FARK.com: (7483323) Summer 2013 just got insanely better. Guillermo Del Toro, giant robots, Kaiju on a grand scale and freaking Idris Elba. It's the trailer for "Pacific Rim"

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		Summer 2013 just got insanely better. Guillermo Del Toro, giant robots, Kaiju on a grand scale and freaking Idris Elba. It's the trailer for "Pacific Rim" (trailers.apple.com)		205
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AdolfOliverPanties		2012-12-12 07:54:31 PM

Holy shiat.

shutupandtakemymoney.jpg

RobertBruce		2012-12-12 08:01:27 PM

fark yes.

/also still hoping Idris Elba is the next James Bond

aimtastic		2012-12-12 08:04:28 PM

Did I hear them refer to the giant robots as "eva?"

cretinbob		2012-12-12 08:18:23 PM

That reminds me, just got a copy of Robot Jox to watch later.

brap		2012-12-12 08:20:01 PM

"Good morning. Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences any more. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it's fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution, but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to existand should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice, 'We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on, we're going to survive.' Today we celebrate our independence day!"

Um, so in a nutshell TODAY WE ARE CANCELING THE APOCOLYPSE!

AdolfOliverPanties		2012-12-12 08:23:59 PM

I'm not a big Kaiju fan. Even after CGI got to the point where "man in suit" was no longer needed, we got shiat like "Godzilla."

But this looks pretty farking awesome. And it has Jax Teller from "Sons of Anarchy" in it too. Knew I recognized the narrating voice.

Idris Elba should be in most movies and TV shows.

crypticsatellite		2012-12-12 08:24:21 PM

I'm surprised they're using the voice of GLaDOS.

Unless, there's an Aperture connection...

stratagos		2012-12-12 08:46:03 PM

crypticsatellite: I'm surprised they're using the voice of GLaDOS.

Unless, there's an Aperture connection...

I thought that part was the awesome icing on the kickass cake

Cewley		2012-12-12 08:50:28 PM

idris elba rocks!

kronicfeld		2012-12-12 08:52:40 PM

cretinbob: That reminds me, just got a copy of Robot Jox to watch later.

+100

Nefarious		2012-12-12 09:02:43 PM

aimtastic: Did I hear them refer to the giant robots as "eva?"

Didn't hear that but they appear to be 1st cousins

Apos		2012-12-12 09:04:15 PM

YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!

*clears throat* I mean, it looks okay.

RexTalionis		2012-12-12 09:19:40 PM

What's with the voice of GlaDoS?

Sgt Otter		2012-12-12 09:20:20 PM

aimtastic: Did I hear them refer to the giant robots as "eva?"

Sounded more like Jäger, which is German for "hunter."

Nefarious		2012-12-12 09:22:06 PM

Sgt Otter: aimtastic: Did I hear them refer to the giant robots as "eva?"

Sounded more like Jäger, which is German for "hunter."

Jaegers from the synopsis.

Shadow Blasko		2012-12-12 09:27:21 PM

RexTalionis: What's with the voice of GlaDoS?

Are you not happy about that?

serial_crusher		2012-12-12 09:30:05 PM

ok, so you have the technology and resources to make a big robot with rocket powered arms that punch monsters really hard because of the rockets powering them... but you can't just use that same rocket to make a missile that hits the monster really hard and then explodes? Seems unfeasible to me.

But I'll still go watch it. Should be fun.

fusillade762		2012-12-12 09:36:25 PM

crypticsatellite: I'm surprised they're using the voice of GLaDOS.

Unless, there's an Aperture connection...

I thought that was funny, too.

Shadow Blasko		2012-12-12 09:47:06 PM

There is BWAAAAAAAAAM something about it thaBWAAAAAAAAAMt I can't quite puBWAAAAAAAAAMt my finger on thBWAAAAAAAAAMat seems to be annoying mBWAAAAAAAAAMe about it though.

/BWAAAAAAAAAM

kronicfeld		2012-12-12 09:57:24 PM

If Idris Elba and Del Toro weren't attached, everyone would be calling this Battleship 2. The trailer inspires no confidence.

fusillade762		2012-12-12 10:03:15 PM

Huh, I guess the news that GlaDOS is involved has been out since October. Not sure how I missed that one:

Guillermo del Toro Has GlaDOS On Board for Sci-Fi Movie

aiiee		2012-12-12 10:08:41 PM

Shadow Blasko: There is BWAAAAAAAAAM something about it thaBWAAAAAAAAAMt I can't quite puBWAAAAAAAAAMt my finger on thBWAAAAAAAAAMat seems to be annoying mBWAAAAAAAAAMe about it though.

