Pacific Rim: Giant Monsters, Robots, and You

[@doctoradventure413]

Pacific Rim is responsible for one of my favorite childhood memories where 5 minutes in my dad turned to me in the theater and said “this is the coolest movie I’ve ever seen” and he was right.

[@mr.capybara7062]

gave me a great memory with my dad too we watched it and planes on the couch i think that night was the last time i fell asleep somewhere as a kid and woke up in my bed

[@walteranurantha5014]

At the first glance, I used to be scared before watching this in theaters when I was little. But then after seeing it with my parents, it became one of our most rewatched blockbusters of all time. Good times;) (I was also thinking the same about piloting an Indonesian jaeger)

[@nathanielmathews2617]

That's actually a fuckin awesome memory to have

[@FrozenDozer]

Pacific Rim is exactly what I always wanted when I played Mechwarrior as a kid. The only thing I wish is that they would finally make a Mechwarrior Movie as well.

[@Bastard_Man]

"5 minutes in my dad" 💀

[@shawndashno6022]

Ah, the awesome giant robot movie that totally deserved a sequel. A real shame they never made one.

[@RSG_TheMonster]

The spin-off anime was pretty solid

[@wyatthall8108]

It's already has one they canceled the third one😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@EthanKironus8067]

As much as I mourn the sequel that never was, we did get the Shape of Water. So it sort of balances out. Sort of. P.S. Have you watched del Toro's Tales of Arcadia series? The movie that ends the trilogy of tv shows does have a giant robot fighting a giant monster, in Hong Kong.

[@roshaidam1515]

​@@wyatthall8108 woooosh

[@mr.goblin6039]

@@RSG_TheMonsterOh yeah, there was that Netflix show. It was weird, but I dug it. It was much better than the actual sequel we got.

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

The way the robots feel so large and bulky yet have realistic agility necessary to fight giant monsters is genuinely perfect design. They move just fast enough to win fights but not too fast to be human.

[@reaperking2121]

That's my favorite part of the movie. These steel beasts move and feel real. Every punch thrown has the wieght such a steel monster would have behind it and it make's the animal part of my brain very very happy to watch this fucking frieght train of a hand proceed to return a Kaiju back to hell.

[@draketurtle4169]

Yeah the universe of the film is so good, they understood that a giant robot will be heavy and somewhat limited so it’s fast but not unrealistic. I mean Evangelion can get away with it because they are special robots.

[@TommyCubed]

@@reaperking2121 Also liked the parts where you could see the mechanics of the bot at work.

[@1YCARADOFACAO]

@@reaperking2121 Which the second film ruined, they feel weightless in that

[@thesqueeeps]

My favorite is the Russian jaeger (I forget it’s name) it was just so heavy but every move it made felt so powerful and every jaeger looked so mechanical which is fantastic

[@snakeman830]

The fact that everything in the cockpits aside from the holographic displays was a physical set was an amazing touch to this film. The pair who played the pilots for Cherno Alpha had hundreds of gallons of water sprayed on them for the shot. Del Toro himself said they built torture chambers as set pieces.

[@MrSpartan993]

Actual REAL props make SUCH a difference in film making.

[@TheOneTrueStAN]

​@MrSpartan993 because CGI just cant replicate the true weightyness of metal, the way water and steel and blood catch the light as its angle changes, the way flesh tears as opposed to metal and wires, none of this ever looks perfectly right even in modern CGI and its why practical effects and physical sets still prop up a film immensely when done well.

[@ralexcraft990]

@@TheOneTrueStANthey can, just too expensive to render to the point where building the real set is just the better and faster expnomic move

[@samueljo7910]

Actually, there was one part of the set that was CGI, and that was the walking rigs. The actor's feet weren't connected to giant stilts, those were treadmills. Still, everything else was real

[@bullreeves1109]

Fun fact: The reason the Kaiju in Hong Kong did so well against Cherno, Crimson, and Stryker is because due to Charlie’s drift with the Kaiju brain the Precursors were able to specifically design the Kaiju to counter the Jeagers. The reason they didn’t do as well against Gipsy is because Charlie and by extension the Precursors didn’t know it’s capabilities at that point.

[@thegloriouskingkronk8422]

They thought that Gypsy Danger was terminated

[@andrasbesenyei8923]

Not only that, but Cherno was built when the battles were fought on the land, and its weapons were useless in the water.

[@flameconvoy7424]

Probably because it had just been upgraded. Raleigh didn't even know about gipsys new chain sword

[@ch3burashka]

Is that canon/explained? That means they're genetically engineering 100-foot Kaijus in minutes? EDIT: for the love of god, thank you everyone who let me know what's up but please stop. There's too many replies and they're all the same.

[@goldenfloof5469]

@@ch3burashka They probably just had a whole bunch in storage and chose the best ones.

[@Hawkatana]

Fun fact: Go Nagai, the guy who created the first real mecha anime ever (and also Devilman) absolutely loved this movie.

[@DrunkedOwly]

Now I wonder what he thought of crybaby

[@cogrunner6763]

Wasn't the reason he even made mazinger z was to blow off steam from writing devilman?

[@SamanthaLaurier]

Well that's about as good of an endorsement as you can get, if the creator of the genre likes what you did

[@Hawkatana]

@@DrunkedOwly He liked it a lot.

[@mechanomics2649]

@@SamanthaLaurier He isn't really the creator of the genre though. Tetsujin 28-go's Mitsuteru Yokoyama is. It was Nagai, however, that first put the pilot directly into the mecha but the genre itself started with Mitsuteru Yokoyama.

[@dajokahbaby1506]

Fun fact: Gypsy Danger was designed to not only look like a WWII bomber, another reminder of when we beat them Nahtzees, but it was also modeled after a freaking cowboy, too lol.

[@robertharris6092]

Ironic considering its japan, where mecha originates, that is obsessed with cowboys.

[@atas2561]

From what I heard some of Gypsy’s designs were based off the NYC skyline and a plane from WWII.

[@nomoremike3075]

da roach dogg

[@Danilows]

@@faust1734 I think they based its walk on John Wayne or something

[@Noaher256]

@@faust1734*she

[@SnidgetAsphodel]

I'd argue Raleigh is actually more unique than you give him credit for. In so many movies these macho men insist on standing above their female peers, but he at every turn uplifts and believes in Mako, even when she doesn't herself. And he insists that she deserves respect. It's a breath of fresh air.

[@philiplindecker6628]

I also like Raleigh. Granted, I don't usually remember his name, but don't remember anyone's name in this movie.

[@snakeman830]

@@philiplindecker6628 Except Stacker Pentacost, because that is just one of the coolest names ever.

[@youtuvi7452]

Also came out before the wave of Hollywood Mary Sues, and still did it better than 99% of female empowerment tokens since

[@nihaalsandim9986]

I like raleigh , genuinely good dude

[@myth0s766]

I too agree that the North Carolina city is unique

[@lauracoles5595]

Genuinely goated movie, so sad they never made a sequel. Loved the always sunny references

[@castleman-uf5yn]

There are literally 2 movies

[@Thatbrownguy-ce5vt]

@@castleman-uf5ynwe don’t talk about the second one

[@Spealer]

Yeah me too, it would be great if they did and continue off of what made the first so great :)

[@spakes6561]

@@castleman-uf5ynbro didn’t catch the joke, the second film is so damn bad it might as well not exist.

[@MisterS.]

So sad the sequel died of ligma

[@maxxjapan619]

The actress who played Mako as a child had difficulty pronouncing del Toro's name, so she called him "Totoro-san," and del Toro was completely cool with it. This has barely anything to do with the movie itself, but it's such an adorable tidbit that someone had to mention it.

