Postby Kendrix » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:25 pm
Some of these statements would indicate that they planned two different endinds or that Anno just couldn't decide and therefore made two and... yeah, nothing fits together.
As I got it, they planned sometjing EOE-like, then had a better idea or one that they could finish in time, and tried out the old idea when they had more cash and ppl complains indicated new stuff would give them even more cash.
Still, this displays the "inductive creation method" mentioned in the Rebuild interviews.
I'd compare the discrepancy between the two endinds to that between old!NGE as a whole and Rebuild. Starts out similar, uses different methods, pursues similar themes but with other emphasis, grows appart as the story progresses. (Note how Rei's expressions is different in the comparision pics. EoE!Rei looks somewhat more blank... It may hint at how (in my opinion) her final choice was different...)
And I wouldn't compare the "floating" scenes since EoE! Shinji is more like falling. IF anything, the "floating" scene would be the rough equivalent of the "dream" dialogue or the "Sea of LCL sex scene". It is about what the world without others (The Sea of LCL/merged state) is like.
That storyboards for what would be a good chunk of ep 25' were already partially finished, yes, that's why the beginnings are somewhat similar, but it diverges afterwards - I think EoTV is pretty much Gendo's Intrumentality, except Shinji also rejects it. Also, I think there's a confrontation between the adults. Both versions have stuff that wasn't in the orther.
But my personal theories aside, with all the conflicting statements and so on, whether the endings are the same or not can't really be absolutely clarified.
Anno likes repeating his story (Death, Rebuild, the DC...They publish the alternate storyboards and drafts and stuff...) adding bits and pieces here and there and taking others away, always changing it as his own life changes or doesn't change...
EoE is like Rebuild both a "polished version" an alternative AND a reaction (two years, lots of reactions to NGE ans infamous reactions from Anno to those... How could it be the same after all that took place in its creator's life. The radically different AU sequences (EoE also was once meant to have one they cut it for runtime and published it as an extra)should speak for themselves. )
To have a comparision page for the "similar scenes" of both versions would be nice, with a few comments on both the similarities and the possible small differences.
I wanted to try harvesting the rice
I wanted to hold Tsubame more
I wanted to stay together forever with the boy I like