Pacific Rim Sequel: This March Holy Shit it Happened

Quid

Pacific Rim is an upcoming 2013 American science fiction film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Travis Beacham. The film is set in the near future where soldiers pilot giant mecha into battle against invading giant monsters who have risen from a portal beneath the ocean.

How giant you ask? This giant:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5guMumPFBag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNwECmiJNFw&feature=player_embedded

Interview with Del Toro

Del Toro wrote:

This is a movie I really hope families and kids watch. I really hope it. My main goal is if you have a dad and an 11-year-old or 13-year-old kid watching the movie together, the dad can identify the nostalgia feel, but the kid goes, Oh my God, that's the biggest monster I've ever seen! So, it was about scale and an unmovable, advancing force of nature - the kaiju - and the humans holding up with all of these things: intelligence, bravery, these things standing up against this blind push.

Make your own robot and help the fight!

Quid:



kedinik:



The Ender:



Australopitenico:



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Marauder:



PLA:



krapst78:



Rhesus Positive:



HamHamJ:



Syngyne:



Whittledown:



No-Quarter



TK-42-1:



LoveIsUnity:



dlinfiniti:



ElJeffe:



Bursar:



Atlas in Chains:



Waffen:



Pacific Rim comes out today and everyone loves it. Go see it.

Winky

Basically, everything del Toro has said about this film and his thought process in creating it in interviews is totally awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSH506JWC0M

Del Toro wrote:

One of the rules I gave to the Kaiju designers is -I wanted them to think "How would a man in a suit fit in there?"

http://variety.com/2013/film/news/pacific-rim-visual-effects-get-operatic-twist-1200488753/

Asked what he’s most excited about in the pic’s vfx, del Toro first mentions neither robots nor monsters but something subtler: water. Since the creatures emerge from the Pacific, much of the action is in the ocean or in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor.

“The water dynamics in this movie are technically beautiful, but also artistically incredibly expressive,” he says. “We agreed on making the water become almost another character. We would time the water very precisely. I’d say ‘Get out of the wave (on this frame).’ ”

Sometimes the helmer would use classic art, such as Hokusai’s engraving the Great Wave as a common point of reference. “I would say ‘Give me a Hokusai wave,’ ” says del Toro. “I think (the vfx team) did a tremendous job; we use the waves and weather in the movie very operatically.”

http://badassdigest.com/2013/07/07/the-badass-interview-pacific-rim-screenwriter-travis-beacham/

Travis Beacham wrote:

It goes back to the line ‘We’re canceling the apocalypse,’ which sounds like a stereotypically badass line, but I wasn’t trying to write a macho line. I was thinking about everyone talking about the 2012 predictions and the financial crisis and all that stuff, and I think we as a culture have an almost fetishistic resignation to the end times. It’s almost like we’re looking forward to saying ‘I told you so.’ I always found that unappealing, and I wanted this movie to be about no, we say when it’s over. We’re people. We can change the world. We get to say when we’re done. That’s what I wanted the movie to be about - not any one country or one flag, just all people coming together. Coming together and saying, ‘We’re going to do something about this. And if it’s crazy? To hell with it, we’ve accomplished crazy things before.’

Quid

Good. I've seen bits and pieces quoted but don't actually know where to find any and they'd be a nice addition to the OP.

Deaderinred

op needs to be BIGGER!

Buttcleft

I wonder if a aircraft carrier would actually be capable of carrying that sort of deck load.

dlinfiniti

Buttcleft wrote: »

I wonder if a aircraft carrier would actually be capable of carrying that sort of deck load.

release the kraken!

Siska

Looks awesome. Unfortunately I can't think of anyone I know who would be interested to go see it with me. I may have to wait for Netflix/DVD-release.

Quid

Deaderinred wrote: »

op needs to be BIGGER!

Everyone can help with this!

Make your own giant robot movie poster!

Example:

Forar

Got my tickets for Friday at 5. Seems a bunch of theaters are now doing Thursday showings around 10pm and even as early as 7pm.

Just something to keep an eye out for.

