Pacific Rim

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Loving the Jaeger designs, they look great, and the viral video with the Kaiju looks superb, big fan of GDT and cannot wait for this.

 

[Marvin]

Got a feeling this is going to dominate the box office for 2013. There's plenty of blockbusters to go around next year, but I think sequel fatigue will have to yield to a completely new and fresh franchise. Kids of *all* ages will eat this up....it's the next Transformers-esque juggernaut.

We've seen sure bets fail to grab audiences in the past. As far as the low bar I'd say that rests somewhere between HellBoy money and Cloverfield movie. This suffers from the same genre depths those do. For an original picture I see it making TF1 money at best.

If this was James Cameron behind the camera it would be a totally different story as far as the audience.

 

[Drizzle]

My inner alcoholic is loving the fact that the robots are called Jaegers.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

One of my favorite drinks.

 

[superkong 500]

I'm guessing that gipsy danger is the main jaeger(the one hunnam and Kikuchi drive), the obsolete one, and striker eureka is the latest generation, the poster boy of the jaegers.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Got a feeling this is going to dominate the box office for 2013. There's plenty of blockbusters to go around next year, but I think sequel fatigue will have to yield to a completely new and fresh franchise. Kids of *all* ages will eat this up....it's the next Transformers-esque juggernaut.

Seconded. I think this is going to be a real hit with the kids, as well as the rest of the family. There's a lot of merchandising potential for this movie.

 

[chamber-music]

i would laugh if all the Jaegers join together to create one super giant Jaeger like Power Rangers

 

[DarkSovereignty]

it would be the size of a continent lmao.

 

[obin_gam]

I'm guessing that gipsy danger is the main jaeger(the one hunnam and Kikuchi drive), the obsolete one, and striker eureka is the latest generation, the poster boy of the jaegers.

Gipsy Danger is Mark 3 so there have been 2 generations before that. (Coyote's gen I cant read but Cherno is Mark 4 and Striker is Mark 5 which is the most recent one and to quote the website " "the most advanced battle machine ever assembled: the biggest, fastest and strongest Jaeger ever to walk the earth".")

My theory is that the "obsolete one" is the one they talk about in the French document, the "Pittsburgh Project", which we havent seen.

 

[TheVileOne]

So who found the Eureka Striker design?

 

[obin_gam]

^ Pacific Rim and Legendary Pictures are posting like crazy on their respective facebook accounts.

Now we have a new document as well I cant read spanish (?) but according to the facebook account it's a: Proposal of an operational base in Chile for two towering robotic Jaegers. "

They seem to be two Mark 2s called "Tacit Ronin" and "Diablo Intercept".

 

[Solidus]

I remember the Tact Ronin and Gipsy Danger from the script. I don't remember the Diablo Intercept though. But I'm sure some things have changed. Or it's been a while since I read it lol.

 

[redhawk23]

The spanish document mentions the "onibaba" incident in Japan. Onibaba is the name of an old horror film. I'm pretty sure it translates as "hag".

 

[Solidus]

Hmmm, well the first Kaiju attack was Japan, and it was a "class 5" monster one of the worst. But some of the other viral videos make it seem like San Francisco was the first attack ever.

But I'm glad to see the virals starting up, can't wait to see the visuals. The script sold me, but I know Del Toro will make it a visual feast as well.

 

[redhawk23]

We've seen sure bets fail to grab audiences in the past. As far as the low bar I'd say that rests somewhere between HellBoy money and Cloverfield movie. This suffers from the same genre depths those do. For an original picture I see it making TF1 money at best.

If this was James Cameron behind the camera it would be a totally different story as far as the audience.

I really don't think Cloverfield is a very good comparison. It was a far smaller budget film, a found footage film and was released in January. For a long time they marketed it without a title.

Hellboy is pretty much inherently a niche thing. Neither of the hellboy movies did that well money wise. It must also be noted that Hellboy 2 came out immediately before The Dark Knight.

Transformers is probably a better comparison. That film did have a brand name pedigree but more closely resembles the way this film is likely to be marketed.

 

[obin_gam]

The spanish document mentions the "onibaba" incident in Japan. Onibaba is the name of an old horror film. I'm pretty sure it translates as "hag".

I knew I recognised that word from somewhere! Looking at the "monster" in that film, may give a clue to the design of the kaiju:

(or it may not...)

 

[redhawk23]

^ Good point.

Or maybe its a Hagfish? Would be terrifying.

 

[obin_gam]

^gadjeebus!

 

[DarkSovereignty]

the new face of horror.

 

[Still Wynning]

Spoiler

The most anime-ish design that I've seen thus far, and probably my favorite of the bunch. I have a feeling I'm really going to enjoy seeing this one in action.

Del Toro really isn't hiding the anime influence is he?

This Striker Eureka model looks very similar to Eureka 7's Nirvash. No way it's a coincidence.

Spoiler

Well, taking into consideration that it has "Eureka" in its name, and the fact that it can fly, I wouldn't put the homage past him. t:

Man, once the trailer is released, I think I'm gonna go ballistic.

 

[Octoberist]

Serious the Goblin Shark is scary in pictures but in motion it's horrific.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

I'm smiling like crazy over here. I can't wait until December rolls around.

Man of Steel and Pacific Rim trailers on the same day?

****zzzzzz.

 

[gkokujin]

this makes me ask one thing...


WHERE IS THE GAIKING MOVIE??????

 

[gkokujin]

NEW CHINESE JAEGER!!!

 

[Marvin]

This seems very much up that Voltron alley. The success of this film will factor into if that one goes forward. Either way.