Pacific Rim: Uprising | March 23, 2018 | Steven S. DeKnight (Starz' Spartacus, Marvel's Daredevil) directing | John Boyega. Scott Eastwood joins as co-lead | Tag All Spoilers!

[Valonqar]

Just now, MrPink said:

 

What? Pretty sure China hates her.

I'm joking. I know she isn't the favorite to put it politely. But Hollywood loves her for some reason. 

[Gavin Feng]

9 minutes ago, John Marston said:

looks like a DTV sequel. Just has this cheap look to it

 

 

 

Wonder if they will eke out a profit with this or this is another Hunstman: Winter's War

 

4 minutes ago, marveldcfox said:

What were you expecting from Stephen DeKnight? He is a TV director for a reason...Daredevil works because majority of it was written and conceived by Drew Goddard. Somehow he left the project and Deknight took over. 

 

Feels more like a sequel of Atlantic Rim. China will pay for this.

 

 

 

[MrPink]

Just now, Valonqar said:

I'm joking. I know she isn't the favorite to put it politely. But Hollywood loves her for some reason. 

 

My sarcasm detector sucks 

[Valonqar]

Just now, MrPink said:

 

My sarcasm detector sucks 

No worries. I was too convincing. 

 

@Gavin Feng Atlaintic Rim 2 is right. The robots even look like slightly bigger budget Atlantic Rim bots. 

[a2k]

Looks like they learned nothing from PR1's marketing meh-ness. The gravitas, tempered and silent spectacle of Godzilla's promos is missing again. Loud-mouthed and verbose trailer with too many zooms and edits along with an overbearing soundtrack.

 

Frankly some shots were cool, especially the ones not in daylight. But just the nature of the trailer makes it look like a B/C movie.

[dashrendar44]

34 minutes ago, Cochofles said:

Yeah, yeah, yeah...your opinion...I respect it...blah blah blah...

 

Production design going from this:

 

 

 

to this:

 

 

Not much of a difference? Yeah, right...

 

This is not about your blah blah blah uninformed opinion, this is about fact.

Edited October 6, 2017 by dashrendar44

[Arlborn]

Is it worth reminding people that the CGI isn't finished? Nah, probably not, I doubt it will be much better than what the trailer shows anyway.

 

Looks like a fun albeit forgettable time at the movies to me and a bit of a let-down compared to the first one sadly.

[marveldcfox]

2 minutes ago, dashrendar44 said:

 

Production design going from this:

 

 

 

to this:

 

 

Not much of a difference? Yeah, right...

 

This is not about your blah blah blah opinion, this is about fact.

Only James Cameron can pull such a thing off. Rest just don't know. 

[Valonqar]

@dashrendar44 those new uniforms are terrible and make everyone look fat. Old ones were cool and made men look endowed. 

[Gavin Feng]

 

First trailer of PR1

 

[a2k]

To be fair, China's bo for PR is why this got green-lighted in the first place.

 

PR was 102 Dom + 112 China + 197 OS-China = 411m ww.

If PRU is 75 Dom + 125 China + 125 OS-China = 325m ww,

 

then looking at what the studio gets as a % of theatrical (55% from Dom, 25% from China and 33% rest of OS) :

 

102*0.55 + 112*0.25 + 197*0.33 = 149m for PR on a 190m budget. 149 = 78% of the prod budget

75*0.55 + 125*0.25 + 125*0.33  = 114m for PRU on a 150m budget. 114 = 76% of the prod budget

 

Unless the budget is closer to 100m than 150m (source) either PRU would need to get to 100m Dom and/or really explode in China (~150m) and/or hold better in OS (~150m), else this one will be a similar proposition as PR.

Edited October 6, 2017 by a2knet

[Bishop54]

Looks just like a cheap version of the first film with Transformers sprinkled in. This unnecessary fan wankery is why Thomas Tull got the ax. Just because you can make a sequel with half the budget doesn't mean you should. 

[RichWS]

Let's make a complete Transformers knock-off right as the actual Transformers franchise is dying. The timing is impeccable. 

[Ozymandias]

got the trailer for this in front of Blade Runner 2049

 

el oh el is all

[RichWS]

GET IT ON TILL I DIE

GET IT ON TILL I DIE

GET IT ON TILL I DIE

[Valonqar]

5 minutes ago, Bishop54 said:

Looks just like a cheap version of the first film with Transformers sprinkled in. This unnecessary fan wankery is why Thomas Tull got the ax. Just because you can make a sequel with half the budget doesn't mean you should. 

Quoted for truth. 

[Bishop54]

I hope every copy of this gets wiped clear on its way to their individual theaters. I'm not stanning for this movie like I did with the first one. Boyega sucks too, terrible British accent. 

[The Futurist]

There is an incredible shot in the first movie where the camera goes from a cgi yeager then slowly appraches the yeager to transition seamlessly  to a practical set.

 

[Valonqar]

8 minutes ago, Bishop54 said:

I hope every copy of this gets wiped clear on its way to their individual theaters. I'm not stanning for this movie like I did with the first one. Boyega sucks too, terrible British accent. 

But it's his native accent! 

[Bishop54]

4 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

But it's his native accent! 

Even worse! He's terrible.