[Illuyankas]

I believe this covers that problem:

Spoiler

(from here)

(also I have no idea if that's accurate or not since I haven't been able to see the movie yet but I will be this week and got spoiled on the sword already so fuck itttttttttttt)

[polishgenius]

Morgoth, on 03 August 2013 - 09:13 PM, said:

I went into the movie expecting great monsters and satisfying battles. I got that and an excellent soundtrack, so I am very pleased. A whole lot of fun. My only annoyance was the sword. Not that it existed, it was pretty cool, but that they had it all along but chose not to use it before then. It would have made short work of the first monster for one thing.

This was an editing issue (apparently Del Toro had to cut great swathes of stuff - the original cut of the film was something like four hours long, or something). The story, also I gather alluded to in some prequel materials:

Spoiler

It wasn't there in the opening battle, it was one of the additions made later when they fixed her up. It was added by Miko herself (who comes from a family of swordsmiths or something). But anyway presumably the idea is that they never had time to properly train Raleigh in the updates and Miko, being the rookie, just forgot he didn't know and followed his lead.

[Morgoth]

polishgenius, on 03 August 2013 - 10:05 PM, said:

Morgoth, on 03 August 2013 - 09:13 PM, said:

I went into the movie expecting great monsters and satisfying battles. I got that and an excellent soundtrack, so I am very pleased. A whole lot of fun. My only annoyance was the sword. Not that it existed, it was pretty cool, but that they had it all along but chose not to use it before then. It would have made short work of the first monster for one thing.

This was an editing issue (apparently Del Toro had to cut great swathes of stuff - the original cut of the film was something like four hours long, or something). The story, also I gather alluded to in some prequel materials:

Spoiler

It wasn't there in the opening battle, it was one of the additions made later when they fixed her up. It was added by Miko herself (who comes from a family of swordsmiths or something). But anyway presumably the idea is that they never had time to properly train Raleigh in the updates and Miko, being the rookie, just forgot he didn't know and followed his lead.

That would explain it, though it still doesn't explain why, instead of participating in the whole boat thing, didn't just suggest to use the sword. A small nitpick, true, but the only truly stupid part of the film (within its own parameters) and thus it was very noticeable.

[BAD]

Morgoth, on 03 August 2013 - 09:13 PM, said:

I went into the movie expecting great monsters and satisfying battles. I got that and an excellent soundtrack, so I am very pleased. A whole lot of fun. My only annoyance was the sword. Not that it existed, it was pretty cool, but that they had it all along but chose not to use it before then. It would have made short work of the first monster for one thing.

They don't use it because the monsters adapt. Only use just enough to kill them, never anymore. Don't use your ace in the hole when a jack will do, or something. That's how I rationalised it anyways. =/

This post has been edited by BAD: 04 August 2013 - 12:10 AM

[Mezla PigDog]

Morgoth, on 03 August 2013 - 09:13 PM, said:

I went into the movie expecting great monsters and satisfying battles. I got that and an excellent soundtrack, so I am very pleased. A whole lot of fun. My only annoyance was the sword. Not that it existed, it was pretty cool, but that they had it all along but chose not to use it before then. It would have made short work of the first monster for one thing.

That's more or less exactly what I took out of the film too. I saw it on the first weekend it was out, it's brilliant. I was travelling afterwards with a guy from work who is very into his art house movies and he clearly thought I was something of a luddite when I was extolling the virtues of giant robots vs giant monsters to him. What's not to love?

[Jakovasaurus]

Yeah, makes sense I suppose.

[Gothos]

OK so I just watched this. It was pretty cool!

So there's the things like when they said that they waited since dinosaur times to get a more CO2 filled atmosphere wonderfully omits that by all accounts Earth's atmosphere had a lot more CO2 in it back in Jurassic times than it does even now, and how they made a nuclear reactor into a nuclear bomb, and so on and so on... Then there's how they seem to only know two colours: teal and orange, but that's hardly unique these days...

When you get to see how Jax Teller and Stringer Bell join forces to save Earth from giant monsters using humongous mecha, with guest appearances by Clay Morrow and GLaDOS - what's not to like? I give it a solid eight hand-held oil tankers out of ten.


PS. On the subject of oil tankers, who got the idea that it would be better to strike an eldritch abomination with an oil tanker or a handful of dock cans instead of the super high-tech ultra-resistant futuristic robot fist? Not that it wasn't cool, just sayin'.

PPS. So when Luther was a Jaeger pilot they didn't worry about radiation shielding so he's sick, I get that. But why would another ride in a top-notch radiation shielded newer generation Jaeger kill him?

PPPS. Does anyone else get the feeling like Charlie Hunnam just plays the same role every time he gets on screen?

PPPPS. OK, last one. I really should've gone to see it in 3d when it was in movie theatres. Damn.

[Illuyankas]

For your PPS, that would be because he's dying. Physical exertion is not recommended for radiation poisoning victims. Even if it's as theraputic as punching monsters from a robot.