Poll: Which Jaeger was your favorite?

[F'Angus]

I really like the look of Coyote Tango, Stacker Pentecost's (Idris Elba) Jaeger, but we didn't see much of it in the film. The cannons on it's back are just badass, look a little like War Machine.

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[Mathak]

Haven't seen the movie yet, but I agree. The russian one looked BAD ASS. I love it's oversized superarmored head.

That's not its head actually, it's the reactor. The head is the tiny cabin on it's chest just below the reactor, see pic.

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It definitely was the most badass Jaeger though. RUSSIA STRONG. BUILD IT ONCE, BUILD IT RIGHT.

 

[N_of_the_dead]

Well for ones I liked I'd say Brawler Yukon or Mammoth Apostle, they never show the second but the name and that fact that it is never shown made me too damn intrigued by it.

For ones that were shown in the movie Cherno Alpha hands down

 

[MorphingDragon]

Should I be worried when I read Jaeger I thought of Zoids?

That season wasn't even good.

 

[Jacques Joseph]

None of them?

I was just put off by the lack of mech diversity. They look a little more unique than, say, anything from Bay's transformer snorefests, but given their origin in various manga/anime, they were unfortunately all very similar.

The Epyon whip-chain-sword that Gipsy Danger pulled out was badass on several levels, but that was really the only moment I was "wowed" by anything the mechs in the movie offered. It seemed more sensible than they'd all have some kind of "weapon," even if it was just a giant sword or lance or tail-mounted flamethrower. Yknow? Even when he just picked up a ship and whacked the bad guy with it, it seemed to be far more effective than the silly punching they did for most of the film.

Pretty much this. Crimson Typhoon was my favourite but even though I´m no connaisseur in mecha anime, I was disappointed by the lack of diversity of both jaegers and kaijus. Plus, out of the four mechs they decided to focus on, they very quickly kill the two that do actually stand apart at least a bit to leave us with the more generic two for the rest of the movie.

All in all, Pacific Rim was actually quite a disappointment for me...

 

[Gatx]

Striker Eureka for me. It looks the most like a "real" mech out of all of them, Gypsy Danger especially borders on the super robot side of things. Plus it's head kind of looks like a Flag from Gundam 00.

Spoiler: Flag

Spoiler: Striker Eureka

Close second would be EVA Unit-00 Asuka custom or rather "Crimson Typhoon."

 

[chozo_hybrid]

Snip.

No harm done, and I hope it means we get a mention in the next film *fingers crossed*

 

[BlumiereBleck]

The Gipsy Danger, now there is a mech! Its design is beautiful and I love the pilots!

 

[Thomas Hardy]

If it weren't for the fact that the reactor was basically unshielded Coyote tango would be the ride for me.

Two shoulder-mounted artillery pieces for sustained long-range engagement and a well rounded close quarters combat frame.

I always thought Guncannon had the lock-down on the vanilla Gundam if it weren't for plot armour anyway.


I'm reasonably sure the "Mk.6" would have had broader long-range capability as well considering that post-movie Jaeger technology would probably be vastly scaled-down and geared to "pre-kaiju warfare"

 

[Asmundr]

Gipsy Danger was rather awesome indeed but Cherno Alpha just nailed the Russian way of doing things. Obsolete? No matter, we hold the line irregardless. All you need are giant robot fists and a bottle of vodka!!

Pretty much this. There's no such thing as "obsolete" technology in Russia, there's only things that work and things that don't work.

And the things that don't work can be fixed with a few smacks and a variety of choice language.

OT: I'm in the Cherno Alpha group as well.

 

[Idsertian]

After seeing the film yesterday, I have to say it's Gipsy Danger, all the way. Why? It has GLaDOS for it's AI, you can't beat that!

I was rather disappointed that these supposedly "elite" Jaegers (Cherno Alpha and Crimson Typhoon) were pasted in a matter of minutes, though. I was sat in my seat thinking "awwww yis, big-ass fight coming up!" and then they got obliterated. Harrumph. :/

 

[Saulkar]

My personal favourite after Cherno Alpha is Chrome Brutus. I do not know what it looks like but it is still my favourite.

