Climate Change In Pacific Rim

Humanity has tainted Earth with its constant production of carbon emissions. Many people do not acknowledge the effects of carbon emissions on Earth, even though they are clear. In recent years, the frequency of forest fires, hurricanes, and other natural disasters has increased. This increased frequency of natural disasters will inflict mass damage to coastal cities. Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim reflects this observation of climate change by comparing the film’s antagonists to natural disasters. When humanity defeats the Kaiju, Japanese for “strange beasts”, Pacific Rim shows the audience the only way to save Earth from climate change is to work together as a species and use cleaner sources for energy. Pacific Rim’s opening monologue hints at the grand allusion from the beginning. To do this, the narrator tells the audience a story about when the first Kaiju attacks occurred: “I was 15 when the first Kaiju made land in San Francisco. …And then, only six months later, the next attack hit …show more content…
To do this, Mr. Gottlieb “drifts” with a Kaiju brain. “Drifting” with a brain is the technique of sharing all neural connections between two brains, this process allows humans to safely pilot Jaegers. One pilot cannot handle the neural stress alone, so two people share the job of piloting a Jaeger, and share neural connections. When Mr. Gottlieb drifts with the Kaiju brain, he learns why Kaiju began attacking humans: “They overtake worlds. They just consume them. …But the atmosphere wasn't conducive, right? So, they waited it out. And they waited it out. And now with ozone depletion, and carbon monoxide, polluted waters… well, we've practically terraformed it for them.” This reference to climate change only strengthens the hurricane allegory. Therefore, not only do Kaiju attack humans, specifically coastal cities, but they originate from climate