Considering that she had one of the biggest moments of glory in the entire movie, sacrificing her own life to thwart Gendo's plan one and for all I'd say that's quite a bit more than "the writing handing her a win". We are talking about the impact and prominence of her actions on the stor...

How would you back up your assertions regarding the lack of logic and cause-and-effect? Do you have sources that show what Anno did not care for these considerations, or known details from the movie that back these up? What makes you characterize the post-Third Impact world as shallow? The other di...

That the situation would suck more than pre-3I was a given (the entire planet is a core after all!), it's more that I didn't expected Anno to depict humanity's situation so desperate that its reduced to a handful of people scattered on glorified refugee camps whose only barrier against death is a b...

Maybe you could just explain where you're coming from instead of directing us to a review that's over two hours long and leaves us to only pierce together your opinion instead of actually knowing it. Sorry, never meant to make more complicated then it needed to be, just wanted to enrich people with...

Midori was personally affected by the Near Third Impact, but her accusation to Shinji in that scene is too big (it fits the explanation that the Near Third Impact was the trigger to the Third Impact). If she was exagerating, she would be corrected, since Misato was defending Shinji at that point. I...

Anyway, the story in 3.0+1.0 still treats Shinji as guilty for the state of the World. This fits the explanation in 3.0 that Near Third Impact was the trigger for the Third Impact. Midori: "You're a disease! Do you know what humanity's been through thanks to you and your Near Third Impact!? Th...

Now, I'm pretty sure there are many changes between 3.0 and 3.0+1.0 (For example: Eva 2.0+8.0). However, the concept of "Shinji being guilty for the state of the World" was already an explanation in 3.0. He was indeed "guilty" of N3I, but the truth is in the name: Near Third Imp...

ほんと庵野監督気分変わるなぁ They say Anno was very fickle and would change his mind on things a lot. ほんと庵野監督気分変わるなぁ They say Anno was very fickle and would change his mind on things a lot. 庵野監督の言ってたどの一瞬を切り取っても絵になるっての Many times Anno would ask for something, they would draw it, and then he would decide he didn't...

I must concur. At this point, WILLE should be named "Misato and her band of blind imbeciles". You're aware that WILLE was created by Kaji, yeah? And then was taken over by Misato and co after Third Impact? So Kaji being their founder somehow should affect appraisal of them 14 years after ...

I must concur. At this point, WILLE should be named "Misato and her band of blind imbeciles". That they managed to survive for 14 years post Third Impact speaks volumes of how little NERV and SEELE gave a shit about them. If NERV had gotten serious about wiping them out, they would have w...

As everyone on this thread has pointed out, Wille was never a threat as the massive power difference exist between them and the Neo-Nerv. Gendo probably allowed them to exist as he needed them to prevent 4th Impact and double-cross SEELE while SEELE likely didn't consider WILLE worthy of their ...

Honestly, I don't think the reason was so important for Anno (that's why he gives us a so vague explanation). The important was always that Shinji was blamed to convey the messages. Which is what "themes over plot" is all about - Anno really went overboard with this one. I also agree with...

bogusman#924725 wrote:Remember that it's 3.0+1.0, it's not even 3.1+1.1 yet or 4.0.
They'll need more cash eventually

Than, can we at least hope they will improve their writing quality and not half ass the planning and plot if the next movie/series?

At this point, with such a badly written script, the inconsistencies and idiocies of WILLE in both 3.0 and 3.0+1.0 are so overwhelming it is difficult detect the small ways in which how they operate make little sense. That NERV and SEELE did not wipe them for 14 years out speaks volumes of how they...

Besides, having the authorization to shoot "as soon as the pilots are in their Evas" would be meaningless, since by then there wouldn't be any Eva for Shinji to pilot (01 is supposed to be sealed inside the Wunder's engine), and if it's to wait that he's effectively in an Eva to be able t...

In 3.0, it is mentioned that N3I was the trigger for A3I, which seems to be mantained in 3.0+1.0. The problem is we still don't know what this exactly means. In the end of 2.0 the impact was in its first stages. It only affected a very small area (Tokyo-3) before it was stopped by Kawuro. While the...

"good writing" my ass... You can't have your cake and eat it. I must agree. In general, it looks to me like the Rebuild movies lacked both vision and direction when it came to what they wanted to be and what their ultimate goal was. The preview at the end of 2.0? That was originally suppo...

Honestly, the entire story seems to have been half baked from the start. I like Anno, I really do, but I cannot help but feel that the weaknesses in the story (which I noticed back when I was watching the original Evangelion) were only intensified by the Rebuild movies. This is the reason I think th...

Stepping in to translate this segment, because there are some pretty critical errors in that translation. It's actually quite an interesting exchange. 1001-1014: Ritsuko: "He seems to be mentally stable. So, Captain Katsuragi, what will we do with temporary name Ikari Shinji? Planning to n...

"Even the exploits of both Units 02 and 08 during these years don't even come close to what Ikari was doing." "...he is fit to pilot Evangelion Unit 10, and if he so chooses, he can be commissioned as pilot with the rank of Major." So, Shinji woke up after 14 years, proceeded to ...