Inevitable Crossover: Pacific Rim

[miguelnuva]

I'd put money down that if a crossover happened Legendary will create another Godzilla for a pacific rim crossover.

[Destoroyah of Worlds]

I'm down for Pacific Rim monster cameos if the monsterverse introduces aliens someday. But I don't really care about seeing the jaegers.

[Anguirus]

As a huge Pacific Rim fan, I think at most we see a crossover should be kaiju like Slattern be in one of the films.

[ernesth100]

I'm down for Pacific Rim monster cameos if the monsterverse introduces aliens someday. But I don't really care about seeing the jaegers.

Lmao, this is literally me. The concept of a large army of disposable and adaptable kaiju intrigues me.

[DynomikeGojira]

I'd put money down that if a crossover happened Legendary will create another Godzilla for a pacific rim crossover.

Now that would be cool I wonder how they would design him to fit in that universe.

[Tohosaurus]

I certainly wouldn't call a crossover/merger of the MonsterVerse and Pacific Rim inevitable, but for various reasons it's quite possible.

As has been mentioned, the simple introduction of

Spoiler:

Mechagodzilla

into the MonsterVerse makes anything like a jaeger immediately possible. Even if Godzilla vs Kong suffers from big drop-offs and doesn't gross that much overall, the MonsterVerse is still appreciably more successful financially than the two Pacific Rim films were, so lightly rebooting the jaegers and bringing them into the MonsterVerse makes more sense than putting Godzilla or other MonsterVerse monsters in the PR universe.

But personally I don't necessarily want to see this happen. There's little point creatively in doing so when other Toho-originated mechs/cyborgs/giant heroes can be introduced of human or alien creation: Moguera, variations of Mechagodzilla, Mechanikong, Mecha-King Ghidorah, Gigan, Jet Jaguar, Zone Fighter, and more.

[ernesth100]

There's the prospect of the universe dying and the ideas eventually being transferred to the MV regardless. I don't know how much longer the PR Universe can sustain itself on its own.

[miguelnuva]

I'm still thinking it is more likely that a new Godzilla would show up for a Pacific Rim crossover and the MV will be left to its self.

[ernesth100]

I'm still thinking it is more likely that a new Godzilla would show up for a Pacific Rim crossover and the MV will be left to its self.

I wonder if this Godzilla would be a precursor
Kaiju or a separate entity entirely. If they do I'd love if they treat Godzilla like Cthulu for once. An unstoppable an unforgivable force that just wreaks havoc endlessly.

The only way they should stop him is by sending him back to his world or sum shit like that.

[GodzillaXGomoraFight]

I think with the introduction of the Hollow Earth in Godzilla vs. Kong and its similarities to the Breach in Pacific Rim, the concepts seem to redundant to not clash for a crossover. I personally don't think it would be of much worth to the Godzilla or Kong universe to have Pacific Rim be tied in; rather, it would be to the benefit of Pacific Rim to bring in established kaiju like Godzilla into the fold. I think with Godzilla's harsh reaction to the humans building Mechagodzilla to replace him brings down strong hopes of having multiple jaegers patrolling the world and challenging monsters. Godzilla is the king of the monsters for a reason. I am not a big fan of Pacific Rim but I do think it has a good concept that works in it's own universe. I think the Black is the future for that franchise.

[ernesth100]

Pacific Rim Black is definitely not the future for the franchise. The reception went mostly under the radar outside of the initial fandom and some of the connecting kaiju fandom.

The only way they could bring back the franchise from it's current life support system is to either

A) make a last ditch effort sequel or soft reboot of the franchise which would be a redundant waste of money

B) Crossover with the MV which would boost it's chances canon crossover or not it'd get people talking.

[phantomsdaydreams]

Let's be honest with ourselves here: Pacific Rim as a "franchise" has pretty much always been on life support. The first movie only really got a sequel at all because of exterior factors, ie a growing Chinese theatrical landscape/backing, and strong toy and comic sales. One could also cite the more positive reception (financially) for the soon-to-be-dubbed Monsterverse films from Legendary's own stable. Even after these this, it's sequel failed to generate much interest and flopped hard. An animated netflix series is about where we're at, in truth. It's honestly a miracle we're even getting that. I think a reboot or crossover is highly unlikely unless the Monsterverse continues to succeed and I think it's pretty clear at this point only PR has much to gain from the transaction. The franchise, for whatever reason, is sort of poison at the box office. I love the Pacific Rim franchise, but we need to be realistic. I don't think a return to the big screen is in the cards. =/ Then again...I guess never say never.

[ernesth100]

Yeah, hit the nail on the head buddy. The fact that PR fans would rather go out sad than have the crossover happen(atleast from what I see on PR forums) is admirable to say the least. They'd rather not sully the MV and likely also see the redundancy in what would likely need to be a complete reboot/revamp of the franchises lore to do so.

At the end of the day I could say the likely hood between 2014-2019 was perfect but at the moment nothing short of a miracle would even warrant this crossover. Or some insane hashtag movement.

[göblin]

I just can't really see it fitting together, as stated many times before me.
Maybe it could work if both series were rebooted and put together in their own timeline? Not sure.

[ernesth100]

I just can't really see it fitting together, as stated many times before me.
Maybe it could work if both series were rebooted and put together in their own timeline? Not sure.

You really can't see Godzill and Pacific Rim in the same universe? Even after GvK? That movie basically was PR staring Godzilla and Kong.

[ultrazilla]

I think we're still only at the infancy of Monsterverse, we've hardly scratched the surface really and there's plenty yet to be expanded. The need to add PR into the mix at this point would be kinda contrived and only mess things up. Once we've covered MV's phase 2 and 3 which would have introduced all the main TOHO kaijus and further delved into all the new titans, that's when PR comes in to inject freshness to the Monsterverse.

[ernesth100]

I think we're still only at the infancy of Monsterverse, we've hardly scratched the surface really and there's plenty yet to be expanded. The need to add PR into the mix at this point would be kinda contrived and only mess things up. Once we've covered MV's phase 2 and 3 which would have introduced all the main TOHO kaijus and further delved into all the new titans, that's when PR comes in to inject freshness to the Monsterverse.

That's exactly what I was thinking. By then(unfortunately, I'm a huge fan) PR's franchise should be long forgotten in the public eye. Unless the anime generates a massive fanbase suddenly. I've seen more sudden surprises *cough* GvK's success *cough*.

[gottatalktothefake]

I do love how pacific rim is begging to tag along to save their dying franchise

Gamera fans are begging us for a revive too lol

[ernesth100]

I do love how pacific rim is begging to tag along to save their dying franchise

Gamera fans are begging us for a revive too lol

Lmao, in all honesty the MV could be great chance for a kaiju renaissance the likes of which we've never seen before.

[Vakanai]

After Pac Rim 2 failing as hard as it did, I don't see another movie happening unless it's a straight to Netflix animated movie that's just an expanded episode/spin-off of the new anime.

So no, this crossover is not "inevitable."