Pacific Rim

[Sp!der]

I couldn't find a thread for this awesomly looking trailer what do you guys think about it ? If there is another post so please close it !

I really loved Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth so I have good hopes for this one although it is not Mountain of Madness sadly it still looks awesome, does anyone now if it is based on anything ? Short story ? Graphic Novel ? or is it a new story by Del Toro ? Although it has no Avengers and Batman in it, I think 2013 will be a good movie year.

[Krichton]

Awesome looking trailer, but how are they going to explain why they need giant robots?

[Ukko]

Why should they?

[Sp!der]

It looks like an awesome Transformers movie, done everything right, without the actual Transformers.

[Starsaber]

And it seems like GLaDOS is the AI of the giant robot.

[Teddybrown]

This film is based on the 1980s Japenese big monster movies I think...
Looks interesting though...

[Krichton]

Why should they?

Because it would be stupid othewise. Del Toro is known for making smart movies, or at least he tries to; he's not a Michael Bay wannabe.

[Snowman37]

It was interesting until the giant robots showed up. How did people come up with the time and resources to build giant robots before giant monsters killed everything? Can we have a monster flick without giant robots? Please?

[Krichton]

I don't think it's an invasion. They just show up sometimes, kind of like Islamic terrorists.

[Snowman37]

"Chaos is spreading around the world. No one can tell us where they came from." The beginning of the trailer suggests an invasion, not the occasional monster. As for Islamic terrorists being sometimes? Uh... right.

[Sp!der]

It was interesting until the giant robots showed up. How did people come up with the time and resources to build giant robots before giant monsters killed everything? Can we have a monster flick without giant robots? Please?

I think they don't care for answers that much in these kind of movies.... although Del Toro should be able to explain things better than a certain Transformers director

[Teddybrown]

When giant monsters arise from the outside and inside of Earth, it starts a war that takes millions of lives and quickly consumes humanity's resources. To combat this new threat, a special type of weapon is designed: massive robots, known as Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. As time passes, even the powerful Jaegers prove almost defenceless in the face of a relentless enemy. On its last stand and on the verge of defeat, the remaining defending forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes - a former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) - who are teamed to drive one of the legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the early trials as they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

Heres a plot summary, think that explains why they build them...

[Snowman37]

That wasn't my questioned. I was asking how they could have built them so fast. Realistically, monsters like that would conquer the Earth long before the first "giant robot" could be completed.

[Ukko]

Because it would be stupid othewise. Del Toro is known for making smart movies, or at least he tries to; he's not a Michael Bay wannabe.

Its a movie about giant monsters from another dimension coming through a portal/rift deep beneath the ocean and smashing s*** up. You want history and technical manuals, go to a library.

It was interesting until the giant robots showed up. How did people come up with the time and resources to build giant robots before giant monsters killed everything? Can we have a monster flick without giant robots? Please?

Because we've been flooded with robots versus monster movies lately.

That wasn't my questioned. I was asking how they could have built them so fast. Realistically, monsters like that would conquer the Earth long before the first "giant robot" could be completed.

[Snowman37]

The lack of realism is why I won't be seeing this movie.

[pookey]

I wanna watch it, i love lots of CGI and blowing stuff up and kicking the crap outta things,bugger realism, i get that enough in RL

[Morbo]

saw this trailer last week.

transformers meets cloverfield.


i'll probably see it, becasue, well, why not? giant monsters fighting giant robots? how can you lose?

[Krichton]

When giant monsters arise from the outside and inside of Earth, it starts a war that takes millions of lives and quickly consumes humanity's resources. To combat this new threat, a special type of weapon is designed: massive robots, known as Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. As time passes, even the powerful Jaegers prove almost defenceless in the face of a relentless enemy. On its last stand and on the verge of defeat, the remaining defending forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes - a former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) - who are teamed to drive one of the legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the early trials as they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

Heres a plot summary, think that explains why they build them...

That doesn't explain anything.

That wasn't my questioned. I was asking how they could have built them so fast. Realistically, monsters like that would conquer the Earth long before the first "giant robot" could be completed.

They don't build them fast. That was my point. It's been going on for decades, hence no invasion. I'm dying for an explanation.

Its a movie about giant monsters from another dimension coming through a portal/rift deep beneath the ocean and smashing s*** up. You want history and technical manuals, go to a library.

This is always the dumbest response. Suspension of disbelief still needs explanations that make sense within the context of the film, in order to maintain the fantasy, otherwise your audience will simply zone out.

[Ukko]

This is always the dumbest response. Suspension of disbelief still needs explanations that make sense within the context of the film, in order to maintain the fantasy, otherwise your audience will simply zone out.

And yours is always the dumbest of questions with movies like this. Looking at the trailer, its a simple monster movie. You're just nitpicking one little thing for the sake of nitpicking or to somehow make yourself appear more intelligent than those who see the trailer and say something along the lines of "yeah, this looks good, i think im gonna enjoy turning my brain of for an hour or so and enjoying decent monster movie."
I think Teddybrown is right. This is going to be like the old Japanese monster movies. They are not going to spend half the movie explaining every little thing like what about the portal; why did it open? How? Why at the bottom of the ocean? Are the monsters ocean dwellers? If so, why attack the surface? Why is it that we - with all the ridiculously destructive weapons we have - cant destroy these monsters? Why did the monsters invade? People/beings dont invade for no reason. Is it really an invasion or just mindless monsters happening on the portal? If mindless, then again, why cant we easily dispatch them?

This isnt going to be a movie that tries to make you think or that goes into long winded explanations to satisfy the few who like to complain about every little thing. Its giant monsters versus giant robots and most people will be able to see that and accept it for what it is.

[knowles2]

That wasn't my questioned. I was asking how they could have built them so fast. Realistically, monsters like that would conquer the Earth long before the first "giant robot" could be completed.

I am guesting the attacks started of as a rare phenomean and increase over time. An Humanity in this world already had all the pieces necessary to create giant robots capable of combat.


This film does sound like a anime I have watched about a decade ago but cant remembered the name.