it a sequel. I can't imagine Pentecost being a silent player standin.

Sadly this is one of the few posters that doesn't come with the art book

>>38068
Stop it Internet, I won't fap to Otachi!

Speaking of the artbook, has it been scanned already? Here where I live, I doubt I will be seeing it being sold anywhere for months, if ever.

>>38072
The book is kind of expensive for that. I bought it off Amazon.

http://skreeonk.com/2013/07/17/here-he-is-ladies-and-gentlemen-meet-legendarys-godzilla/

LOOK AT HOW CHUNKY AND STRONG THIS MOTHERFUCKER IS

>>38074
THAT IS PERFECT!!!

I didn't even know that Legendary were the ones doing the GZ remake. Awesome.

Damn, the sucker looks solid and powerful, me likey.

PACIFIC RIM PARODY RAP TRAILER…

>>38049
OOH I LOVE KARLOFF TOO! I would have loved to see a snippet of him getting his shit rocked in the movie.

>>38079
According to the art book they were uncomfortable with the fact that his second mouth looked like a vagina

>>38074
HYPE INTENSIFIES

>>38081
Wait is the Oxygen Destroyer in this? That's the first tidbit that's actually gotten me excited.

>>38082
I think that's just the original prop.

>>38082
Oxygen Destroyer is indeed in it, though we don't know to what extent, this movie is an attempt to really capture the original spirit of the movie.

Rumor has it Daisuke Serizawa's role is in the original story is being taken by Sally Hawkins and a lot of the human side of the story is the military trying to push her into using it/disclosing it's construction.

>>38083
You are correct, however they said at the SDCC where it was shown that it is an essential part of Godzilla and that one of the flaws remakes have committed are forgetting it.

They went on to say that by doing so they lose the central themes of the "Nuclear" solution and that the Oxygen Destroyer is an essential part of that theme.

Godzilla 14 is geared to be a contrast movie to Pacific Rim, where people banded together to construct mechanical monster beat down machines, Godzilla is about the colder calculating side of human nature and military risk and endeavor.

http://spoonyexperiment.com/2013/07/18/couch/

>>38080
Second mouth? I thought that was a chest emblem.

>>38084
Ah ok.

I hope she is a war veteran too then. I loved that about Serizawa.

>>38086
That's what the art book says. They even made up a statue to see what he'd look like in 3D.

>>38087
... A veteran of what war exactly?

>>38088
Serizawa was a veteran of WW2.

Hawkins we have no idea if the rumors are true.

>>38089
Basically it made Serizawa much more credible. It's less "I'm worried you might make a weapon out of this" and more "I know exactly what you'd do with this."

So a common compliant was Cherno and Crimson didn't get enough screentime.

What if Leatherback arrived first, giving the two the opportunity to show off? Thundercloud formation, nuclear flame thrower, the whole 9 yards. Then after going down LB hits them with EMP, leaving Striker and Crimson disabled. Out of nowhere Otachi one shots Crimson with the tail like usual and attacks Cherno. The Striker pilots try using the flares to distract it but to no effect, Herc still gets thrown around. After finishing off Cherno, Otachi heads inland. Cue the Gipsy fight.

Yay or nay

You know what I'd like in a possible sequel?

A brand new Jaeger named Canceller Pentacost.

Any box office info?

>>38095
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pacificrim.htm

Finally watched Pacific Rim. Like my review for IMDB says, it is basically Independence Day, DONE RIGHT.

>>38085
Cripes I wish he didn't go into this with a fucking cinder block on his shoulder.



>>38096
Yea its hard going. Course looking at the showings accords the nation its not hard to see why. See another article about grown ups 2 "beating it" when it has a 2 to 8+ disadvantage not counting the Disney Dreamworks and others taking up most the other screens . On the whole its doing damn well for something that basically got a limited release damn the amount of theaters they claim have it since they only show it four to six times a day split between formats.