/BWAAAAAAAAAM

yeah, not a good sign.

hubiestubert		2012-12-12 10:23:13 PM

Guillermo del Toro?

I'm in.

Seriously. He puts out a movie, I'm in. He's one of only a few directors that I will see anything by him. Every one of his movies, has been either an enormous amount of fun, or so bittersweet and moving, and often combinations of both, that I've put them on my MUST SEE list. That means, channel surfing, I will stop on his stuff, no matter what. I'm in. All in.

kronicfeld		2012-12-12 10:27:39 PM

hubiestubert: Seriously. He puts out a movie, I'm in. He's one of only a few directors that I will see anything by him. Every one of his movies, has been either an enormous amount of fun, or so bittersweet and moving, and often combinations of both, that I've put them on my MUST SEE list. That means, channel surfing, I will stop on his stuff, no matter what. I'm in. All in.

Pan's Labyrinth is one of the most amazing movies that I have ever seen. I could gush for hours. I cried. And even Hellboy I love. But this looks like a movie trailer that would be laughed at if Michael Bay's name were on it.

SilentStrider		2012-12-12 11:28:49 PM

This is actually the first I'm hearing of this film. i'm intrigued.

SilentStrider		2012-12-12 11:33:17 PM

Ok, maybe I'm reading too much into the fact that they have the name Gottlieb, but it looks like the guy who played Owen in Torchwood is brothers with Charlie from Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia.

brap		2012-12-12 11:47:20 PM

The theme song is pretty awesome.

JAGER!
You are a Meister of wicked lizards.
Pounding false "GOD"zillas like so many manilla Gorilla
prisoners dancing to "Thriller"
You are the Michael Jackson
to alien childs
running wilds
JAGER BOMB!

mamoru		2012-12-13 12:16:47 AM

The Enrichment Center would like to thank you for watching our trailer, and assures you that the subliminal programming we have implanted into your mind will in no way affect your daily lives.

BronyMedic		2012-12-13 01:12:12 AM

Meh. CAll me when we get a live action Macross or Gundam movie.

log_jammin		2012-12-13 01:15:43 AM

kronicfeld: Pan's Labyrinth is one of the most amazing movies that I have ever seen. I could gush for hours. I cried. And even Hellboy I love. But this looks like a movie trailer that would be laughed at if Michael Bay's name were on it.

If anyone other than Guillermo del Toro was directing this, I'd pass and not think twice about it.

Shadow Blasko		2012-12-13 01:48:08 AM

11 hours in the queue ? .. well, at least it doesn't go green in the middle of the night.

MayoSlather		2012-12-13 05:41:20 AM

fusillade762: Huh, I guess the news that GlaDOS is involved has been out since October. Not sure how I missed that one:

Guillermo del Toro Has GlaDOS On Board for Sci-Fi Movie

Pretty much foreshadows the climax of the movie; A giant potato will kill the cloverfield robeasts.

The movie looks incredible though, like everything the giant robots in Transformers should have been.

Alphax		2012-12-13 06:49:25 AM

All right, I'll check the link after work in a few hours..

Dalek Caan's doomed mistress		2012-12-13 06:55:05 AM

hubiestubert: Guillermo del Toro?

I'm in.

Seriously. He puts out a movie, I'm in. He's one of only a few directors that I will see anything by him. Every one of his movies, has been either an enormous amount of fun, or so bittersweet and moving, and often combinations of both, that I've put them on my MUST SEE list. That means, channel surfing, I will stop on his stuff, no matter what. I'm in. All in.

Exactly. If anyone else were making this movie I would laugh my ass off and maybe catch it on DVD. But I trust del Toro a lot. He can take what looks like crap and make it magical. And if this is a royal stink bomb then I hope it at least earns him enough money to make his next movie amazing.

/that, and it looks to be coming out right when I generally like to watch things getting blown up
//mainly air conditioning season

Natsumi		2012-12-13 07:00:46 AM

*SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

ranak		2012-12-13 07:02:02 AM

Natsumi: *SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

x2

/Holy crap, geekgasm!

