For your information, the movie has been very reviewed and received in Hong Kong. They didn't even mind them making zone city look like a shanty town in the non-CG shots.
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For your information, the movie has been very reviewed and received in Hong Kong. They didn't even mind them making zone city look like a shanty town in the non-CG shots.
XiaNaphryz
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Any translated links?
I might find some, but I heard it on HK radio.
Edit: boxoffice wise it is doing ok, quite far behind Monsters U, which is to be expected and which also took up much of the screens in the city.
victreeb3l
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if it makes anyone feel better, it took 2 CAT 4 kaijus at once to destroy cherno. rocket elbow made me crack up however.
Yeah, having the pilots in the heads in general isn't the best option, but you have to figure that the body is the best protection for whatever power sources are inside these beasts. Where else would you put the pilots but in the head? Cherno at least had what seemed to be a stronger design for its noggin.
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sixteen-bit
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the schlong like ZOE
What is the point of that big tower on Cherno anyway (besides looking awesome)? The cockpit is actually at the bottom of the "head".
I don't know why but this gif is so mesmerizing.I can't complain when it looks this cool
chickdigger802
Banned
cherno looks like a last minute photoshop on the box 
The head is the nuclear reactor (cherno is a MK I), and the tubes at the sides are some sort of fire weapon they sadly never used in the movie. The cockpit is on the chest.The downside to this design is that they didn't have escape pods, while all other Jaegers did.
Evolution_1ne
Banned
yup, was just about to post something like this
hey guys lets put the most important compartment to this Jaeger in a lightly armored fully exposed area
in fact why the shit was any of the Conn Pods in the head of the Jaeger they should have been deep in the core and been the most heavily armored part of the damn Jaeger
Deified Data
Banned
I can't complain when it looks this cool
IMO, Crimson Typhoon is the most visually striking of all the Jaegers. It was the first figure I bought for a reason.
The Rain Splashing off the Jaeger
The Flashlight Lighting
The Cannon Opening
The Blinking Lights
The Attention to Detail in One Second of Footage
Easy to get in and out?
Evolution_1ne
Banned
Well considering the overall competence of the leadership of the PPDC that wouldn't surprise me
Deified Data
Banned
Crimson Typhoon makes up for its light armor rating with speed and maneuverability...still doesn't make sense to put the cockpit in the head. If I were GDT I would say "it's in the head because Typhoon's third arm made the torso too crowded" or something. Something politic like that.
I actually loved how they took Cherno and Typhoon down so fast. With the wall being a bust, I was thinking, "Okay, that's bad, but 4 Jaegers could hold the line decently"... then two get taken down so fast and I immediately went to, "Oh shit, Kaiju are going crazy" and "You can't hold shit with 2 Jaeger for the entire Pacific". Sure, I would've liked to have seen a little bit more, but them going down like they did ramped up the severity of the situation and the tension in the movie incredibly fast. Gypsy and Australia-Mech suddenly weren't lock-ins to make it through anything.
On the other hand, I do think that they should've turned Elba's mech fight into more of an event. I understand the need for characterization and the resulting lack of fights in the middle part of the movie, but making that a full fledged battle from Mako's ground-level perspective would've alleviated a lot of the complaints and shown an interesting new perspective on the mech-kaiju battles. It's such an obvious solution that the only reasons I can think for them not doing it are runtime and budgetary concerns.
And if you're going to ask why they put pilots in the heads, you might as well ask why blunt force robofists were the most effective method for taking kaiju down. They give a half-hearted explanation for it in the movie, but the real reason? It's just a mecha thing, bro.
On the other hand, I do think that they should've turned Elba's mech fight into more of an event. I understand the need for characterization and the resulting lack of fights in the middle part of the movie, but making that a full fledged battle from Mako's ground-level perspective would've alleviated a lot of the complaints and shown an interesting new perspective on the mech-kaiju battles. It's such an obvious solution that the only reasons I can think for them not doing it are runtime and budgetary concerns.
