BuckRobotron
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Yeah, seems to add some good background, albeit with some lore errors along the way. May just get it in Kindle version for six bucks and change.
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Yeah, seems to add some good background, albeit with some lore errors along the way. May just get it in Kindle version for six bucks and change.
Do you know if it describes the appearance and fighting style of those two other Jaegers or just mentions their names as they fight before Eureka Striker...?
XiaNaphryz
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chickdigger802
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tested + adam savage did a spoilercast
http://www.tested.com/art/movies/456929-spoilercast-pacific-rim-7292013/
(they loved it)
http://www.tested.com/art/movies/456929-spoilercast-pacific-rim-7292013/
(they loved it)
Warm Machine
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I saw this last night. My lord was it a tough watch. I think that expecting logic in the world the film takes place in was my mistake. This is a dumb movie that doesn't know it is dumb. Too bad because it could have been so much more.
SPECTACULAR. There has to be a Japanese audio track on the BluRay release.
Evolution_1ne
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XiaNaphryz
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BuckRobotron
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I actually swung by Toys R Us to see if they had a Gipsy Danger figure of some sort. No luck, heh.
(the one the TrU site says is in stores appears the same as at Gamestop.com)
(the one the TrU site says is in stores appears the same as at Gamestop.com)
XiaNaphryz
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20 bucks at Gamestop, online only.
http://www.gamestop.com/collectible...xe-action-figure-gipsy-danger-series-1/110993
BuckRobotron
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Might have gone for it, but not available. Did get the novelization on Kindle that I considered in an earlier post though. Pretty neat so far, not far enough in yet though to say much else.
I'm going hunting tomorrow for one, there's two TRUs and two other places I can check all within 30 minutes of each other. I need that figure!
WordAssassin
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The Kaiju are watching anime. In it, a boy grabs a girl's breast, and she runs away screaming. This gives the Kaiju an idea. Otachi attempts to grab Crimson Typhoon's breasts, to send it screaming away, but instead they both get decked by Striker Eureka.
donkey show
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Pacific Rim in a new Super Robot Wars would be awesome. I need more chibi Jaeger art as well. >__<
chickdigger802
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pppreeety sure it was rocket elbow, but some great stuff lol.
Yep, it's Rocket Elbow. That looks amazing though.
I honestly loved the movie. Went and saw it twice, the first time by myself, and the second time with my friend and his girlfriend and her friends. It was fun, especially the after-credits scene.
killertofu
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I thought it was elbow rocket
donkey show
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ERUBOH ROCKETOOOH!!!
squidhands
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It's elbow rocket.
XiaNaphryz
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I will be disappointed if a sequel doesn't involve a fight in Hawaii, where either a kaiju or jaeger ends up thrown into a volcano.
Ironically I was in Hawaii while Godzilla was being filmed there AND that's where I first watched Pacific Rim. It would be cool if what you propose became reality.
Templar Wizard
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I thought it was superb, its an Anime come to life.
I am in awe of GdT's ability to FAITHFULLY bring all the good and bad (and retardation) and recreate it on the screen.
Like the first scene has some of the worst dialogue married with the best visuals I have seen.
And the framing! nearly every shot is lifted from a Manga, which characters delivering in front of geometric lines or wide spaces.
The fight scenes were amazing, the reveal of the Kaiju in the waves in front of the fishing boat and then the entrance of Gypsy Danger in a mix of water and light... my jaw hit the floor. When the Kaiju hits the water and we follow it down...again another knock out!
He really did capture the feel and the scale of a Titan fight, but also staying close to the Toho roots. At times it really felt like a high quality 60s movie made in the 21st century.
I need to see it again ASAP. Its not for everyone, but for what it is, its is 10/10.
I am in awe of GdT's ability to FAITHFULLY bring all the good and bad (and retardation) and recreate it on the screen.
Like the first scene has some of the worst dialogue married with the best visuals I have seen.
And the framing! nearly every shot is lifted from a Manga, which characters delivering in front of geometric lines or wide spaces.
The fight scenes were amazing, the reveal of the Kaiju in the waves in front of the fishing boat and then the entrance of Gypsy Danger in a mix of water and light... my jaw hit the floor. When the Kaiju hits the water and we follow it down...again another knock out!
He really did capture the feel and the scale of a Titan fight, but also staying close to the Toho roots. At times it really felt like a high quality 60s movie made in the 21st century.
I need to see it again ASAP. Its not for everyone, but for what it is, its is 10/10.
There were only two things I felt that the movie could have done a little better (well, besides some of the acting).
1. I liked how during the EMP scene they had Gipsy appear out of nowhere to save Striker. But they highlighted it way too much with the whole discussion of Gipsy being analog, so you knew it was coming. Kinda spoils the whole reveal of Gispy showing up out of nowhere. They should have pulled a Gunbuster and cut to Tendo going "Sir, Gipsy Danger is initializing a neural handshake!" and have a badass cut of it rising out of its launch area with the pilots then revealing that it's all analog and that they can do it.
