Pacific Rim-Where can it go from here?

[guitarsniper]

I want the film to be heavily advertised as a sequel, but it turns out to be a five-minute alternate universe where the governments of the world act intelligently and just spawn-camp the Kaiju with submarines and nuclear torpedoes (which are totally a thing we have, thanks GW Bush)

 

[Cabisco]

the only thing i really liked about pacific rim was the big ass robots and the big ass monsters kicking the crap out of each other, the rest of the storyline was crap (the love interest really?) i actually almost stopped watching it when that guys brother died and he went missing for 5 years, when he was in the chopper and it was about to land i actually said if his new co-pilot is a woman i'm going to stop watching it, it fooled me when they introduced the girl cause they said she was the generals assistant but i guess i always kinda knew she was his co-pilot

Almost stopped watching it..? Your terminology suggests piracy rather than cinema going good sir, have at you! (I kid)

While I can't think of a way to make a sequel I'd love to see it, Pacific Rim was a great action movie.

 

[zerragonoss]

I am really surprised at how definite many people think the ending is. Its like assuming that if you invade Britain (pre-airplanes) and they destroyed all your ships,you forget where they are or how to make ships. It seems completely abused to think that a race that has invade and consumed some large number of planets could not make another couple portals.

Isn't that kind of what happened in the real world though? We lose a war against someone and we don't try again right away, because it would be a waste of resources and manpower. I mean there is a reason why Britain was known for it's navy for a good portion of Medieval History.

Unless you are the Huns. Or the Mongols. I always forget which one had a United Empire that conquered China.

Right away would be the key word their, but it feels like they would know how close they were to winning. I think that would just make them hungry.
On the other hand that gave me idea for other more interesting squeals than Pacific rim +Atlantic rim two portals now. Humanity is contracted by other races that have fought off, or are fighting the kiju makers. You get much more scifiy and it actually sounds interesting. maybe humanity gets found because single small portals are hard to track but the stabilization at the end gave earths location. This could also explain why they started so much smaller. than we join part of a inter-dimensional war on a much larger scale.

 

[Lordlavalamp]

A sequel would be easy,now that the kaiju are defeated the nations would use their mechs to wage war on each other.Without a common enemy there would be no reason to stay united.

 

[A BigCup of Tea]

the only thing i really liked about pacific rim was the big ass robots and the big ass monsters kicking the crap out of each other, the rest of the storyline was crap (the love interest really?) i actually almost stopped watching it when that guys brother died and he went missing for 5 years, when he was in the chopper and it was about to land i actually said if his new co-pilot is a woman i'm going to stop watching it, it fooled me when they introduced the girl cause they said she was the generals assistant but i guess i always kinda knew she was his co-pilot

Almost stopped watching it..? Your terminology suggests piracy rather than cinema going good sir, have at you! (I kid)

While I can't think of a way to make a sequel I'd love to see it, Pacific Rim was a great action movie.

damn caught red handed! (mods i kid) wouldn't of been the first time i've walked out of the cinema ( i did with eragon and the vampires assistant)

 

[Erttheking]

What? There's no room for a sequel where Gypsy Danger and a new generation of Jeagers fight Godzilla?

 

[Scarim Coral]

In my view it shouldn't be made into sequels althought my bro said he can easily see it having a sequel.

I don't see how a sequel can be made since the ending pretty much elimate any future threat made by the aliens. I mean I highly doubt the aliens will now invade Earth by traditional means (space travel) since I assumed the distance is way too far to do so (hence why they had that portal).

Ok even if they had made another portal somehow (what was never explained in the film) why would the Government would still have a Jeager or two around seeing how they pretty much no longer in favour of building anymore of them or did they still made a couple just in case?

Either way, the sequel plot must be well written or convincing/ justify for me to buy it.

 

[Henkie36]

There have been rumors about merging Pacific Rim with Godzilla. That. Would. Be. AWESOME! That is something that I might look forward to.

 

[Yojoo]

I don't want a sequel, because they can't bring back Idris Elba. That dude rocked in the movie.

That said, if we DO get a sequel, I want to see what sort of craziness exists beyond the front door of the Kaiju homeworld. Which probably means going on the offensive. Reopen the portal and send Gipsy Danger mark 2 leading an army of new/recommissioned Jagers into the breach and wipe the Kaiju out once and for all.

 

[Dryk]

I think they should play to the franchise's strengths which seems to be action figures and anthology pieces. There are tons of Jaegers that have names, some of which have designs, people want to see what they can do.

I want the film to be heavily advertised as a sequel, but it turns out to be a five-minute alternate universe where the governments of the world act intelligently and just spawn-camp the Kaiju with submarines and nuclear torpedoes (which are totally a thing we have, thanks GW Bush)

I forsee two possible outcomes

Kaiju dodges torpedo, cleaves submarine in half, proceeds to nearest city
Kaiju dodges torpedo, outruns submarine, proceeds to nearest city

 

[Grimh]

Well as far as I know they only seemed to have closed the portal.
I doubt the explosion eradicated the entire species.

 

[PureChaos]

I read a sequel is planned to do with the bloke who managed to drift one of the monsters due to all their minds being connected. Not sure what exactly they'll be doing but it'll be something along those lines.

 

[Bebop]

A prequel would be totally badass. We could see the Jaegers in their prime, it would be great. We would get some more sweet Japan robot and see Russia and China do some damage.

 

[Ace Morologist]

I'd love to see a sequel that picks up organically where Pacific Rim left off. A movie about a world whose militaries understand the might of the Jaegers but now no longer have kaiju to pit them against so they're all bracing themselves technologically and psychologically for a potential arms race and cold war of Jaeger versus Jaeger. And the arc for the pilot characters is about dealing with their own (and each others' shared) PTSD.

