Pacific Rim – An Epic Battle of Giant Robots and Aliens

I think it’s fair to say that most people think robots are pretty damn cool. They come in all shapes and sizes… some are real, and some are imaginary – like the behemoths in this movie – but most of them are pretty awesome – except maybe for this one. In fact, you may even remember movies from your childhood featuring giant fighting robots, such as Robot Joxx. I know I do, and that’s why I’m moderately excited about seeing this new giant robots vs aliens movie called Pacific Rim.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring one of my favorite actors, Ron Perlman – the voice of the narrator in the Fallout series of games, and you know… a few movies as well – Pacific Rim takes place after a massive underwater alien invasion under the Pacific Rim (see what they did there?), and humanity has no choice but to build badass giant robots and fight them hand to hand… man to… alien.

Mega Robot vs Alienosaurus

Now, my initial inclination is to come up with vaguely sexual but mostly nebulous alternate versions of the movie , such as Pacific Rim-jobs, but I suppose I’ll leave that to the experts in that field. You know what I’m talking about…

After that, I would probably say that the movie looks all kinds of ridiculous, and that it’s probably going to be as terrible as Skyline and Battleship combined. I think this point is true as well, but you know what? This movie has giant robots controlled by humans, and that… is awesome. Will this damage the fond, childhood memories I have of the previously mentioned Robot Joxx? Possibly, but I’m willing to take that chance. With great risk comes great reward, and maybe… just maybe, Guillermo will have pulled off a robot movie worthy of my fond memories, instead of a film destined only for years of mockery.