I know, weird, right?  I hate Transformers like Hitler but Pacific Rim bears just a superficial resemblence to Transformers.  And the last Godzilla-like movie was... what, Cloverfield maybe?  No robots in that one.

Meanwhile, I just read another early review that said Pacific Rim was dandy.  The word the review kept using was "fun" and I'm all for having a fun movie to watch, after sitting through drudge-fests like Man of Steel.

So we'll see.  My hopes are still up.

I mean, I'd rather that del Toro made more movies like Devil's Backbone, but if this is where his heart's at, then more power to him. If this is the kind of movie we're gonna see all the time, I'd rather they be made by people with real passion for the idea than by Michael Bay-types looking to cash an easy paycheck.

For what it's worth, the reviews aren't necessarily "glowing" so far either. I've seen multiple people call it out for being shallow and dumb, better than Transformers certainly, but that's a really really low goddamn bar.

I'll see it, but I say keep them expectation in check

On the King side of things, I'd say his best novel is Misery. If you want to see him take an amazing situation and run with it, it's one of his best ideas, and the ending doesn't disappoint, either. My *favorite* by him is It; most of it is amazing (though it could just be that I really connect with the theme of lost childhood), and the first 150 pages are the best example of building dread in the reader that I've read. You've gotta love rambling King to like it, though--that sucker is *long*--and the ending, like many others of King's, is a bit anticlimactic, as was discussed in the podcast.

I love this episode so fucking much, it's great when you guys just shoot the shit.

The Dead Zone movie is awesome, if you have yet to see it, get it seen. I have a load of Stephen King books on my e-reader on my tablet and although I'm not a huge book guy, I have promised myself to change that. Instead of sitting looking through websites for something to read/do, why not read a damn book???

Your skepticism is warranted, this has been the shittiest year of Summer movies in a long damn time. Fast and Furious 6 is still the best blockbuster of the year so far by a long shot, that's how bad things are.

Love this episode and echo the sentiments of all that listening to you guys just chatting is a lot of fun.

Also, I will say that Pacific Rim is nice in that it actually has humans in the machines, which is at least an interesting, if not completely original, twist. It gives more humanity to the battles, which sets it apart from the rest of the explosion movies, which either involve super beings, or machines fighting for us. I'm not totally excited for it.

Also, please do Blade 2. Again, more Trey talking visual effects and creature effects