Pacific Rim: Uprising only has Guillermo del Toro as producer, so the particular blend of over-the-top wackiness that brought Lovecraftian monsters to bear against what are essentially giant Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em robots in Pacific Rim may be missing in the sequel. But if you think that’s going to prevent me, as a guy whose last name is Yaeger, from going to see a movie in which giant robots called Jaegers save the day…..you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It could be the worst movie of the year and still serve as a two hour self-affirmation journey for me. So when the Kaijus return in March….I shall be there! RISE JAEGERS RISE!
In the first film Guillermo took the time to make the jaegers look like they were behemoths in a lilliputian setting. Admittedly, just from the trailer, it looks like these one’s are a bit less constrained by gravity, inertia, etc … which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I did like that touch of reality. (in a completely unreal sort of way) These ones look a bit Transformer-y.
But, it is only a trailer, and we all know that trailers never give away anything of substance from the actual movie. 😀
Nevertheless, I shall be right there in the cinema, enjoying the spectacle of it all. 🙂
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Because you know THE POWER OF JAEGERS!!!!
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WHRRRrrrrrrr … clunk! … ouch! … Opsie
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Cold, Widders, collllld.
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The leaping Yeager at :56 looks like Grievous.
This trailer is much, much better than the first one, but I still say that if you take GDT out of a film about giant robots fighting giant monsters, all you are left with is giant robots fighting giant monsters. GDT elevated the material, but this new one looks like it was made by people who didn’t understand that it needed to be elevated. I hope I’m complitenrdd
wrong. I’m such a huge fan of the first one.
BTW, I want to see GDT on that stage in a few weeks, gripping that Oscar.
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I’m pretty sure you will, and you will see this because you are my friend and will support any film that has giant monster fighting robots bearing my name lol.
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Your name is attached to the movie, and GDT’s name is there, too.
I shall be there on opening night.
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Well, GDT and I HAVE met (shameless name dropping) so clearly I left such an impact on him that….yeah, no I can’t even sell that lol lol.
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