tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post8615398378272301062..comments2024-03-27T23:59:01.850-07:00Comments on Writing About Writing (And Occasionally Some Writing): A Lit Major Watches Pacific RimChris Brecheenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-31764097142511474082013-11-04T17:08:44.746-08:002013-11-04T17:08:44.746-08:00I will admit that I didn't really get that int...I will admit that I didn't really get that into the underthemes to the film. When I left the theater, my first thought was "That was a fantastic Power Rangers film." Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543935884184756513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-88217642811899657212013-08-04T12:27:40.517-07:002013-08-04T12:27:40.517-07:00Part 1:
http://strangepegs.blogspot.com/2013/07/pa...Part 1:<br />http://strangepegs.blogspot.com/2013/07/pacific-rim-part-1-and-bitter-fruit.html<br />Part 2:<br />http://strangepegs.blogspot.com/2013/07/pacific-rim-part-2.htmlAndrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-83771499035721947302013-08-04T12:12:14.378-07:002013-08-04T12:12:14.378-07:00Very cool! Feel free to link that blog here. I w...Very cool! Feel free to link that blog here. I will clear it personally if the spam filter catches it. I'd love to take a look. Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-45389841424486662352013-08-04T12:07:45.276-07:002013-08-04T12:07:45.276-07:00Visually, it was worth seeing, not to mention that...Visually, it was worth seeing, not to mention that I got to see it at the LucasFilm screening room, which is worth the trip all by itself. I did a two part review on it on my own blog.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-58591679001896444662013-08-04T12:02:49.271-07:002013-08-04T12:02:49.271-07:00Consider yourself lucky! :)Consider yourself lucky! :)Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-73600307810552919542013-08-04T12:00:23.492-07:002013-08-04T12:00:23.492-07:00My brain didn't make it past the double prolog...My brain didn't make it past the double prologue. It rolled my eyes in my head, quite painfully, said "what the heck," quite loudly, and stomped out the back of my head. Then, when they started talking about why the mechs needed two pilots, it poked back in and laughed so hard my ears fell off. There was no more thinking after that.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-69137045297396582482013-07-18T09:36:50.104-07:002013-07-18T09:36:50.104-07:00I think the only thing I'm trying to tell you ...I think the only thing I'm trying to tell you is I have really questionable (or really awkward) taste in action movies.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524785358789299118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-9231582791753552722013-07-18T08:31:46.460-07:002013-07-18T08:31:46.460-07:00Fantastic review! Trying to work, appear professio...Fantastic review! Trying to work, appear professional and read your blog at the same time is not do-able. My phone rang and I had to explain to a client why I was trying to sound intelligent but at the same time suppressing laughter of the type usually reserved for solemn events where laughing is not an option. Explained myself and he's decided Pacific Rim is not for him, either. My brain has separation issues, even a Starbucks wouldn't convince it to leave home, even if the reason was self-preservation. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02902092603711470793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-77266893065656022362013-07-18T01:50:56.389-07:002013-07-18T01:50:56.389-07:00Just one, but he'll need to put a cradle in fr...Just one, but he'll need to put a cradle in front of it first.ProbablyFictionhttp://probablyfiction.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-58068719255258485962013-07-18T01:30:01.003-07:002013-07-18T01:30:01.003-07:00Haha I really enjoyed this post. I ditched my brai...Haha I really enjoyed this post. I ditched my brain when I watched this movie so I pretty much enjoyed it although I did wonder why all the punches and kung fu stuff when they had that nice cannon thingy. The world can invent giant robots and neural drifting what not, but still like to wrestle with Godzilla's friends. That whole drifting thing? Crazy. It's hard enough living in your own head. Anyway, I like Idris Elba. And that dad dude who was in The Unit.<br /><br />Anyway, I stumbled in here from that viral post. Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00357901324772717475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-27104308847584544552013-07-17T22:10:50.522-07:002013-07-17T22:10:50.522-07:00Right? I mean just as soon as you see it, it'...Right? I mean just as soon as you see it, it's like knock-you-on-your-ass overpowering. Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-50313195987383563472013-07-17T22:04:39.720-07:002013-07-17T22:04:39.720-07:00I let my brain come along to the movie with me and...I let my brain come along to the movie with me and spent the whole time giggling in near-hysterical silence. I didn't notice the phalluses much, because our culture is so completely inundated with them and I hardly see them anymore, but oh, I saw the vaginas. Saw those for sure. At this point, I'm even tempted to suggest that those vagainas, and their ultimate destruction, suggests a deep-seated fear for femininity, birth, and all that scary women stuff. You know, repressed traits reemerging as monsters born out of our shadows and all that goodness. ;) <br />(And yes, I'm a lit major with an interest in psychoanalysis, haha.)Ardenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11548008375571985159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-89100840057082009502013-07-17T18:12:06.281-07:002013-07-17T18:12:06.281-07:00Oh yeah. That's a classic! Sadly this movie ...Oh yeah. That's a classic! Sadly this movie wasn't really anything like it--except for the Freudian stuff.