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[Platy]

Cinemablend:

The way that the mechs, called Jaegers in the movie, work is that two pilots are hooked up through a neural bridge and can control the machine with their own movements.

Makes sense for them to be wearing some sort of armored suit rather than the typical fighter pilot gear.

So ...if it is 2 people controling the same robot with movements ... than the pilots .... the pilots need to..... synchronize themselfs ?

 

[Krev]

Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win! is now playing in my head.

 

[near]

Fucking love Del Toro. <3

 

[ThisWreckage]

Reminds of Speed Racher aesthetically for some reason. But Speed Racer's aesthetic was supposed to conjure up cheese whereas this is not supposed to.

 

[BlueTsunami]

Exactly.
If I go to a movie like this I want to be transported to a world of pure over the top style.

I don't know, there's something to be said for functional realism versus style

 

[.la1n]

When it comes to monster designs Del Toro is second to none. I'm sure he even has some crazy ideas carried over from at the mountain of madness.

 

[Replicant]

The Evangelion-sounding plot sure interesting. Having Charlie Hunnam and Rinko Kikuchi as the two leads just add to the appeal.

Having said that the two in their plugsuit do look a bit like Shinji and Rei and makes me also wonder if the plot was salvaged from that aborted live-action Evangelion movie.

Also Hunnam without the beard looks a bit like Scott Speedman (Underworld, The Strangers).

 

[Darth Pinche]

New Pacific Rim poster. Fuck YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[heliosRAzi]

That's a big ass robot

 

[Good Job Bob]

Didn't expect them to be that huge.

Guess XiaNaphyrz wasn't kidding when he said we couldn't imagine the scale of some of the stuff in this film.

 

[jett]

That's big.

So are these mechs going to be Mazinger-inspired?

 

[Grakl]

Wow.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

I know it's just a small glimpse, but that mech looks a bit boring.

 

[SteveWinwood]

So this is what weta repurposed their live action NGE stuff for right?

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

New Pacific Rim poster. Fuck YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HNNNNG!

God Bless Del Toro!

 

[SunhiLegend]

Wow, this movie's going to be amazing.

 

[ezekial45]

That is indeed a "giant fucking robot".

 

[jett]

I know it's just a small glimpse, but that mech looks a bit boring.

It's hard to tell, but I agree. While conceptually it sounds like Evangelion, visually it doesn't really resemble it at all.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

It's hard to tell, but I agree. While conceptually it sounds like Evangelion, visually it doesn't really resemble it at all.

90's babies may need to suck it down if Del Toro goes old school.

I'm okay with this!

 

[vio]

WOW that is.. huge! Honeycomb pattern in sci-fi designs need to die tough. Movie will be still be awesome.

 

[3N16MA]

Love the scale. Bring on Comic-Con.

 

[Hot Coldman]

I'm still in. Robots shouldn't have necks. del Toro is right on so far.

I just need to see the monsters.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

I'm still in. Robots shouldn't have necks. del Toro is right on so far.

I just need to see the monsters.

You could always google the work of Guy Davis to get a rough idea.

 

[JimiNutz]

Robot design is not what I expected (not in a good way) but I'm still on board.

Wonder if all the robots will be that big because that's the biggest robot I've ever seen! lol

 

[Lebron]

Looking decent so far. Doesn't look retarded like a Gundam, nor as bad as the original "Hollywood generic design" statement we had earlier. Could look better, sure, but it's decent. It's huge as holy fuck, which I like. Can't wait to see it in action whenever the trailer hits.

 

[ZoddGutts]

Meh, that mech looks like the Crisis suit. Sucks that they went with a generic look for the mechs, in a movie like this it needs to be more stylized.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

kikuchi=excite
Hunnam=GI JOE Duke 2.0

 

[mjc]

There's your giant robot folks, so quit your whining.

 

[teiresias]

Climax of the film should involve a new prototype mech that's difficult to pilot and modeled after

Spoiler

Hatsune Miku

.

 

[UrbanRats]

New Pacific Rim poster. Fuck YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dat generic font.

 

[3N16MA]

We built command centres of the robots that were the size of the house. We started them on hydraulic rigs that shoot and elevated them and moved them round so you could really get a sense of the physical nature driving a robot like this."

The way that the mechs, called Jaegers in the movie, work is that two pilots are hooked up through a neural bridge and can control the machine with their own movements.

It's obvious that they're in the command centre of the mech in that pic. Considering it takes two pilots to operate the mechs, it's also obvious that they connect their suits to the equipment shown in that pic. Just connecting the dots in case anyone missed it.

 

[Dresden]

That looks like a training room.

 

[DirkDiggler]

New Pacific Rim poster. Fuck YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please tell me this isnt a fake.I jut posted it on facebook

 

[Darth Pinche]

I got it from the official Facebook page (also Legendary Pictures page).
2 legit to quit.

 

[Vinegar Joe]

This could well be fantastic. The ridiculous size of the robot gives me hope that Del Toro is going to ignore silly things like logic and physics. The less of those two the better this film will be.

 

[Ratrat]

Anyone else reminded of Lost in Space?

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

Why do robots even have heads? Wouldn't it be more efficient to have the command centre of the robot at the centre?

 

[LuCkymoON]

Evangelion the movie?

sure, I guess you could make that comparison if you've never seen Evangelion.

 

[Vinegar Joe]

Why do robots even have heads? Wouldn't it be more efficient to have the command centre of the robot at the centre?

Because a headless robot would look stupid. And having the command centre in the head allows it to detach and operate as a separate vehicle. Duh.

Also refer to my previous post about logic.

 

[Ithil]

Why do robots even have heads? Wouldn't it be more efficient to have the command centre of the robot at the centre?

Because they'd look stupid without heads.

 

[Ithil]

Anyone else reminded of Lost in Space?

I guess on a basic costume level. But costume design was the least of that movie's problems.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Meh, that mech looks like the Crisis suit. Sucks that they went with a generic look for the mechs, in a movie like this it needs to be more stylized.

I see what you mean, but... you can't get more stylized than Crysis' suit. It's just a different type of stylization.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Im not really digging what we are seeing so far, but I know the monster designs will be fantastic due to Del Toro.. I hope this movie isn't too cheesy, it could really be fun.

 

[duckroll]

Is the poster supposed to be a robot? I'm not sure what to think...

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Why do robots even have heads? Wouldn't it be more efficient to have the command centre of the robot at the centre?

If the robot is designed to be controlled by human thought, it would make for an awkward interface if it wasn't anatomically similar to us.

 

[duckroll]

Higher resolution poster (fuck it, dropping the quotes):

 

[bengraven]

Higher resolution poster (fuck it, dropping the quotes):

http://i.imgur.com/iTFfO.jpg

Real reaction:

"Oh, so they have FPS-like helmets on their power su---wait...what's that on that soldier's should---oh shit that's not a suit...that's a big fucking robot! Oh shit, the birds!"

 

[AgentChris]

O_O Dat scale.

 

[Lebron]

As long as it doesn't fight like a Power Ranger zord, I will be pleased.

 

[JdFoX187]

The scale of this movie is going to be fucking epic. Hopefully this convinces Toho to bring Godzilla out of retirement and get that new movie up and going.