So, in a pique of attitude I decided to rewatch the movie Pacific Rim to see if it really was a bad as I remembered. I know, I know, what the hell was I thinking? Not sure why I felt the need to subjugate myself to that level of bad writing and ideas when I should be concentrating on good films and books that will allow me to learn something.
Anyway, I only managed about 4o minutes of it before I just had to turn it off in disgust. But it disturbed me to no end. There is the core of a good story there but the level of incompatent writing and bad military strategy took me totally out of the movie. Sure, the CGI effects rocked as they do for most exploding/wild/insane blockbusters Hollywood puts out nowadays. The trend seems to be if you’ve got a real story, tone down the CGI effects. If not, blow something up every few minutes just for the hell of it. Pacific Rim is more of the latter than the former.
As I lay in bed that night trying to go to sleep the real reason the movie sucked as both an exciting story filled with dramatic tension exploded (sorry) into my mind. With it came the desire to write a more reality based version of the story, one that I feel corrects the most heinous of sins on display in the movie.
It’s not fanfic but more a sarcastic/realistic take on the real drama that the producers could have exploited instead of using the same tired tropes as seen in other monster movies like *COUGH* Godzilla *COUGH*.
After a few hours of work it’s done. I call it Pacific Dim.
Hope you like it.
