"..And I should pause here to say that the very geekiest corner of my brain always has this knee-jerk urge to correct anyone who calls the Jaegars "robots" (though I'm as guilty of it as anyone). Technically, a "robot" acts on its own behalf. What I was picturing was more of a mech - an anthropomorphic vehicle with a pilot. That had always been part of what drew me to the whole sub-genre. Not just, "Oh, look at those giant things wrestling," but, "What if an apocalyptic catastrophe struck, you could fight it - I mean really fight it?" So if it was a mech, someone had to be driving, and there had to be some reason to care about that person that was every bit as big as the monster.
The realization that the Jaegar, in fact, needed not just one, but two pilots changed everything. The whole thematic identity began to drift into focus and the story very briskly started pulling itself together. Suddenly, human beings mattered in those epic battles. Baggage mattered. Relationships mattered. Humanity quite literally drove the machines, and it was the difference between winning and losing. There was something worth fighting for. There was the threat of loss and the prospect of redemption. There was a knight in the suit of armor."
Great show. But like most said, just watch it for its entertainment sake. 4/5 stars
So what was 2 drivers ... left and right brain stuff all about?
I know this is a stupid question... but here it goes anyway... :bsmilie:
If those robot are already armed with long range weapons... Gipsy Danger with 'plasma cannon' and Striker Eureka with chest mounted missiles... why hand to hand combat when they could shoot 1st, injure the Kaiju to slow it down, then finish the Kaiju with melee weapons like that sword in Gipsy Danger. :bsmilie:
Like Ultraman... if his Ray-Attack could blow up a Kaiju with one hit... why go through of the trouble of getting beaten up at the 1st place... only to at the very last moment, with a buzz, kill the Kaiju with one hit...
I know this is a stupid question... but here it goes anyway... :bsmilie:
If those robot are already armed with long range weapons... Gipsy Danger with 'plasma cannon' and Striker Eureka with chest mounted missiles... why hand to hand combat when they could shoot 1st, injure the Kaiju to slow it down, then finish the Kaiju with melee weapons like that sword in Gipsy Danger. :bsmilie:
Like Ultraman... if his Ray-Attack could blow up a Kaiju with one hit... why go through of the trouble of getting beaten up at the 1st place... only to at the very last moment, with a buzz, kill the Kaiju with one hit...
And YES... I do know the answer just in case some people don't understand sarcasm... :sweat:
Pacific Rim teaches you to dream what you want to dream,
go where you want to go,
be what you want to be.
Because you have only one life and
one chance to do all the things you want to do.
Pacific Rim teaches you to dream what you want to dream,
go where you want to go,
be what you want to be.
Because you have only one life and
one chance to do all the things you want to do.
I thought the message was that if you drive big robots and have abs, you can exchange your brother for an adoring Japanese girlfriend. :bsmilie:Pacific Rim teaches you to dream what you want to dream,
go where you want to go,
be what you want to be.
Because you have only one life and
one chance to do all the things you want to do.
I thought the message was that if you drive big robots and have abs, you can exchange your brother for an adoring Japanese girlfriend. :bsmilie:
I thought the message was that if you drive big robots and have abs, you can exchange your brother for an adoring Japanese girlfriend. :bsmilie: