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Fact is, You either think the trailer looks awesome or you think it looks a tiny bit rubbish. In turn, the film will either be awesome... or a tiny bit rubbish! It's all opinions, intit. I reckon everyone on here loves GDT a little bit for summat (whether it was for Pan's Labyrinth or Hellboy 2 or whatever) and at the end of the day, we all HOPE it'll be awesome. Time will tell! Fingers crossed! We'll see! etc. etc. More
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Well, I'm sold. Looks awesome. Monsters vs Robots from GDT, not sure what else you need from a film. More
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Yeah, true enough it was fairly obnoxious of me to say that to Normal Control. It won't be the first time I've shot my mouth off without thinking (whatever that means on a message board) and it won't be the last. If I'm going to be an utter prat I might as well be consistent with it.
Again, I didn't actually say anything absurdly positive about a film that isn't actually finished and won't be for another six months. I just said that it looks interesting and I'm in. More
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I thought the trailer was pretty dull and surprisingly unoriginal (in terms of design) which is strange for GDT. More
Posted by Dirk Miggler at 09:50 on 16 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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Yeah, true enough it was fairly obnoxious of me to say that to Normal Control. It won't be the first time I've shot my mouth off without thinking (whatever that means on a message board) and it won't be the last. If I'm going to be an utter prat I might as well be consistent with it.
Again, I didn't actually say anything absurdly positive about a film that isn't actually finished and won't be for another six months. I just said that it looks interesting and I'm in. That isn't arguing sema More
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If you want to descend into hair-splitting semantics maybe, but otherwise your post was a positive evaluation based on a trailer and GDT's previous films. You also ignored all the posts mentioning how great this film was going to be (because their views aligned with yours??).
If you read my post more carefully you'd also see that I have no problem with you saying 'this is going to be good' or variations thereof. Obviously hyperbolic unchanging opinions based on two minutes of footage are s More
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I didn't pass an opinion on it, though.
I said the trailer has piqued my interest and Del Toro directing in a more mainstream vein is an interesting prospect for me. That's not the same as me saying: "OMG! THIS FILM WILL BE BEST EVS AND TOTES EMOSH".
If my post was the direct opposite of Normal Control's post you'd have a point, but it isn't and you don't, bro. More
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I'm sold, I'm in. Obviously I'll be seeking out a 2D performance.
Seems to be a lot of dissension (sp?) about Del Toro making a film which simply seems to be a mainstream flick about robots hitting monsters. There's nothing inherently wrong with making that kind of film. Really it all depends on how he executes the material. I mean, this is the guy who made Blade 2 and the Hellboy flicks, and they were perfectly entertaining bits of popcorn fodder made with all too r More
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Is it not more that GDT and Ellis were kind of drawing on the same kaiju tradition?
eah, I thought this was pretty obvious! More
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I'm sold, I'm in. Obviously I'll be seeking out a 2D performance.
Seems to be a lot of dissension (sp?) about Del Toro making a film which simply seems to be a mainstream flick about robots hitting monsters. There's nothing inherently wrong with making that kind of film. Really it all depends on how he executes the material. I mean, this is the guy who made Blade 2 and the Hellboy flicks, and they were perfectly entertaining bits of popcorn fodder made with all too rare care and attention. More
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Is it not more that GDT and Ellis were kind of drawing on the same kaiju tradition? If anything, Tokyo Storm Warning was a fairly blatant 'homage' to Neon Genesis Evangelion anyway. was expecting this to be a bit pulpier and OTT than this trailer suggests, to be honest. It's admirable to try and play straight 'giant robots vs. Godzilla', but I'd hoped for less darkly-lit action sequences and more oversaturated colours and badly-overdubbed dialogue (maybe not the latter). cool robot designs tho More
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Surely I can't be the only person on the boards to have read Warren Ellis' Tokyo Storm Warning? p;
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I'm sorry but it really does look quite poor. Pan's Labyrinth is possibly my favourite film ever - it's beautiful - but I've seen no beauty in anything else Del Toro's ever done (The Devil's Backbone POSSIBLY excluded... at a push). I was so excited about ATMOM (great book) but this doesn't look like it's going to make up for the disappointment of missing out on that. Christopher Tookey won't be impresse More
Posted by Deviation at 12:22 on 14 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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Oh dear. Looks like Power Rangers with a budget .
Also GLaDOS is an immediate immersion breaker. Will there be a goddamn cake is a lie reference? If there is I'm up and leaving and asking for my money back. More
Posted by directorscut at 12:03 on 14 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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With this, Man of Steel, Oblivion and After Earth, Sci Fi and Star Trek, Sci Fi is going to rock next year. I think I shall be seeing them all Big Screen and maybe 3D (well Man Of Steel, Star Trek and Pacific Rim.
Bring on 2013.
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Posted by pete_traynor at 11:26 on 14 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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L: UTB
I imagine he was probably tired of getting into projects and them falling apart.
GDT: "Fine. Giant monsters from under the sea and great big robots kicking fuck of out them".
Exec: "Sold!"
Looks good though.
) I have no problem imaginig that that was literally what happened.