[@shaydguy]

My neighbor totoro? (Sorry I had to make the referance)

[@maxxjapan619]

​@@shaydguy Yep! The actress for young Mako is Japanese.

[@anubis-is-my-pet2993]

Oh no way i hesrd this story before but i didnt know it was her

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

Tio Totoro

[@sentientmustache8360]

My Neighbor Del Toro

[@justadrunkenparrot6462]

When I went to see Pacific Rim in theaters with my father, we went with a common goal: Watch giant robots fighting giant monsters. Critics panned it, said the plot was bad. We didn't care. We paid for giant robots fighting giant monsters, and we got giant robots fighting giant monsters. Still happy about it to this day.

[@thewaterdragonfr2561]

Same story for the second movie too; you got what you paid for : giant mechs fighting various giant-sized stuff. It's just that, for some reason, people these days seem preconditionned to hate sequels on principle, even when they're not even that bad. He better have some actual good critisism for part 2, that would be nice for a change.

[@spydere3392]

@@thewaterdragonfr2561 I have seen the second one only once, years ago, and I can still think of a few problems with it. 1. They didn't get del Toro, so his unique style is gone 2. They killed of Mako, the fan favorite of the first movie 3. They made Charlie Day, who was also a fan favorite, into the villain 4. The Jaegers feel weightless. They jump around for fuck's sake.

[@arcticfox5118]

Yup the fact critics panned it but most every nerd i know loved it should tell you just how absolutely worthless your average critic is. Sadly HW only cares what the critics say matters and this can be seen in the load of absolute worthless garbage vomited up for 99.99% of crap released nowadays.

[@Maretoast]

75% rotten tomatoes is still fresh but other 25% don't know Del Toro's direction

[@conradlorgar5508]

​@@thewaterdragonfr2561a major issue i hated was the mechs are transformers styled mechs as in they all look so forgettably bland that not a single design sticks out I can easily recall all 4 of the mechs from pacific rim 1 but i cant recall a single one from the sequel Same for the action scenes, the awesome cannon, the badass sword swing in orbit, that punch that caused a newtons cradle to start, the ship used as a sword, the monster getting his acid sack ripped out, rising up from the stadium after they fell from space Now the sequel... i think one of the mechs rolled or something, a monster made out of smaller monsters Thats it, its a bad sign when none of your monster fight scenes in a monster fighting movie stand out

[@jacobsweet7327]

Me and my brother always said that the movement in this film looks like you had two people fight completely underwater. (later when we saw a movie called top secret, there's a whole sequence where two character get into an underwater fight and we couldn't stop laughing imagining that if the animators of pacific rim used real life reference models fighting underwater that that was the footage they would have used.) The sluggish movements, the slight pauses when a limb changes directions, it's honestly so impressive that del Toro, and the animators managed to pull this off. This film makes me feel like a kid every time I watch it, something about it just activates the monkey brain in me and makes me cheer every time something cool happens (Which is a lot).

[@Apoc2K]

The shot with Gispy Danger walking up to Otachi dragging along an entire oil freighter as improvised club is genuinely one of my favourite shots in cinema.

[@johnmcgill3603]

It does the opposite for me. Drag an oil freighter like that and it will instantly break in 2 or more pieces. Of course we have giant monsters and robots so...

[@Dookieman1975]

It also ties to the sword sparring. Then they remembered that they have actual swords later

[@ObakeOnna]

I think it's a great test of your suspension of disbelief and tolerance to rule of cool. I know it makes no sense and couldn't possibly work in real life, but that's true for most of the movie, and it's too goddamn amazing for me to care.

[@00wolfer00]

​@@Dookieman1975it's not that they remember, but that they are actively avoiding using it in the middle of a crowded city. The sword is a great ace, but splashes blood everywhere which is shown to be super acidic multiple times. Also use it enough and the next Kaiju get stab proof vests.

[@yocapo32]

@@johnmcgill3603 The Jaegers would've collapsed on themselves 100 meters ago, it's not that kind of movie.

[@scope-wad]

Fun fact: Gipsy Danger was designed by Hugo Martin, director of both Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal, you can see the design resemblance specially with the arm blade

[@doomslayer3829]

Really? That's awesome

[@hammondOT]

Fun fact: guy who works in entertainment design worked on more than one entertainment project.

[@Malconeous]

Ayyy I know a pearl jam still when I see one

[@rocketgroot4311]

*No way!!*

[@gachaperson3774]

congrats you just made me see Gipsy Danger as mecha doomslayer and I love it.

[@Gatherway]

One of my favorite things about this movie is how when Japan was producing the Japanese dub for this movie, everyone involved just unanimously decided to have Riley scream "ROCKET PUNCH" instead of "Elbow Rocket"

[@n-grat9368]

And they hated it, ironically.

[@Dookieman1975]

@@n-grat9368 well no just that not many people saw it. People that saw it seemed to like it

[@UncleJrueForTue]

Imperfect Cell: "What th-" *P U N C H E D* 17(internally): "That is so cool!"

[@TheRealStikShady]

Mazinger Z reference spotted

[@whateverthisis389]

The comment about Cherno Alpha looking like it came from the 70s is so real considering that by the the events of the movie, Cherno Alpha is the oldest Jaeger, being the last Mark 1 Jaeger still in service

[@DangerVille]

This movie was amazing, shame it never got a sequel.

[@Godzillafan78]

Fr

[@jasonsantos3037]

The sequel suck

[@spinylogo3750]

@@jasonsantos3037what sequel.

[@LightForxes]

@@spinylogo3750 You're Dang right

[@chicken1696]

man i really am hopeful. imagine the new robots and fights at the sequel !!

[@David-gp7qe]

Pacific Rim really felt like what every kid imagined their toys were doing in a fight.

[@Essdyn]

This is exactly why I liked it

[@analise17]

I'm pretty sure GdT story boarded in the bathtub with his dinosaur and mecha toys. Sorry... action figures 😂.

[@Halo-lg7rq]

@@analise17del Toro was just a boy, with a dream🥹

[@duladulaniryan8598]

Yes!

[@MadIvano]

Nah that movie was really boring.

[@Joe125g20]

One of the best bits about Pacific Rim is they didn't shoehorn in a pointless love scene or interest. You never get much of an impression Raleigh and Mako fancy each other much, they're just there to fight. Sure there may be a bit of affection, which could in that universe become love one day, but the film didn't show this. A lesser film would have ended with the two of them kissing over the city, but this film ended with a respectful and affectionate head touch. Perfect ending, and meant the focus was always on the action.

[@patrickfoo7890]

Ya.. even 10 year old me appreciated it so much that they didnt kiss in the final scene lol, their relationship always seemed more like brother/sister to me

[@UGNAvalon]

I mean, they’re literally in each others heads. Why “show” your affection for each other when you’ve literally felt it in your own brain? 🤔

[@akatsukigajou1639]

joedunne1425 nah wrong theres no pointless about it.

[@chucklebutt4470]

Oh they 100% be fuckin

[@BCWasbrough]

I remember cheering because that scene ended without them kissing.

[@thedarkadmiral3627]

"Independence Day already did that, can't top it" You're the most right any one person has ever been.

[@fireironthesecond2909]

Fun fact: They do nuke the Kaiju before the creation of the Jaegers. I think the direct quote is “By the time tanks, planes and nukes stopped the beast [the first Kaiju]...” it then goes on to list a bunch of casualties

[@Yorgar]

Tendo's grandfather died in the first attack from coming into contact with Kaiju blood.