>>38098
Well its Spoony being a whiny bastard is his stock and trade, that and ripping off Doctor Sleepless. I didn't even bother watching that. Call me a sheep because I fucking love a movie that apparently is just like Bayformers or NGE because no one can be bothered to do a little looking into it.

tl;dr Spoony is a bitch. Del Toro is the Gabe Newell of movies and Uncle Go loved this movie so who the hell am I going to listen to.

>>38099
I actually pretty much agree with what Spoony ends up saying about it, though I come out with a much more positive view than he did (also he's wrong about the score and scientists but whatever).

It's a deeply flawed film for as much as I loved it, but it deserves to do well. I would hope, ideally, that it catches on and bring the genre out in force, Raimi Spiderman style, so that someone can do a better job.

>>38100
From what I've been hearing I can see the film as being very restrained I think because it was the production company fronting the lions share of the budget (75/25 split if accurate) So that might figure into some of its problems in Del Toro not wanting to sink the company with this one film so he tied some things off. Overall its still a fantastic film and maybe Universal will give Legendary another shot, hell this movie is built for making a motion ride, and Del Toro already built most the equipment for such a thing anyway.

Honestly its my favorite movie this year. Didn't pull a dumb twist like Iron Man 3. Didn't completely sacrifice plot for action the last 3rd of the movie like Man of Steel. It just worked well. There were some negatives about the movie but it delivers what it promised.

Well.
I'm just glad it exists. And I'm glad I got to see it at the cinema...

Its not hyperbole when I say I felt like a little kid watching this movie.
I felt so impressed with the visuals and imagery and the WORLD it crafted... And I'm just glad I got to feel like that.
I want to try and go see it again in 3D this week. Just try.
But we're broke... And the place is probably gonna pull the movie out afterwards...

Like I said.
I'm glad it happened.

It probably won't happen again.
There'll probably not be any sequels or spin offs...
And sure, that really saddens me. But I guess its better to love and have lost, I suppose.

Watched it last thursday.
It was glorious.
And clichés and weak points aside, it's truly a great movie experience.

>>38103
That movie isn't going to be more than two weeks in Costa Rica as well. It didn't dragged a lot of people like Ice Age 4 or Avengers (both movies raked the top on our box office) and one of our critics is only talking shit about it. (Then again, "critics" here are in between mediocre and awful).
Yet I see how plenty of people are commenting about how great it was, so I'm not losing any hopes yet.

>>38089
I do know Serizawa was a WWII war veteran, I am asking exactly what war would her character could be a veteran of? Iraq?

>>38100
> so that someone can do a better job.

Who?

>>38099
Go Nagai? Go Nagai!
>Manga and anime pioneer Go Nagai (Mazinger Z, Devilman, Cutey Honey) said, "I was overwhelmed by the intense kaijū vs. giant robot action. It was fun!"

That's high praise.

>>38105
I guess but maybe they don't have to specify.

>>38107
I do mind of wonder what was going through hos head. I mean we went from Mazinger Z to this.

>>38108
I'm guessing thoughs of boobs at one point.

>>38109
"Why doesn't the Australian one just have tit missiles?"

"Shhh grandpa"

>>38110
"Back in my day they would have been big glorious missile tits, and they could have been drills too, or fans."

I don't think Go Nagai needed of Pacific Rim to think of missile boobs.

Shit, I think that's the first thing that crosses his mind when he wakes up every morning.

Atlantic Rim looks so breathtaking

>>38114
RANGERS, ALPHA HAS GONE MADE WIT POOER!!

Foreign Box starting to Kick in

Saw it, loved it. Wish there were more ladies (not passing the bechdel test? for shame, guillermo) BUT im not going to go on a feminist screed because Mako was handled very well. There was no creepy male gaze involving her or the Cherno-lady at all throughout pretty much the entire movie, which was super refreshing. We got more eye candy of Raleigh than anyone (hes got a very nice body good job mako). She was well developed, had flaws and strengths, a backstory we actually got to see, and was only in peril once and it wasn't the creepy fetishized brand of it. So yeah, needed more ladies, but the one we got was super amazing.

