pacific rim
One of the four postcard designs I’m doing for shatterdomeseattle! (An additional four to be done by geniusbee.) The postcards were available through the Indiegogo that was run last year, and I imagine they’ll also be available at the con itself on May 3rd. So go to the shatterdomeseattle page and get up to Seattle. :3
I had to make one of them coffee related, and given that I usually always draw Newt, I decided to go with Mako instead.
This Mako fanart is FOR REAL.
Some nice pics from the Mirada site for the development of the intro sequence. Mostly posting because I recognize the Hallgrímskirkja and I see they’ve replaced Leif with a kaiju….
#this is what pushed the movie from Fun to Really Really Good for me #most other movies of this type are just like #”now – but with aliens!” #but here we actually see how society at large has reacted to kaiju becoming a part of everyday life #it’s a nice bit of realism to balance out the ”giant rock ‘em sock ‘em robots” concept
(via hinoneko)
There is a church devoted to Kaiju
There is a church devoted to Kaiju
hark the herald angels sing RARRRGLE BARGLE FRARRRRRR SMASH
This brings so much joy to me because do YOU SEE THIS DETAIL? DO YOU SEE THE REAL LIFE IMPACT? DO YOU SEE HOW THE KAIJU HAVE BLED INTO OUR SOCIETY? Sure it’s one thing to paint the Kaiju as the bad guys and have the giant robots kick ass, but it’s a whole different thing to have them fundamentally change life as we know it in every aspect- not just those who live on the coast or are directly involved with the kaiju.
Like, picture some kid just chilling in Chicago playing with their Yamarashi action figure while Onibaba stomps around Tokyo. Or some fashion designer in France creating an entire show centered around the beauty and danger of Kaiju- with obvious protests from those who know the terror and insensitivity of such a thing. Or even some wall street types in the city going crazy because their stocks are plummeting because through some long convoluted connections, fishing has ceased to exist as a viable source of food due to Kaiju blue.
THIS is why I find Pacific Rim so fascinating. Because despite the larger than life concepts of giant robots and aliens, it grounds itself in what is depicted as reality, as our actual lives.
Imagine that you are kneeling in front of your father, asking for forgiveness for being a bad son.
The direction that Del Toro gave to Rob Kazinsky for the “That’s my son,” scene. (via libertinem)
#OH GOD#OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD#BUT THE THING IS HE DOES KNEEL#TO MAX#DOWN ON ONE KNEE HEAD BOWED TENDERLY SPEAKING TO THE ONE LIVING SOUL WHO ACTS AS THE HANSENS’ EMOTIONAL STAND-IN FOR EACHOTHER#HE DOES KNEEEEEL#HOW DO I FIT THIS NEW REVELATION INTO MY PITIFUL EXISTENCE (tags by vrabia)
The context for this quote in the podcast was in reference to Max, and Kazinsky concluded by saying “the dog was Chuck Hansen’s soul”.
Please excuse me. I need to find more sobbing reaction GIFs.
(via hauntedjaeger)
I literally just made a noise like a dying animal.
(via thaxted)
Oh lord jesus help me
(via flatbear)
newtgeiszler:
[stacker pentecost voice] i will keep you here all night
[herc hansen voice] we can’t keep them past four
[stacker pentecost voice] i will keep you here til four
