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by Settie
Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:08 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Quality of NTE containment thread
Replies: 398
Views: 62755

Re: The flaws and/or artistic validity of Shin and NTE as a whole

"viewer, please feel this way. This is one of if not the biggest issue i had with NTE while looking back on it. It just uses NGE as a crutch so heavily in order to give actions by characters any emotional weight that it's baffling that they were made by the same people. It becomes particularly...
by Settie
Sun Dec 19, 2021 10:57 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Do you not like how Asuka’s arc was resolved?
Replies: 58
Views: 14969

Re: Do you not like how Asuka’s arc was resolved?

I like to believe that the Rei clones work like the shadow clones in Naruto did. All the memories and experiences gained by the clones return to the "original" when they pop.
by Settie
Sun Dec 19, 2021 10:51 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Comprehensive and in-depth analysis of Asuka and Shinji relationship in 3.0+1.0 and implications for the ending
Replies: 135
Views: 36454

Re: Comprehensive and in-depth analysis of Asuka and Shinji relationship in 3.0+1.0 and implications for the ending

Is it really that strange that Asuka would do it just to do something nice for Shinji? Yes. If she's just doing for him, I don't buy it at all. Not only because I don't like it, as it would mean that one of her most important and far reaching decisions wasn't about herself at all, i...
by Settie
Sun Dec 12, 2021 10:04 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Shinji's personal development in Rebuild: zero to hero?
Replies: 34
Views: 6349

Re: Shinji's personal development in Rebuild: zero to hero?

Finally, I don’t know if Anno recalls Shinji was just a 14-year-old boy? He is still only 14 years old until the end, so please make him act like 14 I think understanding what you should do right now and doing what you can do is what is called grown up, but don't need to be a savior to prove it. Bu...
by Settie
Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:26 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Comprehensive and in-depth analysis of Asuka and Shinji relationship in 3.0+1.0 and implications for the ending
Replies: 135
Views: 36454

Re: Comprehensive and in-depth analysis of Asuka and Shinji relationship in 3.0+1.0 and implications for the ending

I know i'm butting in here but this caught my attention. In the case of NTE, her decision seems to revolve around the realization that she cares more about piloting than Shinji or Rei or "stupid games". I doubt that she's got Shinji's wellbeing in mind. "I could try to go to the Dinne...
by Settie
Sat Dec 11, 2021 11:52 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Comprehensive and in-depth analysis of Asuka and Shinji relationship in 3.0+1.0 and implications for the ending
Replies: 135
Views: 36454

Re: Comprehensive and in-depth analysis of Asuka and Shinji relationship in 3.0+1.0 and implications for the ending

but do we have an analysis of Shinji's feelings towards Asuka? because so far everything has come down to Asuka loves Shinji and Shinji loves her (except we don't have an analysis of why and it all comes down to a single line of dialogue at the end of 3.0 + 1.0 where if the Shinji pattern is follow...
by Settie
Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:49 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Quality of NTE containment thread
Replies: 398
Views: 62755

Re: The flaws and/or artistic validity of Shin and NTE as a whole

^ My cynicism makes me lean towards it being played straight and the lore and worldbuilding being window dressing. 1996 Anno was in a different world than 2020 Anno, i mean the final shot of TuaT being an idealized version of Annos hometown doesn't leave a whole lot of room for interpretation. Shin ...
by Settie
Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:37 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Questions about 3.0+1.01
Replies: 35
Views: 7404

Re: Questions about 3.0+1.01

Derantor#933000 wrote: Angels don't produce Adams halos. Unless, of course, that Angel is also an Adams



Quick question, where do the Mark 7s fit into it all? there's thousands of em and they all get halos.
by Settie
Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:16 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Do you not like how Asuka’s arc was resolved?
Replies: 58
Views: 14969

Re: Do you not like how Asuka’s arc was resolved?

