Pacific Rim: The Biggest Giant Monster Movie Ever Made!

[Henry88]

They're obviously saving the monsters for later in the marketing cycle.

[Sideswipe]

Count me in for this one.

[Pak-Man]

Yeah, they had me at giant monsters attacking the city. Add giant robots to the mix and you've got a heck of a summer popcorn flick. :^)

[Henry88]

Trailer commentary:

http://www.mtv.com/videos/movies/865107/guillermo-del-toros-pacific-rim-trailer-commentary.jhtml

[BiteMe316]

I really don't know what to think.  It's basically Cloverfield meets Real Steel.

I can maybe see Real Steel but where are you getting Cloverfield from?

What I mean is the monster looks like the one from Cloverfield to me.  Besides, I couldn't afford to see this in the theaters even if I wanted to.  That's what happens when you haven't worked since April 2010.   

I'll hopefully change my mind if another trailer comes out.  I really want to like this.

[ManUnderMask]

I still love Del Toro described it at the Legendary Pictures panel at Comic Con: Giant F**king Monsters vs. Giant F**king Robots.

That should have become the tagline.

[mrbasehart]

We all think it looks great, but I wonder if it has that sort of cross over appeal that'll make it a genuine hit?  If so, I think maybe something like Transformers has paved the way for this sort of thing.

[Pak-Man]

Well the crossover, as I see it, is mecha anime and giant monster movies. You could make the argument that it's a western take on the Super Sentai (think: Power Rangers) genre. I think this one is going to do really well in Japan.

[Bob]

The acting actually looks like they got good ones too.

Whoop.

[Henry88]

Starting with the Jaegers:

http://i.imgur.com/78vAF.jpg

http://imgur.com/v927D

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

Now the Kaiju.

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

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

http://i.imgur.com/nLk3b.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/l6oEZ.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/G9eCB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ra4pU.jpg

[D.B. Barnes]

Here's an interview/commentary on the trailer. The shit won't embed.

http://www.mtv.com/videos/movies/865107/guillermo-del-toros-pacific-rim-trailer-commentary.jhtml

I know, I know, trailer commentaries. Where does it end?!?

[ScottotD]

You think people reading a thread about a movie are going to get annoyed about hearing Guillermo talk about it?

[D.B. Barnes]

You think people reading a thread about a movie are going to get annoyed about hearing Guillermo talk about it?

Quite the contrary, which is why I posted the link to the video in the first place.

My commentary was merely a harmless jest at our society's propensity for over-analysis.

[Pak-Man]

In case you were wondering, Portal fans:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/17/that-actually-is-glados-in-the-pacific-rim-trailer

[mrbasehart]

In case you were wondering, Portal fans:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/17/that-actually-is-glados-in-the-pacific-rim-trailer

So are the robots built by Aperture Science? Because that would also be awesome.