Archer wrote:Haha, I never really liked that part either. This also extends to Eva-01's awakened mode, which somehow changes the
paint on its armor from green to red. Like... why? It's just paint, it's not part of its body. I think it takes away from the idea of Evas as organic beings bound and restricted by their armor if the armor itself is now seemingly treated as an organic part of its body now that can be freely stretched and molded.
I think that's the point. When Eva-01 awakens in 2.0, even Ritsuko is like "what the hell", and Maei seems to be the outlier that knows more than the rest. 14 years later, they are tapping into the full potential of what the Evas are capable of.
But if that much importance is put on mystery and concealed information, then the reveal of said information better be well worth it. If the answers in Shin are satisfying, then 3.0 would've been an effective bridge. If not, then all the mystery would've been a waste of time because none of it mattered to begin with.
But we don't know if info is being concealed or just isn't important or part of the story. Like, if Shin never got made, it's not like 3.0 would be a waste of a film.
Pretty much anything people have questions about you can to some extent already find meaning in. What's up with Asuka's eye? Well, something happened in relation to the 9th Angel. It's a visual representation of the scar that incident left, always with her.
What exactly happened to the world? Well, I don't know into how much detail the films will go, but we do know it's seriously messed up, we know what guilt this brings Shinji, and we know it's urgent enough that Wille would go to extremes to fight.
Where is Rei? We don't know that either, but looking at the way things have played out so far, I'd bet she is willingly staying in Eva-01 and making it so Shinji has a 0% synch rate, granting his wish. And even if that isn't literally what's happening, it's interesting that the low synch rate is pretty much what Shinji and Rei would have seen as ideal in 2.0.
Tbh I even think if Rebuild just ended with 3.0 I'd be satisfied.
Obviously there's too much potential in doing another film, so not doing that would be a disservice. It can also make the previous films richer with added information, but I don't know if they need it to work.
I'm not trying to change how you feel about 3.0, but hopefully I explained what I mean.