Pacific Rim 2 Has A Release Date

[Keiichi Morisato]

I'm torn. On the one hand, Pacific Rim was an awesome movie. On the other hand, it was pretty decisively a one off thing. How are they going to continue the story?

by having the aliens open up a new portal. it's not like they killed off ALL the aliens, most likely they only killed off what amounts to a city not an entire planet or species.

But that's silly. Most of the drama came from the shakiness of their plan, they know what to do now if it happens again.

yes and no, they could always come back with a stronger force, and a more advanced portal system.

If they go that direction it will come off as contrived no matter what they do.

it was explained in the very beginning about the portal, and at the end, all they did was destroy that ONE portal. what makes you think that they can't make a new portal? and why would it be contrived? to me it's pretty simple, we beat them, now they want revenge, and will build a new more stable portal to get back at us, one that can't be closed as easily and is able to detect when something is riding on the back of a Kaiju that should be there.

But it creates the question "why didn't they do that in the first place?" It was established that these beings have been aware of Earth alone for millions of years, and they probably have been doing this for billions. They only just now made their portal that selective? I wouldn't buy it. It'd just stick out at me as "because the plot demands it".

i think it's because no one before has ever fought back and succeeded before then. even if it stick out as "because the plot demands it" i'd rather have that than the any other alternative.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

I'm torn. On the one hand, Pacific Rim was an awesome movie. On the other hand, it was pretty decisively a one off thing. How are they going to continue the story?

by having the aliens open up a new portal. it's not like they killed off ALL the aliens, most likely they only killed off what amounts to a city not an entire planet or species.

But that's silly. Most of the drama came from the shakiness of their plan, they know what to do now if it happens again.

yes and no, they could always come back with a stronger force, and a more advanced portal system.

If they go that direction it will come off as contrived no matter what they do.

it was explained in the very beginning about the portal, and at the end, all they did was destroy that ONE portal. what makes you think that they can't make a new portal? and why would it be contrived? to me it's pretty simple, we beat them, now they want revenge, and will build a new more stable portal to get back at us, one that can't be closed as easily and is able to detect when something is riding on the back of a Kaiju that should be there.

But it creates the question "why didn't they do that in the first place?" It was established that these beings have been aware of Earth alone for millions of years, and they probably have been doing this for billions. They only just now made their portal that selective? I wouldn't buy it. It'd just stick out at me as "because the plot demands it".

i think it's because no one before has ever fought back and succeeded before then. even if it stick out as "because the plot demands it" i'd rather have that than the any other alternative.

I don't know, human warfare being changed by the advent of Jaegers and the sudden loss of an external threat sounds like an interesting plot. I could maybe deal with a different external threat. But just "we could have made this better millennia ago but we came down with a collective case of the fuckits" isn't very interesting.

 

[Keiichi Morisato]

I'm torn. On the one hand, Pacific Rim was an awesome movie. On the other hand, it was pretty decisively a one off thing. How are they going to continue the story?

by having the aliens open up a new portal. it's not like they killed off ALL the aliens, most likely they only killed off what amounts to a city not an entire planet or species.

But that's silly. Most of the drama came from the shakiness of their plan, they know what to do now if it happens again.

yes and no, they could always come back with a stronger force, and a more advanced portal system.

If they go that direction it will come off as contrived no matter what they do.

it was explained in the very beginning about the portal, and at the end, all they did was destroy that ONE portal. what makes you think that they can't make a new portal? and why would it be contrived? to me it's pretty simple, we beat them, now they want revenge, and will build a new more stable portal to get back at us, one that can't be closed as easily and is able to detect when something is riding on the back of a Kaiju that should be there.

But it creates the question "why didn't they do that in the first place?" It was established that these beings have been aware of Earth alone for millions of years, and they probably have been doing this for billions. They only just now made their portal that selective? I wouldn't buy it. It'd just stick out at me as "because the plot demands it".

i think it's because no one before has ever fought back and succeeded before then. even if it stick out as "because the plot demands it" i'd rather have that than the any other alternative.

I don't know, human warfare being changed by the advent of Jaegers and the sudden loss of an external threat sounds like an interesting plot. I could maybe deal with a different external threat. But just "we could have made this better millennia ago but we came down with a collective case of the fuckits" isn't very interesting.

if it means more Kaiju vs Mechs, then i would be down with any excuse to bring them back.

 

[TheMemoman]

Sweet! I don't care about warfare technicalities. I'm not an army-ho or gun-ho. I want to see a good sci-fi premise, some creative monster and robot design, and the great, great cinematography and direction of Guillermo del Toro! I'm in!

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

I'm torn. On the one hand, Pacific Rim was an awesome movie. On the other hand, it was pretty decisively a one off thing. How are they going to continue the story?

I've had three ideas about that.