And RALEIGH! Can we talk about how great Raleigh is? Because I couldnt place why I liked him so much until I thought about it a little more and i realized its because hes the all-american-standard-issue protagonist done right? Like he's got all the qualities of your average blockbuster movie hero, but the way they show them is really refreshing. Especially in his treatment of Mako !!! Like I said before, there's never any weird male-gaze-y-ness going on between him and her. I expected him to be really indignant at first when he met Mako because "uuugh i cant believe shes got to be my partner" BUT NO hes like her biggest fan for the entire movie! How great is that? I mean literally from the first time they speak to each other, he's totally star struck by how great she is and how much greater she could be. He's got so much faith in his partner and he's always super respectful to her and thinks she can do anything and never doubts that she's capable of doing this huge thing (again i expected some sort of blow up between them because rrrr youre a rookie and rrrrr youre an arrogant dick BUT NO) and that's pretty much the best thing ive ever seen. So yeah man good job A+ Raleigh Beckett.

(oh and SWORDS MONSTERS WINGS A FUCKING TANKER OH MY GODDDD EVERYONE IS SO COOL THIS MOVIE IS SO COOL weh i wanted more cherno and crimson BUT IT WAS SO FUCKING DOPE !!!!)

>>38117
>the one we got was super cool
What? Mako had basically zero agency whatsoever, she was defined almost entirely by her relationships with Idris Elba and Raleigh (who was, incidentally, a walking drone even if he was a hot one). She is literally a moe moe anime girl made flesh, this film was a disaster as far as women went. BUT I'll chalk that up to an honest mistake because I highly doubt Uncle Del Toro is some kind of sexist pig, I think he just made a bad script all around. Nobody's perfect all the time.

Bad script aside though, Gypsy breaking bad in Hong Kong alone makes the film worth seeing.

>>38122
Not the same anon you are talking about, but Mako was defined by her desire to avenge her family first, and second to her martial loyalty to her foster father. Which are pretty damn decent motivations for a character. Being a social justice warrior is not something unique and cool anymore, you know.

Rumor is that Hedorah will be the monster Godzilla battles in the 2014 movie.

Pretty damn odd choice for a foe, but also quite interesting if true. I guess they are going the movie a environmentalist message.

>>38123
I'm not being a social just warrior, I'm simply saying I was massively disappointed in Mako, among other things (I was really pumped for a global beatdown against the Kaiju but all that mattered was Australia and America, for example) about the script.

>>38124
I'd love to see what they do with him.

>>38117
They might talk in the BD. I heard they gave more characterization to all the pilots in the cut scenes.

>>38127
At least the Russians are well liked in fan art. Plus they had a couple of little scenes and background stuff (when they're in the cafeteria I think the first time the wife is so goddamn happy to see her husband)

The triplets didn't get much though. The art book describes them as like delinquents running with a gang before the program. Also if you look closely at some of the buildings people have tagged some with Typhoon's emblem. They are hometown heroes after all.

>>38128
Bet the triplets also have had it the hardest since isn't that also home to the cult and their skull cathedral.

>>38129
I don't really know. Honestly the cultists probably look like lunatics to much of their world. I bet they feel real awkward after the events on the movie.

I love the rockstar approach to the Jaeger stuff. God knows I'd sign up to work at my local Shatterdome if I could.

"Leatherback has a tiny gorilla penis that couldn't possibly please her.

Raiju, Scunner and Slattern all ran a train on Otachi while Leatherback stroked himself watching. That's how she got the baby."

Thanks /co/ for that lovely image. Even hearing the noises coming from that would be disgusting.

>>38116
Yeah, I talked to some guys at a local cinema and told me the screenings were on average 80% full. So thats great!

