Back from the woods of Michigan (fishing).
Hi Overmind!
See why I liked this film? It is like I said - a big love letter from Del Toro to all us Kaiju film fans.
It is faintly related to the Pacific Rim type of story but we were discussing what inspired Del Toro on the Jaegers. I know he has mentioned Mechagodzilla and Neon Genesis but don't recall him mentioning Bubblegum Crisis - it would be interesting if there is something out there saying it was one of the inspirations.
It is faintly related to the Pacific Rim type of story but we were discussing what inspired Del Toro on the Jaegers. I know he has mentioned Mechagodzilla and Neon Genesis but don't recall him mentioning Bubblegum Crisis - it would be interesting if there is something out there saying it was one of the inspirations.
That is twice you have mentioned Mechagodzilla, but when you see how each Jaeger was different in design and function , it made each one essentially an individual. The way they were deployed was not the same as Mechagodzilla. They seem closer to transformers to me in feel, but then again the Jaegers never once disconnected us from the nature of them, which is a giant humanoid VEHICLE which is piloted by two or more humans. The transformers are sentient (and drama queens as well). Overall, in this movie the Jaegers are worthy of admiration in their own right.
And yes, I did see Bubblegum Crisis once on video. Not bad.
Got my Amazon streaming copy going. This is just as spectacular as I remember it.
The battle between Gipsy Danger and Leatherback and Otachi has to be one if the (if not THE) greatest Giant Monster battles ever put in a Kaiju film. And it played perfectly into the Raleigh and Mako characters as they poured their own traumas they were fighting into how they handled Gipsy in combat - under their piloting Gipsy fought like a street fighter.