--Morology!

 

[Anachronism]

Well, okay, I could amend to say it's a financial disaster from the point of view of the studios and executives that actually pay the money to have the movie made. The bottom line is doing better than expected in the foreign markets isn't going to cut it when the movie needs to make twice it's budget to be considered a success. For the people paying for the movie a loss is a loss and they just aren't going to throw the money behind a sequel, unless it's significantly scaled down to lessen the risk, and if you get rid of the pure spectacle then what's really left? I don't think anyone that enjoyed the movie is going to say the plot and characters could carry a movie.

It's a lot like the situation of AAA video games now. Call of Duty sells six million units so stockholders throw money at projects and games that move millions of units are considered to be disappointments. It's the same with blockbuster movies. Studios are throwing hundreds of millions at these movies and then expecting them to make Avengers money when that's just never going to happen, so even when a movie does better than expected it's not good enough. Can anyone really believe that RIPD cost 180 million to make? And they actually expected to profit from that? Same thing with the Lone Ranger, a stupid amount of money to make and no way it was ever going to make it back. Now, Rim is better than both of those turds, but I think it would have benefited from being given a more modest budget and then when that does well and it's got name recognition they would be more willing to throw money at a flashy sequel with all the bells and whistles. But that would have required a stronger script and more world building and then blowing their wad on just the most impressive set pieces they could afford.

But it is what is is and unfortunately I think Pacific Rim is going to be a one of a kind movie that we won't seeing something like it again any time soon because of inflated expectation for what was always going to be a niche movie. And you're right I was kind of harsh on the movie, but I do tend to be very critical of even the things I like. And I actually did enjoy the movie, I just don't think it was quite as ground breaking as some people find it.

Fair enough, I see your point. I know it's not really making enough money for a sequel to be terribly likely, but at this point I'd just like one of del Toro's movies to actually do well so he can get his other projects off the ground - I'm stupidly excited about the possibility of his Dark Universe movie about DC's magic-themed characters.

And there's certainly no denying that Pacific Rim's characters couldn't carry the film on their own. For me, it was all about the spectacle: it wasn't even a little bit ground-breaking, I just enjoyed watching giant robots beat up giant monsters as directed by a guy who was clearly in love with the idea. Sometimes, that's enough. Although, clearly not for most audiences.

 

[Cecilo]

To be honest, if the Kaiju were really intelligent, they would just wait until humanity has forgotten about them in their entirety, send more shock troops, boom, victory. In all honesty, the entire plan the Kaiju implemented was rather stupid, why would you send in the cannon fodder, why not just send unarmed probes.

 

[Bat Vader]

If they are to make another movie I want it to be a prequel where it shows the Jaeger and Kaiju war and have it end just before the beginning of the first film. I want to see more of Cherno Alpha, Coyote Tango, and Crimson Typhoon in action.

The movie ended so perfectly that a sequel just seems out of place and unnecessary.

 

[uchytjes]

First of all: Make a nice animated internet series that expands upon the early years.

Second: Build to a prequel where the marshall (forgetting his name) fights in his "solo combat" that was mentioned along with expanding upon the "rock star" status of the pilots and the likely contest for becoming a pilot.

Third: GIVE ME A 30 JAEGER BATTLE. IT WOULD BE AWESOME.

Oh, also: If they had the capability of launching 30 jaegers at once from Hong Kong, why the hell didn't they have at least two in Anchorage? Only one Jaeger for an entire city? Why wouldn't they at least call in some backup or something? They said that Knifehead was one of the biggest class 3s ever, shouldn't they have done something more than one jaeger?

 

[Azahul]

I want the film to be heavily advertised as a sequel, but it turns out to be a five-minute alternate universe where the governments of the world act intelligently and just spawn-camp the Kaiju with submarines and nuclear torpedoes (which are totally a thing we have, thanks GW Bush)

I forsee two possible outcomes

Kaiju dodges torpedo, cleaves submarine in half, proceeds to nearest city
Kaiju dodges torpedo, outruns submarine, proceeds to nearest city

You mean a Kaiju can't dodge a slow moving punch from a giant mech, but can dodge a fast moving torpedo fires by a submarine probably sitting miles away?

Seriously, we have satellites capable of deploying nukes, we know where the portal was, we can even tell when a Kaiju is emerging. There should have been zero issues strafing them as they were trying to emerge. Hell, fire enough shots and there's a chance that we might have accidentally sealed the portal.

Say what you will about the impressive nature of the Jaegers, but they are a terrible, terrible waste of resources. Something on that scale always is.

 

[guitarsniper]

I think they should play to the franchise's strengths which seems to be action figures and anthology pieces. There are tons of Jaegers that have names, some of which have designs, people want to see what they can do.

I want the film to be heavily advertised as a sequel, but it turns out to be a five-minute alternate universe where the governments of the world act intelligently and just spawn-camp the Kaiju with submarines and nuclear torpedoes (which are totally a thing we have, thanks GW Bush)

I forsee two possible outcomes

Kaiju dodges torpedo, cleaves submarine in half, proceeds to nearest city
Kaiju dodges torpedo, outruns submarine, proceeds to nearest city

Kaiju are not built, as a rule, to move efficiently through the water. If we can detect whales readily with passive sonar on submarines, we can easily detect kaiju, and as the USAF maxim goes, "if you can see it you can hit it, if you can hit it you can kill it". The soviet VA-111 Shkval torpedo moves at speeds approaching 200 knots, uses thrust vectoring for additional maneuverability, and was originally designed, in 1977, to take a nuclear warhead. And you're telling me that, withtech capable of producing Jaegers, we couldn't build a torpedo that a Kaiju couldn't dodge and that could kill one?