And if you're going to ask why they put pilots in the heads, you might as well ask why blunt force robofists were the most effective method for taking kaiju down. They give a half-hearted explanation for it in the movie, but the real reason? It's just a mecha thing, bro.
ScraftyDevil
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I love it when Crimson Typhoon shakes the water off of its head as it's getting up from being tackled by Otachi. Such a little detail that was so neat 
Also, upon my third viewing I just noticed that you can see Leatherback's hand press up against Cherno cockpit from the Kardinovsky's perspective right before the Jaeger goes kaboom. It must've been terrifying to them
Also, upon my third viewing I just noticed that you can see Leatherback's hand press up against Cherno cockpit from the Kardinovsky's perspective right before the Jaeger goes kaboom. It must've been terrifying to them
do they even try to salvage the c. typhoon after the battle. it went down pretty intact.
XiaNaphryz
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donkey show
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Yes, probably. This also was a huge "shit is getting real" moment, but both Jägers looked so cool
And when Typhoon got knocked out and huge Cherno got angry and said something like "Were gonna get this bastard", I got all excited. Cause you don't fuck with Cherno, right? Not in this fight, but I just wish they had shown us the raw power of Cherno and the special tactics of the three armed Typhoon before this fight in the film. Just 3 minutes of each would have been satisfactory.
But with people feeling bad about Cherno and Typhoon I guess Del Toro achieved what he wanted.
Vulcano's assistant
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Deified Data
Banned
It's alright - some interesting insights into the creation of the Jaeger program. Art is inconsistent. Not as long as I thought it'd be. I'd say give it a look if you can find it cheap.
Spring-Loaded
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Everything was good in that I didn't mind the "robot+monster fights-to-everything else" ratio being skewed toward the latter (appreciated that the two actually leads didn't kiss at the end for once), but it honestly could've used a few more unadulterated fight scenes.
I feel like it suffered from the desire of some action filmmakers to make their stories have the entire world be at stake with a lot of justification/build-up for the action scenes rather than make their action scenes be compelling enough to carry the whole film. I think of how Dredd was "a (bad) day in the life of Judge Dredd," rather than "Dredd saves the world," and it still managed to capture the essence of the title character, was compelling with good pacing in regards to action.
A lot of secondary/tertiary character screen-time could've been used to showcase some of the jaegers and establish them as characters so their "deaths" are upsetting for reasons beyond "they were, like, just introduced."
The film being so damn expensive probably allowed only the fight scenes we got, of course (which were fuggin good), but ideally, your robots vs. monsters movie shouldn't have long stretches completely lacking robots vs. monsters. The storyline, characters, backstory, Etc. were all good, don't get me wrong. However, people are watching this to see those fights, not to see the humans save the world. It'd be like if Jackie Chan's Drunken Master II had one fight scene at the beginning that kind of cuts short, a glimpse of the end of a fight a little while later, and then a bunch of fights together at three-quarters through the movie.
Don't know how well-over a Pacific Rim taking place during the heyday of jaeger piloting in place of what we got would have gone, but it may have made for a more rewatchable movie. The sequel could've been the "save the world," movie and given various parts of the movie room to breathe (final monster not being an actual fight, the whole "good ol' days" portion). But, again, don't know how that could've been satisfactorily done.
I feel like it suffered from the desire of some action filmmakers to make their stories have the entire world be at stake with a lot of justification/build-up for the action scenes rather than make their action scenes be compelling enough to carry the whole film. I think of how Dredd was "a (bad) day in the life of Judge Dredd," rather than "Dredd saves the world," and it still managed to capture the essence of the title character, was compelling with good pacing in regards to action.
A lot of secondary/tertiary character screen-time could've been used to showcase some of the jaegers and establish them as characters so their "deaths" are upsetting for reasons beyond "they were, like, just introduced."