[@AlteredNova04]

One thing I love about this movie is that it actually does explain why we don't nuke the kaiju without just making them immune to nukes. It's because they hide in the ocean and only surface next to major coastal cities, so it's impossible to target them without killing millions of civilian bystanders.

[@ionstriker9342]

oh they dont say nukes, they just say missiles

[@FunkyDouch3000]

"by the time tanks, jets, and missiles took it down, 6 days and 35 miles later..." There was no mention of nukes here. however, at a different point Raleigh mentions to Pentecost (Idris Elba) that they've "hit the breach before, it doesn't work." the implication with the scene's context is hitting the breach with nukes. it doesn't work because the portal is inactive except when something goes through. they probably could and should have used some tactical nukes on the early Kaiju before the Jaeger program was up and running, now that I think about it. a bit messy with the fallout, but probably worth it instead of letting them ravage cities more or less unstopped.

[@ironpizza5150]

​@@AlteredNova04They literally nuked them underwater in the sequel. Even a really small scale nuke would probably do the job.

[@kinorris1709]

I like the "veterans getting wiped" moment in Pacific Rim because it doesn't happen "just because", like so many other movies, books and games, but there is actually a justifiable reason for it, and Gypsy Danger being the ace in the hole makes sense for the same reason the vets got rekt. Since Charlie drifted with a Kaiju brain, with drifting being a two-way process, the Precursors saw into his mind. For the first time, the Precursors, and thus, their Kaiju, had 2 vital pieces of intel regarding the Jaegers. 1: They are mechs controlled by pilots usually located at or near the head. Knifehead, despite inflicting massive damage on Gyspy danger, lost because it wasn't aware of this. The fact that it killed Railey's brother was pure luck. It bit Gypsy's hand and tore it's arm off before killing Railey's brother, because it was trying to kill it's target by tearing it apart, and just got lucky by randomly grabbing part of the cockpit, which is why Jaegers had taken so long to be reduced to the last 4. Because the precursors had been unable to determine a critical weakness, they just brute forced the war by making stronger Kaiju. Once the Precursors had knowledge of Jaegers from Charlie, they knew where the cockpits were on the 3 Jaegers Charlie knew were active. Since Gypsy was not active at the time, the Precursors would have assumed the same. 2: Leatherback and Otachi were hand-picked to face Cherno Alpha, Crimson Typhoon and Striker Eureka. Otachi had the acid spit to weaken Cherno's thicker armor and the tail to grab Typhoon's exposed cockpit. Leatherback had the size and armor to overpower Cherno, and ambushed the Jaeger from behind, and an EMP for Striker. Gypsy Danger, being an unknown to the Precursors, was a hard counter to both Kaiju, being nuclear powered and analog, Leatherback's EMP didn't work, and Gypsy was plenty durable in a head-on fight (Leatherback and Otachi needed 2 on 1 ambush on Cherno, head-on Leatherback would have had a harder time getting on top), Gyspy was agile enough to dodge the acid, and the sword cut through Otachi like butter. It remained such as Charlie didn't drift with the Kaiju again, so Slattern and the other 2 was the result of the Precursors not having enough knowledge on a threat that had just beaten 2 Kaiju that overcame 3 Jaegers. So they sent the strongest Kaiju they had, plus 2 as backup, against what they knew was Striker and an unknown threat.

[@calebfitzgerald2163]

Holy shit you just made the movie so much better

[@pedrovivot]

Cool head cannon.

[@watch.v-dQw4w9WgXcQ]

​@@pedrovivotit's not head canon, it's literally the plot point

[@AsianIdiots323]

@@pedrovivot it’s not headcanon though. That’s why the dude called Charlie a moron- not only are Kaiju coming for him, he sabotaged all of humanity for his stupidity.

[@Sanzunno]

Those two kaijus handled the three jaegers easily, till another challenger appeared

[@tsugikuniyorichii7771]

"not all plot need to be complicated.they just have executed well" wise words

[@rodrigoandorinha9259]

Its a shame most of it nowadays its allways the same plot and executed horribly Maybe one day the good old giant monster vs things come back

[@TheGrammarPolice7]

Words so wise, that you were incapable of quoting them completely. Incredible.

[@Icepiq72]

The fact that Guillermo Del Toro was apart of this film explains so much about the genius of the mech designs. He’s *the* expert of utilizing costume with animation

[@rossvaljr.3852]

The concept of the final fight is really amazing. We spent most of the movie on set pieces where Jaegers look like towering indestructible behemoths that will win against a Kaiju, one way or another. Then out of nowhere they got sent into the bottom of the ocean, where they look like the smallest and most fragile thing in the world thanks to the giant rocks, pitch black darkness and the fact that all Kaijus are incredible swimmers.

[@ky1ebetts]

Tonight, we are CANCELING THE APOCALYPSE!

[@vardiganxpl1698]

Tonight. We are THE VULNERABLE, NON-EFFECTIVE UNDERWATER COMBATANTS!!

[@ky1ebetts]

@@vardiganxpl1698 Lol that is convenient how all the jaegers were magically deep sea rated and had no trouble holding together 4 miles under the ocean. Like all it would take is 1 tiny little seal to break loose and the whole mech would splat.

[@ky1ebetts]

@@vardiganxpl1698 They weren't totally ineffective remember they sworded that one kaiju in half, head to tail.

[@saddocatto9245]

@@ky1ebetts Jaeger is not made from carbon fiber...

[@tomasmichaels642]

I loved this movie, it was so cool! A damn shame they never made a sequel, that would probably be dope af

[@beckermachtbrot4296]

they did a seqeul ,Pacific Rim 2: Uprising and an Anime : pacific rim the black

[@anotherthing]

@@beckermachtbrot4296 I think the joke you're missing here is that the sequels weren't nearly as good as the first one and should be ignored.

[@MinecraftWorld1954]

They did make an anime spinoff (Pacific Rim The Black) which was pretty good

[@battleship6177]

​@@beckermachtbrot4296r/whoooosh

[@veturwinter]

@@battleship6177 people still say r/woosh? jeez you must be 12 or smth

[@colinlastname7880]

It’s amazing to me how this channel never fails to dredge up some movie from my childhood that I just completely forgot existed

[@gunsmithcat7542]

This comment made me feel old.

[@jaykubisanidiot8657]

This is a very sad statement for at least 3 reasons

[@colinlastname7880]

@@jaykubisanidiot8657 ?

[@sadham2668]

@@colinlastname78801. They feel old 2. It’s sad you forgot about it 3.??? I don’t know

[@colinlastname7880]

@@sadham2668 idk it’s crazy how people are saying my comment makes them feel old this movie came out in 2013 I was 12 in 2013 now I’m almost 22 it’s not exactly new

[@pasta1939]

Lmao i watched this at my 9th or 10th birthday party and all i remember was we were all pretending to be kaiju and jaeger and someone ended up getting hit with a folding chair💀💀💀

[@Raithed]

LOL I need the full story of this. ...unless that was it. Turning it into Smackdown.

[@r.a.fgattaiguy845]

that´s how me and my brothers played, except Pokemon

[@aiwash2766]

This along with Edge of tomorrow are two of the most underrated movies of the 2010s, these are movies that deserve to be way more loved that they initially where

[@messykid1234]

Yep

[@marawisworkmusic]

I remember watching Edge of Tomorrow with no expectations but it was surprisingly pretty good, even if that happy ending felt a bit weird to me. There is some stuff to discuss about Edge of Tomorrow’s adaptation approach, but seeing it as its own thing it was pretty decent.

[@deidryt9944]

I want to toss Oblivion into that pile, too.

[@0uttaS1TE]

They're both anime inspired as well.

[@leithaziz2716]

Edge of Tommorow is one of the only live-action Manga/Anime adaptations that ended up amazing.