Lets hope he can stack up some cash from this spectacle and go independant with ATMOM.
Showed this to my 9 year old daughter. She is realy looking forward to this :)
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L: Deviation
Probably he just wanted to do something entertaining set around the sort of nerdery he loves. Sickening and disgusting I know.
imagine he was probably tired of getting into projects and them falling apart.
GDT: "Fine. Giant monsters from under the sea and great big robots kicking fuck of out them".
Exec: "Sold!"
Looks good though. More
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I'm sorry but it really does look quite poor. Pan's Labyrinth is possibly my favourite film ever - it's beautiful - but I've seen no beauty in anything else Del Toro's ever done (The Devil's Backbone POSSIBLY excluded... at a push). I was so excited about ATMOM (great book) but this doesn't look like it's going to make up for the disappointment of missing out on that. Christopher Tookey won't be impressed! On a side note, Id More
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I'm sorry but it really does look quite poor. Pan's Labyrinth is possibly my favourite film ever - it's beautiful - but I've seen no beauty in anything else Del Toro's ever done (The Devil's Backbone POSSIBLY excluded... at a push). I was so excited about ATMOM (great book) but this doesn't look like it's going to make up for the disappointment of missing out on that. Christopher Tookey won't be impressed! On a side note, Idris Elba's had an abso More
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I'm sorry but it really does look quite poor. Pan's Labyrinth is possibly my favourite film ever - it's beautiful - but I've seen no beauty in anything else Del Toro's ever done (The Devil's Backbone POSSIBLY excluded... at a push). I was so excited about ATMOM (great book) but this doesn't look like it's going to make up for the disappointment of missing out on that. Christopher Tookey won't be impressed! On a side note, Idris Elba's had an absolute shocker since The Wire More
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what's not to look forward to, right!? right? .... right......? More
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I'm sorry but it really does look quite poor. Pan's Labyrinth is possibly my favourite film ever - it's beautiful - but I've seen no beauty in anything else Del Toro's ever done (The Devil's Backbone POSSIBLY excluded... at a push). I was so excited about ATMOM (great book) but this doesn't look like it's going to make up for the disappointment of missing out on that. Christopher Tookey won't be impressed! On a side note, Idris Elba's had an absolute shocker since The Wire finished. An all round More
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...and a terrible movie! How bad is Idris Elba's delivery of that direlogue? He's a good actor, but as a better one once said: you can write this shit, George, but you can't say it. Agree with the other comments too. Only GDT film I actually liked was Cronos. Never been excited by his films, not excited by this one. More
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With this, Man of Steel, Oblivion and After Earth, Sci Fi and Star Trek, Sci Fi is going to rock next year. I think I shall be seeing them all Big Screen and maybe 3D (well Man Of Steel, Star Trek and Pacific Rim.
Bring on 2013. More
Posted by cra1gs at 19:40 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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GDT making a Robots Vs Aliens, how the hell did this slip under my radar? At any rate this will be AWESOME. OK a part of me did laugh at the illogical notion of this film, we get invaded by aliens from another dimension and someone decides the best way to combat them is to build giant robots?? What's wrong with a couple of cruise missiles up the aliens wazoo but then I think frikkin GIANT ROBOTS Vs ALIENS and all is forgiven. Bring it on. More
Posted by Don_a_van at 17:09 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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For anyone who grew up watching Godzilla movies, this is what we have waited for all our lives. To site other films as refernces when clearly there really is only one refrence needed is a bit ignorant I'm afraid (and I don't mean stupid, I'm talking about the proper use of the word). GDT is a genius (Bay is certainly not) so I'm not worried at all.
Roll on next year.
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Posted by pete_traynor at 16:08 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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This is how you do robots punching things. GTD just took a dump on your doorstep, Michael Bay.
see little to no-difference.
ne has clear craft, visual nuance, great design for the robots and monsters, love and dedication, capable framing of the action (if the trailer is of any indication) and awesome actors while the other has the ugliest robot designs ever.
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For anyone who grew up watching Godzilla movies, this is what we have waited for all our lives. To site other films as refernces when clearly there really is only one refrence needed is a bit ignorant I'm afraid (and I don't mean stupid, I'm talking about the proper use of the word). GDT is a genius (Bay is certainly not) so I'm not worried at all.
Roll on next year. More
Posted by ericcoyle at 13:33 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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Well it's sure to do well in Japan.
I'm wondering what impact it will have on the Godzilla remake. Will we have a Dredd/The Raid situation...? More
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Think this could go either way. I'm going to hope for awesome but I'm fearing awful. More
Posted by Scruffybobby at 13:10 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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Well it's sure to do well in Japan. More
Posted by El_Barbudo at 12:39 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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If I'm brutally honest, whilst it looks fun (modern day b]Robot Jox]sters, the 8 year old in me just wet himself), if Del Toro's name wasn't attached to this I'd probably be fearing the worst, everyone would.