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/21/the-conjuring-tops-the-weekend-box-office
>1. The Conjuring $41.5 million
>2. Despicable Me 2 $25 million
>3. Turbo $21.5 million
>4. Grown Ups 2 $20 million
>5. Red 2 $18.5 million
>6. Pacific Rim $16 million

>Grown Ups 2 is still beating Pacific Rim
>Turbo had one of DreamWorks Animation's lowest-grossing openings ever with $21.5 million, still beats Pacific Rim
Fuck you, America. Fuck. You. This is why we can't have nice things.

>>38133
On the other hand RIPD got its ass kicked.

In South Korea the movie was like 2nd behind a movie featuring tow gorillas that could play baseball

>>38133
I blame Warner Bros for most of this, they did jack for marketing for the film I guess because they only had a really small stake in its success they didn't give a shit.

i really loved this movie a lot
also gave me a mantra to focus on
will be buying on blu-ray

so good.

>>38131
Disgusting. Thankfully Otachi found a good, reliable mech like Striker.

...and consequently experienced single-dad Herc Hansen.

>>38122
No? What? She wasn't defined by her relationships with Pentecost (he is kind of her dad, after all) and Raleigh any more than Raleigh was defined by his with her. I thought she was mostly defined by realistic stoicism, a thirst for vengeance, and mad skills. I thought she was gr8, and I AM a bit of a SJW. Mako could have been a guy. It still would have been a good movie and a good story if Raleigh's copilot had been another dude, but they made her a woman. I don't mean to say that del Toro should get brownie points for casting a woman b/c that is like the lowest possible bar, but it seemed to me that her character was very much not dependent on her gender. And that was so refreshing to me.

Uh

http://moviepilot.com/stories/1045313-guillermo-del-toro-confirms-pacific-rim-2-and-spills-some-ideas?stamp=51807&subscribe_to=775756&utm_campaign=gui
llermo-del-toro-confirms-pacific-rim-2-and-spills-some-ideas&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=fb-stream-post

I don't know what to think

I....

I....

>>38144
Eh, I have a better one.
Also 2nd Aug baby, woo!

You know what I love about the Jaegers in Pacific Rim?

That we worked our asses to make such awesome machines. We didn't receive them as a gift, we didn't find them hidden underground, or reverse-engineer them from alien tech. Those suckers were wrought from pure human ingenuity and effort, the entire world joined together to put the best they could offer and make giant mechanical avatars of ourselves with the sole purpose of punching Cthulhu in the face and tell him "be squamous elsewhere, buddy".

『パシフィック・リム…
ELBOW ROCKETO

I can't wait to see this commercial while I watch DokiDoki! Precure on livestream.

From the novel.

"...interviews with former rangers suggest that their cognitive systems are permamently altered by the experience known as the Drift. They report persistant perception that another consciousness is operating in tandem with their own, as well as feelings that each action they take is recreated on a larger scale smewhere else. Some Rangers call this the "Drift hangover," but unlike hangovers, it does not appear to diminish over time.

The number of surviving ex-Rangers is very small, necessitating a degree of skepticism when assessing these findings. The Pan Pacific Defense Corps does not permit external physicians or clinical staff to examine active rangers, further limiting the available data. Nevertheless it appears highly probable that the neural handshake causes persistant and perhaps permament changes in the perceptual systems of the participants.

Also perhaps worthy of further investigation, though likely beyond the purview of this journal, are claims of certain Rangers that they remained connected to their Jaegers even after the neural handshake and Drift were terminated. Numerous anecdotal reports exist of Jaegers shifting with no Ranger in control of them, with attendant claims that these motions replicated the sleeping motions of the Rangers assigned to that particular Jaeger. If substantiated, these claims would characterize the nature of the neural handshake in a profoundly different light. They would also raise the specter of a sort of imprinted simulacrum of consciousness in the Jaegers themselves..."

Oh dear.

>>38149
Hrm... Stacker did tell Mako that she would always found him in the Drift

>>38145
Except that other one is an actual porn parody and not just a picture.

The porn industry is nuts.

Gentlemen behold, our new Godzilla!

