Pacific Rim-Where can it go from here?

[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

1. It was sort of shown in the trailers that Mako would be in with Raleigh, and she's a personification of the Cute Action Girl trope, I don't think the movie was trying to lead you anywhere else other than she was going to end up being in the Jaeger.

2. Yeah the story wasn't exactly groundbreaking but I don't think the story was the point, although I did enjoy the scientists story. The point was spectacle and visual "story-telling" which it succeeded at fantastically. Not only did we get great mechs, the fight scenes were well choreographed and the Kaiju/Jagers were all easily distinguishable and designed extremely well. Del Toro gets less is more, unlike Bays messy transformers fighting in horrifically directed messier camera work.

I mean look at all the characters, they're all total stereo types, and behave almost exactly as you'd them expect to within their given tropes. The story was merely a vehicle for the action. It's literally a live action cartoon. It was a homage to the old Japanese monster movies, which never had great stories either, I went to see Mechs punch the shit out of Monsters and it delivered on that front perfectly, though I do feel other Jagers could've gotten more screen time.

It was a movie appealing to nostalgia and the desire to feel like a kid again, which to me it did, I was behaving and blurting out stuff like a kid in a superhero movie when I watched it, and I damn loved it.

never watched any trailers for it so knew nothing about it going in, only watched for the robots and monsters kicking crap out of each other...so i guess i got what i wanted

 

[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.

 

[Cecilo]

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.

 

[talker]

Could also just feature gundams fighting each other, after the godzillas stopped being a problem, countries splintered apart again and quarrels led to them using their mechs in wars or some shit.

Entire animes are based on that concept, so it's not like they'd be hard pressed to make a movie out of it. They might even have to make (gasp) actually unique mechs for that, too, instead of 10 versions of the same idiotic bipedal punchbots.

yah, but they're totally BADASS punchbots who look cool.

I would like to see a sequel maybe set ten or twenty years later when they invent a dimensional transporter or summink and use it to invade the Precursors with a legion of Jaegers.

 

[GundamSentinel]

Personally, I don't really need more Pacific Rim. Don't get me wrong, it was a great film, but a sequel would seem too forced for my taste. It was an excellent self-contained story with a good ending. A prequel might get my interest, depending on the subject matter, but personally I'm okay with this franchise being wrapped up.

 

[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!