[Movie][Spoilers] Pacific Rim / Pacific Rim 2 / & 3!! - Pa…

On July 18 2013 17:27 Talin wrote:


Still didn't build walls around oceans.

On July 18 2013 21:50 Plansix wrote:

Transformer's heaven is dumber than any wall around an ocean. It could be dumber than anything. Also, robots that fart, are racist.

Pacific Rim knows it's dumb and doesn't care, which is what is needed. Transformers....yeah, fuck Michael Bay.

On July 18 2013 18:52 Lovedoll wrote:


lol, it's not just you. I saw the movie a few days ago and the first person he reminded me of was Day9. It's the hair and the glasses.

On July 18 2013 02:17 scintilliaSD wrote:

I watched the movie a few days ago, so my memory may be incorrect, but IIRC she says "先生、愛しています。" which roughly translates to "I love you, teacher." (referring to Pentecost)

On July 18 2013 17:12 Talin wrote:
I liked the part where they cut funding for the Giant Death Robot project in favor of a smarter Build Wall Around Ocean project, then thingy punches through the wall.

If we're talking about dumb shit you watch for fun, Transformers films were better, yet they were absolutely vilified. They had giant robots doing cool stuff and Megan Fox, and they didn't make me want to laugh uncontrollably at how through the roof ridiculous everything is. Pacific Rim is like a high budget version of Power Rangers, with all the extra budget going into making better looking robots (yet somehow just as awkward and clumsy as the Power Rangers ones).

Somehow Michael Bay came out of it as being the evil lord of all-bad-that-is-Hollywood, while Del Toro is a super cool lord of the nerds who makes awesome robot movies. I don't know who's being the hipster in all that mess, but it sure sounds like double standards.

On July 19 2013 00:00 rkshox wrote:


from what i hear, his character in the movie depicts none other than, Joss Whedon. Just a rumor though.

On July 19 2013 00:46 Snotling wrote:
As a German, i can safely say taht we would never build a stupid wall. And neighter would the 'muricans, the chinese or israel!

On July 19 2013 01:01 Plansix wrote:

Of course not, it super stupid. It is a classic plot point for all anime "giant robot" movies and TV shows that their funding is cut when the fighting gets hard. It is always followed by "this new system will defend us without issue and make sure that no one gets hurt, unlike you reckless robot pilots". You can replace the wall with any of the following:

Unmanned, computer controled robots
Some automated point defense system
A forcefield or bubble
Peace talks that are clearly a trap
Some sort of long range cannon that will kill the monster before it shows up

And, as sure as the sun rises, the system fails and the scrappy group of pilots who still had faith in the robots they piloted rushes in and proves that the old systems are the best. Also, as some point the power and computers will be knocked out and only the older robot that wasn't upgraded will run at full power.

This is all standard issue for Giant Robot action.

On July 19 2013 01:14 Snotling wrote:


You raise valid points, but the irony really is lost on you isnt it? :D

On July 19 2013 00:06 rkshox wrote:


Was that the line when the translation was "For my family" ? Right after the main character was all "We don't have anymore weapons and BOOM, they have a giant ass sword they can kick ass with.

I watched the movie in Taiwan and I heard there were different versions where Mako was dubbed English whenever she spoke Japanese and the regular version where she wasn't dubbed.

On July 19 2013 01:20 Plansix wrote:

Maybe a little in this case. I was mostly responding to all the people who said "OMG, the wall is so dumb, why would they do that" when giant robots with swords are running around killing stuff.

On July 18 2013 21:43 Basic Basic wrote:
So worth the watch? I remember seeing the trailer and hearing GlaDOS, and creaming myself.

On July 19 2013 01:36 acker wrote:

I think he was referring to...

-The Atlantic Wall
-The Great Wall of China
-The Mexican Border Wall Plan Thing
-The Israel Wall Stuff

On July 19 2013 00:58 Vingle wrote:


I thought it was a homage to J.J Abrams.

On July 19 2013 02:03 Griffins wrote:


I can definitely see J.J. in that look, Joss not as much though. Will probably have to watch it again.

Unfortunately, it seems the movie's not doing so great at the box office. It got beat by "Grown Ups 2" (wtf) and Despicable Me 2 (on its second week). My guess is that it requires a suspension of disbelief that a lot of audiences don't have, which unfortunately affects the entire premise of using giant robots. I remember watching Gipsy punching that fat kaiju and thinking, 'wow, that's just not very effective'.
But to anyone who grew up watching anime and creature flicks, Pacific Rim will feel like coming home. Just never thought we'd be in the minority. That and to be really honest, I thought the screenplay could have been a little better, I mean in execution, it's not up to Guillermo's usual standards.

On July 18 2013 16:19 Coppermantis wrote:


That's ridiculously cool. Are there any more?