The film being so damn expensive probably allowed only the fight scenes we got, of course (which were fuggin good), but ideally, your robots vs. monsters movie shouldn't have long stretches completely lacking robots vs. monsters. The storyline, characters, backstory, Etc. were all good, don't get me wrong. However, people are watching this to see those fights, not to see the humans save the world. It'd be like if Jackie Chan's Drunken Master II had one fight scene at the beginning that kind of cuts short, a glimpse of the end of a fight a little while later, and then a bunch of fights together at three-quarters through the movie.
Don't know how well-over a Pacific Rim taking place during the heyday of jaeger piloting in place of what we got would have gone, but it may have made for a more rewatchable movie. The sequel could've been the "save the world," movie and given various parts of the movie room to breathe (final monster not being an actual fight, the whole "good ol' days" portion). But, again, don't know how that could've been satisfactorily done.
DonMigs85
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Hopefully he'll get restored with a new team of pilots if we get a sequel. They pretty much just have to replace the head and maybe one of the blades.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I can't complain when it looks this cool
That is a great design.
timetokill
Banned
Just came back from seeing it a second time. Sound was a lot louder this time which made it even more impressive.
Also, it seemed quite clear to me that the Kaiju were the dinosaurs the first time around. He even mentions the "two brains" myth about dinosaurs, I think referring to the stego myth about it having two brains.
Also, it seemed quite clear to me that the Kaiju were the dinosaurs the first time around. He even mentions the "two brains" myth about dinosaurs, I think referring to the stego myth about it having two brains.
XiaNaphryz
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WordAssassin
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Saw it a second time last night with the ex (she promised me she'd see it with me while we were dating and she's awesome and kept her promise even though we broke up) and she loved it. A friend of hers had her worried because he was going on and on about how bad it was and wooden acting and cheesy dialogue and she was like "I don't get him, it's really obvious that stuff was intentional." She hasn't seen any other Kaiju movies (she says she'll let me introduce some to her) but she understood that it was all meant to be in homage to the genre.
Also the first time I saw it (with my dad) we were 15 minutes late and figured we had only missed the trailers and the first five minutes of the movie. NOPE. That intro sequence and first battle with Knifehead were AMAZING, holy shit I can't believe we missed that. Gotta see it again with him now!
Also the first time I saw it (with my dad) we were 15 minutes late and figured we had only missed the trailers and the first five minutes of the movie. NOPE. That intro sequence and first battle with Knifehead were AMAZING, holy shit I can't believe we missed that. Gotta see it again with him now!
triplestation
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i saw this movies yesterday
i thought the beginning was very strong and promising, i loved the scale of the robots and the daylight scene of fighting monsters
the robot felt big and badass, i was really digging the burning chest peice it felt so mechanically sound
but then after the introduction of mako everything went downhill because 1. shes so hot and 2. they started resorting to night time scenes
the shitty filler in the middle didn't help either, all these adults are acting like teenagers
i thought the beginning was very strong and promising, i loved the scale of the robots and the daylight scene of fighting monsters
the robot felt big and badass, i was really digging the burning chest peice it felt so mechanically sound
but then after the introduction of mako everything went downhill because 1. shes so hot and 2. they started resorting to night time scenes
the shitty filler in the middle didn't help either, all these adults are acting like teenagers
Why the fuck are the figures still sold out online? Every time I check the three Toys R Us in my area they're always sold out too. Get your shit together Neca!
Holy shit you missed every thing the first time.
Holy shit you missed every thing the first time.
chickdigger802
Banned
haha cherno works great in comics and 2d art because its so damn cute.
like a walking nuclear reactor.
XiaNaphryz
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demosthenes
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The idea is that the block was only in allowing things back. That they never expected humans to be trying to go from their side home.
Hmm, I though that leaving the Kaiju corpse in the tunnel basically left both doorways open, but I guess either makes sense.
Evolution_1ne
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wish we could have seen it in action
Haha ^_^
WordAssassin
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Movie started at 4:40, I think we walked into the theater at 4:55? They had to have started the movie early, or had NO ads/trailers in front of it, because we walked in right after the kid found the toy Jaeger in the snow. That's a good 10-15 minutes into the film.
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