nerv bae wrote:I still feel this way a year after writing the above: The 3.33 musical score is amazing.
Now that you mention music, I don't really remember any of it from thrice ... I guess it didn't make an impact on me.
Q, however, I noticed immediately that it had become an evolution of the classic NGE scores (and thus, the previous two movies) we all know.
It's still mostly classical music, but Q added something gothic (no clue of thats the right word for it) to it with the vocals, while still feeling like proper NGE music.
I've listened to this soundtrack a lot, and indeed, it slaps!
I'll try to pay more attention to the music on my next reviewing of thrice ..
Archer wrote:since in EoE Shinji is completely and unambiguously responsible for Third Impact.
Thats not how I see EoE at all, Shinji was being used, forced into that position by Seele and Yui. The only choice that Shinji made actually stopped instrumentality and allowed people to come back.
Instrumentality was what Seele/Gendo/Yui wished for, they are the ones that are completely and unambiguously responsible, imo (and besides, wasn't Seele going to try it without Shinji anyway? The troops had shoot on sight orders, Shinji could have just as easily gotten killed and it apparently still fitting Seele's plans).
NTE contrasts this because third impact was wholly Shini's own choice/desire (though he had no clue about the repercussions). Even so much that it completely messed up Seele's plans.
Even fourth impact was more Shinji's own desire (though he pretty much got tricked into that position) than EoE ever was. If all went according to Kaworu's plans, they'd probably still start a fourth impact in hopes of restoration (speculation ofcourse). So Shinji at least caused one impact due to selfish desires and planned to set off another one with Kaworu.
While trying not to go too much offtopic here, I don't agree with your last statement at all