But at the big - picture level, the level at
which the kaiju start stomping, that's when I start going NOW HOLD ON A MINUTE.
Not exact matches
Geeks of Doom was on hand for the «Pacific Rim» panel at
which Guillermo Del Toro showed off a brand new trailer in
which, «a 25 - story high Jaeger robot [dragged] an oil tanker behind it through the streets of Hong Kong, to use as a bat against a
Kaiju, followed by a two - fist slap to the
Kaiju's head.»
«Godzilla: King of Monsters,» the sequel to the 2014 American version of Toho's famous
kaiju franchise, will be part of a monster movie cinematic universe that also includes the upcoming film «Kong: Skull Island,»
which Warner Bros. will release this March.
Charlie Hunnam's robot pilot Raleigh Becket gives us a narrated break down of the futuristic world in
which mankind have created gigantic robots, known as Jaegers to battle the equally massive monsters the planet call
Kaiju,
which we're unleashed following a disastrous underwater earthquake.
Starring Charlie Hunnam as Raleigh Becket, Pacific Rim told the story of pilots who operated massive robots called Jaegers,
which were created to fight
Kaiju monsters that periodically invaded Earth through an interdimensional portal located at the bottom of the ocean.
Sure, it's a love letter to the
kaiju movies of Japan,
which include monsters like Godzilla and Gamera.
Unsurprisingly, such things demand sacrifice, and his character, the very heavily named Stacker Pentecost, died in the process of destroying a sub-oceanic rift in the space - time continuum known as the Breach, through
which aliens known as Precursors sent giant monsters known as
Kaiju to rip the planet known as Earth to bits and render its denizens known as Earthlings thoroughly stomped.
But 14 years after Roland Emmerich's forgettable «Godzilla» remake, Del Toro's «Pacific Rim» constitutes a large - scale attempt to bring Japan's beloved
Kaiju movies — their monster films, of
which Ishiro Honda's 1954 «Godzilla» is the most famous — to American shores.
In the 3 - D «Pacific Rim,»
which Warner Bros. will release on July 12, the 25 - story - high
Kaiju emanate (as is tradition) from the sea one by one, each uniquely grotesque beasts.
But the story didn't end with a certain sacrifice — the
kaiju were beaten back but not defeated,
which brings us to Pacific Rim Uprising, Steven DeKnight's follow - up to Del Toro's playful yet galvanizing film.
The Jaeger program has now evolved and expanded into a massive global defense force after the Battle of the Breach,
which comes in handy when the
Kaiju threat returns.
Legendary has announced that it is set to prepare us for our return to the world of Jaegers and
Kaiju with Pacific Rim Aftermath, the official comic book prequel to March's hotly - anticipated movie sequel Pacific Rim Uprising,
which comes from the creative team of Cavan Scott and Rich Elson.
Bandai Namco Entertainment previously released a video detailing the large selection of
Kaiju available in Godzilla,
which can be seen here.
Godzilla has been developed by Natsume Atari Inc. and gives players control of over 20 different
Kaiju from the Godzilla franchise,
which include classics such as Anguirus and Rodan.
Kaiju Big Battel: Fighto Fantasy is an upcoming indie RPG developed by Super Walrus Games based on the
Kaiju Big Battel wrestling group,
which mixes wrestling with Japanese monster movies and features people wrestling in monster costumes.
Gaurodan is a very cool 80's style arcade action game in
which you play a gigantic
kaiju - style prehistoric monster who battles other monsters and rains down terror and destruction on humans, to punish them for awakening it's ancient nemesis — Guayota.