Pointy Hat Cast 031 - Pacific Rim 1 & 2

Plot Cancer

3 years ago

Episode Notes

Hosts: Barry, Isaiah, Sam

Topic: Pacific Rim (2013) directed by Guillermo del Toro, written by Travis Beacham and Guillermo del Toro, starring Charlie Hunnam, Diego Klattenhoff, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Burn Gorman, Max Martini, and many more.

Pacific Rim is a love letter to mecha anime and giant robots punching things in their giant faces. It is surprisingly well shot, considering many of the effects were done practically. Overall, a movie where the plot isn't the most important thing because you have giant robots fighting giant monsters.

Pacific Rim 2 has more monsters and more robots but less heart and less craftsmanship (considerably less). While it lacks the polish and finesse of the its predecessor, it is still quite an enjoyable movie, because giant robots.

Mail Bag: What is your favorite mecha movie/series of all time?

Is gravity really the most powerful weapon? Do robots dream of electric sheep? Find out next time, on the Pointy Hat Cast!

P.S. Isaiah is stuck in New Zealand for the foreseeable future without a reliable internet connection so that may affect the release schedule of future episodes. I have a few unreleased episodes in our archives so I'm working on releasing those. Thank you for your patience!

Music from https://filmmusic.io "Whiskey on the Mississippi" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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