I thought the second. The first never occurred to me.
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Zenkitty - Jul 24, 2013 4:47:27 pm PDT #25024 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
§ ita § - Jul 24, 2013 5:12:56 pm PDT #25025 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The first didn't occur to me either. It has been pointed out that it'd explain the bullshit two brain dinosaur thing, but someone else said that was a shoutout to Godzilla, because he had two brains.
Polter-Cow - Jul 24, 2013 6:08:01 pm PDT #25026 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
On Vince Gilligan's recommendation, I watched Sweet Smell of Success, and holy shit, it was great. So refreshingly immoral!
Consuela - Jul 24, 2013 6:31:14 pm PDT #25027 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I saw Pacific Rim today--went all-in on 3D/IMAX. Which meant I ended the movie with a bit of a headache, but it wasn't too bad. And it sure made everything seem BIG AND LOUD. Holy cow, so loud.
And hey, that was Max Martini as Australian Dude's dad. I've always liked him, it's weird he's now playing fathers.
I had gone in with the impression that there was no romance in the story, based on a snippet of interview with del Toro. So I was surprised when the romancey bits came up. Not unhappy, but a bit surprised. I would have liked it more if Mako had gotten to have more agency. She was good at what she did, but it didn't feel like she was much in charge of anything, really. And more than one woman in the movie would have been very nice. There was no reason one of the scientists, or more of the technical staff, couldn't have been women. Or even Ron Perlman's role!
Oh, speaking of which, I did get the feeling that maybe the guy who wrote Sharknado had seen an early edit of Pacific Rim... Heh.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 24, 2013 7:08:19 pm PDT #25028 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Would it have needed to be an early edit? The London premiere was a week before Sharknado's debut, which seems plenty of time given the script quality and on-screen production values...
§ ita § - Jul 25, 2013 5:22:38 am PDT #25029 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought this was an interesting post on the visual language of Pacific Rim: [link]
Consuela - Jul 25, 2013 6:31:35 am PDT #25030 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I did, too, ita, although I don't really think that such subtle signalling turns Mako into the lead character of the movie, which seems to be what some people were arguing in the comments. It does say a lot for del Toro's visual design, though.
le nubian - Jul 25, 2013 6:32:29 am PDT #25031 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
he is a fantastic director. I heard him on a Hollywood KCRW podcast and he just seems like the nicest, most grounded person in the world.
§ ita § - Jul 25, 2013 6:52:59 am PDT #25032 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
From what I've read I guess some people thought Raleigh is the lead character, but I didn't question Stacker for a second.
Then again, I thought that one Marvel movie could have been called Heimdall, so I accept accusation of bias.
More seriously, though, I thought Mako & Stacker were the main thread of the movie, person-wise.
Jessica - Jul 25, 2013 7:06:22 am PDT #25033 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My takeaway from that article is that this guy needs to stop interpreting negative film reviews as personal attacks on his girlfriend.
Also, blue/gold is the color palette for 90% of all Hollywood films. Finding it in this one is nothing special, and someone who is such a super-special visual language snowflake should maybe realize that?