GODZILLA ENCOUNTER FOOTAGE!!!!!

[Hyping Intesifies ]

>>38142
It means someone needs to photoshop Stacker's head on her right now.

If there's a sequel, it definitely means the toys and merchandise have been making up for the box office's failings.

>>38155
The series was greenlit for a trilogy before the numbers started rolling in. I was expecting it to be a prequel first then a sequel though, rather than directly leading to a sequel.

>>38155
The international markets are definitely making up for it. It'll be making a profit by this Sunday.

>>38157
wow

i wish i knew how to draw

>>38156
So, even if it had been a flop, it still would've been a trilogy?

>>38149
>Cherno Alpha wrecked the Shatterdome trying to spoon.

>>38159
I doubt that

>>38149
There's a novelization already?

>>38161
Yeah, its almost like they gave a script to a writer before hand.
Unlike Avatar.
Hope said writer is good doe, like John Barber.

>>38157
And it still has yet to release in Japan

I was a little disappointed by the ending. After the big explosion on the other side and they both escape. It was mostly the cheers back at base that felt cliché and then trying to trick us into thinking he ran out of air.

Other than that I loved it.

However I'm also disappointed that I can't find that last song from the end credits for download. The OST only has voiceless music and not the song with Ron Perlman's daughter and RZA.

>>38162
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILTPXq80sEA

>>38154
I'd much prefer this one.
Idris Elba is mai waifu.

>>38166
That "trick" was cliche, though. Now, if his pod hadn't surfaced at all, that might have left some room for doubt. But after that, it was all just drawn out for suspension. At least they didn't go for the cliche kiss after he revives.

Liberties were taken:

The Monarch (Jackson Publick) …

>>38173
Nice, should have read that fan thing about wanting to build robots to fuck giant monsters I think.

I wonder if they had something like the dance scene from the script in the cut portions.

>>38176

http://travisbeacham.tumblr.com/post/55999542136/textsfromtheshatterdome-submitted-by#notes

>A notorious quirk of drifting. Recruits are warned not to control or judge the imagery that jumps to mind. The modesty reflex is antithetical to a working connection. Some PPDC psychologists claim that psycho-sexual embarrassment is the single biggest reason algorithm-paired trainees fail to sync up.

Interesting...

>>38178

Hmmm... that actually could be pretty awesome for a married couple. No wonder the Kaidonovskys seemed pretty close with each other

GOOD: Almost everything. huge mecha, giant kaiju, sweet choreography, lighting and ambiance.

BAD: Lack of character growth and inter-character interactions while in the cockpits. Also, not enough spotlight on CHERNO ALPHA, CRIMSON TYPHOON, and their respective crews.

CONCLUSION: 8/10, would watch it in theaters again and buy special edition dvd.

>>38179
Conversely Chuck probably had to witness himself being conceived

"We agreed that Cherno would not have escape pods, they either win or die"

Just another day in Russia.

Also, did I get it riight, Sasha was the pilot and Aleksis the co-pilot?

By the way, the artbook has been scanned by a most based anon from /co/ and /m/, here it is:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/i5pfhjy8vrcxhvy/0Vm2N55m3_/Pacific%20Rim%20Artbook

>>38183
Kind of weird how Coyote was at the Anchorage fight in the early storyboards. Or was it being piloted by the Beckett boys in the initial drafts I wonder.

>>38184
In the early draft that is available, the brothers were indeed piloting Coyote. The scene where Yancy died is different, they were fighting a turtle-like Kaiju a", and once Raleigh loses his brother he goes berserker and starts pounding the Kaiju into a bloody pulp, to the point the Jaeger is damaged because it's dishing out way more force than what was considered safe.

Also, the flashback happens way later in the film, while Mako and Raleigh were lying in bed. I think I should add that in the previous scene, Mako had just revealed to Stacker than her and Raleigh were fucking, hah!

>>38182
She did do all the talking for them.

>>38185
Oh thank God for Del Toro changing things.

