Pacific Rim sequel scheduled for 2017
 

They are also planning a Pacific Rim animated series. IT'S TIME TO RE-CANCEL THE APOCALYPSE.

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Cool. I think.

A Second chance to make a first good movie. :thumb:

first one was a boo for me

Don't know why people thought the first was so good.

Too me it was just Power Rangers for grownups. nothing great about it at all.

I really liked the first one. Kind of surprised at the dislike. Much better treatment of the whole mecha/robot thing than what we usually get in America.

But maybe people dislike the genre.

Me too. Then again, I had zero expectation going in beyond awesome special effects sequences of giant robots fighting giant monsters. They could have removed all the filler/story in-between and I wouldn't have cared. My inner 12 year old came for the fight scenes and left a happy camper!

The first one was fantastic to me. Hopefully this is just as good.

I was disappointed by the first one. Hopefully this one hits the mark.

The monster designs in the first were too bland for me. Need to add a little punch to them in the next movie.

That and find a way to bring Ron Pearlman's character back to life.

You think bringing a character magically back to life is a good idea? :banghead:

Ron Pearlman's character lives. Watch after the first couple of minutes of credits.

I thought Pacific Rim was pretty fun, and as far as giant robot movies go, I liked it better than the Transformer shit.

"Worked" in Highlander 2?? :shrug::shrug:

Thought the first was pretty stupid, to be honest.

The best thing about Pacific Rim was actually when I was watching the new Godzilla with my kids. When they were talking about how to handle Godzill and the, errr, Mutas or whatever they are called, my youngest son leaned over and said "I know ---- build giant robots!"

I thought that was pretty damn good for a 10 year old.

The first one was good from an action standpoint. once you start looking at the story though, it suffers drastically. if you were going into looking for transformers vs godzilla, it was pretty good though. i thought it was just a fun movie, and if you weren't looking for too deep of a film, it was extremely enjoyable.

He isnt dead tho

wow, never saw that. Thanks.

you mean this wasn't the sequel?

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The acting looks about on par.

Hunnam was about as wooden as it gets for a lead.

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pacific rim was great for what it was..

This. The personal story arcs were weak as hell but the universe, backdrop and action were great.

I'm fine with the genre. Pacific Rim just wasn't very good.

Can you point to something in the genre from the past 20 years that was better?

Better than bad does not equal good.

Not the point. If he's fine with the genre, there must be something in the genre better. Right?

The original comment was that people must dislike the genre if they didn't love Pacific Rim. So I interpret him saying he's fine with the genre as a comment that he doesn't dislike it. But I'm sure he can speak for himself.

And I think the original comment stands. If you dislike the best best example of a genre, how can you not dislike the genre? That's like saying I don't have a problem with eggs. I just haven't had one I liked yet.

I think your problem is the assumption that you calling it the "best best example of a genre" means that it actually is. When the reality is that it's just one guy's opinion. Same as someone else, say me for example, saying they don't think Pacific Rim was all that great a movie because as cool as the robots and kaiju models were, many of the shots were just too tight to make coherent action beats, or because much of the plot and nearly all of the individual character beats in the movie (which were clearly prominent parts of the movie) just weren't done very well.

Saying that doesn't mean I hate kaiju movies, it just means I had some issues with this one. Things that I thought should have been done better, with both the technology and the quality of the talent involved, both in front of and behind the camera. YMMV and I'm completely fine with you not having the same qualms with the movie that I did. I'm not trying to convince you or anybody else of anything, just explaining why I didn't quite love it. It just wasn't quite the movie I hoped it was going to be, with all the folks involved. I was disappointed. Didn't hate it. Not saying it was bad. Just that I hope #2 is a bit... more.

That's fine, but tell me which movie has done it right in your opinion? You're asking for more than this genre has ever produced. Please show me a better example of the genre that meets your expectations.

I don't know about the talent behind the camera, but in front of it? Yeah, wasn't expecting any Oscar performances here. I think the main point for many of the fans of the movie is that this genre has never been about plots, or story arcs, or character development. It's been about massive creatures/robots fighting each other. That's it. The rest is just filler in-between what the real movie is about.

Like porn, that filler is intended to get you to the action as quickly as possible. This genre is not Sex in the City. It's Debbie Does Dallas.

keg in kc has done a pretty good job with the responses. I'll let his words stand for me, to this point.

OK, so just to be clear. It is OK to be a fan of a genre, even if you dislike everything within that genre?

