History Fridge / PacificRim

* Maybe the reason why the Russians piloting the older suits don't have the same [[spoiler: radiation poisoning]] as those piloting other models (like [[spoiler:Pentecost]]) is because post-Chernobyl the Russian team building them is more scrupulous about radiation shielding.

** And then the series goes from Evangelion-lite, to... Well, just regular Evangelion. It's a horrifying thought. It will be '''glorious'''.

** And if an earlier poster on this page was able to realise that they could re-open the portal, surely the people in the PR universe would realise it as well.

** Not to mention humanity can just salvage some of the damaged Jaegars or build new ones. I think they've proved themselves the best defense against the Kaiju.

** But consider the possibility of humanity reverse-engineering Kaiju(who were more a biological weapon made assembly-line style than an actual species of animal) and merging it with Jaeger technology, and you've got the aliens potentially crapping their pants.

* A combination of meta and in-universe fridge horror. A sequel to ''Pacific Rim'' is already in development. This means that the fight is not over. ''And humanity doesn't have any Jaegers left.''

* What happened to that fishing boat and its crew? Gipsy Danger got them out of the way at first, but it really didn't look like the boat could have gotten away quickly enough for Knifehead's counterattack...

** I'd also like to point out that my screening wasn't even 3D/4D, or even a special room besides the fact that the screen was bigger.

*** Its not only probable, it makes sense. Humanity has proven the ability to do something that no other victim of theirs has ever done; reach back through the portal and hurt them where they live. Sure, they could redouble their efforts and try to kill humanity and all that. But its actually a lot easier for them to simply ''close the portal and never open it to that damned planet again''. It achieves the same objective (making sure humanity can never reach them to attack them again), and with much less risk. Continuing to attack humanity in this instance would be an example of the Sunk Cost Fallacy as applied to warfare. (And no, 'we must keep humanity from threatening us in the future' does not apply. Humanity has no dimension travel tech and has no idea where in all the endless dimensions of the multiverse their attackers live. Humanity can ''only'' attack the kaiju makers if the makers give them an opportunity to by opening a portal to Earth. So, they have the luxury of an option that doesn't exist in conventional planetary warfare; just walking away on their own terms.)

*** Their strategy bespeaks a race that are total sure-thing players, and act with the maximum amount of self-preservation and avoidance of personal risk. Hiding on the other side of a DNA-locked dimensional portal and spamming endless constructs? This is quite likely the first time they have ever met anyone who could actually find a way to reach back through their portal and actually hurt ''them''. Much easier to simply close the portal forever and never go there again than to actually keep giving the humans further chances to nuke them. After all, the only way the humans can actually reach them to hurt them is if they open a portal; its not like the humans can travel dimensions or even know where they live. So, yes, its entirely in their self-interests to just cut and run.

** Except the nuke blew up in their ''lab'', and is shown obliterating it. That's considerably more of a set back than just the portal being destroyed. And it's possible the aliens might simply decide Earth is more trouble than its worth and decide to move on somewhere else rather than risk another war with a group that already defeated them once.

** Except the nuke blew up in their ''lab'', and is shown obliterating it. That's considerably more of a set back than just the portal being destroyed.

* We closed the portal, destroyed the last kaiju, and won, right? Everything's good! Right? Not necessarily. We destroyed the portal at the other end sure, but the nuke didn't likely destroy the ENTIRE planet. Meaning there's probably still MILLIONS of aliens with the knowledge, materials, and capability to make a trans-dimensional rift. And now they probably have a vendetta against us, meaning they won't even bother with the Tier 1 scouts anymore. And we just lost our last Jaeger. When that portal is rebuilt in a year (Or however long it takes) we are going to be caught with our pants down and they are going to TEAR US APART before we can retaliate. Yeah. Celebrate while you can, humanity.

* Think of all the damage that was probably done to the oceans' ecosystem by the Jaegers or the Kaiju. The Great Barrier Reef, along with many other reefs, are probably in pieces and will never recover.

* Not an in movie-example, but a theater room example. In our theater room in Mexico, there was a dimly lit light during the film.
I initially thought that it was malfunctioning, but then I looked at it while watching the city fights, and I noticed that it flickered on and off during these sections, and then went back to normal. That's right, the management in the theater replicated the real-life effects of the fights to a lesser degree. I can't say the same for other screenings worldwide, but kudos to them for catching my attention with such a small detail. I'd also like to point out that my screening wasn't even 3D/4D.

* Think of all the damage that was probably done to the oceans' ecosystem by the Jaegers or the Kaiju. The Great Barrier Reef is probably in ''pieces'', and will never recover.

*** Well, the Kaiju seem to be obliged to head to high population areas. Given the rift's proximity to China, seems it's mostly the mainland. Which doesn't mean one can't decide to take, say, a little Hawaiian vacation. I assume they're staying away from Australia. Because, y'know, [[DeathWorld Australia]].

** Furthermore, given how many of the islands in Oceania's economy is dependent on tourism, when the film takes place, nobody will go out for a vacation in the tropical paradises of the Pacific anymore - and given how much damage the Jaegers and Kaiju have done to the fishing scene, there'll probably be almost ''nothing'' for the pacific islanders to go back to after the events of the movie.

** Another possibility (this troper finds the idea that the Kaiju were reformatted/built within a few hours a little dubious) is simply that since the 'Makers' are stepping up their attack efforts by sending two Kaiju at once, it makes sense that they started adapting the Kaiju to counter specific Jeagers. Both Cherno and Crimson are older models, so the 'Makers' have had a lot of time to study them, and Striker, with it's high kill-count, is a priority target, hence the EMP.
*** In addition, this can explain why Gypsy Danger did so well in contrast. It was out of action for 5 years, meaning the 'Makers' wouldn't have as much combat data on it (they might have even assumed it had been destroyed/decommissioned), plus it had been heavily upgraded and had a new pilot team, meaning that it was not something the Kaiju were prepared for.

*** In addition, this can explain why Gypsy Danger did so well in contrast. It was out of action for 5 years, meaning the 'Makers' wouldn't have as much combat data on it (they might have even assumed it had been destroyed/decommissioned), plus it had been heavily upgraded and had a new pilot team, meaning that it was not something the Kaiju were prepared for.

* Otachi and Leatherback taking down Cherno Alpha, Crimson Typhoon and Striker Eureka in short order appears to be the WorfEffect, especially how they're introduced. Then you recall that before the two kaiju appeared, Newt Drifted with a kaiju brain, meaning that the kaiju learned what Jaegers were left, and tailored Otachi and Leatherback ''specifically to fight Cherno, Crimson and Striker.''