The original thread is over two years old, so I thought I'd start a new one for the upcoming launch on Netflix:
Pacific Rim: The Black
- Thread starter Kai "the spy"
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Looks pretty cool to me. I’m not wild about the animation style, but I’m intrigued about the story so far. I’d even say I’m more interested in this than Godzilla: Singular Point, although that might be because this trailer actually shows the Jaeger and the Kaiju while G:SP seems to think the main selling point is Jet Jaguar.
I watched through the existing episodes (currently 7, so I'm wondering if it'll be a 10-ep season). It's pretty interesting and I like what they've done so far. 
It's set after the movies, as Australia is effectively overrun. I'm curious to see where they'll pick up from the most recent episode.
It's set after the movies, as Australia is effectively overrun. I'm curious to see where they'll pick up from the most recent episode.
Netflix original animated series often have 13-episode seasons, split between two releases of 7 and 6 episodes a few months apart. If they started with a 7-episode drop, the next will probably be 6.
I finished watching it the other day and I enjoyed it quite a bit. There were some references I didn't get as I still haven't watched Uprising.
I'm hoping that as the series goes on we find out what's been happening outside of Australia. Taylor and Hailey have been lost for five years and if one continent can be overrun, then others could as well.
The darkest moment was probably when
Joel gets killed. That was sudden and brutal.
I loved the first episode. Much better than Uprising. I hope we get as many episodes as possible because this is something I can watch with kids but is still very enjoyable.
I finally got around to watching the first episode of this. I'm not too fond of it so far. The movies, at least the original, had a sense of fun, but this is just so relentlessly dark. The only lightness was the humorous bit of Hayley rushing through the Jaeger lessons and the AI's responses.
Also, how come the robots and monsters are animated so smoothly and the humans so jerkily? It just underlines how much that low frame rate is an affectation.
Also, it's weird naming the main characters Taylor and Hayley. You generally want to make your main characters' names more distinct-sounding, for both clarity and aesthetics.
Since this is theoretically an anime, I debated whether to watch it in English or Japanese, but it's from American writers and English is listed as the original language, so I went with that. Still, I found it interesting that there was one bit that used a distinctly Japanese idiom -- when Loa the AI said "Kaiju defeated... is what I would say if the weapons were real" (or whatever the exact words were). And the sheer darkness of events in the first episode feels closer to anime than what you'd usually see in American TV, whether animated or live-action. So though it's credited to Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle, I wonder if the Japanese creators have input into the writing as well as the animation. Or maybe Johnson & Kyle are just writing with the anime audience in mind.
Also, how come the robots and monsters are animated so smoothly and the humans so jerkily? It just underlines how much that low frame rate is an affectation.
Also, it's weird naming the main characters Taylor and Hayley. You generally want to make your main characters' names more distinct-sounding, for both clarity and aesthetics.
Since this is theoretically an anime, I debated whether to watch it in English or Japanese, but it's from American writers and English is listed as the original language, so I went with that. Still, I found it interesting that there was one bit that used a distinctly Japanese idiom -- when Loa the AI said "Kaiju defeated... is what I would say if the weapons were real" (or whatever the exact words were). And the sheer darkness of events in the first episode feels closer to anime than what you'd usually see in American TV, whether animated or live-action. So though it's credited to Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle, I wonder if the Japanese creators have input into the writing as well as the animation. Or maybe Johnson & Kyle are just writing with the anime audience in mind.
Right; another show I haven't watched yet.
Up to episode 5 now. I'm reminded of how much I admire Pacific Rim's concept of drifting as a storytelling device. It's such an efficient way to integrate action with character development -- the two pilots of the giant robot have to experience and work through both of their deepest, most intimate or painful memories and learn to work together as a team if they want to defeat the giant monster. It's inspired, a great way to make the action drive the character stories and vice versa.
However, it bugged me that the character of Joel was clearly scripted to be Australian, saying things like "bloody" and "bonzer," but was played with an American accent. What was the deal there?
Man, this is a dark show. A lot more grim and brutal than I remember the movies being.
However, it bugged me that the character of Joel was clearly scripted to be Australian, saying things like "bloody" and "bonzer," but was played with an American accent. What was the deal there?
Man, this is a dark show. A lot more grim and brutal than I remember the movies being.
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