I tried searching for this but that turned up no threads directly related to this, so here goes:

I thought Evangelion was a good post-apocalyptic story as it was, but with the incredible flooding damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in the United States (and after that, the "An Inconvenient Truth" movie getting everyone worried about global warming and such)....and in addition, the December 26th, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami......you think that if a Live-Action movie series is made, the "general public"...that is, the "mainstream" who don't watch anime and have no prior knowledge of what Evangelion is.....well draw comparisons between these and Second Impact?

I mean I imagine that the movie series would begin with a bang by the opening scene being of Second Impact causing massive global tsunamis...then cutting to the attack of Sachiel 15 years later.

Is this....good? Bad? Because I would be upset if several irate critics yelled about it because of that.....but on the other hand......it does kind of make the series more topical, you know?

I mean if it was a series about a nuclear explosion and a movie of an anime series was made a few years after 3 Mile Island or Cherynobyl or something, it would get "attention"...

I really don't know. But when you think about it; wow, we had 2 major flooding-related catastrophes, one an actual super-tsunami killing 280,000+ people and then New Orleans basically destroyed (flooding damage) in a category 5 hurricane....pretty much within the span of just 8 months.

So then we'll have the Eva movies basically opening with a tsunami of "Deep Impact" proportions followed by shots of Old Tokyo flooded out with tall buildings popping out above the water line like New Orleons only much worse or something.

Well I was just surpised I couldn't find a thread on it already.

Thoughts?

Nothing personal V, but I think some smart-arse admin/mod should rename this thread "Intentional Analysis III: Revelations". :roll: Or lock it!

HURRICANE KATRINA RIPPED OFF EVANGELION

...<_< I'm sorry.

V wrote:I thought Evangelion was a good post-apocalyptic story as it was, but with the incredible flooding damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in the United States (and after that, the "An Inconvenient Truth" movie getting everyone worried about global warming and such)....and in addition, the December 26th, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami......you think that if a Live-Action movie series is made, the "general public"...that is, the "mainstream" who don't watch anime and have no prior knowledge of what Evangelion is.....well draw comparisons between these and Second Impact?

To borrow the Simpson Comic Book Guys Voice:"Longest Sentence Ever!".

Smart ass comment out of the way, I don't think Live Action Eva will really be thought of as a diaster movie. Sure they'll probably start off with some Second Impact stuff, but the majority of Evangelion is about Shinji and the Gang's struggle to love themselves (and others), remember? If done right, Second and Third Impacts should take a back seat, at least story wise.

@Hal- That's a little harsh, don't ya think?

Well Tri-kun, I don't know about you, but the subjects on EMF are getting more and more, how shall I state this delicately, inane. No disrespect to anyone here, but I think we are all trying to "find a way out of a giant paper bag", (meaning) we are hoping to figure out what the new movies will entail and some of the lengths we are trying to explain or possibly rationalize what will happen are getting just too far-fetched and downright silly. Kind of like the last season of 24, eh? :P

But getting back on topic lest I get chastised by you-know-whom, I pretty much agree with you here, TriLink.

Trigger's Elysium wrote:HURRICANE KATRINA RIPPED OFF EVANGELION

...<_< I'm sorry.

I LOL'D

I dunno though. I'd say maybe a 50/50 chance that it would bring Eva more attention.

Shinji and the Gang's struggle to love themselves (and others), remember?

[Insert pic of Shinji+comatose Asuka from EoE here]

geez I was just sayin'....

regardless of people taking THAT kind of thoughts to it...im sure the film will generate four screen debates on the news channels...

religous people being offended...

atheists being offended...

Iran accusing it of being anti-muslim propoganda...(theyll find a way...)

depending on the writing, the sexualization of 14 year olds...

theres going to be plenty of talk...

not to mention Triumph the Insult Dog is going to have his finest hour making fun of all the insane Japanese people who come to America to see it and all the creepy cosplayers...

master0rolando wrote:regardless of people taking THAT kind of thoughts to it...im sure the film will generate four screen debates on the news channels...

religous people being offended...

atheists being offended...

Iran accusing it of being anti-muslim propoganda...(theyll find a way...)

depending on the writing, the sexualization of 14 year olds...

theres going to be plenty of talk...

not to mention Triumph the Insult Dog is going to have his finest hour making fun of all the insane Japanese people who come to America to see it and all the creepy cosplayers...

I thnk that the idea of linking the '04 tsunami/Katrina is rather insensitive, since it is like, trivializing the' 04 tsunami/Katrina. Remember, to this date, many are still suffering in Indonesia due to the tsunami, and it's almost 3 years, while, at the north end of Asia, someone is spinning money out of the issue? I think it is not a good idea.