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yes but what are your thoughts about kaiju
I watched Pacific Rim this morning, and pretty much all my thoughts about it are, "Oh, OK then."
Which sounds a lot harsher than it is, but I didn't spend the time wondering why I watched it, and I didn't spend the time jumping up and down while screaming at the TV. I actually spent most of the time gawping at Idris Elba, because honestly how can you not?
But really, watching this film confirmed to me that kaiju are not my favourite things, which is why I've never watched a Godzilla film, and don't intend to start any time soon. (I'm also not that big on mecha which, as someone who grew up loving Transformers, I find almost ridiculous, but hey welcome to my brain!)
I can see why people said you ought to see it in the cinema. I should imagine it works way better that way.
I liked how jaeger piloting works, that was cool. Because that's exactly how a human brain works.
However, I want to know: if the kaiju are cloned, right, how can that one be pregnant? That just doesn't make sense to me. Unless, of course, it is a clone of a pregnant one of whatever aliens are making them.
Also I am SO SICK of aliens intent on wiping out the earth. That's AT LEAST two things to that effect that I've watched recently. And also Mass Effect, because that's what this is, isn't it? I mean, I'm not saying that it can't be used well as a trope, because it can (Mass Effect), but I wasn't feeling that here. Or maybe it's just I've hit saturation point with that particular trope at the moment (probably not helped by having listened to War of the Worlds t'other weekend).
I would've preferred it if it turned out the kaiju were here first (as opposed to interspacial/dimensional/whatever travel) and it turned out humanity were the interlopers. Not sure how that would've worked, but I would've preferred it as a story. BUT THAT'S JUST ME BEING PICKY.
I thought I had other stuff to say, but apparently not. So that's what I think about kaiju, anyway.
Which sounds a lot harsher than it is, but I didn't spend the time wondering why I watched it, and I didn't spend the time jumping up and down while screaming at the TV. I actually spent most of the time gawping at Idris Elba, because honestly how can you not?
But really, watching this film confirmed to me that kaiju are not my favourite things, which is why I've never watched a Godzilla film, and don't intend to start any time soon. (I'm also not that big on mecha which, as someone who grew up loving Transformers, I find almost ridiculous, but hey welcome to my brain!)
I can see why people said you ought to see it in the cinema. I should imagine it works way better that way.
I liked how jaeger piloting works, that was cool. Because that's exactly how a human brain works.
However, I want to know: if the kaiju are cloned, right, how can that one be pregnant? That just doesn't make sense to me. Unless, of course, it is a clone of a pregnant one of whatever aliens are making them.
Also I am SO SICK of aliens intent on wiping out the earth. That's AT LEAST two things to that effect that I've watched recently. And also Mass Effect, because that's what this is, isn't it? I mean, I'm not saying that it can't be used well as a trope, because it can (Mass Effect), but I wasn't feeling that here. Or maybe it's just I've hit saturation point with that particular trope at the moment (probably not helped by having listened to War of the Worlds t'other weekend).
I would've preferred it if it turned out the kaiju were here first (as opposed to interspacial/dimensional/whatever travel) and it turned out humanity were the interlopers. Not sure how that would've worked, but I would've preferred it as a story. BUT THAT'S JUST ME BEING PICKY.
I thought I had other stuff to say, but apparently not. So that's what I think about kaiju, anyway.