Okay, well, I still hold that they don't need to be clones to have a hive mind, and that was just added confusion.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

possibly RIPD, what do you mean?

Indeed, it's the combination of RIPD and Seventh Son.

I view his part in RIPD as basically a retread of John Astin's in The Frighteners, and therefore 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.

The plot point didn't seem to make it into the movie, but initial background materials I saw stated that the kaiju were filled with organic toxins that would spill out when they were blown up by conventional ordinance, making their corpses deadlier than the live creatures. Hence fighting them with giants robots that could beat them to death or dismember them with cauterizing plasma weapons and then quickly drag the carcasses away from populated areas rather than just using planes/tanks to shoot them dead.

The plot point didn't seem to make it into the movie

It did, but it was blink-and-you'll-miss-it. There's a quick news report about "kaiju blue." That also does explain why they don't just use that damn sword immediately; it doesn't cauterize, but it spills blood everywhere all the same.