Pacific Rim Could've Been a Great Franchise 

bro dropped one of the best kaiju films then left the genre.

Honestly a shame that we never got a Sequel to Pacific Rim. I would have loved to see more from that universe

bro dropped the one of the hardest movies of the decade and left the genre

There's another thing i want to add, 1) never kill OG heroes from previous movie. 2) never makes Kids as soldier unless the original is about Kids as soldier. 3) every sequel need to make it grittier because the audiences age especially Kids already grow up.

can we talk about how Amara's flashback scene was supposed to be emotional but it turned out to be way comical than it should've been

still waiting for the second movie, my hopes up

imagine if guillermo direct godzilla…

Thinking back on this, I now realise that I can vividly remember each kaijuu in GDT's PacRim, but I legit can't recall a single kaijuu from Uprising…

Dont ever compare Pacific Rim with Power Ranger Uprising.

Pacific rim is a good standalone film.

The sad part is that a lot of great ideas were there. Mako's adoptive brother? Newt getting brainwashed? An evil Jaeger? Hybrid drones? A fusion Kaiju? All could have been used to great effect. But they completely botched the execution, killed Mako, replaced her with a boring white teen girl with the exact same backstory and added the trololololo song.

Let's not forget - the first trailer and main trailer go unbelievably HARD

Another small thing that the sequel did wrong was making the jaegers generic. I’m the first filsm they each have completely different feels and so did the pilot suits. They were all unique to the country of origin. But in uprising they all feel like power rangers

Pacific Rim… Giant Robots and monsters Fighting! Pacific Rim 2… Toddlers playing with toy robots and monsters!

Pacific Rim is like an artist who made a beautiful painting to amaze people and gets credit for their creativity. Pacific Rim: Uprising is like someone looks at the artist’s painting, throws it into the fire and puts his own artwork filled with cringey memes and poorly drawn fanfic hand art.

first film ❤ second film 💔

Back in 2013, while i did deeply enjoy pacific rim i was perfectly content with it being a one and done. Especially considering how the film ends, not really leaving the door open to potential sequels without undoing what the first film accomplished. Which is exactly what the sequel did unfortunately.

PACIFIC RIM itself was like a great 3d film in a trilogy, where we never got the first two, showing the rise of the kaiju and the rise of the Jaegers, leading to mankind's last stand. A pity in a way.

If only we could go to a universe where all of Del Toros cancelled movies came out, like Mountain Madness, his version of the Hobbit, Justice League Dark, and Hellboy 3

Messed up they killed one of the best main characters in the 2nd. Would be cool if they did a sequel to Pacific Rim between the 1st and Uprising or used a drift connection of some sort to bring the characters back, but it would defeat their sacrifice. It was an honor growing up with the 1st movie and having neca figures to preserve the memories.

WE WERE DRIFT COMPATIBLE! “Theme music kicks in”!

still can just need another good film and its back

The first film was perfect in what it set out to do, not the perfect movie but the perfect mech monster movie, it's clear that the people making it put pure creativity and attention to detail into it. They should give it another shot; bring back del Toro and the og director and retcon the second movie, if monsterverse can sell tickets, so can a retconed sequel.

Fantastic movie but what’s up with all this people who had an optical illusion about a second movie?

The Sequel Did the One thing I hated! It Killed Mako. The Fan Favorite, the Character that had the most potential. And she Died. That was some Bullsh*t.

A missed opportunity for this movie, it should've did a crossover with the Monsterverse, we got Godzilla, we got Kong, we got Jaegers fighting Kaijus. It would've been great

Literally I was the right age when the first Pacific Rim came out, it was a 10 year olds wet dream and I still love till this day, as for Uprising I gave it a rewatch not to long ago and I will admit had this been its own separate Giant Robot vs Kaiju movie not connected to Pacific Rim I would have enjoyed it in a dumb fun kind of way but because it is a sequel to the first Pacific Rim it really is a big slap in the face.

Pacific rim is the perfect power Rangers movie.

Something i loved about pacific rim is the worldbuilding and lore in it. That intro shows dozens of kaiju and jaegers in a matter of seconds and every one of them has a documented name, combat history, and background if you decide to look into it.

The biggest issue with Pacific Rim is that there is clear disinterest in making a good film like the first one. Pacific rim uprising tried too hard to be like evangelion and other 90's anime where, which hurt the plot and aesthetics. The only three characters that actually returned were either killed off way too soon or acted differently. I think the biggest disappointment however is how it was placed in the wrong hands. Aside from pacific rim uprising, the only other media we've received is Pacific Rim The Black, an animated miniseries that tried to fix the problem uprising had, but somehow made its issues worse at the same time. How can you make a show that centers around two kids piloting a robot and go on an adventure with a boy that was secretly a kaiju superweapon? It strayed too far from the concept and as much as I hate to say this, the idea of a franchise is dead. Del toro stated that he was not interested in making another movie and legendary might not want to make a sequel as it would be too risky in the financial sense.