1. Rock'em Sock'em Robots (nations of the world use Jaegers in WWIII)
2. The Makers make smaller portals all around the Earth in increasingly rapid succession like the first movie's stability monster send through thingy premise and send smaller monsters through for the world to deal with. Jaegers would have to scale down to Gundam size or smaller to fight them.
3. Earth takes the fight to the Makers by creating our very own portal network.

OT: Well, hopefully this works out. The first movie wasn't exactly high art but it knew itself well enough to be a fun ride.
Hopefully the sequel/s keep that in mind.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Screw the sequel, it's the Animated Series I'm interested in hearing about. The film was practically made to be in animation. So long as they don't turn it into an anime and keep a unique visual flair, I am really interested in where they could take a television series.

 

[FalloutJack]

I'm torn. On the one hand, Pacific Rim was an awesome movie. On the other hand, it was pretty decisively a one off thing. How are they going to continue the story?

I think the official word is that the aliens weren't all killed, just this particular attack group and batch of kaiju.

I'm looking forward to this. ...if only I didn't have to look so far ahead!

 

[crimson5pheonix]

I'm torn. On the one hand, Pacific Rim was an awesome movie. On the other hand, it was pretty decisively a one off thing. How are they going to continue the story?

I think the official word is that the aliens weren't all killed, just this particular attack group and batch of kaiju.

I'm looking forward to this. ...if only I didn't have to look so far ahead!

If that happens I will be sad.

Wait...

I'm torn. On the one hand, Pacific Rim was an awesome movie. On the other hand, it was pretty decisively a one off thing. How are they going to continue the story?

Well the story ended sure, but we only saw the end of the war, there were plenty of other battles and who says it has to follow Gypsy Danger?

Same with the new movie, it doesn't have to be a direct follow on.

Quillermo Del Toro already said that the films will only focus on Gypsy Danger.

But they blew up the Gypsy Danger! With a nuke!

 

[FalloutJack]

But they blew up the Gypsy Danger! With a nuke!

Rather, it WAS the nuke. But like...it's still a machine. They have the blueprints. Presumably, they'd get more funding for, you know, saving the world. Still, it was just something I heard, in regards to the aliens. I don't know if it's true. Wouldn't bother me, though.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

But they blew up the Gypsy Danger! With a nuke!

Rather, it WAS the nuke. But like...it's still a machine. They have the blueprints. Presumably, they'd get more funding for, you know, saving the world. Still, it was just something I heard, in regards to the aliens. I don't know if it's true. Wouldn't bother me, though.

They also moved on several generations after that. The Striker Eureka was mechanically superior to the Gypsy Danger.

 

[Keiichi Morisato]

I'm torn. On the one hand, Pacific Rim was an awesome movie. On the other hand, it was pretty decisively a one off thing. How are they going to continue the story?

I think the official word is that the aliens weren't all killed, just this particular attack group and batch of kaiju.

I'm looking forward to this. ...if only I didn't have to look so far ahead!

If that happens I will be sad.

Wait...

I'm torn. On the one hand, Pacific Rim was an awesome movie. On the other hand, it was pretty decisively a one off thing. How are they going to continue the story?

Well the story ended sure, but we only saw the end of the war, there were plenty of other battles and who says it has to follow Gypsy Danger?

Same with the new movie, it doesn't have to be a direct follow on.

Quillermo Del Toro already said that the films will only focus on Gypsy Danger.

But they blew up the Gypsy Danger! With a nuke!

um... Del Toro already stated that there will be a Gypsy Danger 2.0.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

I'm torn. On the one hand, Pacific Rim was an awesome movie. On the other hand, it was pretty decisively a one off thing. How are they going to continue the story?

I think the official word is that the aliens weren't all killed, just this particular attack group and batch of kaiju.

I'm looking forward to this. ...if only I didn't have to look so far ahead!

If that happens I will be sad.

Wait...

I'm torn. On the one hand, Pacific Rim was an awesome movie. On the other hand, it was pretty decisively a one off thing. How are they going to continue the story?

Well the story ended sure, but we only saw the end of the war, there were plenty of other battles and who says it has to follow Gypsy Danger?

Same with the new movie, it doesn't have to be a direct follow on.

Quillermo Del Toro already said that the films will only focus on Gypsy Danger.

But they blew up the Gypsy Danger! With a nuke!

um... Del Toro already stated that there will be a Gypsy Danger 2.0.

But again, why? It was an old design in the first movie. What would be the logic behind recreating it when they already make better Jaegers?