>>38185
Both of those ideas sound completely terrible, I'm glad they were changed in the final version.

>>38188
>>38186
There are a couple of things here and there that I wish were left, like the Jaegers being carried around by huge VTOL aircraft made specifically for that purpose instead of normal choppers. But for the most part, yeah, the stuff that got axed off the draft was indeed in need to be axed. I seriously didn't like how the Drift seems to be almost mystical in nature in it.

>>38189
I like the choppers though. Gives a good sense of scale to the Jaegers.

>>38189
How could mind linking NOT be mystical?

Don't want to derail, so please don't reply.

>>38192
FUND IT.

Someone on /co/ pointed out Crimson Typhoon and Horizon Brave both have monoeyes. I kind of hope if we ever see Shaolin Rogue it has one too

>>38191
I am sorry but I have to reply.

I mind because the link is done using technology. Like another anon mentioned previously, the Jaegers are our technological avatars, a extention of our will to conquer nature and the unknown throught science and hard labor. It's even a theme in the opening narration, when you jump into a Jager, you don't feel like you have to run from the storm anymore.

Mixing supernatural elements into that, seems lik a bad idea to me, especially like it's done in the draft where it's akin to a psychic ability that Rangers could eventually use to connect with each other without the Pons.

>>38197
I'd be fine with it if it was presented more like phantom limb syndrome (which wasn't too far from what happened with Yancy) and less like everyone has psychic powers or shit. This isn't EVA, thank God.

>>38177
It would make sense, a way to make the initial Drift easier. Maybe even standard procedure.

You are now imagining Herc and Chuck learning to ballroom dance together.

>>38196

>Crimson Typhoon action figure purchased
>3 days and it still hasn't been shipped yet

AMAZON PRIME YOU LIED TO ME

>>38200
At least Crimson has a figure. I'm waiting for Cherno. Crossing my fingers for some of the other Mark 1s

>>38192
What else would be in a western SRW?

I could see Iron Giant, Megas XLR, Exosquad, Battletech, maybe even Heavy Gear in there...

Someone has to make fanart, and quick.

>>38201
I would surrender my wallet for a Tacit Ronin figure

>>38203
Big Guy and Rusty, Sym-Bionic Titan, Titan Maximum, Voltron Force, Transformers (G1, Beast Wars, Animated, Prime), Robot Jox

Along with your list I think that's more or less all western mecha.

>>38205
Metal Wolf has to count as an Honorary Western Mech.

http://travisbeacham.tumblr.com/post/56381088764/my-mind-wanders-my-review-of-pacific-rim

>This wasn’t the dinosaur part I meant, but while we’re on it, Newt knows dinosaurs did not have two brains.

>This is a myth that comes from a two hundred year old misreading of a cavity in the lower spinal column of stegosaurus, presumed to house a “second brain" for the supposed purpose of expediting reflex response time.

>It’s one of paleontology’s more famously colorful misconceptions. In reality, dinosaurs did not have two brains, and would not have needed two brains.

>But Newt isn’t referencing real dinosaur biology here. He’s referencing the famous myth as shorthand, because its logic does apply to the actual animal in question. For a creature the size of a kaiju (many many times larger than any dinosaur), the nerve conduction velocity from the tail to the head would be something of a problem.

That line bothered me too.

Good to hear an explanation.

>>38209
They could have easily sidestepped any misunderstanding by having Newt say "You know THE MYTH of dinosaurs having two brains? That's true of kaijus, I want the second brain."

>>38208
Don't forget Heroman

>>38209
>>38210
There's also the part where they said dinosaurs were very early kaiju emissaries, basically, so dinosaurs in that universe would have two brains, since the kaiju do, and they were kaiju...

>>38212
>There's also the part where they said dinosaurs were very early kaiju emissaries, basically, so dinosaurs in that universe would have two brains, since the kaiju do, and they were kaiju...

What? No. The Precursors wiped out the dinosaurs.

