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Pacific Rim |OT| Apocalypse Never
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Yep. Someone was mentioning earlier that a 3-hour director's cut is a possibility.
Plus the merchandising has a chance to be big as well.
augmental
Member
The Japanese should eat this up right? I would assume there are a million collectibles going on over there for this movie...or is it just that exclusive poster with the MGS artist?
Joel Was Right
Member
I wanted more use of the sword. I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A SWORD. Why did no one mention this to me.
ZedIndyLil
Member
I've strongly resisted buying the figures/toys because, well, I don't really need any more stuff like that around my place. But I imagine it'll be a bit harder to resist once I see the damn thing tomorrow.
Deified Data
Banned
Give in. You know you want to.
I can attest that the figs are very high quality. I have them all.
augmental
Member
You're going to buy the Gipsy Danger figure from NECA just like I did. No point in resisting now. It's going on the desk.
About 1/5 full for the first 3D imax showing. Was able to get a nice seat with space around me and there still posters left =(.
At least after watching it, I see this movie has everything it needs to succeed in the international/ East Asian market.
Just saw it. Didn't expect story, didn't get story, but oh my god for two hours I was being a child again.
Amazing use of weapons, both build-in and provisional.
Also, (character spoiler)
Cinema was mostly empty, 10 people with me, but of course the dudes behind me couldn't shut up.
Will buy on Blu-Ray, fantastic movie.
Amazing use of weapons, both build-in and provisional.
Rocket Elbow Holy Moley! Sword Mode Jesus Christ!
Also, (character spoiler)
dat Ron Perlman.
Cinema was mostly empty, 10 people with me, but of course the dudes behind me couldn't shut up.
Will buy on Blu-Ray, fantastic movie.
Freezasaurus
Member
Why don't you guys wait for the 18-inch electronic one?
Joel Was Right
Member
Are people in the UK getting posters with this? I didn't see anything like that. I saw at it CineWorld
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
There were only eight people last night, including me but to be fair the entire theatre was nearly empty. I'm not feeling this going to do well in the US hopefully it finds its legs WW.
Maybe because they didn't want to spoil people that amazing scene!
augmental
Member
I wish this was true.
Phanatic8390
Member
I must own this
augmental
Member
HOLY CRAP it has the SWORD too. I'm too old to be buying this stuff though. Ha, yeah right. Doesn't look like there is a release date though, and that picture looks like a shop of the 7" version, hmm.
Duane Cunningham
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I can't wait to see this. Is it possible to read the prequel comic via Kindle or iBooks or something?
SDCC is next week. Expect it to make an appearance there, along with any other Jaegers or Kaiju they're releasing in waves 2 and hopefully 3 (or however many waves it takes to get to Cherno Alpha).
xXBetter Off DadXx
Member
Going to see this for the second time tonight!!!
The more I think about it the more excited I am to see it again!
The more I think about it the more excited I am to see it again!
Another criticism of this movie, I know it's not supposed to be realistic and that's what enables us to see fight robots vs. monsters, but
Horrible, it should have been something that would make more sense like a secret superweapon or something like that.
the wall is an incredibly stupid plot device, they EVEN show it doesn't work, but the Striker Eureka does, yet the world governments still insist on it.
I'd say this would have to do $100-$150mil domestically and then international BOs can pick up the slack and reign in an additional $150-250mil. That should be enough to warrant a sequel when its all said and done. Especially considering the merchandising opportunities and huge upswing a sequel could have in terms of popularity once it hits DVD/Blu-ray.
Adam Scott Aukerman
Member
Maninthemirror said:
I don't really understand this apologetic argument when it's stated as objective fact, as you and others seem to be doing.
I can completely agree that this film (I'm referring specifically here to PR as I haven't seen Man of Steel) doesn't try to be anything special when it comes to character, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, but if you're going to go that route, you have to do it really well - especially when probably less than half of the film is actually robots fighting monsters. And, unfortunately, I found pretty much everything that wasn't robots punching monsters to be incredibly boring and at times painfully written to a level I would expect from far less talented filmmakers.
But others disagree, and that's brilliant, but please don't reduce dissenting opinions to misguidance or incorrect expectations.
Freezasaurus
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brianmcdoogle
Member
Only two minor complaints. First, the
with the metal
on the
that the
slam into and got set off wasn't
, distracted the flow of the
, and got a couple of audible
from the
. That's probably the only part of the
that didn't elicit the intended
by the
.
Secondly, and the bigger of the
complaints, is I just don't care for
. I don't think he's
, or
, or
, or
. I didn't like his
, and a lot of people built up the mid
scene, which turned out to be a really
/
involving
Anyway,
kind of took off some of the
I had at the
, even if the parting
itself isn't that
,
, or
.
