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And Flange says...not bad!

Random thoughts as they come to me...
Who thought of the name Stacker Penticost? Sounds like a pallet loader at a Bible factory.

How did the hero survive being at best, a half mile about a nuke when his mech went ka-boomy? I know, I know, but even a hero's death exemption has to fail SOMETIME!

And allowing for water pressure, just how big what that first nuke blast, span wise?

Also...now the Congleypoop did they keep contact with them at that depth? Could have showed them dropping a bobber with a long cable under it. I'm just sayin'...

Coolest humans in the film, Mako, The little girl who played her younger self, Stacker, herc and Hannibel.

Great mechs. But A simple mech sized Ka-bar knife and battle ax would come in REAL handy...also a 500mm hunting rifle.

Favorite line. "No heartbeat."

Sooo...more as it comes to me.
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How did the hero survive being at best, a half mile about a nuke when his mech went ka-boomy? I know, I know, but even a hero's death exemption has to fail SOMETIME!

Weren't they though the dimensional barrier when the nuke detonated? I assumed that the blast stopped at the barrier.

Other than that- yeah massive suspension of disbelief was required for this film.

I mean- is the best way to take over a world sending kaiju though rather than just some sort of killer pandemic or a horde of smaller critters?

Still I loved it beginning to end. Great soundtrack that makes you want to go kick some alien booty, no idiot agenda thrown in your face, likable if somewhat flat characters. I picked up the Blu-Ray but have been watching horror movies the last few weeks- will be watching it again after Halloween.

death exemption has to fail SOMETIME!

Weren't they though the dimensional barrier when the nuke detonated? I assumed that the blast stopped at the barrier.
> If he passed the barrier doorway before the boom, and the 'throat collapse' happened just after he passed, yeah...suspension of Disbelief (S.O.D.) invoked!<

Other than that- yeah massive suspension of disbelief was required for this film.

I mean- is the best way to take over a world sending kaiju though rather than just some sort of killer pandemic or a horde of smaller critters?

> Maybe they've seen that come back around to bite them on other conquests? Still, there is the threat of an autonomous monster weapon going rogue...unless the Kaiju are just as 'piloted' as the Mecha. That one beastie seemed pretty curious about Stryker, when the EMP blast locked it up.<

Still I loved it beginning to end. Great soundtrack that makes you want to go kick some alien booty, no idiot agenda thrown in your face, likable if somewhat flat characters. I picked up the Blu-Ray but have been watching horror movies the last few weeks- will be watching it again after Halloween.

>Yeah. There was one throw away line about pollution almost Terraforming the planet for the aliens, but that was all.

A thing I'd included in my own Kaiju related writing, is about the economics. The film did a nice job in passing in mentioning that. Religious responses would be unavoidable, and Hannibal making a profit off the kaiju seems obvious.
Imagine how badly the world economy was effected by the danger to shipping that kaiju cause, let alone damage to First World infrastructure and banking...yeesh! Thats a story in it's self, if anyone could make it watchable. Monty Python could...:)<

I thought the characters worked well, because they were intended to "just" be archetypes.

Also, that scene where Gypsy Danger is dragging the ship behind it to use as the world's most awesome club was a joy to behold.

Personally I think making the characters archetypes worked here- it allowed them to be quickly drawn so we could get on with the monster-mashing good parts!

There is a comic book that serves as background for the movie, I haven't read it and can't attest to how good it is.

And I liked the last couple of Gojira/Godzilla movies: Giant Monsters All Out Attack, Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, Tokyo: SOS better- not much better but better. And 'Gamera vs. Irys' is still my all time favorite Kaiju movie.