That has been true all along, and a large part of the more acrimonious discussion over the past few years has arisen from ignoring that fact. That'd be fine and dandy if only the movies themselves, and particularly TuaT, didn't lean so heavily onto NGE to fill in the blanks that NTE never bothered ...
by Settie
Sat Sep 04, 2021 6:20 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: MariShin discussion general
Replies: 123
Views: 30980

Re: Why Shinji and Mari DID NOT end up as a couple: Explained

It's kinda hard to write off their final interactions as "just friends" though. For one even if you disregard Maris action as just a Mari thing, Shinji is entirely different. The way he flirts back to her is, the way i see it, more than just a sign of him being grown up.To me it signifies ...
by Settie
Wed Aug 18, 2021 7:44 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: The Last Train Station Scene
Replies: 209
Views: 45633

Re: The Last Train Station Scene

@Szmitten

Staff may say one thing but the way things come across is not up to them. Shinji being to a certain degree Annos self insert then having someone that isn't involved in eva coming along to basically lead Shinji away from eva is pretty on the nose, even if it wasn't intended that way.
by Settie
Wed Aug 18, 2021 7:37 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: NTE as a clear message plus embellishment
Replies: 23
Views: 3488

Re: NTE as a clear message plus embellishment

One thing that would've helped the spears technobabble was if they didn't have an intrinsic "value" but were rather reflections of the wielder. It would explain all the morphing spears if they simply reacted to the mental state of whomever used it. So it wasn't so much that cassius magical...
by Settie
Wed Aug 18, 2021 7:12 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions
Replies: 224
Views: 32906

Re: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions

After thinking on it one of the things that really bugged was how several characters got hit with the idiot ball and subsequently developed brain worms from it, as it's the only thing i can think to explain away some serious amount of PIS that i saw. Of course i'm talking about "it's a dual ent...
by Settie
Wed Aug 18, 2021 6:30 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: The Last Train Station Scene
Replies: 209
Views: 45633

Re: The Last Train Station Scene

I'm of two competing thoughts on this. 1. It's entirely meta and those aren't Shinji or Mari anymore but rather Anno and Moyoco finally saying goodbye to eva and finally moving forwards from it towards new projects. Signified by classic eva characters in the background and Shinji going a different d...
by Settie
Sun Aug 15, 2021 6:52 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions
Replies: 224
Views: 32906

Re: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions

This is a movie about life, change and growth. I feel the film is mature in its final message and I appreciate that. Honestly i came out with the exact opposite view. At the risk of offending some people it felt like a millionaire Japanese boomer saying if you don't like your station in life just a...
by Settie
Sat Aug 14, 2021 10:40 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Amazon Prime's English Dub (General)
Replies: 217
Views: 32808

Re: Amazon Prime English Dub Cast

Having watched only tuat so far of the redub, i must say i miss Nishimura and Jewell. Nishimura gave such a "lively" voice to Mari that it made her fun to watch, her new VA tries but it falls far short. In Kaworus case it's harder to judge given he doesn't say as much in tuat compared to 3...
by Settie
Sat Aug 14, 2021 10:25 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about Shinji ending up with Mari?
Replies: 575
Views: 81547

Re: How do you feel about Shinji ending up with Mari?

It's like watching a fanfiction being animated where the self insert mary sue gets with the MC. As a famous dodgeball commentator once said "it's a bold strategy cotton".
by Settie
Sat Aug 14, 2021 10:15 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: How do you feel about NTE? + Rank the movies!
Replies: 328
Views: 84498

Re: How do you feel about NTE? + Rank the movies!

As it stand i would place them like so. 1. 2.0 2&3. 1.0, tuat 4. 3.0 3.0 was always love and hate for me and after seeing tuat i honestly feel like you could legit skip it and not really miss anything. Shinjis reason for his withdrawl can be hand waved away like everything during the timeskip wa...
by Settie
Sat Aug 14, 2021 9:58 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions
Replies: 224
Views: 32906

Re: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions

Watched it earlier today and i must say that that was thoroughly underwhelming. It kinda surprised me just how little emotional investment i had in these characters. Moments that were meant to be powerful and meaningful i found myself not really caring for them. The most it got out of me was some fr...
by Settie
Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:33 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Shin Eva leak general
Replies: 1907
Views: 178630

Re: Shin Eva leak general

If you guys think that one scene (in which Asuka shows up for less than five seconds and isn't the focal point at all) is enough to completely destroy several other segments of the movie and devalue the growth of her entire character, I don't even know what to say. Just think for a moment. Does tha...

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