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-90605395674835643762013-07-17T18:11:08.484-07:002013-07-17T18:11:08.484-07:00Well, just don't think to hard about it. You ...Well, just don't think to hard about it. You should be okay. It was certainly that.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-32302383856199878612013-07-17T18:09:56.002-07:002013-07-17T18:09:56.002-07:00and some of us just really wanted to see a fun mon...and some of us just really wanted to see a fun monster movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-71449462893773770712013-07-17T14:19:56.498-07:002013-07-17T14:19:56.498-07:00I haven't seen the movie yet, so I can't c...I haven't seen the movie yet, so I can't comment in depth on this, but my friend made an interesting point by drawing a comparison to the old animated series Neon Genesis Evangelion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_(anime)), in which a group of troubled young people (of multinational background) are recruited to pilot large robot mechas to battle giant monsters known as Angels. <br /><br />Unlike most anime, the series is rife with intriguing psychoanalysis and Biblical symbolism—the robot mechas are called Evas, the Angels descend from two enigmatic beings called Adam and Lilith, there's lots of Freudian birth/body neuroticism, and each of the main characters have major parent problems. In addition to H.P. Lovecraft, I could see that show as an inspiration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-52999204940357799032013-07-17T11:19:39.886-07:002013-07-17T11:19:39.886-07:00See? I came for the viral, and now I'm staying...See? I came for the viral, and now I'm staying because of things like this. You're fascinating. I like you. Stop doubting yourself so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-34464740442153522852013-07-16T19:24:33.339-07:002013-07-16T19:24:33.339-07:00I probably shouldn't have tuned my brain out. ...I probably shouldn't have tuned my brain out. That one's been making me curious too, but now it won't tell me.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-82306369981292351862013-07-16T14:41:52.963-07:002013-07-16T14:41:52.963-07:00Um.
How many Chaucers *does* it takes to screw in...Um.<br /><br />How many Chaucers *does* it takes to screw in a lightbulb?<br />Melomelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453630439146822076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-69191361358061489562013-07-16T10:07:24.025-07:002013-07-16T10:07:24.025-07:00'Delicious' is definitely a fair assessmen...'Delicious' is definitely a fair assessment.Kara Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409242213865977764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-78905228931641677622013-07-16T08:42:52.941-07:002013-07-16T08:42:52.941-07:00Nah, that's cool. I'm not very good with ...Nah, that's cool. I'm not very good with accents. Anything outside of California simply sounds delicious to me.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-71639868767504114372013-07-16T08:31:05.478-07:002013-07-16T08:31:05.478-07:00Tiny thing -- Idris Elba was using something close...Tiny thing -- Idris Elba was using something close to his regular accent, which is London (specifically Hackney), not Aussie. I feel kind of jerky and nitpicky for bringing that up in the face of a really entertaining article, but.Kara Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409242213865977764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-46250202378654953902013-07-15T17:21:06.405-07:002013-07-15T17:21:06.405-07:00Awww. I'm sorry they weren't your type of...Awww. I'm sorry they weren't your type of easy on the eyes. I basically could have fallen into Rinko Kikuchi's eyes so the only thing I noticed otherwise were lots of flexy muscles.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-41274531363017646832013-07-15T17:19:04.879-07:002013-07-15T17:19:04.879-07:00Yeah, Cat, you know if you're trying to tell m...Yeah, Cat, you know if you're trying to tell me something, there are easier ways.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-60644475062168504982013-07-15T16:47:35.756-07:002013-07-15T16:47:35.756-07:00people who are easy on the eyes
I think that'...<i>people who are easy on the eyes</i><br /><br />I think that's really the biggest thing that was missing for me. I can forgive a lot of bad plot if I get to watch pretty people, but I didn't find any of the characters particularly attractive. Too much beefy muscle-men. Ew. <br /><br />Ok that and I had an awful stomach ache the entire time (started before the movie - I nearly didn't go because of it but Auros really wanted me to go and I decided it had gotten better-enough). That obviously isn't the movie's fault and I think I would have hated it even without that, but it certainly didn't HELP. Plymouth Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00539297105353238798noreply@blogger.com