The Ender

I am an enthusiast for both giant monsters and giant robots. And, on occasion, the blending of such concepts.



i am trying to keep my expectations very low for Pacific Rim. I been done wrong so many times.

Quid

Mah robot!



I am a sucker for Culture ship names.

Edit: Also the fact that every single piece you build your robot with actually details the difference between parts as you build it is wonderful.

Edit 2: This concerns Geth.

Edit 3: Wait no now he thinks it's awesome.

Edit 4: MAKE UP YOUR MIND.

Quid

I'm going to bed now.

When I wake up I expect a rag tag but lovable multinational team of oddly named robots.

Forar

I'm using my phone as a modem until the actual techs come in to install the net at my new apt tomorrow morning, so I think I should avoid that, but I'll see what I can do later in the day/week.

The SE++ thread had a good run of awesome names, I'm sure there'll be some solid winners here too.

Ninja Snarl P

I seriously cannot remember the last time I looked forward to a movie this much. I want to see it so bad I could eat it.

Hedgethorn

Awesome'd the OP for the thread title alone.

I was planning on letting this pass me by, but the 80+% on Rotten Tomatoes, along with some of the reviews by RT's "Top Critics" leads me to believe that this won't be a flaming hunk of trash like Man of Steel and Iron Man 3 were.

kedinik

Quid wrote: »

I'm going to bed now.

When I wake up I expect a rag tag but lovable multinational team of oddly named robots.

GreasyKidsStuff

Kris Straub's "Diarrhea Touchdown" is the funniest one by far

Forar

Someone clearly hasn't been paying attention to the naming convention. Hrmmmmmm. :P

GreasyKidsStuff

I had a chuckle to myself when I came up with "Friendzone Omega" this afternoon. Somebody in the SE++ thread came up with Misandry from the country of Isreal and that was pretty good too.

Casually Hardcore

I'm listening to this for the next two days to

GET THE PSYCHED UP FOR THIS MOVIE!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w9UX_ZxAmA

Winky

Updated that second post with some goodies.

Also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNwECmiJNFw

Ninja Snarl P

Casually Hardcore wrote: »

I'm listening to this for the next two days to

GET THE PSYCHED UP FOR THIS MOVIE!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w9UX_ZxAmA

Soooo... Voltron, seizure edition?

The Ender

Rhan9

Yeah, really looking forward to this movie.

Australopitenico

Drez

The thread title has me intrigued.

Specifically the "Stringer Bell punches Cthulhu" part.

jefe414

As I'm in final countdown mode, I've begun watching the available Godzilla movies on Netflix. Last night was Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster (my favorite of the Godzilla characters). Tonight will be: Rhodan.

Taranis

Marauder

And

Marauder

Also, pay attention to the Pan/Rotate button on the movie poster screen.....I didnt spot it immediately. Also, thank you for ruining my productivity for the day, thread.

Fakefaux

It is your patriotic duty to buy five tickets for this movie. Kanye Kojima said so.

DiannaoChong

Man, I hope the Lucadhor has custom ship horns on it that plays la cucaracha.

Casually Hardcore

Ninja Snarl P wrote: »

Casually Hardcore wrote: »

I'm listening to this for the next two days to

GET THE PSYCHED UP FOR THIS MOVIE!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w9UX_ZxAmA

Soooo... Voltron, seizure edition?

You're kidding me?

This movie is the multi million dollar wet dream of every 20-something years old who grew up watching shows like these

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkIJYrjUYyQ

PLA

krapst78

I grew up watching Choushinsei Flashman and Ultraman as a kid and my mom bribed me on getting my vaccine shots with a full set of King Lion when I was 3 years old. If this movie was targeted to a single person on this entire planet, I'd be the guy at the front of the line.

kedinik

@Quid You seem to have mixed me up with another Corgi enthusiast in the OP.

Golden Yak

Someone make a Canadian one. I tried to but it bugged out and wouldn't let me save it.

PLA

Mine could be considered canadian.
Edit: Also the wrong size, somehow.

TheBlackWind

TheBlackWind wrote: »

LoveIsUnity

PLA

Winnipeg Blue Bombers.