I know it's a western movie but Del Toro explicitly mentioned that he drew inspirations from anime, among many things, and I suppose our resident mecha lovers will enjoy it.
In any case, this movie seems to have the potential for being monstrously awesome.
By design I would've thought that Striker Eureka would've been japanese. (I mean, come on! It's an intricated organic design with melee weapons and anime-like mecha look.)
mr.bananas said: By design I would've thought that Striker Eureka would've been japanese. (I mean, come on! It's an intricated organic design with melee weapons and anime-like mecha look.)
Meanwhile Coyote Tango is the least Japanese looking one of all.
sorn said: I think russian robot is look like Suwako.
Cannot unsee.
That Coyote Tango is not doing Japan justice. I am not even sure if coyotes exist in Japan nor if Tango is such a known dance style over there. They could have called him something else, like Japans famed sword wielding warriors, but they decided to roll with a dancing dog.
That Coyote Tango is not doing Japan justice. I am not even sure if coyotes exist in Japan nor if Tango is such a known dance style over there. They could have called him something else, like Japans famed sword wielding warriors, but they decided to roll with a dancing dog.
LOL Is military code jargon. Is like when they say "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" instead of "What The Fuck".... I have seen lots of military films and they use that a lot.
And the Russian mecha looks like it does because it literally has a nuclear power plant on its top... shitting you I am not.
Kronnang_Dunn said: LOL Is military code jargon. Is like when they say "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" instead of "What The Fuck".... I have seen lots of military films and they use that a lot.
And the Russian mecha looks like it does because it literally has a nuclear power plant on its top... shitting you I am not.
In the NATO Phonetic Alphabet , the word for C is Charlie, not coyote, although the T stands. Funny enough, it works for most languages, not just English. Most letters I can even use in Hungarian, and people still understand what I'm spelling for them (even if they do look a bit confused at first).
And "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" isn't even the only abbreviation that spread from the rank-and-file to civilian use. My other favorite is "Charlie Foxtrot", meaning "Clusterfuck" (really big mess-up). Then there's FUBAR (Fucked Up Beyond All Repair/Recognition) and SNAFU (Situation Normal, All Fucked Up).
I don't think I'll ever figure out the usage of "Sierra Hotel" from the radio chatter of the Ace Combat series, notably 04.
It's a hotel where you need to solve a series of puzzles to get through, and booking a room requires you to look on a provided sheet of paper and match up the codes.
Regarding Coyote Tango, it's possible that he gets ganked in the backstory. They should've listened to the old phrase and made a spare. because, you know, it takes 2 to........ eh, nevermind. that joke sucked.
LOL Is military code jargon. Is like when they say "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" instead of "What The Fuck".... I have seen lots of military films and they use that a lot.
And the Russian mecha looks like it does because it literally has a nuclear power plant on its top... shitting you I am not.
What you are saying isn't in the least related to what I wrote.
That Coyote Tango is not doing Japan justice. I am not even sure if coyotes exist in Japan nor if Tango is such a known dance style over there. They could have called him something else, like Japans famed sword wielding warriors, but they decided to roll with a dancing dog.
When I think about it the names of the Jeagars seems Japanese inspired. Like how'd they use foreign words to make something sound cool and yet makes no sense by text.
Lepperchaun said:
I know it's a western movie but Del Toro explicitly mentioned that he drew inspirations from anime, among many things, and I suppose our resident mecha lovers will enjoy it.
In any case, this movie seems to have the potential for being monstrously awesome.
It's a hotel where you need to solve a series of puzzles to get through, and booking a room requires you to look on a provided sheet of paper and match up the codes.
Knowing the Japanese, I could see them making a Sierra adventure game in which you are planes.
Regarding Coyote Tango, it's possible that he gets ganked in the backstory. They should've listened to the old phrase and made a spare. because, you know, it takes 2 to........ eh, nevermind. that joke sucked.
Actually, Coyote Tango was the Jaeger, piloted by Stacker Pentecost, that saved young Mako's life. It may well have not been designed or built in Japan - just deployed there. Certainly neither of Coyote Tango's pilots was native to Japan. (Stacker's co-pilot, who blacked out during the battle and forced Stacker to become one of the only two people to successfully solo pilot a Jaeger in active combat against a kaiju, is referenced in a prequel comic.)
I'm actually bothered by how despite using a German word as the term of the mechs, there's not even any mention of German Jaeger mechs in the movie.
According to the wikia, the origin of the Jaeger program was Dr. Jasper Schoenfeld, an American with, presumably, Germanic roots. Though Germany itself undoubtedly contributed manufacturing resources to the Jaeger project, it isn't adjacent to the Pacific Ocean and thus was not subject to direct kaiju attack. All five nations represented in this image have a Pacific coastline.
I'm actually bothered by how despite using a German word as the term of the mechs, there's not even any mention of German Jaeger mechs in the movie.
Well...Germany doesn't border the Pacific Ocean. It's certainly possible that European countries contributed to the 'war effort' in various ways (up to and including sending pilots), but you wouldn't have a German-made jaeger because Germany wouldn't *need* a jaeger.
When I think about it the names of the Jeagars seems Japanese inspired. Like how'd they use foreign words to make something sound cool and yet makes no sense by text.
Particularly...Gunbuster?
Finally! Someone else gets it. Thank you! I've been saying this since I saw the movie.
