Qualcomm is a telecommunications company. Why did they allow Guillermo del Toro to premiere his new Pacific Rim trailer during their CES presentation tonight? Just a hunch, but it probably has something to do with that giant Qualcomm logo brandished prominently on a building in this trailer.
No matter. This sneak peak gives us our best look at the film yet, as robots and kaiju face off while the world hangs in balance. The production design evidenced in this trailer, from the detail of the remote-access cockpits to the WWII-style nose art brandished across the shoulder blade of one of the bots, is enough to make me think Guillermo’s sneaking his own unique brand of war film into his giant kaiju battle flick. We could conceivably be looking at Gamera by way of Pork Chop Hill.
Am I too old to play with toys? Probably, but this movie is going to have some sweet toys:
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There’s totally a guy dressed like Dr. Who at 1:20.
Tim Kelly, The trailer…MECHs Pacific Rim, look like it will be a…MONSTERous…RIM Rocker that will get Del Toro’s Mountains of Madness out of a…JAM! Awesome Trailer!
@ creeper, good eye…
I have faith in Del Toro, but I’m not sure this looks like anything more than dumb fun – and I say that as a kid who was glued to watching Godzilla battle Mothra et al.
But, if you consider the fact the crappy Transformers movies made a gazillion dollars, maybe this has a chance to give Del Toro the juice he needs to take another run at Mountains of Madness.
Also, I am also cautiously optimistic at the potential for a well titled porn spin-off: Pacific Rim Job has a nice ring to it.
Bow ties are cool.
So are jet-powered punches to the head.
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