Pacific Rim Spoiler Thread: Today, We Are Cancelling the Use of Spoiler Tags!
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PR has been un-bomba'd
ScraftyDevil
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This is wonderful, and brings us one step closer to the sequel we so crave!
Pardon my attitude, but suck it, people who wanted this movie to bomb hard!
Pardon my attitude, but suck it, people who wanted this movie to bomb hard!
Also hasn't opened in China yet, which is a huge market. I wonder if their cut has more of the Chinese team.That's not even taking Japan into account? Incredible news!
I think it's safe to assume that it will be making its budget back and soon.
Very nice!
This film deserves it. I can't wait to see it for a third time [in IMAX] this weekend!
XiaNaphryz
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Theaters usually take more of a cut in China though. Used to be as high as 80% in the past, 55-60% is more likely now I believe.
Sure, but if it catches fire there, the studio will still rake in the monies.
am i the only one who thinks it's not gonna do well in china?
i mean crimson typhoon went down so quick, pretty sure it's gonna leave some bad impressions
thats what i was thinking.
there is a recent trend of editing movies just for China though.
added extended fight scene with Crimson Typhoon for the China release?
the chinese love their transformers robots. maybe thats enough already to lure them into pacific rim.
What I want most from a potential sequel is a larger stable of Jaegers (I think this can be supported through the current plot direction post-Wall). Was kinda sitting through the movie thinking damn, Gipsy Danger Omega Version is going to pop up or they're going to have to make a 6th gen Jaeger but ultimately the trials they were facing prevailed (along with the short time frame).
Crazier designs and crazier quirks would be cool. Maybe even a rogue Jaeger helmed by Chau, though I think he was the weakest part of the film. Also Brawler Yukon 2.0 plz.
There are a lot of tropes of the sort I'd like for them to tackle. Combining Jaegers could be a cool thing to do at the climax of the film.
Crazier designs and crazier quirks would be cool. Maybe even a rogue Jaeger helmed by Chau, though I think he was the weakest part of the film. Also Brawler Yukon 2.0 plz.
There are a lot of tropes of the sort I'd like for them to tackle. Combining Jaegers could be a cool thing to do at the climax of the film.
AdventureRacing
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And yet the movie ignores all the other countries robots instead focusing entirely on the American one, kinda funny in retrospect.
Yet the cinemas here weren't that packed. :c
scytherage
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Proud to do my part, watched this twice already haha
I'm part of the no-problem, I watched the movie 5 times, with friends, my siblings, parents, a date I ignored (because he said we would watch any movie I wanted, so I chose PR teeheehee). I love the movie, I know it's not perfect but I just love it.
It's pretty popular in Mexico, every showing I went to was full. And people screaming and shouting in the same scenes (different showings) was awesome, specially the Leatherback fight, Gipsy using the freighter ship, Otachi's wings, and sword attack.
It's pretty popular in Mexico, every showing I went to was full. And people screaming and shouting in the same scenes (different showings) was awesome, specially the Leatherback fight, Gipsy using the freighter ship, Otachi's wings, and sword attack.
There were 3 people in my showing and it was completely silent.
I'd watch the movie again, but 12 is a bit too much.
yep
donkey show
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Watched it again yesterday in 2D and bought all the wave 1 toys this past weekend. A lot more people in the theater here in the UK on a Monday midday than what I was expecting.
What are the stats for Godzilla? How tall/heavy is he compared to Gipsy?
Pop On Arrival
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Did my part! Saw this movie twice in IMAX!
Today we are canceling the bomba!
I feel like this movie's biggest mistake was to try and gratify domestic audience, which cost them a struggle internationally. I mean if you want some legs in china, you shouldn't bloody have killed Crimson. Abstinence of japanese jaeger in the endgame may make respective market difficult to penetrate now - one country to love kaiju monsters and mechas to death.
Now if a sequel is to be made, the company better understand which society is more willing to suspend their disbelief for massive machines and monsters - forget Gispy 2.0 and concentrate on other jaegers.