I thought there were like 5 Pacific Rim movies until I watched this video and until last year I didn't even know Guillermo Del Toro directed the first one lol

Still the best Kaiju movie Hollywood ever made

Coincidentally I literally finished watching pacific rim right as this video was uploaded

I love how this is the same stuff that is happening with the Godzilla movies that we are getting. There is no sense of scale and it lacks everything what the first two movies accomplished.

I've said it once, and I'll say it again. Best idea for a sequel would have been - Jaeger Cold War. No more Kaiju means suddenly a whole bunch of nations right next to each other with the tech to build nuke proof rock-em sock-em robots, plus the sudden revelation that Kaiju are technologically engineered and could be reversed. There's gonna' be fallout over that for sure. It's dark, it's gritty, it's action-y, and there's avenue for a big monster resurgence that doesn't just feel like a "somehow Palpatine returned." I'd buy 10 tickets for something like that. Also points if the Aussies are the evil overlords, seeing as they're canonically the ones with the primo MK5 Jaeger tech.

I hope Warner Bros reboots the Pacific Rim franchise for the Monsterverse so we can actually get a Godzilla X Kong VS Pacific Rim movie

The first time I watched Pacific Rim was on a giant tv with surround sound and some nice 3d glasses for 2013, not the blue and red kind. It has been one of my favorite movies ever since then. To bad they never made a sequel. 👀

I love the first one. It was such a great 3d movie. Adored it. The sequel was......there.

Pacific Rim gave me hope for a Mobile Fighter G Gundam film.

0:36 Whats that? A fan animation?

Yo tex long time no see Also since you're watching more anime now are you planning to put out videos related to it ?

This movie is the reason i like mech genre in the first places

i stand by my opinion that pacific rim is the best live action kaiju movie and we need another anime

I’m just happy we got that first movie. Nothing could top that imo

one thing that not a lot of people know is that Hugo Martin, the game director of Doom 2016 and Doom eternal was working alongside Guillermo del Toro designing the Jaegers and Kaijus. if you look at the movie's behind the scene, you can spot him a few times.

I hope pacific rim gets a second movie after 11 years of nothing,pacific rim is the best kaiju movie ever it must come back

Seems you have missed it, but Guillermo said he's making a third movie, and has plans for a cinematic universe for Pacific Rim.

I absolutely love that in the recent months; there's been a bunch of RU-vidrs making videos on Pacific Rim. Hopefully it'll get the attention of someone high up and make this possible but... You can only hope right?

If there were any news for a 3rd movie, i think most of us could universally wish for it to be a prequal during the glory days

oh hell yeah, u gotta make more pacific rim vids pls

There should be a prequel! There’s literally source material and comics. I’m so glad they haven’t made a 2nd movie. Hope they do :)

this movie actually performed better in China but underperformed in the US because more people wanted to see Grown Ups 2 in theaters. This "win" was so impactful for Sony they decided to make lightning strike twice when they released "Blended" opposite of X-Men Days of Future Past.

I got an idea, a small country with a long coast line (for example vietnam) they put all resources into a single jeager, the moive is about a duo who compete to become the pilot to defend the country, and they get help from other pilot that pay them a visit, or about a group of potential pilots get send aboard to train while the country is on count down

If they used Del Toro's script, Uprising might have been better received.

Pacific rim had a lot of potential, Like gozzila and kong. The director really know how to make big monster and robot looks big and mechanical. And the Idea of humanity cooperate together to fight against alien enemy is a awesome idea. Much bigger scale than "america superhero save the world" and "family" stuffs.

Honestly, the second movie had robots with rocket feet. That's enough for me to love it

I find it odd no one talks about the anime we got. I thought it was a lot better than uprising

Now that you have listed the problems with the sequel I just realized something too. It really felt like the second film was trying to copy the first film but does not quite capture it. The Kaijus that were supposed to be the big bads was treated like your typical goons that got beaten by a bunch of children. It does not capture the essence of the first film's fighting for humanity's survival.