>>38212
>>38213
It's unclear what happened back then, all Newt says is that the Precursors tried first to colonize earth during thay era

>>38208
If Metal Wolf counts, Big-O has to as well. Its kind of... well, half-western because of the whole founded by Cartoon Network thing.

>>38213
>>38214
v0v I just watched the movie, I haven't delved into any supplementary reading yet, and I'm pretty sure in the movie Newt says something like "It started with the dinosaurs, they came to try to colonize, but blah blah blah"
Easy mistake to make, apologies if it's elaborated on elsewhere.

>>38214
Yes, but the atmosphere wasn't right. The thing is, dinosaurs were perfect for that atmosphere. A lot of the biology back then could only exist because there were ridiculous amounts of oxygen in the air.

I don't think the Dinosaurs were some sort of proto-Kaiju, since it would have been noticed the dinos were silicon-based instead of carbon based. Plust it would mean modern day birds would also be silicon-based organisms.

>>38216
"they" referred to the Kaiju, not to the Dinosaurs.

>>38199
I wonder if Chuck drifting with his dad gave him mommy issues like Sasha Nein.
>yfw Chuck is Asuka

>>38220
I'm pretty sure I'd remember Raleigh jacking off in front of Chuck's comatose body though.

>>38220
I'm not the only one to think that. He even had the traditional arrogant mecha pilot jacket.

I found it cool that they gave shout-outs to other mech series in there, such as the VOTOMS helmets for the Russians.

>>38222
>>38221

Holy shit, its not just the helmets; Cherno's got the Scopedog's Arm Punch!

YOU HAVE MY UNDIVIDED ATTENTION

>>38223
Yep she's giving Otachi a hydraulic fisting.

>>38225
I like how he moves like a giant beast.

>>38220
I...never thought of it that way.

Gareth Edwards wants a Godzilla sequel to be Destroy All Monsters-inspired and feature Monster Island

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/movienewsandreviews/news/?a=84202

It was a tremendous lapse of judgement for Stacker to not send Striker along with Cherno and Typhoon, and to leave Gypsy at the Shatterdome (why not send Raleigh with another of the candidates?). Otachi would have been easily dealt with before Leatherback arrived, and by then even with the EMP, both Gypsy and Cherno (no way Cherno was less "analog") would have been enough to contain the Kaiju.

>>38230
While this all may be true, it would have meant there was no point in WINGSWORD, so your entire argument is rendered moot.

>>38230
Striker was too valuable to risk for the plan. Given that it gave Slattern a run for its money it was a good idea. Stacker couldn't have anticipated the acid, EMP or Otachi's tail. Holding Gipsy back was kind of a bad idea but both those kaiju were made to break the THREE active Jaegers. The only reason Gipsy cleaned house was because the Masters thought it was gone.

Slattern and his groupies probably would have torn through the other two anyways.

Comic from our favorite Squid. You won't get the puncline unless you've read her comic semi-regularly, though.

>>38234
Is that supposed to be Otachi

>>38222
>>38223
FUCK YEAAAR VOTOMS PUNCH

The only thing that would have made me fanboy squee even harder is if a Jaegar slowly rose out of the sea doing The Pose.

>>38236
Well Gipsy Danger does do the Gigantor pose

>>38237
Oh man, I squeed at that part too. It was a mecha reference buffet.

>>38238
It was great. I loved seeing my friends' reaction. They went wide eyed at Striker's introduction in Sydney. I thought it was goddamn hilarious.

I'd definitely vote for politicians who are pro giant robot. Pentacost was the hero earth deserved.

>>38239
>I'd definitely vote for politicians who are pro giant robot

I highly disagree with you, sir. Pro-Jaegerism is a blight, those damnable machines suck on precious taxpayer dollars that could be better emplyed to move this world's human population into highly concentrated areas around the pacifc ocean. That would be the safest response to the Kaiju problem.