If I didn't like Hunnam for his role in SoA... I probably would have thought the casting for the lead role was "meh". But honestly, in a movie like this, I didn't care... it's more about big ****ing robots that kick ass.

I enjoyed the first one. Thought it was fun and loved the aesthetic. I understand all the critiques too, but in the end, I had fun watching it, and that's all I really wanted out of that movie.
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The following is my opinion:

The characters sucked, the story made no sense, and I was not impressed with the overall look of the film.

The FX were great. The monsters and mechs looked great. The framing around the action was terrible and distracted from what could have been a much better movie.

JMO of course. Not really too concerned with a sequel unless they it's with a whole new cast of characters that might be interesting.

Who took any such position?

I thought the 1st one was the ultimate popcorn movie done right...

I thought it was good and fun. Not a great film, but fun. I think it pretty much fit into Del Toro's style. Hes a quirky and unique film maker. He doesnt really make huge audience pleasers like a Michael Bay. His movies are shot dark and murky.

I think they are saying anyone that likes the genre, but hated the movie and has not stated which movies are better than it. Those people.

I agree, if you said you hated the movie for what it was, you need to provide a better movie.

I'm just asking those who didn't like this movie, but profess to like the genre, to give me an example of this genre done right. So far, I'd equate the disparaging comments I've seen as someone going to a Keystone Cops film and then complaining that everybody kept falling down.

Award winning acting and character driven story arcs were never a part of this genre. If you bitch about the absurdity of an Evil Dead movie and someone suggests Bruce Campbell movies might not be for you, a response along the lines of "I'm fine with the genre. Army of Darkness just wasn't very good" just doesn't make sense.

What "wasn't very good" to you is present in every other film of the genre, including the new Godzilla movie everybody has the same complaints about. We've already lost the vampire et al genre to tweens and Danielle Steele. Please don't try turning giant robot / monster fighting movies into some sort of Days of Our Lives drama.

More Robots, Less Crying
More Monsters, Less Romance
More Fighting, Less Drama

:D

I'd like to see a prequel to Mama: "Stepmama"

Eh?

Ehhhhhhhhhh?

No, that's not what you're doing. What you're doing is claiming that people who didn't think this was a very good movie don't like the genre. I happen to love the genre, but I don't view every movie in the genre equally.

And I'd equate your posts with low level trolling.

It makes perfect sense. You don't get to decide which Bruce Campbell films they must prefer, just as you don't get to decide which Kaiju movies they must prefer.

No, what wasn't very good to me was Pacific Rim, which I found to be lacking in overall appeal. And it has nothing to do with any sort of Days of Our Lives drama. If you want to bitch about that sort of drama, though, Pacific Rim almost had a disaster happen because a character was flashing back to a childhood memory, it had Goose v. Iceman, only Iceman had to bow out of the big scene because he was injured, and Del Toro even threw in the co-pilots with romantic and sexual tension angle on top of that, for crying out loud.

I hope Del Toro does a better job the next time.

I liked Pacific Rim and did not like the Transformers movies...

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:p

What genre are you talking about? Monster movies? If so Cloverfield is easily better. The new Godzilla is miles better.
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Pacific rim is basically a toned down Michael Bay movie...except with shittier action scenes.
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It wasn't just a monster movie... it was influenced by old Japanese anime cartoons too, among other things.

But I really enjoyed the first movie. It's probably one of my favorite movie theater experiences ever. I loved Godzilla too... I don't think you can evenly compare the two, they were aiming for two completely different things. In fact I'm pretty sure Del Toro said at one point they did not want it to be an ode to Godzilla, or at least those old monster movies. It was obviously far more influenced by the old Japanese anime mecha cartoons.

In Michael Bay action scenes you can't even tell wtf is going on. Just quick cuts and action so fast with so much $3it going on it's a blur.

Not to mention annoying actors and a storyline so terrible and full of holes it's made for MST3000...

This movie sucked but the MegaZord Kaiju was ****ing awesome. Best design yet.

I finally payed for this turd and turned it off at around the 30 minute mark.

I knew to turn my brain off and enjoy Voltron vs. Godzilla but it wasn't working. Not any Godzilla and too much building up bullshit on how Voltron works and why we can't use it and bla bla.

I'm out.

My mind is already on the Monster-verse Legendary is setting up now. Hopefully they don't shit the bed like DC/WB did (but they are rushing in exactly like Justice League.)

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