 

[Fragged_Templar]

I gotta vote for Gipsy Danger

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The second version had both plasma cannon hands and forearm mounted blades, and the reactor in the chest just makes me think of Iron Man

However I must admit that both Cherno Alpha and Alpha Striker also look really awesome... then again they are giant robots so looking awesome is more or less a given.

 

[sextus the crazy]

The Best Panzerjäger, the Jagdpanther.

Also, Cherno Alpha because the dive suit is awesome.

 

[Beautiful Tragedy]

I don't get it... I watched this today... I almost fell asleep... It was entirely too long and I didn't give a crap about any of the characters... it was boring. I mean everyone has an opinion, i just didn't like it.

 

[gazumped]

Another vote for Crimson Typhoon for its extra arm making it interestingly differnt, also red makes everything cooler. Really hoping we get to see more of it in action in the extras on the DVD/Bluray, also Cherno Alpha, which apparently has a flamethrower we never got to actually see. (You can use it in the fighting game they released.)

I don't get it... I watched this today... I almost fell asleep... It was entirely too long and I didn't give a crap about any of the characters... it was boring. I mean everyone has an opinion, i just didn't like it.

It does seem to be one of those love it or hate it films. After my first viewing I was so blown away by it that I went and spent three times the cost of my first ticket to watch it again in 3D at an IMAX. I was so thrilled (both times) that I was on the edge of my seat and squealed out loud with joy at some of the reveals. My boyfriend was so caught up in it he was in tears by the end and he said his cheeks hurt from grinning so much.

I don't know what it is that hits such a chord with some people that completely flies other other people's heads but hey, that's art for you.

 

[Beautiful Tragedy]

I don't know what it is that hits such a chord with some people that completely flies other other people's heads but hey, that's art for you.

It doesn't fly over my head, it was just boring... way to long, and i had ZERO interest on whether any of the characters lived or died... none of them were sympathetic, they were all very shallow cookie cutter archetypes.

 

[Drake the Dragonheart]

Which jaeger was your favorite? I know there weren't many to choose from.
I wish we could have got more backstory on the Russian and Chinese crews, and Crimson Typhoon and Cherno Alpha would have got more screentime/kicked more arse. Would have been neat to see more of the Coyote Tango.

As for Kaiju, I think Otachi was my favorite. Anyone else think particular kaiju were paying tribute to certain monsters? Otachi made me think of Rodan. Leatherback-King Kong.

 

[gazumped]

I don't know what it is that hits such a chord with some people that completely flies other other people's heads but hey, that's art for you.

It doesn't fly over my head, it was just boring... way to long, and i had ZERO interest on whether any of the characters lived or died... none of them were sympathetic, they were all very shallow cookie cutter archetypes.

I don't mean fly over people's heads like there's some kind of intellectual thing they're not getting, but like there's some emotional thing that they're not getting. I thought the archetypes thing really worked with the film as it was entirely a mish-mash of influences from probably a couple dozen or more different films and TV shows (although personally I was totally sympathetic with all of them and got very emotional for them at the right times but I find that kind of thing pretty darn easy). Del Toro basically wanted to take everything he loved about this genre of entertainment and stick it all together. Although I think he did a bloody good job with making Mako much more than a pretty love interest.

It seems the people who didn't like it don't like it because the story is shallow, cheesy and unrealistic while the people who did like it like it because it was visually well crafted with good pacing and choreography. I think it depends on what hits you harder, the writing or the directing.

 

[Cowabungaa]

I really liked Crimson Typhoon, with it four spinning knife arms.

It's three, but otherwise; hell yes.

I really appreciated the distinctive ruggedness of Cherno, they sure as hell have the best drift suits, but in terms of pure cool Crimson wins for me. It had the least bland ways of attack as well. Bloody shame we got to see so little of both though.

I was actually surprised why they were the only Jaeger to use bladed weapons from the get-go. Seeing as how freakin' easily the later added blades of the other two Jaegers were cutting through those kaiju I just don't get why they didn't equip every Jaeger with wrist mounted blades. Why stick with punching.

I was so thrilled (both times) that I was on the edge of my seat and squealed out loud with joy at some of the reveals. My boyfriend was so caught up in it he was in tears by the end and he said his cheeks hurt from grinning so much.

Well that sounds familiar. We were basically two fangirls going crazy. The other cinema-goers were like "What..."