Pacific Rim

[Taiso]

That may be, but I think Pacific Rim has a workable plot. It's been the basis of a lot of classic anime and there are reasons such a reliable formula has given people so many hours of good entertainment.

The problem won't be Pacific Rim's plot, because that is time tested to be a plot people enjoy.

The question will be in how it's delivered.

Depends on whether or not you think Guillermo Del Toro is capable of doing it and what you think of the finished product.

As for Oblivion, I think it looks pretty good.

And AfterEarth, too. Surprisingly, since I'm not much of a Will Smith fan, I really want to see it. I like the phrase 'Fear is a choice.' Seems like a pretty good movie tagline and the idea of a father telling his son that danger is real but fear is something the mind makes up is an interesting premise to explore in a 'father and son lost in the wild' type setting.

 

[aria]

I'd heard about the movie, then saw the trailer before the Hobbit... I'm skeptical. Perhaps they were just trying to obfuscate the creatures for the trailer, but each and every action sequence they showed was dark and rainy (the old stand-by for hiding unconvincing CG) and I couldn't get enough into the non-CG scenes. Nothing said "avoid" but nothing got my interests going, either.

Meanwhile I was much happier with the new Star Trek Into Darkness trailer--I liked it better than the first one.

 

[Magician]

LTTP

Did nobody else get a King of the Monsters vibe from the trailer?

 

[2D_mastur]

LTTP

Did nobody else get a King of the Monsters vibe from the trailer?

Yeah it's obvious Del Toro was heavily inspired by the underwater level in King of the Monsters 2. Cheap bastard didn't wanna pay SNK-P for the rights. Perhaps he figures that they are already swimming in money like Scrooge McDuck, you know, after the whole Neo X bit.

 

[LoneSage]

I didn't wanna ruin the good vibes so I didn't post, but I agree with Bob.

Looks about as entertaining as Real Steel.

 

[Average Joe]

Real Steel was awesome

 

[2D_mastur]

Real Steel was awesome

Yeah, that movie was a pleasant surprise. I went into it thinking it was going to be absolute shit.

 

[Moon Jump]

I loved Real Steal. I got a real Robot Jox meets the monsters from Cloverfield. But shit, I wanna see this day one in IMAX. I wonder if their going to use this to see how well Godzilla will do. I really want to see the test footage from Comic Con but it's nowhere to be found online.

 

[LoneSage]

well, shit

guess i gotta watch real steel now

 

[terry.330]

Another +1 for Real Steel. It's not amazing but it's a quality kid friendly movie where robots punch each other a lot. If I was 10 I'd love it.

 

[skotgun]

 

[Normdog]

Some new footage in the official CES trailer

 

[Magician]

The sci-fi lover in me can't help but be geeked everytime I watch a Pacific Rim trailer. I'll say it again. Pacific Rim looks like King of the Monsters: The Movie to me. It looks like serious fun.

 

[SPINMASTER X]

I'm interested but I'm not gonna flip out over it. The mecha/robot designs didn't grab my attention at all and to be truthful I'm let down by it. They look like a giant version of the robot from Toonami.

I'm mostly interested in where the monster comes from but only mildly.

 

[Normdog]

Some new Jaeger (trading card) pics and designs

Design for the "Coyote Tango" - http://i.imgur.com/K7OlICa.jpg

Design for the "Gipsy Danger" - http://i.imgur.com/B2bafy6.jpg

Design for the "Cherno Alpha" - http://i.imgur.com/h2XCKWF.jpg

 

[Normdog]

Design for the “Crimson Typhoon” – http://i.imgur.com/gNdEBkX.jpg

Design for the “Striker Eureka” – http://i.imgur.com/UV27GRR.jpg

 

[Average Joe]

so Japan has the weakest robot and Australia has the strongest?

that seems backwards...

(movie still looks kick-ass)

 

[ViolentStorm]

By watching the trailer I thought to myself it's got the King of the Monster's feel to it and Pacific Rift look's fantastic.

 

[Normdog]

Some more images from PR

Also, some Jaeger action figures (from the new toy line) -

http://i.imgur.com/31uZaUz.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/6cfnHqs.jpg

 

[Normdog]

The "sweded" version of the first Pacific Rim trailer

 

[Normdog]

New Trailer (WonderCon Footage)

& new poster and banner

 

[Normdog]

Main Trailer

 

[Average Joe]

it's unreal how good this looks

pretty sure i'll be there at midnight to check it out

 

[Gamefan]

I am so stoked to see this movie!

GAMEFAN

 

[Tung Fu ru]

Man this movie looks pretty kick ass! I'm sure there will be some cheesiness in the movie, but with Del Toro directing it should be okay.

I might even be able to talk my wife into seeing it since Charlie Hunnam (also plays Jax in Sons of Anarchy) is in the movie.