He didnt drop the genre, he was working on the scrip for the 2nd movie but the directors didnt wait for him because he also had other projects and they hired another guy to do the scrip, till this day I wonder how the 2nd movie wouldve been if Guillermos directed it

It actually sucks what happened in this universe. The first movie is one of the best if not the best Kaiju film of all time, then uprising killed the franchise leaving nothing behind. The black couldn't even save it. It honestly deserves another chance to be good and fulfill it's purpose as a good Kaiju universe

i like how the wiki has multiple pages with 3 seperate sub pages (og movie, 2nd movie, inconsistencies)

Pacific Rim is so great and I really want more of it. I still do, I haven’t given up on it. But I know it’s not happening, so I’m not holding my breath 😢

The main difference you feel is like the first movie just goes hard af and you just get a dopamine rush everytime a Yeager hit a kaiju with a big punch, in the second movie it’s the opposite, it makes you feel stupid for watching it and the cheesy one liners are just embarrassing

The first Pacific Rim is one of my favourite movies ever and really kick started my love for the kaiju genre, then cemented by the monsterverse. Such a shame the franchise was mismanaged like it was. How good would it have been for the Pacific Rim and Godzilla franchise's to have grown alongside one another. Most likely the two universes would have merged together at some point.

I refuse to believe that uprising is canon in the pasific rim lore

You should also cover the Animation versions of PACIFIC RIM

i think about this at least every other week, could’ve been a great franchise

MY GOAT DROPPED A VIDEO ON A MOVIE THAT NEVER CAME OUT WHAT A LEGEND❗❗❗❗❗

This film and Independance Day are so alike.

For me to summarize the issues with screen play, the first was good because you had that anticipation for every movement and could never be certain if that jab or hook or sword would reach the kaiju in time for it to count. Uprising made everything far too quick and fluid, and now the robotic flaws were lacking, removing that anticipation for the slowness of everything, and that’s what made the first so great. Anticipation

Personally I would love to see them try again but slowly. For example a live action show series centered around a Jager engineer or even worker during the start of the Kaiju crisis would be perfect for audience and writers alike. Hell it can even retcon the original if it meant a new story could be made avoiding the mistakes of uprising.

I think they could still do well with it. Just because the sequel that theoretically exists did bad, doesn't mean they can't just retcon it or do a prequel which i think a lot of people would like

It's so sad they never even considered making a sequel, HUGE missed opportunity, they could never mess this up!

I swear, they better make a prequel to revive the Franchise

He needs to comeback and direct a prequel.

There is a perfect universe somewhere where Pacific Rim and the Monsterverse are both a mutual success. Imagine how happy Legendary is in that universe. And the fans.

4:24 jipsy danger doing half T pose was the actual reason of explosion because only full T poses can muster up the energy required to withstand the power

May I recommend Getter Robo manga? It is pretty similar to this in a lot of ways, but a little more heightened with anime/manga craziness.

Would have been sick to see a crossover with godzilla and kong and that

It was a pilliar of my childhood along with godzilla 2014

Now imagine if they made a sequel, Guillermo needs to come back.

still waiting for Pacific Rim 2

If I were in a relationship ask me to which genre COULD'VE been a franchise what would it be... To answer... Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim. And then make out.

The biggest villains in Guillermo Del Toros filmmaking career has been studio executives and budget restrictions.If you take these two problems out of this mans carrer we wouldve got a lot more epic movies than we have right now for example Hellboy 3(potentially even more movies because the comics are pretty ducking awesome and very adaptable imo)and the pacific rim franchise😭

a prequel where they still had single drift users

Idk about you guys but I'm still waiting on this second movie everyone is talking about.

Pacific Rim isn't a franchise though. It's a standalone film with no sequels or tie-ins.

First movie was just awsome. And the main theme slaps

Dawg i wish they wouldnt of replaced the director, it would be a dream to see a crossover wiht the monsterverse and pacfic rim

Pacific rim was awesome. I loved that movie.

Imagine a universe where we got pacific rim , kong and godzilla

I pray that we’ll get another movie, I 100% think that if we got del back on project we could get a really good movie, pacific rim is a great movie and I find myself coming back to it.

do we have del toro script on the internet ?

Clearly transformers or Monsterverse movies don't have greatest plot but they still succeeded. And they are Entertaining too. It begs the question, what causes a big monster fighting movie to flop. I think it's harder to flop a action spectacle than other movies.

It could've been a great franchise, too bad they never made a sequel... 😔

Apparently a second movie could happen if Guillermo Del Toro comes back. If that happens Hunnam will return as well, how exciting!

Dude love this dissection of the Pacific Rim fanfilm, it was so well done but it's still got room to improve story-wise Still needs a proper sequel though

1:18 HE'S ME BRO

Who thinks they should make a few movies like this in the monsterverse, maybe with the main one as jet jaguar

Tbh theres a chance for more movies. The franchise feels more like dormant rather than extinc.