Dog Welder		2012-12-13 07:06:31 AM

log_jammin: kronicfeld: Pan's Labyrinth is one of the most amazing movies that I have ever seen. I could gush for hours. I cried. And even Hellboy I love. But this looks like a movie trailer that would be laughed at if Michael Bay's name were on it.

If anyone other than Guillermo del Toro was directing this, I'd pass and not think twice about it.

Yeah, if this was another Michael Bay shiatfest, I wouldn't even think about renting it. Guillermo del Toro? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

Fluorescent Testicle		2012-12-13 07:08:21 AM

GLaDOS. In a Del Toro flick. About mechs fighting giant monsters.

...

I think I just she-jizzed in my pants twice.

You Are All Sheep		2012-12-13 07:12:53 AM

I remember watching Inframan when I was a kid and thinking it was the most awesome thing ever.

This might take the place of that.

Fluorescent Testicle		2012-12-13 07:13:11 AM

I am hereby dubbing this movie Portalgelion.

fb-'s grown sperm		2012-12-13 07:14:22 AM

MayoSlather: fusillade762: Huh, I guess the news that GlaDOS is involved has been out since October. Not sure how I missed that one:

Guillermo del Toro Has GlaDOS On Board for Sci-Fi Movie

Pretty much foreshadows the climax of the movie; A giant potato will kill the cloverfield robeasts.

The movie looks incredible though, like everything the giant robots in Transformers should have been.

No, no, no. The Marianas Trench will simply be flooded with a deadly neurotoxin.

Natsumi		2012-12-13 07:25:06 AM

ranak: Natsumi: *SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

x2

/Holy crap, geekgasm!

i woke up to that in my FB feed 5 o'clock in the morning - i woke my up the house with my nerdgasm...

Via Infinito		2012-12-13 07:26:32 AM

RexTalionis: What's with the voice of GlaDoS?

That was unexpected and it made me giggle. I'm absolutely going to see this movie when it comes out.

DO NOT WANT Poster Girl		2012-12-13 07:28:33 AM

Fluorescent Testicle: I am hereby dubbing this movie Portalgelion.

I don't know if I can get excited by the movie ...

Big bad alien things come to Earth, kill people, somebody makes an inspiring speech, humans build giant robots and beat up the aliens using Wii.

Sounds like a better FPS than a movie ...

Seth'n'Spectrum		2012-12-13 07:29:47 AM

Didn't really do anything for me, mostly because the aliens weren't particularly interesting and the CGI wasn't used to good effect.

Can't we just make a mechwarrior movie?

buntz		2012-12-13 07:31:56 AM

No way they use GLaDOS in this movie and NOT have it mean something. It's TOO distinctive a voice to have it just be "a voice"
It would be like having Darth Vader's voice, WITH the breathing, as another voice over. It's too iconic to be coincidence.
I say this movie is a precursor, and it's all part of the same universe? Maybe now we know what Cave Johnson was doing all this testing for? To fight monsters?

And they use the word "portal" and the human robot suits have the same blue and orange hues of the multiplyer bots. I'm sure I'm reading into this a lot, but there's no question it's GLaDOS. And I don't buy the "just a homage" thing. It's GLaDOS. Seems an odd thing to do with ZERO connection to the universe. And it seems weird Valve would allow it with ZERO connection (maybe Black Mesa makes the robots?)

SkunkWerks		2012-12-13 07:32:51 AM

FTA: To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers...

Hmm?

dittybopper		2012-12-13 07:35:17 AM

AdolfOliverPanties: I'm not a big Kaiju fan. Even after CGI got to the point where "man in suit" was no longer needed, we got shiat like "Godzilla."

The 1998 Godzilla was actually a pretty damned good kaiju film. Certainly, it was better than all but the original 1954 Godzilla, and in some respects other than the effects, it was even superior to that one (for example, the science is a bit more believable).

It's not without fault, of course, but still a pretty decent film.

Fluorescent Testicle		2012-12-13 07:37:49 AM

DO NOT WANT Poster Girl: Sounds like a better FPS than a movie ...

Probably, but since I fangirl over GLaDOS harder than most teenage girls fangirl over Twilight, I really don't care. :P

Cyno01		2012-12-13 07:38:49 AM

aimtastic: Did I hear them refer to the giant robots as "eva?"

I like everything about this, but i read the synopsis and was like "WTF, is this actually a live action Evangelion movie or not?"

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