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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Connie Neil - Jul 14, 2013 5:11:13 pm PDT #24926 of 30000
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Polter-Cow - Jul 14, 2013 5:15:36 pm PDT #24927 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
But they can't ALL be clones! Every single one we see is different!
le nubian - Jul 14, 2013 5:19:41 pm PDT #24928 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C,
they made that point that although they looked different, they were all clones. They made this statement specifically in the film.
Polter-Cow - Jul 14, 2013 5:21:09 pm PDT #24929 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Okay, well, I still hold that they don't need to be clones to have a hive mind, and that was just added confusion.
Jessica - Jul 14, 2013 5:26:36 pm PDT #24930 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Wasn't it important that they were clones because it meant that even though they all looked different, they were being grown in a lab? They were synthetic creatures being sent to destroy us, not random animals stumbling blindly into our universe. And so the design improved the longer the attacks went on.
I'll admit I had a really hard time turning off my brain during all of the kaiju science discussions. Especially the FUCKING DINOSAURS. I MEAN COME ON GUILLERMO.
FTR, no, they did not.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 14, 2013 5:30:09 pm PDT #24931 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also, y'all, I am seriously worried about Jeff Bridges' choices lately.
Apart from Tron 2 (which I personally really enjoyed, MAINLY for Bridges) and possibly RIPD, what do you mean? He was great in TRUE GRIT and while I haven't seen it yet, he was supposed to be superb in that film about the dissolute C&W guy.
Polter-Cow - Jul 14, 2013 5:36:27 pm PDT #24932 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
FTR, no, they did not.
Oh my God, thank you because WHAT THE FUCK.
But oooooh, right, okay, you do make the real point about clones, which is that they were being made to destroy and colonize and whatnot. Man, I saw the damn movie twice and all that backstory is still confusing.
Jessica - Jul 14, 2013 5:44:27 pm PDT #24933 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Of course, by the time that issue came up, my brain was already pretty tired from asking why the Jaegers weren't piloted remotely. Answer: because people marching inside giant robots looks TOTALLY BADASS AND AWESOME.
I appreciated how rushed and obligatory the prologue was, because really if you stop and think about it for even a little tiny moment, the Jaeger program is incredibly stupid and dangerous. Just park a submarine down at the breach and nuke whatever comes through. Except according to the prologue we tried that and blah blah blah ROBOTS ARE BETTER STFU.
Sorry, this movie makes me capslock. But it's a capslock of love.
Polter-Cow - Jul 14, 2013 5:48:53 pm PDT #24934 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I REALLY REALLY LOVE HOW BADASS AND AWESOME PEOPLE MARCHING INSIDE GIANT ROBOTS LOOKS.
I can't believe I never thought about why they weren't piloted remotely ahahaha. I just saw an interview with the VFX guy who said that the pilots were mostly just signaling intent and the A.I. (GLaDoS) was the one actually moving the mechas anyway, so...yeah, they might as well have stayed in the Shatterdome, right?
shrift - Jul 14, 2013 6:57:59 pm PDT #24935 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I saw Pacific Rim yesterday and enjoyed it a lot! Giant robots! Giant monsters! I saw it in 2D and none of the action bothered me from a headache/vertigo standpoint. Unlike the trailer for Gravity, which made me say "NOPE" rather emphatically in the theater.
Also, y'all, I am seriously worried about Jeff Bridges' choices lately.
I suspect you got The Seventh Son trailer before Pacific Rim, didn't you?