[@mitchellhalvorson9719]

I feel bad for anyone who didnt get to see this movie in theaters. Seriously one of the greatest experiences ive ever had. I was in the middle of my teens when this came out and legit sat on the edge of my seat the entire time.

[@scaper8]

100% agree. I was 26 when this came out. I saw it in a theater opening weekend. The single best review I can give it is that, while sitting in that seat, I was five-years-old watching Godzilla movies again.

[@neutralparadox]

Dude, I saw it in theaters, the whole theater just erupted in cheers at the scene with the cargo ship .

[@bestkoi7555]

I got to watch it on TNT I think? I remember sitting down in front of the TV watching it and rushing to get water or food during commercials

[@joshaboi7467]

I saw it on a massive IMAX screen and I've never been happier to see a movie in theaters

[@ChickenMusiala]

Well yea i was 6 years old when it came out

[@germanscience7246]

12:20 the apparent justification for why cherno and typhoon die so fast is because when newt drifted with the kaiju he also unintentionally gave them info on the jaegers, so those two kaiju are specifically designed to beat all 3. Otachi has a long tail to keep out of typhoons range, acid to melt through chernos armour, leatherback has the emp to disable striker and has the strength to win a 1-1 brawl with cherno. It should also be noted that the aliens are apparently so determined to kill newt that both kaiju are designed to get over any potiental kaiju wall with ease. Otachi can fly and leatherback is built like a gorilla, likely meaning he could climb over it. Tl:Dr newt got both jaegers killed by drifting with the kaiju and unintentionally sharing everything about the jaegers with them

[@Braindamagedpotato]

Okay thats a cool piece of info

[@notthebest2968]

@@Braindamagedpotato Meaning Newt not only almost destroyed Hon Kong, he also nearly destroyed all the Jaegers!

[@suber121]

That could also explain why Gipsy had beat both kaijis

[@choo-choo4269]

​@@suber121yeah, otachi couldn't just snatch her head like it did with crimson, because gipsy's neck is mostly covered, and gipsy is analogue so the emp doesn't work as much

[@BubblesTheBard]

that makes PERFECT sense. Newt didnt work on Gypsy Danger, but he did help with the other three.

[@sicksT6]

I love the mechanical hitching that the robots have. Like when Gypsy did that hammer fist to the shark one. The way the shoulders hitch like metal really would when it’s rubbing on other metal, it’s so nice.

[@lordofsalmon]

Pacific Rim holds a very special place in my heart. The film released on my birthday, and I only saw it accidently. For my birthday I went to my local drive in theater with my girlfriend at the time. We were only going to stay for the first movie, with Pacific Rim as the second showing. My girlfriend fell asleep by the end of of the first movie, so I decided to not wake her and at least stay and watch the second showing for the cheesy movie I had only recently seen trailers for.. And my god, I was so glad I stayed, I can't even remember the first movie. Everything about this movie made me feel like I was a kid again, the dumb plot, the amazing looking mechs, the amazing detail of the Kaiju, and a badass sound track. Pacific Rim will always be my favorite movie.

[@ripzaurus]

I also saw Pacific Rim on my birthday :O swag

[@penguincannon1257]

Saying “chicks dig giant robots” in sync with you while simultaneously having no memory of what I was quoting was probably the closest I’ve ever come to being a cultist.

[@giladpellaeon1691]

Megas XLR, early 2000's Cartoon Network show, Bruce Campbell guest voices in a couple episodes. Also contains a food called pizzaham. All episodes on somewhere on KZbin. It is very fun.

[@riazzking3592]

​@@giladpellaeon1691i used to not like it as a kid but seeing it years later..its my favorite cartoon show. Now i feel bad it never got a third season. Its basically perfect. Great acton mixing with comedy.blends so well. Characters that are memorable & protagonist who is not handsome instead he is like a fat buddy who u cant help but love.

[@pyrosianheir]

Idk, but my brain jumped to a certain chaotic vampire Abridged saying "Bitches love cannons."

[@SayoojSojenSpell1612]

You're drift compatible with him

[@orein1880]

When did the moldy potato get a account?!

[@Jekyllstein_Gray]

This is why Guillermo Del Toro is my favorite director. He'll go from Pan's Labyrinth, this intricate meditation on the horrors of Spanish fascism, to a movie about giant robots punching giant monsters, and they'll both be amazing in completely different ways.

[@keithharper32]

Totally agree. And it's why I'm so mad at the studio for axing At the Mountains of Madness

[@Jekyllstein_Gray]

@@keithharper32 Same

[@mercurius1488]

"Horrors of Spanish fascism" Fascism was the best thing to happen in Spain. Before that communists were exhumating nuns and destroying the country, they even sacked the country's gold reserves and sent it to the ussr, with complete disregard for the consequences it would have on the country. Mass hunger? Poverty? Infant mortality? Never mind!

[@repulser93]

@@keithharper32 You're crying for that; I'm heartbroken we'll never get his Haunted Mansion nor Hellboy 3.

[@ayyyyph2797]

So that's what Pan's Labyrinth is about Guess there's no horror like real world reactionary regimes

[@t-rexylemur]

For anyone wondering what the outro song is I had to search through many comments to find it but it's called: É Assim Mesmo - Clara Mendes

[@LostProblematique]

Man, I never forgave this movie for Cherno. Yes, it looks like a rust can from the 70s and its design is like if you put legs on a nuclear reactor but holy shit itd such a solid robot I wanted to see more of it.

[@Dylan-uf7uf]

I give you an 8/10 chance of being mad that Ironhide died too early as well

[@demon794]

​@@Dylan-uf7ufand you'd be right. He did die too early 😤

[@KNAPPAID]

He shouldve gone down swinging much more

[@matthewboer8279]

It put up a good fight for sure with it being nuclear it could have survived the emp attack and fought with gypsy . I would have actually liked to see the fight with coyote tango that we only see the aftermath of . That Jaegers has guns the size of an apartment building.

[@chucheeness7817]

They could have given Cherno a cooler death by damaging the kaiju with a nuclear explosion. Maybe give it a glowing open bleeding wound

[@MostlyPennyCat]

The realistic CGI is helped by the fact that the camera is only allowed to be somewhere "real" Like, only where a camera team can get to in a helicopter. There's no fantasy sweeps between the legs or flying around impossible shapes

[@tge2102]

And then the monstrosity that is Pacific rim 2 happened lol

[@MeOrgansAreABoilin]

​@@tge2102we do not speak about uprising

[@AnAntarcticScotsman]

​@@MeOrgansAreABoilinOnly the anime.

[@MeOrgansAreABoilin]

​@@AnAntarcticScotsmanwhat anime

[@normanbestboi9117]

​@@MeOrgansAreABoilinPacific rim the black

[@borzoi2607]

Honestly the amount of storm chaser and extreme weather class professers I've had that root for tornados means that Charlie day being obsessed with the monsters make sense

[@EthanKironus8067]

Those must've been fun classes.

[@zero95lucky]

Yeah, they're like natural disasters. It's no different than a dude getting a tattoo of a hurricane or something.

[@EthanKironus8067]

@@zero95lucky I can see, and respect, why people would be averse to that though.

[@tournesol99]

​@@zero95luckyA hurricane strikes without purpose. No mind or guiding hand. Unless you believe in a god that manipulates them I mean. So seeing them as positive, while odd, isn't a problem per se. The moment something causes harm with deliberate purpose, it does become a little offputting to see it celebrated. The analogy in the video to two sides of a war is fairly applicable. Were the kaiju beings that already existed on Earth, only just emerging, then this would flip back to "odd but mostly fine".