And why do whe puny earthlings call it a "problem" to begin with? How dare we? Ask yourself, why do I support the PPDC which only impose their jaeger-privilege onto the innocent Kaiju masses? Is trans-dimensional specism the newest form of bigotry?

>>38238
Coyote Tango had Dougram's head and Guncannon... err, cannons.

>>38066
>>38067

Guillermo Totoro

>>38240
This man is a fake! I bet his hat comes right off.

Damn that wall was a retarded idea.

>>38242

sage for doble posting.

>>38243
Even if the wall had worked as hoped and stopped the kaiju onslaught... imagine what it would have meant for the world.

No more commercial trans-pacific travel, so going from USA to Australia or East Asia would have taken days, not hours. Shipping via sea or by air across the pacific would have been forbidden. Entire fishing and whaling industries destroyed. Deep sea research stymied since they can't reach the deepest part of the world's oceans. Only military surveillance drones would have been allowed to enter.

I assume all that was still allowed before the wall, because we saw that fishing boat at the beginning of the film.

>>38245
It's pretty much handing the ocean over to them

Perhaps if the walls launched missiles.

I'm honestly not sure how they thought the walls would work, period. Were the outer hulls made of pure titanium or something? And the inner hulls just held up the outer ones?

It did take the one Kaiju an hour to break through in Sydney, so they had *some* sort of plan, it just wasn't strong enough.

The only way it would have worked is if they had lined the inner part of the wall with Megaman spikes.

Of course, if the wall had worked it still wouldn't have worked because Otachi could just fly over it. They would have to build a ceiling too.

Well, looking through Travis Beacham's tumblr,
it seems there's a comic series confirmed.

Which is fucking great news.

There's already rumours as to what artists might be involved.

It was implied in the movie that the Wall was just smoke and mirrors, to give the masses a false sense of security while the rich and powerful were relocated to "safe" places inland. Those politicians Pentecost talked to early in the movie were traitors to the human race, at that point that had already forsaken everybody and were just lokking to save their own hides.

>>38251
Yeah. It's not farfetched to believe that some politicians would think that's a good idea. Imagine how much money that cost, how many lives it took.

They still thought it worked after Sydney. Now it might work in tandem with Jaegers.

>>38220
Oh god. I both want this to be discussed and kind of dread the answer at the same time.

Pacific Rim Theme "Epic Rock" …

You know, I'd like to see more of Hannibal's posse, those guys looked both hilarious and cool (i'd totally waifu the bald chinese girl). Damn, why didn't occure to me to check on the credits of they were named

So, according to BOM, PacRim's at a $224Mil worldwide!

Any word on how its doing in Asia specifically?

>>38279


Go to BOM and click on "foreign" on the lifetime grosses chart, and you will see the available numbers for each country.

Russia, Worst Korea and Mexico so far are the nations that do dig giant robots the most.

>>38281
It opens in China tomorrow and in Japan on August 9. It's expected to make mad buck in both these markets, but in China it's up against Fast & Furious 6 and White House Down (SARFT, the Chinese movie poobahs, likes to bunch Hollywood blockbusters together so that they eat each others' box office and give local movies space to breathe, a tactic that seems to be working). However, China has a track record of giving marginalised movies a second wind (like After Earth...for some unfathomable reason), and the Chinese seriously love big, loud, city-destroying spectacle, especially if there's giant robots involved. If there's any movie that's practically custom-built for the Chinese market, it's this one.

>>38283
... Wait, White house Down is a blockbuster? I thought that flick flopped hard

>>38281
>Mexico
Though you could say its also supporting their Nationals?
I know Mexican talent in hollywood is a huge sale over here.

>>38284
White House Down was another movie that got a "second wind" in China, on account of having lots of explosions.

>>38266
>watching movie
>think "damn thats quite the Rage Agains the Machine rippof you got there" a couple of times
>look at soundtrack later on
>...oh

China...we've had our differences.

But thank you.

>>38291
We need more Crimson Typhoon to celebrate the victory of the glorious People's Republic.

>>37907
FUCKING THIS!
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