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by Chrad
Sat Aug 14, 2021 1:00 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions
Replies: 224
Views: 32906

Re: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions

It's really interesting seeing just how polarizing the movie is, reactions are so immensely divided. I don't think I've seen a single "it aight" reaction, you either think it's fucking amazing incredible, or it's trash doodoo. The power of expectations I guess? I sit in between. I thought...
by Chrad
Sat Aug 14, 2021 12:29 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions
Replies: 224
Views: 32906

Re: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions

But I just wanted to respond to say this is factually just wrong. NGE and EoE are my favorite pieces of media of all time, but the NTE impacted me just as much, if not more (possibly due to my age now and the story just feeling more relevant to the issues I have in my life) than the original series...
by Chrad
Sat Aug 14, 2021 9:49 am
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!

I enjoyed Shin Eva, but when it ended I it did nothing to lessen the sense I've had since the beginning that artistically, this was all completely unnecessary. I'd say: 1. 3.0 + 1.0 - By this point I had no expectation of any depth, so I could enjoy it for what it is: an avalanche of absurd super ro...
by Chrad
Sat Aug 14, 2021 9:02 am
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions
Replies: 224
Views: 32906

Re: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions

Then he realizes that trying to rewrite shit (which is basically Anno talking to us directly on a meta-level), no matter how you remix the events, no matter how ridiculous and convoluted the plot devices get, shit is always gonna be the same and feel empty. Unless you're rewriting the existence of ...
by Chrad
Sat Aug 14, 2021 4:13 am
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?

Registration2#928288 wrote:People saying that Shinji to get together with Mari is a stretch and pulled out of the ass at the last minute.

Did you think the same of Shinji went from moping guy to last fisherman of the lake to watch Rei get tang'ed after he named her to be the one who decided to go back to the wunder.

Yes.
by Chrad
Sat Aug 14, 2021 3:28 am
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions
Replies: 224
Views: 32906

Re: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions

People: Shinji is never going to get back in the robot, beat up his dad, and save the girl. Anno would never do that. He subverts expectations. Anno: I will now proceed to do the thing I purportedly will never do, thus subverting expectations. People: No not like that I don't think it's so surprisi...
by Chrad
Sat Aug 14, 2021 3:18 am
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions
Replies: 224
Views: 32906

Re: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions

This movie makes it even more clear how dependent the things that most distinguished the original Evangelion were upon the specific context and mental state Anno was in when he made it. He just isn't that guy anymore. The escalating super robot action was much more convincing to me than the psycholo...
by Chrad
Fri Aug 13, 2021 11:41 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?

Honestly my issue with it is simpler. I cannot imagine a woman in her 40s who worked with people like Gendo, Yui and Fuyutsuki in a military organisation running around sniffing a teenaged boy, spouting catchphrases and talking about her boobs to an almost-stranger. But yes, her lack of any kind int...
by Chrad
Fri Aug 13, 2021 11:09 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?

I cannot believe we're supposed to accept Mari as someone close to Gendo's age. The most juvenile, freaky anime type of the whole cast.

For her to be positioned as some sort of symbol of 'growing up' and 'moving on' into reality boggles the mind.
by Chrad
Fri Aug 13, 2021 2:15 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!

Shin is the best. but I'm still confused ... how a loop starts and when it ends? Continuity and direct sequel are different? Why are they on the EoE beach? does this affect the continuity of nge and eoe? my mind is going to explode :???: I think it's best to think of it as 4th wall breaks. Clip...
by Chrad
Fri Aug 13, 2021 1:22 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions
Replies: 224
Views: 32906

Re: 3.0 + 1.0 Reactions

It was very dumb, but I had fun. Honestly, the more it leaned into its dumbness, the more I liked it. Anno is completely indulging his 70s anime fetishism here with the escalating super robot nonsense. The action is very similar to 3.0s; all airborne, constantly spinning, framed too tight, crossing ...
by Chrad
Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:06 pm
Forum: Related to the Filmmakers and Artists
Topic: Anno Retrospective at the Tokyo International Film Festival
Replies: 94
Views: 51542

I doubt that new film proposal was for a direct sequel to EoE - or at least the version of it that we know. It makes sense that the plan for EoE would be revised when it became clear that it would be the true 'end' of Evangelion. Regardless it sounds amazing, especially considering the power...
by Chrad
Fri Sep 06, 2013 1:37 am
Forum: Gaina[x] Stuff
Topic: Blue Uru: It Is Happening
Replies: 46
Views: 40302

Yep. I was going to link to the Redline pilot from 2004, but it looks like it's been pulled from Youtube.
It should capture a bit of the feel, like test footage for a live action film.
by Chrad
Tue Aug 20, 2013 1:04 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Evangelion 3.0 interviews (needs translation!)
Replies: 150
Views: 58867

We don't know the truth about how much plot they had done after 2.0, so you might be wrong or i am. And Anno was making stuff up as he goes along while making the original series, not in rebuilt, because he has had much more time. Did you read the complete records collection interviews? Anno is...
by Chrad
Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:37 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Evangelion 3.0 interviews (needs translation!)
Replies: 150
Views: 58867

You mean they didn't have a solid idea of 4.0 by the time they were done with 2.0? (3.0 is basically the first half of 4.0) I doubt they even had a solid idea of 4.0 before they were done with 3.0. They might not even be sure now. Anno is all about making it up as he goes along. He alwa...
by Chrad
Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:05 am
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Evangelion 3.0 interviews (needs translation!)
Replies: 150
Views: 58867

The interview with the Kaworu VA alludes to "cycles" of Evangelion, not the sequel theory mind you. And according to his interview he got taken aside pretty early by Anno and knew a lot of what was coming while others were kept in the dark. Maybe 3.33 wasn't just pulled out of a back ...
by Chrad
Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:54 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: 3.0 Film Reaction Thread
Replies: 1035
Views: 216466

A reply from the 'Scenes that bothered you' thread, but I think it belongs more in here. But 3.0 wasn't really "break-necked" in its pacing. Much of the middle segment in the film was slowly and methodically paced out. Sure, the beginning was a little crazy in its pacing (w...
by Chrad
Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:35 pm
Forum: Everything Else Evangelion
Topic: [MANGA] [NGE] New Manga Stage Thread
Replies: 1890
Views: 695970

´ ...perhaps working on the Rebuilds put him in the mood for "EVA" again? Maybe he felt the embarrassment of his friends and colleagues working toward the conclusion of a retelling of Evangelion before he finished an adaptation of their original work. I know people probably think that the...
by Chrad
Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:10 am
Forum: Everything Else Evangelion
Topic: [MANGA] [NGE] New Manga Stage Thread
Replies: 1890
Views: 695970

Now that i think about it, i could even appreciate the ironic and bittersweet nature of their "first" and (arguably) last encounter, if it didn't go so openly against the final message i've come to expect from Evangelion (going forward, no matter what, and facing all t...
by Chrad
Sun Jun 02, 2013 6:33 pm
Forum: Everything Else Evangelion
Topic: [MANGA] [NGE] New Manga Stage Thread
Replies: 1890
Views: 695970

Bones really love this type of ending, don't they? I just remembered
SPOILER: Show
Wolf's Rain
.
Man, what a cliche ending for Eva. This is everything I'm hoping 4.0 won't do.

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