[@ironnight8142]

I don’t care what people say, Pacific Rim is an almost perfect movie with a 9.9/10 the only problem is the lack of sequels, I have so many good ideas for a better sequel but alas it will never happen

[@linkmaxwell]

One of those moments where literally a whole theater started cheering was when Mako deployed the sword and unleashed her battle cry. Hearing her swear vengeance for her family right before slicing a kaiju in half at the edge of space was amazing to see in live action on the big screen.

[@omegon2540]

"This is a film made by people who like giant monsters and robots for people who like giant monsters and robots" this summarises what I love about this

[@binary1045]

This is my all time favorite movie. Yes it isn't flawless, but I still love it with all my heart. Shame we never got the franchise we deserved.

[@johnmcwick1]

Don’t you know, they remade it into anime. AOT!

[@TheDahaka1]

@@johnmcwick1 Well, they actually made an actual anime, Pacific Rim: The Black. I haven't seen it yet, but I heard good things.

[@binary1045]

@@TheDahaka1 wasted potential. Lot of good ideas, but most abandoned. Some great parts, some horrible parts.

[@binary1045]

@@johnmcwick1 GDT and Travis Beacham were going to write a sequel, but both left. Hollywood execs then decided to make uprising

[@TheDahaka1]

@@binary1045 Gonna watch it anyway because giant robots XD

[@raijin6187]

I love Pacific Rim so much because everything is pretty simple but it's executed extremely well

[@tylermakesmovies4100]

Fun fact: Hugo Martin, the guy who would later go on to be the creative director on Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal, was actually the guy who designed the Jaegers.

[@augustopatricio5517]

Now the pretorian suit design makes a lot more sense

[@escapegoat1344]

Oh, so that's why those games had the occasional giant mech in the environments. As I played through Eternal I was always hoping there would come a bit where we would get to pilot the mech inside the Slayers space station thingy, it was such a tease.

[@theheavytonk928]

So that’s why Gipsy Danger looks like an XXL size Doom Slayer. Awesome.

[@StardustontheWind]

On the note of the fights happening at night, besides how it helped hide CG weirdness, I like how they added lots of neat lighting to make everything look better. The Kaiju have their blue glow, the Hong Kong fight has helicopter lights from above like a boxing or wrestling match, and the final fight has the eerie lighting from the volcanic rifts which also get used in the fight. Basically, they had a limitation and then turned it into an advantage, I love the team behind this movie for going the extra mile in the best ways (the big robots and monsters)

[@skyraider87]

And oh my God the wet reflections in the rain look so good

[@roseolivas08]

Love how much this movie just kinda existed. Giant rift in the ocean? Okay, we'll fix it lol. How? We made robots, of course. With two perfectly synced humans. There's women and men and charlie day and the robot has a sword. Fucking amazing

[@papafrank2894]

Implying that Charlie day isn't a man or a woman

[@SirCap]

@@papafrank2894 Charlie Day is an omniversal being.

[@SomeOne-vf1rs]

@@papafrank2894To imply anything else is obscene. Charlie Day is Charlie Day

[@mariusloesch820]

and then they nuke the atlantis alien monsters, so cool!

[@thegloriouskingkronk8422]

I also adore how much effort they put into justifying the mechs in the first place. Kaiju blood is highly toxic, so the majority of Jaeger have blunt force weaponry or cauterize the open wounds. Crimson Typhoon and Gypsy Danger are outfitted with bladed weaponry, and Striker Eureka got them because it was developed so recently.

[@BlingusPlingus]

When my dad introduced me to this movie a while ago, I remember him saying "yknow how you play with lego hero factory, pretending theyre big robots fighting big aliens? They made a movie about it." And i fell in love with it

[@joshuamarks4425]

Man, Del Toro's filmography is so wild. He's so capable of handling different genres from gothic horror, to giant robots, to neo noir, to superhero films, to a critically acclaimed film about romancing a sea creature, and even a stop motion Pinocchio film. Happy to see him get the respect he deserves. Wish studios could do the same though.

[@ValeBridges]

I've heard him described as a man who really understands monsters. He understands that sometimes monsters are people, sometimes people are monsters, and sometimes (like in Pacific Rim) monsters are monsters.

[@CollinMcLean]

And a series where a kid becomes a hero to a secret underground civilization made of trolls.

[@CollinMcLean]

One of my dream collaborations would be to see Guillermo Del Toro team up with fantasy writer Neil Gaiman. The dude who wrote Coraline, American Gods, and The Sandman.

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

This is why you hire a Mexican. Guillermo Del Toro just doesn’t miss.

[@zzodysseuszz]

Shape of water was awful tho and his philosophical reasons for making it behind the scenes were reeeeeasaallly dumb.

[@VRGUILE]

Fun fact: the design teams were not allowed to discuss the inspirations for the jaegars designs. That being said, it's very obvious that gypsy danger was inspired by Tetsujin 28, one of the grandfathers of mecha anime.

[@Darius-scifieart]

Ehh they don't have a lot visually in common. But I've read that as well. Maybe it's more to do with the functionality. I am pretty sure that the inspiration for the striker eureka is the Nirvash from eureka 7. The two designs have a lot in common visually. Similar shapes for The head and torso, chest mounted headlights. And similar shaped shoulder armor with circular design at the center. Also including the name of the Nirvash's pilot. With Gypsy danger though I'm pretty sure the shape of the viewing visor comes from kamina's iconic glasses in gurren lagan.

[@VRGUILE]

@Darius-scifieart gypsy can't not have been inspired by tetsujin 28. What with the primarily blue with golden yellow 'eyes' colour scheme (especially if you draw pupils into them). The double hammer drop attack it does on knifehead at the beginning of the movie matches Tetsujins combat stance/victory pose where it raises both arms above its head. Even the elbow rockets clearly comes directly from tetsujins enemy robot, black ox.

[@jaredrafnson8349]

I actually think Tetsujin 28 was the inspo for Romeo Blue!! (The Blue American Yeager that defeated the kaiju hardship in the opening montage)

[@Axrector]

Discussing it will bring up the copyright issue, lol, the Japanese are very stingy about their IPs

[@Yixdy]

@@Axrector got any examples that aren't Nintendo? As far as I'm aware they love homages . . . Again besides Nintendo

[@ThatSpecificIndividual]

One behind the scenes thing I absolutely loved was the actress for child Mako who was a very young Japanese girl and had trouble saying and remembering Del Toros name so she called him 'Totoro-san'

[@sameoldsameold9239]

That... that is just adorable.

[@danielawesome36]

"My Neighbor Guillermo Del Totoro" - by Hayao Miyazaki.

[@2egenjerry]

He must have loved that since the Miyazaki film he recommends people start with is Totoro ^^

[@TheGrammarPolice7]

"One behind the scenes thing" means someone who is behind the thing of the scenes. Like, the scenes possess an object called a 'thing,' and your uncle could be the 'one' who's standing behind this thing. In order to write what you tried to say (and failed), you need hyphens: "one behind-the-scenes thing." This has been your free grammar lesson of the day. Please make sure to absorb it and do better next time.

[@shinygoldenpotion1587]

The main story starts in 2025 and if mako was 5 years old in 2013 mako in pacific rim is 17

[@JacksonvilleJacaliciousJacalan]

0:15 BIG MACS 🤯🤯🤯

[@brown-eyedcheese5440]

lmfao

[@KaleleUere]

Lol

[@tazrgoober6893]

I have paused at 12 seconds and the comments are already wild this is gonna be good

[@cortezlee7194]

That shit did kinda hit hard, didn't it? Lmao

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

This movie is so good that it legitimately got me ingulfed into the mecha genre more than ever. I liked giant robots as a kid, but Pacific Rim was the film that solidifed how much I love them. And I will always have a huge soft spot for this masterpiece because of what it did for my childhood.

