So I've been living under a rock... the hell is Pacific Rim?

[Shaka Khan]

... Wait what? A mecha vs. kaiju movie directed by Guillermo del Toro? And releasing next week?

I literally had no idea what it was until this afternoon. The trailers look sweet, to anyone who enjoys FX porn that is...





... Though I'm hearing it's tracked to bomb. I've no idea if it's flopping critically, commercially, or both.

Thoughts?

[Shaka Khan]

IMAX 3D? It's a date.

[ToxicAdam]

Looks like a movie that will do okay in America and gangbusters everywhere else. Kind of what Hollywood shoots for nowadays.

[fistfulofmetal]

maybe if you weren't so busy sucking dudes dongs at parades you'd know more about important stuff like robot action movies.

[Shaka Khan]

Looks like a movie that will do okay in America and gangbusters everywhere else. Kind of what Hollywood shoots for nowadays.

I really hope that it'll do okay since #1 it looks expensive to make and #2 not gaining as much buzz traction as WB hoped? I mean...

IMAX 3D? It's a date.

yep. Chesterfield Mall ? Itll have to be week after next if you're insisting on weekends, but I could do Wednesday night too.

Sure thing breh. We'll make it work.

[Joe Molotov]

How did you not know about this movie? We've all be nerd bonering over it for over a year.

[Shaka Khan]

Where? Better not be buried somewhere in the MOVIES NEWS or LET'S TALK MOVIES catch all threads. Because I pee on catch all threads.

[Joe Molotov]

See: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=38610.msg1524611#msg1524611

[nudemacusers]

it's when you do a rusty trombone underwater.

[Shaka Khan]

See: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=38610.msg1524611#msg1524611

Sorry, threads with high Manabyte interference flare my ulcer.

[Joe Molotov]

Fair enough.

[Himu]

Where? Better not be buried somewhere in the MOVIES NEWS or LET'S TALK MOVIES catch all threads. Because I pee on catch all threads.

in the movie news thread.

[Human Snorenado]

Movie is going to be the King of all Awesome.  Can't fucking wait.

[Mupepe]

Hey bb if you come to Houston I'll take you to a private screening Tuesday.

[brob]

I didn't know about this film until celebs started tweeting it was the bomb.

Emma Watson/Kanye West keeping me current

[Joe Molotov]

Is Pacific Rim trending on Black Twitter yet?

[Shaka Khan]

But lets back up a bit: where did whispers of this movie bombing originate from?

Hey bb if you come to Houston I'll take you to a private screening Tuesday.

I'm genuinely jelly. Though I have full confidence you'll report back with real talk.

[Mupepe]

I wouldn't trust me. Pan's Labyrinth is my favorite movie. I could probably recite all of it. I'll be biased as fuck.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

But lets back up a bit: where did whispers of this movie bombing originate from?

reports that Grown Ups 2 is trending above Pacific Rim as far as what movie people want to see that weekend

[Human Snorenado]

But lets back up a bit: where did whispers of this movie bombing originate from?

Probably from people who HATE AWESOMENESS

[Rahxephon91]

But lets back up a bit: where did whispers of this movie bombing originate from?

Everyone I talk to thinks it looks stupid because of giant robots. Giant Robots don't even seem popular with even the western anime fandom, the group you'd think would be all about this movie.

[Shaka Khan]

But lets back up a bit: where did whispers of this movie bombing originate from?

reports that Grown Ups 2 is trending above Pacific Rim as far as what movie people want to see that weekend

The Adam Sandler movie?!

The Mayans were right-- this is the apocalypse. The lamer version. One Idris didn't cancel, and no giant robots are fighting kaijus. :'(

But lets back up a bit: where did whispers of this movie bombing originate from?

Everyone I talk to thinks it looks stupid because of giant robots. Giant Robots don't even seem popular with even the western anime fandom, the group you'd think would be all about this movie.

It's like we live in a world where brain-dead Transformers wasn't a multibillion dollar property. Though granted, that's a popular IP.

[Phoenix Dark]

Pacific Rim will probably have very good word of mouth, so I wouldn't wave the white flag yet. Plus the international cast/focus could at least ensure it recoups the budget.

[Himu]

I wouldn't trust me. Pan's Labyrinth is my favorite movie. I could probably recite all of it. I'll be biased as fuck.

YOu not inviting me is a paddling.

[Human Snorenado]

Also, Transformers had Megan Fox's ass and a clown ass ebonics Volkeswagen beetle, so yeah.

[Phoenix Dark]

I wouldn't trust me. Pan's Labyrinth is my favorite movie. I could probably recite all of it. I'll be biased as fuck.

Have you seen The Devil's Backbone?

[Shaka Khan]

Also, Transformers had Megan Fox's ass and a clown ass ebonics Volkeswagen beetle, so yeah.

But this one has Idris Elba and Arvie. That has to count for something.

[Barry Egan]

how does sharing memories with your co-pilot help fight monsters 

[Mr. Gundam]

But lets back up a bit: where did whispers of this movie bombing originate from?

Everyone I talk to thinks it looks stupid because of giant robots. Giant Robots don't even seem popular with even the western anime fandom, the group you'd think would be all about this movie.

Mecha is not popular with Western anime fans.

We're a dying breed.

[Shaka Khan]

how does sharing memories with your co-pilot help fight monsters 

I'm dying to see that part.

I expect a convoluted reasoning for something existing solely because they couldn't think of another way to develop the characters without taking too much time away from GIANT MONSTERS AND ROBOTS OMG!

[Human Snorenado]

how does sharing memories with your co-pilot help fight monsters 

Something something humanity, believe in each other, , CANCEL THE APOCALYPSE

[Rufus]

how does sharing memories with your co-pilot help fight monsters 

Controlling them is too much for one person, so they plug in two people, one for either side. To synch correctly they wire their brains together. I guess practicing dance routines with video tapes isn't enough for that these days. Tsk.

