Pacific Rim: Final Breach V.1 REVIEW
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD
Boy, where do I start with this? Apologies for the random ordering. I just need to get my thoughts out with this.
Part 1: THE ART/CHARACTER DESIGNS
Listen, I'm not one to judge art when I can barely draw a stick figure. But I seriously didn't like the art in this book. It got better towards the end (I believe they switched artists), but it was still pretty mid.
^is it me, or does this not look like the same dude
The Jaeger designs are also not good. At least in the movie, the Jaegers, while being unrealistic in comparison to the first movie, were pleasant to look at.
Also, Raleigh with a beard makes me sick, and not in a good way. Maybe I'm just distrustful of men with beards, but he looks like he climbed his way out of a rainforest after his plane crashed. Get a razor bro!
PART 2: THE PLOT
Alright, just going to rapid-fire my thoughts
The writing isn't bad, I just find the premise stupid
THE BREACH IS CLOSED. THE BREACH IS CLOSED. WHY ARE WE TRYING TO OPEN IT BACK UP TO TRY AND GET TO THEM
No explanation in the world will ever be reasonable to me about the above. Didn't the world spend a ton of money and a bunch of people die in order for the breach to close? Are we just ignoring the first movie? Ok.
If drone technology exists, WHY ARE WE SENDING ACTUAL PEOPLE DOWN THERE TO PILOT THE JAEGERS? Congratulations on getting dozens of pilots (who most likely had prior Jaeger piloting experience) killed.
In my Substack article about how the second movie doesn't make sense, I was wondering how the program was still getting funded (because the PPDC was basically defunded with an actual threat going on). I'm glad that it was stated that their funding was getting pulled, especially since there hadn't been any new incidents happening.
Honestly, I'm not mad about Newt dying. If it were me, I would've nerfed him immediately after he was captured, and the world would've moved on. This is a day of mourning for the Newmann shipers.
The fact that Raleigh and Jake have a 100% on the neural handshake- maybe this is just a nitpick, but I personally think that after 20 years Raleigh would've struggled, even if it was the smallest bit, and especially with a guy he doesn't know.
Nitpick #2: In the year 2026, I think that the main Jaeger should be named more creatively (especially not including a slur!). I do think being able to break apart into two Jaegers is cool, though.
Nitpick #3: Since it blew up like a nuclear bomb, shouldn't Striker Eureka be completely destroyed? Like, no parts left? I don't understand why anything is even left on the bottom of the ocean (and in the comic 'Aftermath' (I believe), Jake was able to interface with the drift core and see Stacker's last memories and thoughts. How was it still intact well enough for him to be able to do that, let alone safely?)
Speaking of Striker Euerka, no mention of Herc? Maybe in the later volumes, he'll be mentioned, but he was named the acting Marshall. Not to mention all the years he was a Jaeger pilot: you guys don't want his expertise?)
I do think the panel in Raleigh seeing Mako's picture was very sweet.
But speaking of Raleigh, the kaiju DNA thing was that bad. It's better than him dying of cancer as the novel suggested.
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When volume 2 comes out, I'll do a review too. But yeah, just wanted to get my thoughts out.