[@Why477]

W pfp. Eva best Mecha imo

[@HelenaSan425]

Not my drawing freaking hell Fate strange fake whispers of dawn Anime is out

[@HelenaSan425]

Freaking hell Eva 👿

[@treemannick2969]

Same bro! Pacific Rim introduced me to mecha and why Mobile Suit Gundam is my favorite anime franchise. Whenever I see giant robots, I don’t think about watching it, I just do.

[@HelenaSan425]

Eva bro.... See Fate strange fake anime...

[@youraveragecartist5852]

The reason Otachi and Leatherback were able to take out Crimson Typhoon and Cherno Alpha and immobilize Striker Eureka was because the Kaiju were designed to counter them. And the reason Gipsy Danger was able to take both of them out was because the Precursors hadn't planned to fight Gipsy as well.

[@Kishanth.J]

Does this have to do with Charles trying to drift with a Kaiju brain? Did he leak the Jeager’s flaws?

[@Nick-jm6cy]

This guy pacific rims

[@youraveragecartist5852]

@@Kishanth.J Precisely.

[@JoshSweetvale]

He likes fairy tale monsters.

[@BasementCreationsChannel]

I remember watching this movie for the first time and being heartbroken at Jaegers engineers hard work being demolished in mere seconds. Thanks for reminding me of that pain Also still waiting for Titanfall 3

[@sasadw95]

I'd recommend to look at armoredcore 6 if you are interested in mech games

[@luca-km6pl]

We all are 😔

[@BrumBrumBryn]

Protocol 3: Protect the Pilot

[@baseballviolation]

@@BrumBrumBryn "Trust me."

[@samp.4380]

@@baseballviolation "I detect sarcasm"

[@nateB-l7k]

I love pacific rim. The characters, the mech designs, the lore, the history, the locations, the music, the way every hit had so much weight behind it, and the *kaiju designs* Fuckin peak

[@roseolivas08]

If you want another reason to love this movie, del Toro's name was very difficult for the actress that played young Mako, so he let her call him "Todoro-sama" ❤

[@LordDoom10]

You could argue why Cherno Alpha and Crimson Typhoon were beaten so easily is because of Charlie Day's character. The drift could have told the aliens what weakness and strengths the Jaegers had, and so they could tailor their monsters to counter them. Acid for Cherno's armour. A prehensile tail to match Typhoon's three arms. They even had an EMP for Striker Eureka.

[@LonelyMinnesotan1]

Something to mention about the kaiju that killed Cherno and Crimson would be that they were specifically designed to take out each jaeger. Leather back was designed to take on Cherno, being massive and brutally powerful, similar to Cherno, and Otachi was specifically designed to fight Crimson, having essentially an extra arm to match Crimson. They thought this shit through.

[@JayJayGamerOfficial]

And dont forget leatherbacks emp for striker and crimson and otachi's acid for the slow moving cherno

[@LonelyMinnesotan1]

@@JayJayGamerOfficial exactly!

[@speed.of.light.618]

14:28 "Pacific rim is the only film I'have ever seen where the CGI portions look more realistic than the actual people"... Agreed

[@jetpackdino5703]

Man, Pacific Rim was such a badass movie. Shame they never made a sequel.

[@Mobius118]

For real

[@AsleepOnTheRiverside]

I'm glad they didn't. There was a risk that they would make a sequel so shitty that no one would want to talk about it. Luckily that didn't happen.

[@3takoyakis]

I mean the film wrapped nicely How could they make a sequel to it lol I couldn't imagine it

[@Jirudoggu]

​@@3takoyakisfr tho

[@Grow_tf_up]

​@@AsleepOnTheRiversideit did happen right now

[@michel0dy]

This movie is a love letter. It's something made because making stuff is cool. Props to the entire film crew, you can feel the passion in it.

[@vitorbasilenobre8983]

One of my favorite things about this movie is how heavy and sometimes clunky the Jaegers are, they sometimes takes so much time to punch something, but when they do you can feel the weight that strike has, and that was the thing I missed so much in the sequel, the robots were to fluid and it just didn't feel like a pacific rim movie.

[@matthewboer8279]

They said it was “Jaeger Tech” but basically was an executive saw Transformers and said “I want that”.

[@Strelok10]

I like the same thing in Attack on Titan when the big ones fight, its not some mindless fast paced punching but rather a spectacular choreography where you can see every move and figure out what is happening.

[@Burger19985]

there is no pacific rim sequel and dont you dare think otherwise

[@rawkeh]

Ten minutes into the movie, my wife goes "This is such a guy movie I feel hair growing on my chest." We both loved it.

[@ryuunosuk3]

She's a keeper!

[@MacroniDude]

In regards to the "what if every nation had their Jaeger" part, the show Mobile Fighter G-Gundam is the perfect example. Each nation has its own representative Gundam to compete in a fighting tournament, and boy the stereotypes incorporated into the designs are just perfect. Some of the designs remain fan classics to this day, including Netherland's Windmill Gundam and Mexico's Tequilla Gundam.

[@hecksters423]

A pair of which, to this day, never made it to plastic model merchandise.

[@bentwineham1986]

⁠@@hecksters423I refuse to die until I get my perfect grade tequila Gundam.

[@Zirkalaritz]

I will forever remember how I laughed the day I saw MATADOR the spanish bullfighting bull GUNDAM. The nation designs were _chef's kiss_

[@dracon6206]

Unfortunately the Philippines still didn't get one. Mecha just hates us huh.

[@peppermillers8361]

hell yeah, it's great. Tequilla Gundam has very good design composition, "stereotyping" (I personally don't really think G Gundam suffers from that outside of maybe one character) aside.

[@the2uzrunner]

I seriously wish they made a sequel, or even a prequel to this movie. The cgi is just top notch, and the action was amazing. Amazing enough to get me hyped for each punch that was getting dished out. Cant wait for the second part of this. This is, i think, my favorite anime-inspired sci-fi movie

[@nothuman7771]

How do we tell em...

[@ethanstyant9704]

@@nothuman7771 ssh ignorance is bliss

[@chrishall8765]

@@nothuman7771 We don't, we only envy their sweet naivety.

[@the2uzrunner]

@@nothuman7771 lol I've seen uprising. I meant like an actual, proper sequel. Not shit about Jaegers using cities as their playground and causing as much destruction as possible. And also the fact that they move like 2x faster than the Jaegers in PR1, makes everything feel stupidly fake and childish

[@crocidile90]

​@@the2uzrunnerthere is even a Netflix anime-esque spin off called Pacific Rim: The Black which got canned in season 2 (despite having 4 season worth of content) and the 2nd one being so rushed that it spins you head 360°.... vertically. We don't even know why only Sydney and to coast cities were fortified and blacked out the rest of the country, why? Don't know, never got to or will get to that part. Why do Kaiju have women cultists and Human kaiju hybrids that can transform between the two? It's a mystery..... and will stay that way because we, the Netflix board decided that since this niche show didn't become the second coming of Stranger Things, we are canning it in season 2 despite the journey taking AT LEAST 3 seasons and season 4 being the solver season leading up to next arcs big bad guy.

[@hereticseraphim73]

What I think makes the scene even worse for Raleigh, is that since he and his brother were still linked, he essentially experienced his own brothers death, or at least the moments leading to it.

