Waterstones Pacific Rim: Man, Machines & Monsters
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Price: £29.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: When legions of giant, monstrous Kaiju started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources. To combat the Kaiju, a new weapon was devised: massive robot Jaegers, piloted by soldiers of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps. This lavish book chronicles the production of the film with concept art, photography, and cast and crew commentary. Waterstones Pacific Rim: Man, Machines & Monsters - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781781168189
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ISBN: 9781781168189
Author: J. Melville
Rating: 5
Review: First of all this book is amazing, it has so much information about the film, the design process, the production, characters, extras like posters, stickers and ID cards. There is so much to be gleaned from it to add to what we already know from the film. Its worth every penny spent on it and I read it in a couple of hours it was that interesting. There is an abundance of knowledge within the covers and its beautifully presented. HOWEVER............I cannot be the only person to spot the glaringly obvious bad maths!!! If you haven't spotted it by the time you read to the end of the book go back through and look at page 24, page 108 and then use the dates from the film. Its stupidly bad maths that made me chuckle to wonder how no one spotted it sooner. Mako d.o.b 23rd April 2003, first Kaiju attack 2013, Tokyo event where Mako meets Stacker Pentecost 2016, the film opens in 2020 and flashes forwards to 2025. This makes Mako 22 years old at the time of the final battle. The book lists Mako's age at the time of the Tokyo attack as 4 years of age..........now work it out yourself.
Author: Ashok Desai
Rating: 4
Review: Plenty of good, high-quality images. Very little in the way of explanatory text, but this is usual for the genre; if you're looking at this book for in-depth info, it will not deliver. This is a book to look at, not to read, and for that purpose it is excellent. Quality content, an interesting mix-up of concept work, photography, CG and film stills. My only real complaint is the removable inserts drive me crazy. They pop up once every four or five pages. I don't like taking these things out of the book as they could get lost, but that means I'm left picking something up off the floor every few seconds as it drops out while I flick through the pages. It wouldn't be a bad idea to invest in a thin cardboard folder to store the additional content in. -Ash
