The sky-scraping robots in Pacific Rim – known as Jaegers – operate by a two-pilot system, where both individuals must form a neurological bridge with both the machinery and each other. When we spoke with the blockbuster’s lead actor Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) back at Comic-Con 2012, he revealed that the process requires each pilot to make their consciousness and memories completely accessible to their partner – resulting in what Hunnam described as“a love story without a love story.” 環太平洋中的機器人被稱為賊鷗-是由二個駕駛員操作的系統,這二個人必須彼此和機器形成一個神經橋樑。當我們與片中演員查理•漢納姆(Charlie Hunnam)談到早在2012年精讀漫畫時,他透露說:這個過程中需要每位駕駛員讓他們的意識和記憶給他們的伙伴完全瞭解。以致於為什麼漢納姆描述為“一個沒有愛情的愛情故事。“
"The pilots wear suits that are neurally linking them," says del Toro. "They have a spinal clamp that links their spines. They have relay gel in their helmets that transmit their impulses to one another. They move in synchronicity. One is handling the neural network of the left side of the Jaeger, and the other is handling the neural network of the right side of the Jaeger. They are connected between them." del Toro說:駕駛員穿著操作服將機器人與他們的神經連接,他們有一個脊柱夾子連結駕駛員的脊柱,在頭盔裡有中繼凝膠,將他們的神經脈衝與另一個人互傳,他們是同步移動,一個是處理賊鷗的左側的神經網路,另一個是處理右側神經網路,他們之間是聯繫在一起的。
This “drift space” concept was present in the original Pacific Rim script draft – that Travis Beacham (Clash of the Titans) wrote before del Toro joined the project – and draws from Japanese Humongous Mecha pop culture tropes (in addition to real-life science). From a storytelling perspective, sci-fi elements like this bring a deeper significance and meaningful emotional quality to del Toro’s blockbuster that has long been absent from similar genre fare (a certain Michael Bay franchise, in particular). 這個漂移空間的概念是在原本環太平洋劇本初稿中呈現,在del Toro加入計畫之前由Travis Beacham撰寫,並取材自日本超大型機甲流行文化的比喻,從說故事的角度來看,這樣的科幻元素,帶給del Toro的影片更深層次的意義和有意義的情感,,這是這類風格影片(特別是某些麥克.貝Michael Bay的專利)一直缺乏的價值。