[@49thNap]

I recall him saying he still feels his brothers fear and pain even years after

[@shadowsovereign4948]

One of my favorite parts from the novelization is that Herc, the guy who Jockeys Striker with his son, had to choose between saving his wife and saving his kid because a Kaiju was attacking the city and they were gonna nuke it. So he only had enough time to save one and he chose his son. This led to a worsening mental state between them in the drift as Chuck and Herc both felt immense guilt at the death of their mother/wife. Just a great way to expand on their characters and show just how harsh the nuke option was on the world around them.

[@thegunslinger1363]

The guy who composed the epic score for this was Ramin Djawadi. Who was also mentored by Hans Zimmer. I'd love to have seen a prequel.

[@merrittanimation7721]

He also did Game of Thrones, and his score is the only reason the last couple seasons are in any way passable aside from the effects.

[@herbertschulz4313]

Djawadi is really good. He also made iron man, game of thrones and westworld.and like all good composers, he was born in germany.

[@HarryH987]

Also love the Tom Morello riffs

[@chomp7927]

I still use this movie as a system test whenever I rebuild my home theater or I put some in for friends, such a damn good movie with a damn good soundtrack and audio effects

[@DufeBeu]

Yes, auch a shame they never made a sequel to this movie.

[@belgianfootball4529]

Clearly you havent heard of Atlantic rim

[@LoLo25A]

They did in 2018 with John Boyega

[@agastyawiwekananda6083]

@@LoLo25A there is no such thing as pacific rim 2 in ba sing se

[@LoLo25A]

@@agastyawiwekananda6083 aang would be proud of u. But yea it's called Pacific Rim uprising

[@notmbr]

@@LoLo25Adude the joke is we know there's a sequel but we're indenial and refuse to acknowledge it 🙂🙂

[@JoshSweetvale]

Jaegers are like pro sports teams. Each one has a nationality, a style, a history and a pedigree. Cherno Alpha: Oldtech veteran russian tank boi Chinese Three-arm: AGILE BUILDING Gidsy Danger: WW2 plane. Striker Eureka: Modern experimental smartfighter with arrogant rival guy as pilot. Meanwhile, the Pentecost-Mako father-daughter relationship asks the brave question: What if the dad from Evangelion _wasn't_ an asshole. 8:20 That is literally the scene where the blue girl from Evangelion tests out her mech. It goes nuts, damn near wrecks the control room. Mind-merge compatibility is a bitch.

[@flaemy117]

What if the dad from Evangelion wasn't an asshole" I've been asking myself this same question for years. Glad someone finally had the guts to answer it

[@SeruraRenge11]

Tbf, Gendo is basically just a standin for the average Japanese dad who spends too much time at work to be with his kids which is why so many teens in Japan connected to Shinji. So really what it's asking with that Gendo question is, for a lot of Japanese teens, "what if MY dad wasn't an asshole?"

[@JoshSweetvale]

@@SeruraRenge11 He's a sadist who is jealous of his son for having his wife's unconditional love, and acts weird toward his wife's clone. Abusive weird.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

​@@JoshSweetvale It was more, Gendo had absolutely no empathy towards Shinji, and started hating him because he was messing up his ultimate plan to reunite with his Waifu. He outright never knew what to do with Shinji and chose to abandon him because he was Commander Autism: Ultimate Form.

[@thatoneguy1969]

Gipsy Danger as a WW2 Plane doesn't seem right to me. I can see where you're coming from with that, but I'd figure Gipsy fit the role of a third or fourth-generation fighter.

[@G10M13]

The fact that pacific rim was made in 2013 baffles me it looks stunning and just amazing for the time period and so many movies today can’t even get close to pacific rims quality

[@JCDenton314]

Unironically this is my favorite movie of all time. Good action, no bs love story subplot, kick ass special effects, all to a killer OST. It set out to do one thing and nailed it.

[@LonerWithBoner03]

Same 🤝

[@aarongregory4980]

Same, god tier film. I wanted giant robots punching cool giant monsters, and god damnit I got everything I could’ve asked for.

[@SMITESHSURESH]

​@@aarongregory4980 exactly!!!! This and Mad Max fury road , you just get what was advertised nothing less nothing more

[@esquilo370]

And the bset of it all? It has no sequels, it ends there...

[@charlesflohr1815]

Charlie being a kanju groupie is like the dinosaurs being meteor groupies.

[@UGNAvalon]

Or like storm chasers being tornado groupies 🤔

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

He's like that one chick from AoT

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

Honestly Charlie being a borderline monsterfucker in this movie is believable to me because of how many people in real life are into kaiju and think they're cool even when they destroy shit and kill people in those movies.

[@Dookieman1975]

If you think of it Newton’s tattoos aren’t that different from people having literally tattoos of nukes. The opening also explains there was merch made of Jaegers AND Kaiju. How many tv shows did Newton watch with Kaiju as a student? There were even cults and propaganda around it. And I guess they had to include kaiju fans with mecha fans somehow. But is it really that hard to believe when we got kaiju fans irl despite the chaos they would cause?

[@SeruraRenge11]

@@UGNAvalon But that one's real.

[@eagle_and_the_dragon]

Never felt like the film pretended to be anything other than a Kaiju fight film. I'm pretty confident this has more Kaiju screentime than any of the new Godzilla films.

[@socksleeve]

Oh no doubt. Shit you get robot vs monster action within the first 5-10 minutes

[@Kaiju-bm4ts]

Yeah.......just because the film has fights doesn't mean the kaiju have alot of screentime. Literally the most screentime these PR kaiju get is 5 minutes while the smallest amount of screentime they have is 20-30 seconds or less. None of them came close to the 10 minutes godzilla had, 12 minutes ghidorah had and the full on 37 minutes kong had in gvk.

[@socksleeve]

@@Kaiju-bm4ts yeah, 10 minutes *in his own movie where there’s only 3 monsters including Godzilla*. We’re talking total amount of time in the movie that includes monsters

[@Kaiju-bm4ts]

@@socksleeve buddy go look up the screentime for each pacific rim kaiju, they don't have much to brag about in terms of screentime. If we're talking about total screentime then the MV gives it's titans more than PR did. 10 minutes to 15 minutes is the average for godzilla's screentime in most of his movies. Also you do realize there's more to the MV than just godzilla 2014 right? While else do u think I mentioned ghidorah and kong who both had more screentime than godzilla

[@lucas_lipp]

I watched this movie with my mom, after I broke my nose by passing out after work, and man... I love this movie so much. One of my favorite details is that basically every shot of the fighting makes sense, as they're filmed in a way that the camera could be from a ground reporter, a ship, a helicopter, etc. It's a great way to ground the action. I love it

[@RedExia]

11:39 Crimson Typhoon was supposed to be a mech with four arms, piloted by female quadruplets, but they couldn't find quadruplets Chinese actresses, so the idea was changed. This was written in PR: Man, Machines & Monsters if I remember correctly.

[@maesi6974]

I think three arms is a more unique concept than 4

[@RedExia]

@@maesi6974 I totally agree, but the concept that really caught me was the quadruplets female pilots, that sounds badass as f

[@LynnLyns]

I mean, triplets are strange enough to find if Del Toro wanted a quadruplets and female FROM China. Good luck. But the triplets were cool as well, and a three-armed mech is more unique than a four-armed mech But yeah, it sounds more badass a mech controlled by 4 ppl

[@quanganhvu6791]

Female quadruplets in China? That's a story in and of itself because...you know

[@metaford3746]

yeah getting pass china 1 child policy was already extremely hard back then imagine finding 4

[@kurumi9755]

Pacific Rim was such a good movie, a huge Robot slapping a Kaiju in the face with a ship? 10/10. We just don't talk about the second movie.

[@MinecraftWorld1954]

We can talk about the anime spin off (Pacific Rim The Black) though

[@eeelorde9962]

Is there any sequel?