2. They had an elbow rocket and had the arm get severed, but didn't do a rocket punch by throwing the broken arm.
Basically I wanted it to be even more anime.
But I'm happy with what we got.
1. I liked how during the EMP scene they had Gipsy appear out of nowhere to save Striker. But they highlighted it way too much with the whole discussion of Gipsy being analog, so you knew it was coming. Kinda spoils the whole reveal of Gispy showing up out of nowhere. They should have pulled a Gunbuster and cut to Tendo going "Sir, Gipsy Danger is initializing a neural handshake!" and have a badass cut of it rising out of its launch area with the pilots then revealing that it's all analog and that they can do it.
2. They had an elbow rocket and had the arm get severed, but didn't do a rocket punch by throwing the broken arm.
Basically I wanted it to be even more anime.
But I'm happy with what we got.
I don't think it was meant to come out of nowhere. Else they'd probably get that thing to do another EMP blast and let the audience be surprised by Gipsy not being affected.
Well I mean, they didn't have a launch sequence or anything, did they? It kinda just showed up.
Edit: Oh, I see, you meant the thing about it being analog. I meant it's appearance at the fight. It went from "Hey Gipsy wouldn't get shut down" -> It showing up to save Striker.
Basically what I mean to say is: I just wanted both of them defiantly launching against orders and giving their justification for doing so from the cockpit.
XiaNaphryz
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The first thing Gypsy does though is rip off the EMP blast thingie on the back of the kaiju.
I thought not showing the launch was probably more something like not caring about showing it over and over again. The minute they say Gipsy isn't affected, I knew it was going to go show up. Hell, I already suspected it when the others got taken out.
True, but if you wanted to make a big deal of the EMP not affecting Gipsy and not outrightly stating it, you'd have him try another EMP before Gipsy rips it off.
I just wanted to see them completely ham it up like the first Gunbuster launch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YavONgbz5DE
SJRB
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The EMP was a deus ex machina to get Gipsy Danger back in action even though Stacker Pentecost grounded the pilots, nothing more. The whole "Gipsy is analog" motive is beyond absurd, considering the cockpit alone consists of tons of electronical devices.
It was also another way to take Striker Eureka out of the equation, a Jaeger superior to Gipsy Danger.
It was Gipsy's moment of glory.
One thing that has me puzzled is why the Kaijus came for Newt. Did the aliens send two Kaiju just to kill him because he saw the their plan?
It was also another way to take Striker Eureka out of the equation, a Jaeger superior to Gipsy Danger.
It was Gipsy's moment of glory.
One thing that has me puzzled is why the Kaijus came for Newt. Did the aliens send two Kaiju just to kill him because he saw the their plan?
Vincent Alexander
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It's not quite a deus ex machina. For it to be that, they'd have never mentioned anything about the nuclear reactor. They never even would've mention Danger was analogue. It would've been "Bam" out of nowhere, Gipsy Danger is being lowered onto the battlefield by the helicopters.
As for Newt---they're never clear what they were after. I always thought they were trying to capture him more than anything. I could be completely wrong.
Just watched te movie, fan-fucking-tastic. One of the best movies I've seen on cinema in a long time. I was smiling so many times during the movie. Favorite scene was when Gipsy Danger used breast fire to destroy the Cat-5 Kaiju.
Yeah, I never understood why Gipsy wasn't effected. Speaking of what powered the newer Jeagers? And it does seem like overkill that they would send three monsters to kill Newt.
Yeah, I never understood why Gipsy wasn't effected. Speaking of what powered the newer Jeagers? And it does seem like overkill that they would send three monsters to kill Newt.
ElbowRocket
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At the end when pearlman cuts himself out of the baby kaiju wouldn't he be poisoned by the blue blood?
no he's ron perlman.
Baby kaiju, you answered yourself.
Dammit I knew I should have stayed through the credits.
I like this answer the most.
Baron Von Beans
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It's the most fitting.
I saw this in IMAX 3D last weekend, and it blew me away. Best 3d I have ever seen. Great DOF shots. Amazing movie, too. So much giant robot greatness.
I am seeing this again tonight, I believe in 2d, but it should be just as awesome. I can't wait!
This is available again, for anyone who's looking to grab a Gipsy Danger at normal price. Just ordered one, says it should ship within 24 hours. They also have Knifehead in stock.
outunderthestars
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I really didn't care for the film in 3D. just got back from seeing it and so many scenes seems overly dim/dark and hard to follow. Not sure how much is the film and how much is the 3D.
I was a bit underwhelmed by the film overall.
Also: how many films are going to the Independence Day ending? That is the second major movie this summer alone to use it.
What was the other one?
Finished reading it last night. Nothing fantastic, but still pretty neat. No one minds minor spoilers for a novel they're not likely to read, right?
Novel spoilers:
- Mako actually comes out of hiding and sees Coyote Tango and Onibaba fighting at length. Stacker's copilot has a seizure, thus making Stacker the first and only one of two Rangers to ever control a Jaeger alone (Raleigh being the other). Coyote takes heavy damage, particularly to an arm and its face -- unlike the movie, this is how Mako sees him: through the large missing chunk of the robot's face. In addition to the expected radiation poisoning, Stacker is physically and neurologically damaged enough that he can never pilot again (til the Breach attack).