 

[Keiichi Morisato]

Screw the sequel, it's the Animated Series I'm interested in hearing about. The film was practically made to be in animation. So long as they don't turn it into an anime and keep a unique visual flair, I am really interested in where they could take a television series.

honestly... i kinda hope it does turn into an anime, at least we would know that it would be good, as i wouldn't trust any western studio to work on the show. western animation houses aren't used to creating shows that aren't episodic, and with characters and story to get invested in. usually in western cartoons, each episode is self contained and with no character development of any kind. though i do hope they keep to the film's visual flare as well. the last cartoon that i watched that was actually worth getting invested in was Avatar: The Last Air Bender, and they haven't been doing too good with the sequel series The Legend of Korra from what i have been hearing around the net.

 

[FalloutJack]

But they blew up the Gypsy Danger! With a nuke!

Rather, it WAS the nuke. But like...it's still a machine. They have the blueprints. Presumably, they'd get more funding for, you know, saving the world. Still, it was just something I heard, in regards to the aliens. I don't know if it's true. Wouldn't bother me, though.

They also moved on several generations after that. The Striker Eureka was mechanically superior to the Gypsy Danger.

It's simple. You rebuild the bot that delivered, with updates. You take successful designs and you improve upon them. Means you don't have to waste time with constant new designs that...that...oh god. It's like the fucking Kaiju!

 

[Keiichi Morisato]

I'm torn. On the one hand, Pacific Rim was an awesome movie. On the other hand, it was pretty decisively a one off thing. How are they going to continue the story?

I think the official word is that the aliens weren't all killed, just this particular attack group and batch of kaiju.

I'm looking forward to this. ...if only I didn't have to look so far ahead!

If that happens I will be sad.

Wait...

I'm torn. On the one hand, Pacific Rim was an awesome movie. On the other hand, it was pretty decisively a one off thing. How are they going to continue the story?

Well the story ended sure, but we only saw the end of the war, there were plenty of other battles and who says it has to follow Gypsy Danger?

Same with the new movie, it doesn't have to be a direct follow on.

Quillermo Del Toro already said that the films will only focus on Gypsy Danger.

But they blew up the Gypsy Danger! With a nuke!

um... Del Toro already stated that there will be a Gypsy Danger 2.0.

But again, why? It was an old design in the first movie. What would be the logic behind recreating it when they already make better Jaegers?

first of all, if they try to go digital instead of analog again, an EMP blast will take out the Jeager instantly, just like in the film with the austrailian pilots. second i DID say 2.0, it would pretty much the same basic design, but changed here and there to update the mech, with things like new weapons, better nuclear reactor installed, etc. there is a lot that they could do that would improve upon the Jeager's overall design and performance.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

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Well the wikipedia page for Pacific Rim has a few details.

At WonderCon 2013, del Toro expressed enthusiasm for a potential crossover between Pacific Rim and Godzilla?another Legendary Pictures kaiju film?but stressed that no such plans were in place.

Now that I would pay money to see. I'd pay good money to see that in the theater with all the Imax bells and whistles.

In July 2013, del Toro discussed the sequel, stating: "The main idea that we're bouncing off is the fact that Newt drifted with a Kaiju brain, and all Kaiju brains are connected. We say that. They are like a hive mentality. So, you know, draw your own conclusions."

So it's looking like it will be the same aliens for round 2

The director has also stated the sequel will feature "Gipsy 2.0", as well as a "merging of Kaiju and Jaeger".

Ehhhhh... I want to dismiss it out of hand, but I have faith in Del Toro to do this right.

 

[FalloutJack]

Cool stuff

It would be theoretically possible to develop a one-man drift system if it had part of a Kaiju's brain to act as an enhancer. Such a concept would eliminate the need for carefully-screened pilot groupings. Of course, it might also run wild with a mind of its own...

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Cool stuff

It would be theoretically possible to develop a one-man drift system if it had part of a Kaiju's brain to act as an enhancer. Such a concept would eliminate the need for carefully-screened pilot groupings. Of course, it might also run wild with a mind of its own...

If they did that it would be A) dumb as hell and B) hilariously awesome.

 

[FalloutJack]

Cool stuff

It would be theoretically possible to develop a one-man drift system if it had part of a Kaiju's brain to act as an enhancer. Such a concept would eliminate the need for carefully-screened pilot groupings. Of course, it might also run wild with a mind of its own...

If they did that it would be A) dumb as hell and B) hilariously awesome.

I'm not sure it can be both of those at once. Other things might pull that off, but this has to be one of the other, and I say the other, personally.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Cool stuff

It would be theoretically possible to develop a one-man drift system if it had part of a Kaiju's brain to act as an enhancer. Such a concept would eliminate the need for carefully-screened pilot groupings. Of course, it might also run wild with a mind of its own...

If they did that it would be A) dumb as hell and B) hilariously awesome.

I'm not sure it can be both of those at once. Other things might pull that off, but this has to be one of the other, and I say the other, personally.

Oh it's quite easy. It's like watching a slasher movie, but when you yell at the idiot who decided the check the basement alone he pulls out a death ray and blasts everything.