eldomtom2 wrote:The real answer, of course, is that Seele didn't exist when Jet Alone was written.
You are openly contradicting yourself.
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eldomtom2 wrote:The real answer, of course, is that Seele didn't exist when Jet Alone was written.
Quoting this to affirm that the Kantian implications are at best second-hand. Anno was making fannish reference to Linebarger (aka Corwainer Smith)'s work.eldomtom2 wrote:the only reason it's called "instrumentality" is because it's a reference to the Instrumentality of Mankind series. The original Japanese is "complementation" - the only reason it's "instrumentality" in English is because the Japanese translation of the Instrumentality of Mankind series translated "instrumentality" as "complementation".
Blockio wrote:Then I fail to see what you are arguing for at all beyond semantics.
The council, whichever name they go by, was quite clearly made out as a shady operation in the overall visual language, with the color-coded holograms, harsh shadows and overall less-than-trustworthy atmosphere; it also invokes similar, very undoubtedly evil councils, that I know for a fact I've seen in earlier scifi anime, although specific examples escape me at the moment.
orcot wrote:didn't the same compagny or something similar build the positron cannon similar the space shuttle wasn't NERV's either, it might have been useful to some degree.
During the battle of Ramiel it could have used offensifly to fire the positron rifle better the Shinji did whilst also provide additional power to the canon
During the battle of Ramiel it could have used defensivly to hold up the heathshield whilst providing additional power to the cannon
During the battle of Matariel It could have provided a solution for the powerloss during the fight of armisael (still a plothole to work out a okay concept)
During the battle of armisael, Jet alone would be handy in retrieving Asuka, if you have it the positron cannon it could probably take it out.
During the battle of Zeruel it could have rushed it and inpaled it with the spear of longinus (that said Rei could have done so as wel)
During most of the eva battles it could have taken positron pot shots to the angels
I wouldn't call it useless especialy if you can give it a fake spear
AsuQa_PsyOp_Langley wrote:IIRC, the United Nations still exist. The Japanese military still exist, as they're the ones conducting the assault in EoE (or, if I'm not mistaken, trying to deal conventionally with the Angel before Eva-01 trial by fire in episode 1) even if in NGE world they're under the UN purview (as is the Pacific Fleet which is multinational).
I think there's a couple mentions of budget constraints for NERV.
AsuQa_PsyOp_Langley wrote:It's purely hypothetical but Gendo apparently couldn't suffer the mere idea of having to entertain any competition or alternative. We don't know exactly what the public knows about NERV, Evas or Angels but I think that with the little distorted information they have, Jet Alone possibly introduce some inconvenient questions : Why not power Evas with a nuclear reactor (especially with Nevada being wiped off the map some time later, you'd think this might be up for debate...) ? Why not use remote controls instead of inserting kids into giant robots ?
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