Edit: The second complaint of mine actually contains a spoiler, which I had spoiler tagged, but someone got mad at the very last line of the original post, so I decided to make sure everything was spoiler tagged since he was upset by that final line.
gag
balls
office desk
robots
funny
scene
grunts
audience
movie
reaction
filmmakers
Secondly, and the bigger of the
two
Ron Perlman
funny
badass
interesting
whatever
"death" scene
credit
lame
flat
joke
him
Surprise, he isn't dead! As if we cared?
Anyway,
it
excitement
ending
shot
interesting
emotional
stirring
Edit: The second complaint of mine actually contains a spoiler, which I had spoiler tagged, but someone got mad at the very last line of the original post, so I decided to make sure everything was spoiler tagged since he was upset by that final line.
I agree with this. What was even their plan?
Build a gigantic wall around the perimeter and just hope those things grow tired of breaking their beaks on it, even though they have shown to possess the power to level whole cities made of the same material as a wall? I know governments and higher-ups are supposed to act stupid in monster movies, but come on.
ZedIndyLil
Member
Where's that "Why not get both?" girl gif.
Deified Data
Banned
GDT knows his audience, so yes, we cared.
Yeah, what government would ever
build a fence along it's border to keep out undesired elements? Really. The Pacific Rim wiki says 26 Jaegers were destroyed before they decided to build the wall. They just saw it as the cheaper option. Put up a wall to keep them away from populated areas while conventional weaponry whittles them down.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
has this been posted yet?
Joel Was Right
Member
The UN reps said they were losing more Jaegars than they could build. The Kaiju incursions were becoming more frequent. Striker Eureka was an exception, and even then, as we saw, it couldn't prevent damage to the mainland. On paper, the wall seemed like the best option long-term.
By all accounts, the Jaegars had failed. It was only the realisation of how to finally close the rift that managed to save them in the end. Had that also failed, I don't think even a 1000 Jaegars piloted by the most skillful would have saved Earth. The Kaiju would have just gotten bigger and continued to stream in so it was only a matter of time
By all accounts, the Jaegars had failed. It was only the realisation of how to finally close the rift that managed to save them in the end. Had that also failed, I don't think even a 1000 Jaegars piloted by the most skillful would have saved Earth. The Kaiju would have just gotten bigger and continued to stream in so it was only a matter of time
Anton Sugar
Member
I thought that maybe, with the escalating sizes of the Kaiju, the plan may have been a good idea "at the time". However, since it was taking so long (remember that graffiti that said it would never be completed?), the Kaiju adapted faster than they could construct.
That's what I inferred, but it's not really implied or said. I agree with the complaint.
I thought they were going to say it wase superduper reinforced or something, but no, they were just big walls.
Big walls can hold back a lot of stuff; the problem is that the Kaiju just kept on getting bigger and badder. Compare the size of a category 1 Kaiju to the giants like Leatherback and Otachi.
EDIT: Sorry, I got threads mixed up and thought this was the spoiler thread.
I'm sad they can't even fit half of Gipsy Danger's arsenal on an action figure.
EDIT: Sorry, I got threads mixed up and thought this was the spoiler thread.
Adam Scott Aukerman
Member
HA! God thanks for reminding me of that bit. I actually did laugh fairly loudly at that, but only because of the nonsense physics. My screening got a few groans as well, which I think was the only time I heard anything out of them (there was only 20-30 of them).
I can't say it bothered me that much though, but in retrospect, yeah you'd think someone could have come up with something a little funnier.
Futurevoid
Member
Then you're not understanding that I'm stating opinion and nothing more. I can only state my own judgments of what I watch and I stated them pretty clearly.
If you read that as "objective fact" then I don't know what to tell you. If you honestly feel that Pacific Rim was trying to be more than what it is, then that's clearly your opinion but it's not what I walked away with from the film and I disagree with you.
Please don't misconstrue subjective analysis of a movies intent as something more than what it is.
You don't want people making reductionist statements about your opinions but then you go ahead and call my comment "apologetic" because you don't happen to agree with it. Alrighty then.
What the fuck spoilers.
Shalashaska161
Member
Man all I want to do today is see this movie again.
ZedIndyLil
Member
Wow, it's like you're Nostradamus, Mr. Bateman.
I'm too easily influenced by GAF. Glad there haven't been any "Jumping off a building is FUN!" threads.
Adam Scott Aukerman
Member
Well, naturally, after all that's largely my point. But throwing around phrases such as "but at no point does the movie ever try to convince you that it is more than what it is" I'm afraid does come off as apologetic and a refusal of a possibility that it might just not matter to some people's arguments - such is the case with me. That might not be what you intended, after all I did say seem, but that's how it came across.
I very clearly did not. My point is that I found it to be not very good at what it was trying to be.
Certainly seemed that way to me. In my viewing experience though, its usually best when that stuff is left well alone.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Anyone know the release date for Gypsy v2 and Striker figures?
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