Also, human drama.

[Shaka Khan]

how does sharing memories with your co-pilot help fight monsters 

Something something humanity, believe in each other, , CANCEL THE APOCALYPSE

[Barry Egan]

sounds complicated.  I just want to see Kevin James fart in front of a camera.

[Shaka Khan]

If it was up to me:
- The monster would appear in the first 5 minutes.
- Switch scenes to the White House, where Obama picks up the phone and orders to unleash JIHADIST-3000.
- 2 hours of monster vs. Robot.
- Roll credits.

[fistfulofmetal]

how does sharing memories with your co-pilot help fight monsters 

isn't it like, just a side effect because their minds are linked?

[Eric P]

If it was up to me:
- The monster would appear in the first 5 minutes.
- Switch scenes to the White House, where Obama picks up the phone and orders to unleash JIHADIST-3000.
- 2 hours of monster vs. Robot.
- Roll credits.

sounds like Pacific Raid: Redemption

Giant robots invade a building which houses a monster criminal enterprise and must fight their way to the top

[Shaka Khan]

[chronovore]

Will wait for the porno adaptation, Pacific Rim Job.

[Barry Egan]

I admit that the marketing tagline "to fight monsters they created monsters" gave me a Nietzsche-nerd boner.  I hope that the film itself follows through on the implications of that in some way. 

[Phoenix Dark]

how does sharing memories with your co-pilot help fight monsters 

One of the pilots constantly has flashbacks of playing catch with his father. In the flashbacks, he's crying and his father says something to him, but he cannot hear the words. Then towards the end of the movie, with the monster poised to defeat the American mecha, the pilot finds himself drowning within his robot as water rushes through the control center. Time slows down, and once again the flashback returns. But this time his father's words are clearly heard: "that's alright son. Just remember to always do your very best."

*cue triumphant music*

The pilot tells his co-pilot about his father's words, then they defeat the monster. The end.

[Barry Egan]

how does sharing memories with your co-pilot help fight monsters 

One of the pilots constantly has flashbacks of playing catch with his father. In the flashbacks, he's crying and his father says something to him, but he cannot hear the words. Then towards the end of the movie, with the monster poised to defeat the American mecha, the pilot finds himself drowning within his robot as water rushes through the control center. Time slows down, and once again the flashback returns. But this time his father's words are clearly heard: "that's alright son. Just remember to always do your very best."

*cue triumphant music*

The pilot tells his co-pilot about his father's words, then they defeat the monster. The end.

[Phoenix Dark]

Transformers wasn't popular cause of giant robots, it was popular cause it was based on a shitty cartoon Americans grew up on and was directed by a guy whose movies are always successful due to stupid Americans enjoying them.

I don't hate Michael Bay, the Transformers movies or any of that. It just bores me so I don't care to watch it. On the other hand Pacific Rim fullfils many of the things I want to see in a giant mecha movie and then some. It is not an adaption of a very large and fondly remembered franchise by a famously successful director made for the lowest common denominator, so it won't be pulling in great numbers and I'm fine with that.

FUCK YOU BRO

[Human Snorenado]

Dude.  All 80's cartoons are shit.  Go back and watch 'em without your nostalgia blinders on.

You know the only shit that's worse than 80's era US cartoons?

DBZ.

 

[Great Rumbler]

Transformers and GI Joe are pretty dumb, yeah, but I'd still rather watch them over Ben 10 or My Little Pony.

[demi]

maybe if you weren't so busy sucking dudes dongs at parades you'd know more about important stuff like robot action movies.

Lord 

[Joe Molotov]

Screw you guys, G.I. Joe was not shit. It taught me important 80s values like broship and solving problems with violence and being straight edge.

[Phoenix Dark]

The 80s Transformers and GI Joe films were legit awesome. fuckouttahere gumps

[Rahxephon91]

Beast Wars was fucking awesome.

Transformers was awful except for the 80s movie.

[Huff]

It's a shame beast wars is so unwatchable now

[Mupepe]

I wouldn't trust me. Pan's Labyrinth is my favorite movie. I could probably recite all of it. I'll be biased as fuck.

Have you seen The Devil's Backbone?

hell yeah, son! Shit is incredible. I love each movie he's directed. Its too bad he doesn't have the same track record as a producer.

[Great Rumbler]

One of the greatest scenes ever committed to film.

[Dickie Dee]

 :'( :'( :'(

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[recursivelyenumerable]

I recommend Vertical Motion by Can Xue if you're into rock-under-living fandom

[Diunx]

You know the only shit that's worse than 80's era US cartoons?

DBZ.

 

 

[Mr. Gundam]

Gonna see this Thursday night with some buddies after a couple beers. I think MAF is coming with.

[Oblivion]

Yup.  It was a toy commercial.  Any quality was rare and accidental.  Now, Beast Wars was pretty good.

Why? Cause it was Canadian?

[Cerveza mas fina]

The GI Joe movie was fuck awesome though.

That intro is so gooooooood

[Oblivion]

Yup.  It was a toy commercial.  Any quality was rare and accidental.  Now, Beast Wars was pretty good.

Why? Cause it was Canadian?

No, because Mainframe weren't afraid to give the finger to the toy company's whims, within the extent of their ability.  And they paid the price for it afterwards.  Plus, Mainframe was pretty good at storytelling, as seen from Reboot.  Sunbow on the other hand were literally founded, owned, and operated by an advertising company.

Okay, that works too.

[Beezy]

I'll also be seeing this Thursday night. I don't usually do IMAX or 3D, but I'll do both for this movie.