I'm cautiously optimistic, but I also think it has the potential to be a howler of mythic proportions!
ahaha oh my god I completely forgot about that film!!!!!!!! Thank you paulyboy for bringing it back into my life More
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Well it's sure to do well in Japan. More
Posted by El_Barbudo at 12:34 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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Actually, this is what we're getting instead of Neon Genesis. Weta did design work for a possible NGE movie about the middle of last decade, but nobody wanted to pay for it. GDT has taken the concept and made a movie that (hopefully) will sell internationally, which must be more reassuring to the studio. Now I'm holding out for a live-action Gunbuster! More
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ORIGINAL: sowasred2012
If we all go see this and help it make buckets and buckets of money, then some studio exec somewhere will think
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Posted by pete_traynor at 11:11 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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If we all go see this and help it make buckets and buckets of money, then some studio exec somewhere will think "Hey! If people like this stuff then maybe we should make a bunch of Evangelion movies!", and we can all revel in the lunacy of those bad boys. More
Posted by sowasred2012 at 11:03 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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Toro is way overrated. Blade 2 is his only good film. More
Posted by burtbondy at 10:57 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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Really? You were expecting something more than robots fighting monsters from GDT's 'robots vs. monsters' movie? Troll!
not a troll comment at all.t=calibri] t=calibri]Given some of GDT's work in the past this does all look very generic and by the numbers. The visual flair and beautiful design aesthetics he displayed in Pans Labyrinth for example are not evident in this footage at all. While his Hollywood films are always a little substandard in my opinion, the breathtakin More
Posted by pete_traynor at 10:51 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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Really? You were expecting something more than robots fighting monsters from GDT's 'robots vs. monsters' movie? Troll! More
Posted by Nicky C at 10:36 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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Giant monster and fighting robots, meh! I was hoping for something a little more original, but as soon as you have set peices where its basically been done before, like the bridge sequence ( Cloverfield and various godzilla films), it just does not let the film stand on its own two feet.
I dont get it! More
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Oh yeah! Excited for this mainly because of IDRIS ELBA! That 'Canceling The Apocalypse' line is amazing! Also looks like tons of fun. Who the hell doesn't want to see giant monsters that look awesome fighting robots that look awesome with IDRIS ELBA in one of the robots!!! Seriously! More
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and Jax from Sons of Anarchy who is a badass MoFo in latest season of SOA! More
Posted by nybras at 10:13 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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I think movies like this (giant robots & co) need to be fun. Michael Bay can handle that very well, GDT can't - only judging by this trailer. Here every frame is dark and everyone involved looks freaking serious.
The CGI look good but... déjà vu: robots from Transformers, sea-aliens plot from Battleship, ugly monster from Wrath of the Titans, and here we go! The people here are the first to say how much the 3 aforementioned movies are crap, but now they seem excited. Strange. More
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If I'm brutally honest, whilst it looks fun (modern day Robot Jox Vs Monsters, the 8 year old in me just wet himself), if Del Toro's name wasn't attached to this I'd probably be fearing the worst, everyone would.
I'm cautiously optimistic, but I also think it has the potential to be a howler of mythic proportions! More
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I'm showing my age here (and I appreciate there weren't any monster in it), but this seems to borrow fairly heavily from Robot Jox, even the fist into palm bit More
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Shut up and take my money! More
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This is how you do robots punching things. GTD just took a dump on your doorstep, Michael Bay.
see little to no-difference.
ne has clear craft, visual nuance, great design for the robots and monsters, love and dedication, capable framing of the action (if the trailer is of any indication) and awesome actors while the other has the ugliest robot designs ever.
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This is how you do robots punching things. GTD just took a dump on your doorstep, Michael Bay.
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y see little difference in Bay and GDT’s robot smack downs on the strength of this.p; More
Posted by pete_traynor at 09:25 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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lour me unexcited. t=calibri] t=calibri]Thought this sounded rather bland on paper and it looks rather bland on screen.t=calibri] t=calibri]Not expecting this to buck the trend of his English language work being below par. More
Posted by pete_traynor at 09:22 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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Like Power Rangers with a budget!! Love it!! More
Posted by waltham1979 at 09:03 on 13 December 2012 | Report This Post |
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It is basically a giant version of the power rangers but thats ok by me. It looks a lot of fun and very blockbusteresque. Got to hand it to Guillermo, he doesn't do things by half, nor does he let his style get in the way of spectacle which is what I want with a film like this. If I want more for the mind and soul he has a great selection of other films to watch. I'll just enjoy this one thanks. More
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Was anyone else expecting the tone of this to be a bit more... ? It all looks very dour...
...and was that really the best take of Idris Elba's gung-ho speech? More
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... Just don't let Shinji Ikari near them. More
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GLaDOS from Portal.
ou stole the words out of my mouth ...
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This is how you do robots punching things. GTD just took a dump on your doorstep, Michael Bay.
see little to no-difference.
ne has clear craft, visual nuance, great design for the robots and monsters, love and dedication, capable framing of the action (if the trailer is of any indication) and awesome actors while the other has the ugliest robot designs ever. More
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This is how you do robots punching things. GTD just took a dump on your doorstep, Michael Bay.
see little to no-difference.
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I just wet my pants.......
I also just wet your pants. More
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My money cannot come out faster out of my wallet. More
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GLaDOS from Portal. More
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