General business term for actually making a profit.
JetBlackPanda
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black = profit
red = no profit
guys I have kind of fallen hard for this universe. I want posters, toys.. anything I can get my hands on.
chickdigger802
Banned
in hindsight, you knew china wasn't gonna live long when their robot was piloted by the chinese olympic basketball team without Yao.
I was just thinking about this earlier. Perhaps the movie could have the "Fuck yeah! 'Murika wins bitches! We're number one! Oh and our allies are cool too... Japan, Australia, who loves ya? Pssssh Russia and China? lol communism. Now watch number 1 smash this Kaiju with our fists of freedom and capitalism..." sorta vibe to it in other regions.
turbosnail
Banned
I hope it doing well in the box office means HELLBOY 3
This movie is amazing, seen it twice both in Imax 3D. It has its flaws but so far my movie of the year. One thing I noticed at the end, when Gipsy Danger passes through the breach, doesn't it look like their inside a Kaiju? Kinda of reminds me of the phazon planet from Metroid Prime 3.
XiaNaphryz
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Diggeh
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Pacific Rim is available to preorder at Amazon!
Blu-ray
Blu-ray 3D
DVDfor saps
With awesome cover art!
(Huge clean version for poster purposes!)
The whole gang's on there!
Blu-ray
Blu-ray 3D
DVD
With awesome cover art!
(Huge clean version for poster purposes!)
The whole gang's on there!
donkey show
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Pacific Rim is available to preorder at Amazon!
Blu-ray
Blu-ray 3D
DVDfor saps
With awesome cover art!
(Huge clean version for poster purposes!)
The whole gang's on there!
Blah, nothing for the UK yet.
This kinda bugged me too i feel that they hyped the Russian crew with the whole "no breach in the wall in the 6 years they have been active" then they went out in a whimper.
Also i think Elba's return in a Jaeger was a missed opportunity. They should have ditched the kid with the shitty aussie accent and outfitted Strikers cockpit for a single pilot then have him go out in a blaze of Kaiju killing glory. They could have had him single handily defending Gypsy while they enter the breach before being overrun. I'm talking an epic Skurge the Executioner holding the bridge moment here.
Gipsy Danger's size seems to have been changed before the movie was released; initially she was 88 meters tall and 7,080 tons, but other figures have it at 79 meters tall and 1,980 tons.
Godzilla depends on the Godzilla you're talking about. Showa Godzilla is 50 meters tall. Heisei Godzilla started out 80 meters tall, and later became 100 meters tall. Godzilla is insanely heavy in comparison to Pacific Rim's kaiju and jaegers; Showa is 20,000 tons, Heisei is 50,000 and then 60,000. Millenium Godzilla films wouldn't stop freaking rebooting, so he varied there from 50 meters to 100 meters depending on the film.
The difference in weight thing gets even weirder if you look at other monsters; Gamera is 80 meters tall, but is only 120 tons. A fucking blue whale weighs more than Gamera.
I think that was done purposefully to show how dangerous these Cat 4 Kaiju were and that things were really ramping up toward full invasion. Not only did they send two, they sent two that were designed to take out the Jaegers that were still left standing. EMP head being the secret weapon that would shut the current best of them down.
Remember, Gipsy was gone for years. They hadn't seen it for a long time, so its capabilities were basically unknown to the aliens. Then it also had some new tricks up its sleeve, aka the badass sword.
I posted this in the other thread. But the first time watching I really expected that Pentecost would reveal a restored Coyote Tango to carry the bomb solo to the breach, assisted by Gipsy and Striker.
Right. That and the fact that they had never faced 2 Kaiju, let alone category 4s, at the same time. They were facing one every few weeks or so before the interval between attacks started decreasing and then they got 2, then eventually 3 at the end.
XiaNaphryz
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lol:
Evolution_1ne
Banned
That's awesome lol
Cherno
Cherno
Definitely a case of telling and not showing. I wonder if it was a budget limitation or simply a creative choice.
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