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Postby Kaminoyouni » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:01 pm

i ask here how you would handel intoduecing your child or children to Evangelion and how you would explain things.
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Postby BrikHaus » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:04 pm

Kaminoyouni wrote:i ask here how you would handel intoduecing your child or children to Evangelion and how you would explain things.

I would never introduce my children to Evangelion. Maybe once they're 18 I'll recommend it.
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Postby Zkh » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:39 pm

I'm going to pull out the DVD case and smack my son across the face with it, and when he cries ill hold him and tell him everything will be fine, then I'll knee him in the stomach and tape his eyes open, force him to watch the entire series in one day, and then tell him to forget he ever saw it.

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Postby slothen » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:31 pm

when they're keeping me up all night as infants, I'll probobly watch it while holding them. I'd never go out of my way to introduce them to it, I'll wait until they come ask me. I'll show them if i think they're ready for it.
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Postby Tokpile Quohog » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:09 pm

I'd probably leave my kid to discover it on his/her own then give the episodes as a gift in an antique form of entertainment called dvds.
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Postby Trigger's Elysium » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:13 pm

I'd probably suggest it to a 14 year old son, if I were to have one.
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Postby BrikHaus » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:51 pm

I'm not sure how well kids would really get Evangelion. Children aren't capable of comprehending or forming abstract thoughts until ages 12-14, so most of this would go over their heads anyway. All they'd be left with is Eva-01 punching the head off Eva-03, Eva-01 eating another Angel, and giant naked Rei (or regular naked Rei riding Shinji in EoE), not to mention naked Asuka and Misato. I don't have any kids right now, but if I did I don't think I'd want them watching all of that. It's not Star Wars, I really believe it's meant for more mature audiences, not only due to the violence and nudity, but also because of the philosophical and psychological ideas it presents.
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Postby DatDude » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:52 pm

its something you find on your own I think. Not unlke porno :)
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Postby Big Panda » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:43 pm

DatDude wrote:its something you find on your own I think. Not unlke porno :)


Well technically, I only know what evangelion is todat 'cause of pornos. Doujinshis. "Only Asuka" series to be more precise.

Anyways, I guess that it depends on the children. I'd MAKE (If he refuses, its "Clockwork orange" style BABY!!!) him (or her...) watch it when I'd knew he could interpretate correctly, and take decent "onw conclusions"

I watched it at 16, maybe he can do it ealier ^^

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Postby THE Hal E. Burton 9000 » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:13 pm

[SARCASM] When I overpopulate the Earth and thus be the direct cause of humanity to start colonizing other celestial bodies :P [/SARCASM], I will wait until my offspring would be mature enough to process (at least some of) what Eva throws at you. Probably around 15 or 16 if I had to put an arbitrary age out.
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Postby Sachi » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:21 pm

BrikHaus wrote:I'm not sure how well kids would really get Evangelion. Children aren't capable of comprehending or forming abstract thoughts until ages 12-14, so most of this would go over their heads anyway. All they'd be left with is Eva-01 punching the head off Eva-03, Eva-01 eating another Angel, and giant naked Rei (or regular naked Rei riding Shinji in EoE), not to mention naked Asuka and Misato. I don't have any kids right now, but if I did I don't think I'd want them watching all of that. It's not Star Wars, I really believe it's meant for more mature audiences, not only due to the violence and nudity, but also because of the philosophical and psychological ideas it presents.


thats not true, i got into Evangelion when i was 12, and i understood just about every part of it. wasnt too graphic for me (but that might be because i've watched too many horror movies)
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Postby slothen » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:43 pm

Sachiel_13 wrote:... i understood just about every part of it.
no one can make that claim. ever.
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Postby Sachi » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:49 pm

well, not all the deep stuff
not all this stuff we talk about in the discussion room
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Postby BrikHaus » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:56 pm

Sachiel_13 wrote:well, not all the deep stuff
not all this stuff we talk about in the discussion room

That's what I meant when I said: "Children aren't capable of comprehending or forming abstract thoughts until ages 12-14, so most of this would go over their heads anyway." Since you first saw Eva when you were 12, I guess you sort of proved my point :wink:
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Postby Eva Yojimbo » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:00 pm

Sachiel_13 wrote:
thats not true, i got into Evangelion when i was 12, and i understood just about every part of it. wasnt too graphic for me (but that might be because i've watched too many horror movies)
At age 12 you understood that NGE was just one big science fictional allegory for the creator's depression affliction expressed through created characters' psyches? :?
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Postby Sachi » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:03 pm

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Sachiel_13 wrote:
thats not true, i got into Evangelion when i was 12, and i understood just about every part of it. wasnt too graphic for me (but that might be because i've watched too many horror movies)
At age 12 you understood that NGE was just one big science fictional allegory for the creator's depression affliction expressed through created characters' psyches? :?


pretty much

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Postby slothen » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:04 pm

I'm calling bullshit on this one.
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Postby Sachi » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:06 pm

slothen wrote:I'm calling bullshit on this one.


ok, so i had no idea that the creators were depressed, all i understood was the series

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Postby Eva Yojimbo » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:19 pm

Sachiel_13 wrote:
ok, so i had no idea that the creators were depressed, all i understood was the series
How could you understand the allegorical undertones if you had no idea the creator drew his inspiration from his depression? That IS the series...
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Postby Sachi » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:22 pm

i didnt know who they were coming from, but i knew they were there


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