polishgenius Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 PG,Why would I agree with that when it isn't what he said? Because it's possible from the wider context of a prevailing discussion/argument about Hollywood originality to work out that it's almost certainly what he meant.Sure, he may come back and make me look silly. But in the meantime I'm really not sure what the point of this argument is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borsabil Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 This is a silly argument. Let's just all agree that Mister.E probably meant 'original property' when he said 'original idea' and move on. As a movie, maybe. I'm reasonably certain that Mecha fighting giant monsters existed in other mediums before Pacific Rim, though.I've been wracking my brains and I think you're right. Didn't the Power Rangers movie back in the day do something similar? I know in the TV series the PR's routinely take charge of a giant robot and battle Godzilla monsters threatening cities. (OK it's a dude dressed in a rubber suit, but still). And before you condemn me I'm the father of a six year old boy, and the Power Rangers are back in vogue.So to re-cap, Pacific Rim is maybe not an original idea, but they were original in spending millons of dollars on SFX to make it look bitching good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Has a sequel been confirmed yet? They're waiting to get the money back from China (which apparently is a long and drawn-out process). When they do that and get the full worldwide money in ($410 million, almost) they should green-light a sequel. Del Toro's already writing one as of last month. The problem is that Del Toro tends not to stick around on one idea too long, and if they take too long to make a decision it might be years and years before we see a sequel (as with Hellboy) because he's off doing other things. Ha, according to that interview Del Toro owns 7,000 DVDs and 900 Blu-Rays. He also still has his VHS and Betamax movie collections :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brzibrzi Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Watched Pacific Rim last night.It does what it says on the tin.I really shouldn't have liked it, but my inner 9 year old peed his pants with over-excitement.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fupWquPNoTc ahahaha that was hilarious, i laughed my ass off at 1:50 - ... and this one named after a stripper (gipsy danger) :lol: i really shouldn't have liked it either, but my inner 9 year old needed an underwear change too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 That honest movie trailer is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Red Snow,"When that Kaiju was like 'RARRRRR", and that Robot was like 'ARRRRR", and '"PEW, PEW, PEW".;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stannis Eats No Peaches Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 "Let's be honest, this movie was really dumb, but I still cannot wait for the sequel!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 "AWESOME DUMB ROBOT MOVIE!' oh sorry 'PACIFIC RIM!'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borsabil Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 "Let's be honest, this movie was really dumb, but I still cannot wait for the sequel!"My thoughts exactly, only this time don't hire the entire cast of Sons of Anarchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixodes Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Sequel? The apocalypse was canceled, folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castel Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Sequel? The apocalypse was canceled, folks. When has that ever stopped anyone?? Another apocalypse...IN SPACE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Watched Pacific Rim last night.It does what it says on the tin.I really shouldn't have liked it, but my inner 9 year old peed his pants with over-excitement.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fupWquPNoTc That was pretty great. Better then the movie itself. I often think people are more in love with the idea of this movie then the movie itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castel Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 "AWESOME DUMB ROBOT MOVIE!' oh sorry 'PACIFIC RIM!'" Ser Scott may not have gone to see the movie, but he certainly got a movie ticket's worth of entertainment out of it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Castel,I'll see it soon. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Buck Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 That's probably the best Honest Trailer I've seen. The "struggles to maintain an American accent" part got me good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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