Del Toro's Pacific Rim is the Godzilla movie GINO wasn't

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Divvy said:
I honestly still can't believe a movie like this is getting made.

I can't wait to see this goddamn movie, hopefully Iron Man 3 will satisfy me enough until July.
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I just hope we get a 48 FPS sequel with even better CG ala transformers. Each movie had much better visual effects, less blur ect.

Please del toro, make a ton of these.
 
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CinemaCon: 'Pacific Rim' Director Guillermo del Toro Responds to Michael Bay's 'Rip-Off' Slam

"The fights don't occur in well-lit, supercool, car commercial-looking environments," del Toro says in response to Bay's knock on other robot movies.

According to Guillermo del Toro, his upcoming giant robot movie Pacific Rim couldn't be more different from Michael Bay's Transformers franchise. But during Bay's presentation at CinemaCon earlier this week plugging Pain & Gain and 2014's Transformers 4, Bay told theater owners that there have been quite a few "rip-off' robot movies and that audiences know better.

Bay didn't specifically name any titles, but he likely was referring to Universal's ill-fated Battleship and DreamWorks' Reel Steel, both of which didn't work at the box office. However, many attending the session wondered whether Bay also was calling out Pacific Rim, which del Toro promoted during his CinemaCon presentation a day later (insiders close to Bay say they highly doubt it).

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, del Toro responds that his movie is totally different than Transformers.

"We are far, far, far away from that in a very willing fashion," del Toro says. "For good or bad, this is my movie. This is my universe and my creation, and I do not create through comparison."

There is an operatic quality to Pacific Rim in terms of size and scope, del Toro says. In the film, the robots are as tall as 25-story buildings — much larger than the Autobots of Bay's franchise -- and they take on invading alien monsters.

"The fights don't occur in well-lit, supercool, car commercial-looking environments," del Toro says. "They occur in the middle of a raging sea storm or in a savage snowstorm. They happen in a universe that is incredibly saturated."

The director also points out that robots have been a mainstay of science fiction for decades. "And to some degree, the source of all artificial life is Frankenstein," he says.

On a lighter note, del Toro says his robots could crush every "robot in the history of mankind in a toe-to-toe showdown."

Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures open Pacific Rim in theaters July 12.
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pacific-rims-del-toro-responds-442131
 
Blablurn said:
CinemaCon: 'Pacific Rim' Director Guillermo del Toro Responds to Michael Bay's 'Rip-Off' Slam



http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pacific-rims-del-toro-responds-442131
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Difference between this and Bayformers is that even if Pacific Rim sucked (which i'm sure it won't), it will still be better than the whole of the Transformers trilogy. The only saving grace in Transformers is the special effects. Which is the one of the few thing these two movies have in common as ILM worked on both.
 
Del Toro shouldn't even have to explain himself to the likes of Bay, jesus christ.

Also, we need a new trailer asap! Super hyped for this movie.
 
Bad marketing for this film so far. It's coming out in July and we only got one underwhelming trailer out for it so far

They need another one out immediately
 
I'm sure there's going to be a new trailer out with Superman since it's a similar audience and the other big Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures collaboration this summer. But are they really going to wait that long for another trailer? What's sooner? The Hangover Part III? Hopefully one is attached to Iron Man 3, or something.
 
Entirely possible that Warner is wising up to the fact that their core audience is going to see these relatively niche genre flicks regardless of advertising, but it's an almost guaranteed flop with the general public. Del Toro's not a draw, and neither is anyone starring in this. Their only saving grace is that the middle of July is absolutely barren.
 
Discotheque said:
Bad marketing for this film so far. It's coming out in July and we only got one underwhelming trailer out for it so far

They need another one out immediately
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It has been horrible. A movie on this large a scale coming out in only 3 months should be getting a little more of a push.

On a lighter note, del Toro says his robots could crush every "robot in the history of mankind in a toe-to-toe showdown."
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Hahahaha
 
I don't know if this movie will do well (supposedly it's testing highly) but I'm super excited for it nonetheless =D

My favorite design has to be Cherno Alpha.
 
Someone ask del toro about our all white Winter Canadian Soldier Bot! and for some reason i read "always ready" as "Always online" lol

p.s. hope someone updates this thread of makes a new thread when the figures are about to be released.
 
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