- Earlier pilots take metharocin, which subdues the radiation poisoning effects, but causes blood vessel damage. This seems like the opposite of the movie, where it seems like Pentecost take a pill because of nose bleeds.
- It's explained that two pilots in Drift don't just simply double the brain power for controlling a Jaeger; it's squared. Raleigh piloted Gypsy Danger alone for 15 minutes and will suffer some neurological damage forever. Stacker piloted Coyote Tango alone for three hours; in the Breach attack, Tendo is pretty much shocked at the brain damage and surprised that Stacker is still alive or even able to tie his shoes.
- Newt elaborates more on his theory that dinosaurs are early carbon-based kaiju, hypothesizing that millions of years of testing and a switch to a sturdier silicon base allowed them to become much larger.
- Raleigh and Gypsy's Anchorage fight with Knifehead is when they realize the kaiju are learning: it deliberately attacked the head to take out the pilots. At some earlier point, the Precursons (aliens) of the Anteverse discovered the pilots in the robot's head and their importance to its functioning.
- Crimson Typhoon's battle with Otachi lasts longer and it's pretty much outclassed. It wears down its spinning blades doing superficial damage and gets torn and punctured a bunch of holes by otachi's arms and tail to a state of being inoperable and dead in the water before finally having its head ripped off. The Wei triplets kept fighting and running repair diagnostics till the end, bowing their heads in silence moments before getting killed.
- Cherno Alpha is listed as a Mark IV that runs on incinerators/fuel. Isn't he a nuclear Mark I? Anyway, it never gets sprayed with acid. It pulls off its double fist lightning-charged attack but Otachi blocks it easily. Its exhausts get crushed, leading to concerns from command that it will eventually explode. Striker Eureka actually intervenes before Cherno gets taken out by Leatherback. Regardless, it still does get drowned and blows up.
- Striker Eureka is a lot more powerful and faster than all the other Jaegers, including upgraded Gypsy Danger. It solos Otachi with little effort and nearly finished it off, but gets knocked offline by Leatherback's EMP.
- Herc and Chuck actually watch the entire Gypsy vs. Leatherback fight occurring in Hong Kong Bay. Chuck anticipates a devastating blow from a crane-wielding Gypsy and is shocked at the "slow" swing, followed by Leatherback's dodge and counterattack -- Gypsy almost appears to lose but wins after smart dodging and the plasma cannon. Chuck knew there was a difference between Marks, but is genuinely shocked at the huge gulf in capability between generations of Jaegers after just operating his Mark V and now seeing a Mark III in action.
- Otachi fight is mostly the same, with the big difference being that Gypsy is the one that gets sprayed with acid, which does connect and melts some outer hull. Gypsy doesn't break its landing with a midair boost. Stacker gives them a rundown on gyro alignment and shock absorption changes, and other things to do to survive the landing because he's "done this before" (Mako is surprised and has no idea when her sensei fell out of the sky in a Jaeger).
- A Precursor actually communicates with Newt and Hermann during their drift, sizing them up and regarding them as a curious non-threat. It tells them they are coming and they will all die soon. Makes it pretty clear that the aliens are quite evil and not just trying to survive.
- The Breach attack happens mostly the same, except Striker gets beaten up a lot worse and never cuts Slattern's arms - it punches Slattern's eye while other physical attacks don't phase it. The Cat V kaiju is stated as being three times larger than Striker and at least twice the weight. The Jaegers can't use (or don't risk using) most of their weapons due to the intense underwater pressure. Gypsy risks using its plasma attack and it fails. The Jaegers overall are very poorly built for deep underwater fighting. Raiju and Scunner are even larger than the last pair of kaiju. One has an Alien-like head-inside-head attack.
- The Anteverse is very Lovecraftian: an endless dying city of flesh and bone, indescribable colors that give Raleigh a headache, entirely non-human architecture that makes no contextual sense and large bio-machinery operating the portal. Raleigh spots numerous massive kaiju that dwarf the Cat V Slattern and make Jaegers look like toys. Raleigh says something about the Precursors killing his brother and that they'd know have to stay in their dying world. He sees their fear and confusion before leaving in his escape-pod.
- Raleigh and Mako kiss in the end. I believe this is an alternate movie ending that was actually shot.
BuckRobotron
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I actually picked it up on Kindle in the interim, but read only 10% as other books are on the plate to finish first. Seems to be a decent number of people picking it up, such as 11 bothered highlighting the "synaptic processor array" explanation early on.
I'm sure your write-up will help others, though. I still quickly glanced at it and saw some neat notes, including that agreeable last bit. Would like that scene on Blu-ray if they have it.
SJRB
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Massive thanks for this write-up, good sir.
Some remarkable differences between this and the movie, not sure how that is even possible.
lol is that Tomikazu Sugita as Raleigh?
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