Steal ideas from one creator, you’re a plagiarist. Steal from a few — GENIUS — or so it is said.

“Pacific Rim” has a touch of “Godzilla,” a hint of “Avatar,” a taste of “Transformers” and design elements from “Iron Man.”
Very different sort of take on battling the beasties. They’re not fighting what we have off the shelf. We’re humans, we adapt. They fight what we invent to fight them with.
Pretty optimistic, kind of cool. Will it fly this summer? Time will tell, Mr. Del Toro, time will tell.