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[ffejeromdiks]

New Gipsy looks great, so does the guy with machine guns on his belly.

So glad this is being made.

 

[Jack Scofield]

Psh, show me the monster designs!

 

[Rumblebones]

Iirc, global numbers is what gave this movie the majority of its money. It did decently in USA, WW it cleaned up

Global? Absolutely. = Worldwide: $411,002,906 (75.2% was 'international' aka rest of the world)

Especially in China. Legendary is the financier and sole reason this exists after all.

410m~ WW on a reported 190m budget is a tepid hit, assuming that budget also includes the marketing budget.

It evidently made enough to justify a sequel, but it was not a smash hit.

 

[shattyboombatty]

 

[zeemumu]

Reinhart?

Hang on, Mako! I'm gonna hammer down this son of a bitch!

 

[S1kkZ]

didnt boyega (or his production company...i didnt even know he had one) also put some of his own money into this?

 

[Toxi]

What really matters is how these will look in motion. Part of what made the Jaegers in the first movie look so great was all the mechanisms shifting as they moved. It adds a necessary sense of scale to these big ass machines.

 

[Ridley327]

didnt boyega (or his production company...i didnt even know he had one) also put some of his own money into this?

Yeah, he really wanted this movie to happen. This is basically the ultimate fanboy fantasy for him.

 

[ED Cantu]

So Gipsy Danger 2.0, a rejected Gundam grunt unit combined with Striker Eureka and a salvaged Crimson Typhoon with a transformer head but without the extra arm, hmm I don't know, I'm not liking these new mech designs right now, and of course they'll never top Cherno Alpha.

Also, with Del Toro practically gone from the proyect I guess my hopes for a Mexican Jeager should be close to zero now

This also confirms this is indeed a sequel.

Uh I thought it was already confirmed, I mean they announced Boyega's character as Petecost's son.

 

[SapphiCine]

Wish the designs were a bit more sleek but still better than a lot of Western mecha.

 

[Mr. Poolman]

Nothing as cool as Cherno Alpha or Crimson Typhoon, but I prefer this to exist rather than not.

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

too much anime influence imo.

None the less, can't wait!

Movie comes out next year right?

 

[Llyranor]

Why is it called Uprising? The Jaegers rise up against humanity, who then has to resort to teamming up with Kaijus to survive?

 

[Dark Ninja]

Clean and simple designs. I love it.

 

[HellforLeather]

Not as inspired as the original ones.

Yeah this is how Im feeling.

 

[Tacitus_]

Oh yes. We even more animu now.

 

[Fancyarcher]

Cool! They don't look as creative as the first, but I'm really digging the anime designs.

 

[dankir]

Can their attacks get powered up too? Like use the Kaiju slicing sword right away?Rocket punch attack or electric rocket punch takes a few seconds to fire, not like 15 minutes from the first movie?

Give the jaegers a combiner mode Megazord , Devastator, etc.

 

[Toxi]

Wish the designs were a bit more sleek but still better than a lot of Western mecha.

Going more sleek would have problems. When designing things that are supposed to be very large, adding more small details are one way of visually communicating size because they provide the illusion of distance.

For an example of this, compare the designs of the Star Destroyer and the Rebel Tantive IV at the beginning of Star Wars. The Star Destroyer is packed with detail compared to the much smaller Rebel ship.

 

[PSqueak]

This is not a diss to the designs in any way, but am i the only one who feels that promo is depicting literally the toys rather than the movie robots?

Like, an actual render of what the TOYS look like?

 

[Spanx McFranks]

I hope they end up looking dirtier in the movie. I really liked how industrial the jaegars were in the first movie.

 

[Danis Saur]

Holy fuck they look cool!

 

[LosDaddie]

Not as inspired as the original ones.

But, to be fair, nothing can top Cherno Alpha

Hopefully the new ones are in the movie longer than 5min

 

[- J - D -]

Is this more anime than the original? The original was pretty anime, main jaeger aside.

 

[jon bones]

oh fuck yes

i need to rewatch the first one like, tonight

 

[nekkid]

I guess they might look different in the movie, but damn they look depressingly generic. The Jaegers from PR looked iconic and unique - these look like Halo 5 armour rejects.

 

[ffejeromdiks]

too much anime influence imo.

....What?

 

[S1kkZ]

the sleeker designs should also help with the lower cg budget.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

I wouldn't be surprised if the final design art style looks a little less anime, toy promotional materials tend to be a little more colorful and stylized.

Show me the Kaiju.

 

[FTF]

lmao

I love how $400mm is good/decent on GAF.

Sure, Jan.

Please, when your production budget (less marketing) is $190m, then yeah, $400m ww is only good/decent.

 

[victreeb3l]

Hyped. Give it to me!

 

[Chaotic-Strike]

They look okay but nothing too unique about them.

Hopefully they at least go crazy with the Kaiju.

 

[S1kkZ]

Please, when your production budget (less marketing) is $190m, then yeah, $400m ww is only good/decent.

it means they barely broke even, since they only get around 50% of the money and even less in china. if you factor in the marketing cost, they probably lost money.

 

[Skyball Paint]

Man I hope the non-Gypsy mechs don't go out like total jobbers this time.

 

[EYEL1NER]

I like the one on the right but don't like the anime look of the one on the left. I don't care for the color scheme of the middle Jaeger, only using blue like that, and I'm pretty sure I've unlocked that helmet in Halo 5. Overall I'm not impressed but my hype for this has been pretty low, and I LOVED the first movie.

 

[jombag]

hyyppee!!

 

[David___]

Loved the first movie. Cant wait for this

 

[Sulik2]

Please, please, please be good. I loved the first one so much, digging these new designs too. Red one looks like a Veritech.

 

[John Kowalski]

Way too sleek, i want more industrial looking robawts

 

[4 is a cutie]

Looks like models from a Direct-To-DVD animated sequel

 

[nekkid]

Any confirmation of Ron Perlman in this one?

 

[DarkLegion]

I thought the movie got placed on indefinite hold or something like that. It's back on?

 

[muteki]

Just concept art, would look a lot better with proper effects/lighting.

1000x better than Transformers though.

 

[Morat]

So I'm up for watching some sci fi dumb and full of action tonight, but I can only do so dumb. Should I watch the first one?

 

[Scorpion Soldier]

So I'm up for watching some sci fi dumb and full of action tonight, but I can only do so dumb. Should I watch the first one?

Definitely. The story and characters are really basic, but it has a thick layer of self-awareness that makes it work very well.

 

[Morat]

Definitely. The story and characters are really basic, but it has a thick layer of self-awareness that makes it work very well.

Ok, will give it a go. It does have Idris Elba, who I last saw in Mandela, so should be interesting!

 

[Einchy]

lmao

I love how $400mm is good/decent on GAF.

Sure, Jan.

lol?

It's all relative to how much a studio made back from the production costs and marketing. Warcraft made $433 million but it still lost money and because of that we will never see a sequel.

For a long time it was up in the air if Pacific Rim would even get a sequel since it didn't do that great in the box office.

 

[bananafactory]

Ugh

Way too anime. Preferred the original style more

Still excited

 

[Snaku]

These look great. I really hope they go with the idea of the aliens making Jaeger-Kaiju hybrids this time. I need Mecha-Knifehead.

 

[killertofu]

Hell yeah i love these new designs.