[@codycarney2311]

Are taking about PR: The Black? While it's set in the universe its not a direct sequel. Though I do believe that Pacific Rim does certainly deserve one.

[@fredthepeacelily]

Second movie? There never was a sequel. Shame they never made one, really.

[@zilchthegrate63]

Pacific Rim single handedly got me into engineering. It is my absolute goal in life to revive BT-7274 and give him the home he deserves.

[@derekstevens7716]

Protocol 3: Protect the pilot

[@memedealer5044]

We need BT, we need Titanfall 3

[@otony5219]

How's the revival going?

[@zilchthegrate63]

@@otony5219 trying to figure out how the joints will move... and also trying to find how tf I'm going to fund this

[@kalletaimi5094]

​@@zilchthegrate63I will invest in this project, I have 20€ in my bank account.

[@justinverser2102]

One of my favorite films of all time!!!!!!!! I went to see it 4 times in theaters all on the biggest screen I could.

[@StrikerEureka13]

I have it on DVD. I think I watched it like 10 times the year it came out

[@sims8717]

"A Jeager with a Church on its back." Got me laughing so hard a warp tear opened in my kidney.

[@christbenitez8797]

Sounds like an imperial class titan from WH40K lmao

[@hungryshark4133]

​@@christbenitez8797To Be fair it's the only titan that has a church on it's back.

[@danielmarhuenda]

​@@christbenitez8797its literally that

[@letsworkoutabit1959]

For the Holy Throne!

[@brentterschegget235]

FOR THE EMPEROR

[@theelementalstation947]

Honestly I love that the main character doesn’t hesitate to get back into action when he is needed. He knows that is for the good of humanity and is willing to go through hell again for it that alone makes him a good hero in my opinion.

[@relatvity]

😮😮😮

[@Dorito8052]

Pacific Rim is one of my favorite movies, it’s just so fun to watch. It’s a shame they never made a sequel.

[@meatloaf_gaming1016]

We are not going to talk about the sequel

[@cadenjones3222]

I know sucks right

[@eeelorde9962]

Such shame...

[@BrotherGS]

​@meatloaf_gaming1016 what sequel? There was never a sequel

[@technopathtech2736]

The sequel was gold enough

[@juliawertz5282]

9:35 the delivery of this line actually made me burst out laughing in the middle of my workplace for the first time in many months. EXQUISITE work

[@MissMisnomer_]

I have so much love and respect in my heart for Guillermo del Toro and his whole team for how damn tactile everything is. Like, they actually built the entire inside of the Jaeger helmets for the actors to work in. They were bolted into those things, with their movements being attached to actual gears and pistons, gallons of water being blasted onto them. Apparently they designed the rigs to be able to drop like, 15 feet! That's insane! It gives everything so much weight behind it. Here's the link to the video where Toro talks about the process: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4Osl3yfa7dkj9U

[@MikhailSamunin]

5:33 Between his competence and generic behavior Raleigh Becket is a remarkably realistic everyman who is both largely relatable and has a right and a reason to be where he is.

[@charliekelly7024]

The most relatable character was the dude that yelled "Why are we even building this thing?!" when the video of the kaiju breaking through the other wall happened lol.

[@peppermillers8361]

@@charliekelly7024 I highly agree.

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

​@@charliekelly7024lol very true. I'd be very angry with my local politicians.

[@julianpradarodriguez7336]

I loved the relationship between Mako and Raleigh. It did not need to have a forced kiss, it was more sincere, simpler

[@dennisjaime1801]

Apparently in the novel version they do kiss.

[@Karthig1987]

Agreed

[@7deuc2e38]

I watched this movie for the first time last week and have watched it 4 more times since then. It really is such a well done movie for what it's trying to accomplish and it looks better than 90% of whats out currently

[@Android480]

To me the most memorable part is the beginning, when they step into the mechs for the first time. The sheer scale of the machinery slotting into place. Blew my little mind

[@lalocorgan]

And then we see them walk, heavily, slowly, noisy, makes you feel the massive size of these machines

[@KassFireborn]

Yeah, I can tell that Del Toro had the exact same rapturous reaction I did to the first automated Iron Man suit assembly sequence in IM1, because not only did he do it for mechs, he went and got Ramin Djawadi to do the soundtrack too. Chef's kiss.

[@TheShire26]

Knowing that Guillermo Del Toro is a massive nerd who really wanted to direct this as an ode to mech and monster movies makes me super happy.

[@dracodracarys2339]

Honestly I just want Charlie Day and Burn Gorman to be in more movies and shows together. Their comedic chemistry is top notch. Just imagine these two getting into all kinds of shenanigans, I don't even care what the plot would even be lmaooo

[@bigdaddydons6241]

Genuinely my favorite human scenes in these movies, they're both great

[@sharky_luv]

I loved Burn Gorman in Torchwood. God, I gotta catch up on It's Always Sunny..

[@corvuscolbrand]

I just realized how much Burn Gorman sounds like a fucking name Hideo Kojima would make up for one of his characters. like if I put tha name besides Hot Coldman or Die Hardman you'd have no bloody idea it didn't belong

[@Alpacapack1]

Fun fact: The voice actor for Glados is actually the AI Gipsy voice which is why they sound so similar, they’re the same voice actor.

[@HappyGingerWolf]

12:19 They aren't just higher level kaiju, they are specifically designed to beat these jaegers, the aliens learned all their capabilities and weaknesses from the drift with newt and custom made counters to it, like otochi's acid against cherno and the EMP against striker

[@stephenlee3406]

It's also interesting to see that the kaijus look like the monster counterparts to the jaegers. Leatherback looks like a kaiju gorilla version of cherno alpha, while otachi has a tail that acts like a third limb similar to crimson typhoon. Dear lord the details of this movie were just next level.

[@mfbobyle6771]

Ron Perlman actually survives the fetus in an end credits scene. He cuts out of it. Which is awesome

[@kalebriss]

"Where is my goddamn shoe?"

[@magma_fire_bagwan]

Yeah. Such a good one haha

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Like sharknado?

[@shinygoldenpotion1587]

best part of the movie out of everything else

[@jakewilcox7760]

How DARE you not mention the absolute BANGER of score this movie has

[@Idkrlly-r7k]

17:10 "that looks like a good movie, should i try it guys?" -famous last words of me being innocent

[@Alexander-Kaiser]

I'm actually amazed and delighted someone remembered Megas XLR. That's really a blast from the past. God that show was awesome back in kid days

[@Jekyllstein_Gray]

One weirdly specific thing I love in stories is when they casually break established storytelling rules. Iron Man did this with the secret identity trope. Pacific Rim did this with the romantic subplot.

[@TheMamaluigi300]

“I *am* Iron Man.”

[@joganesha4151]

A wee bit of context for Charlie's tattoos, in the story introduction it is said that it's quite common to make merchandise based on the kaijus and jaegers. Hell they showed toys of the kaijus, meaning there's a market for this shit. So this could imply that Charlie got these sick tattoos on the peak of its popularity (and also probably before the jaegers started dying off to kaijus...). Think of it as having a tsunami or a tornado as your tattoo, they are destructive and they kill people and they destroy homes but goddamn they look cool as hell on my arm!

[@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511]

Más bien como si fueran tiburones

[@SpremeCalami]

9:15 It may seem strange, but in this reality no. You see in the beginning that after the jaegers started winning, the kaijus became another part of the world for the main population, like hurricanes or earthquakes. There was even tv shows, merch, etc made about the kaiju. Tattoos and stuff wouldn’t even be that weird anymore, and it’s more fascination than actually liking them that keeps Charlie going