If you like giant robots punching each other, and that describes me as well as anything, then it looks like you're going to love Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim. It appears to have all the giant robot action of Transformers, with the added benefit of the story not centering around the most obnoxious family on Earth. USA Today just posted eight new stills, and AICN broke the news that the film had a special screening last night in Burbank. Hollywood is nothing if not a town built on ass kissing, and people who would skip the Super Bowl for an advanced screening are probably the type who might geek out over a movie more than others, but word seems to be positive. Though that word is mostly being collated by the studio itself, of course. At the very least, Looper director Rian Johnson liked it.
Go into Pacific Rim prepared to be transmogrified into a 12 year old. And then to pee your pants with joy. I love it so much.
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) February 2, 2013
Ooh, 'transmogrified,' well la di da, Professor Wordlington. Anyway, my big takeaway here is that there are some robot jox who fight Godzilla, and one of the robots looks like the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Here's to hoping that at some point he falls to the ground complaining of a flesh wound with a stump limb the size of the Chrysler building. My God, did I just type all of that? I get nerdier just being near this movie, like nerd osmosis.
I believe that's Charlie Day from It's Always Sunny there, even though they've made him look like New Wave Rick Moranis. Honey I Shrunk the Kids and my girlfriend's in a coma.
And here's Charlie Hunnam as "Raleigh Becket," which is probably the fruitiest action movie name ever. "Yeah, my parents named me after their favorite author and a bicycle." (*flips scarf, bitchily sips latte*)
Meanwhile, Idris Elba plays "Stacker Pentacost," which is awesome.
See also: 80 Years of Space Helmets.
This looks so much like Robot Jox and I love that.
I SAID NO TICKLING!
Yes, there will be punching.
I like that even though they're not anatomically correct, they still have gender-specific crotch plates (also the name of my indie band, etc.). I'm hoping for a co-ed shower scene a la Starship Troopers. Of course, I always say that.
[USA Today via SlashFilm]
Opens July 13th.
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I hope to god, Charlie Hunnam bro walks that robot and flares its nostrils before a rocket powered face punch
Picture 8 = the Xtacles.
Is this the legendary Ant Baby Machete Squad?
I’m just sorry this movie isn’t about the lost ancient Japanese art of licking buttholes.
ACHILLLES!!! I KILL YOU DEAD!
So peeing your pants in the movies is a good thing now? Gee, I wish you could have a word with the snotty manager of my local cinema-watching place.
“Wear Depends or stay the hell out,” he says. Well la-di-da, I didn’t know this was Buckingham Palace, milord.
“I’m hoping for a co-ed shower scene a la Starship Troopers.”
This is the same reason I always say “Schindler’s List” is so rewatchable.
I’ll save my urine for bald Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, this is no Elysium. I just hope they appreciate it.
Asian lady has blue dyed fringes in her hair. Somehow is now sexier.
I’ve long said that movie punches could use more rockets.
PEW PEW PEW SKADOOOSH!!! WHRRRR… KABOOOOOM!!!
Amiright?
If we can’t refer to these things as “Pacific Rim Shots” then why bother making this movie?
The title of this movie reminds me of when I got my salad tossed in Kyoto.
Needless to say, I’ll be there opening night. The theater. Not Kyoto.
Raleigh Beckett is probably the frutiest, but CYPHER RAIGE from Manny Shalamalam’s After Earth starring Will AND Jaiden Smith is by far the most dismissively handwankiest.
I too long for the co-ed shower scenes as portrayed in Starship Troopers. Jake Busey…raawwwrrr.
If there’s one thing I hope for; it’s that this movie is just two solid hours of montage rocket-punching. If ever a movie called for Michael Bay style dialogue (“I have to say this so you know what’s happening, now back to Bahsplosions!”) and even more Michael Bay style characterization (“White people be rocket-punchin’ monsters like this. But black people? We rocket-punch monsters like THIS!”), this movie is it. Just as long as there’s no shaky cam.
Does my cyberarmor make my hips look fat?
No, but your hips do.
Charlie Day is in this? *rocket boner*
I will like this even more if Charlie Day’s character is in no way involved in the plot or action and just spends the entire movie trying to commute to work.
Charlie Kelly needs to be at least as insane in this as Guillermo del Toro was when he guest starred on It’s Always Sunny as the McPoyle clan patriarch. Preferably after hijacking a giant robot.
Really? Raleigh bicycles and not the state capital? Interesting choice