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I'm holding out hope that Unit 07 is a vague equivalent to a Harpie. Similar design elements like white skin and weird red lips under a protective helmet or something. It doesn't take the mask off until later in the movie at which point you go "OH SHIT! Not that guy!"

This is going to spin out. But I will just add that you don't often see Reifriends and others complain about Mari. The only people upset are us Asukafriends. I guess it's because Asuka is a diva and she needs strutting room. Even if it's a scene of terror or heartbreaking defeat, she'...

What's irrational about it? She stole a good chunk of Asuka's role and wrecked her Eva, so it makes sense that Asuka fans would have issues with her. This is all the more true if you're the sort who has an aversion to the ever-popular glasses fetish. I'm kind of past that. Mari seem...

I pretty much expect Asuka to put on a tough front for the early part of her arc in 3.0. She'll basically keep saying "I'm OK, really I am." Until the inevitable moment where it becomes too much to hold back and she unloads her repressed feelings saying "No, it's not OK!&q...

Will she start warming up to others though? That depends on a few things. Most notably who she wakes up to and how she gets back to speed. For instance, waking up to Misato would be much different than waking up to Mari. Personally, I'm of the opinion that she won't have too much time to dw...

Anyone else find it funny that, like, there's this big American election happening in November? Yeah. I keep thinking, "Oh, right, maybe that's important." But eh. This stuff is more pertinent I think. I wonder if Obama supports Asuka. I mean, that's a pretty important issue, r...

To me it seems more like a series of "what if's" than an actual attempt at fixing or making Rebuild a squeakuel. A spiritual squeakuel perhaps. But I don't know about it being a literal one. In the end, I guess I'm still just kind of puzzled by 2.0. I just don't think I &qu...

^ Right, I mean obviously it's going to be kind of crazy for the first few weeks. I expect a lot of phony claims to be made at the beginning. I'm just saying that I'm making a conscious decision to not avoid spoilers. I'm the kind of guy who occasionally will read the last page of a ...

I really don't get crossing one's arms, turning up one's nose and declaring "not impressed" at this news. Who'd have thought we'd get ANY of Q in (presumably) good quality in 2012!? You need to check your pulse if you find this unexciting. Well, I can't spe...

It kind of reminds me of how the Nolan Dark Knight movies had their openings released in Imax before release. Although those were often further ahead of time. I assume it will be, as already suggested, an action sequence similar to the antarctica thing in 2.0. Something that gets the movie going but...

Na7e#563737 wrote:And, then Asuka dies.

Well, that'd make things simpler, I suppose.

Watch it be the entire outer space sequence.

I've recently begun reading a book called The Self-Esteem Holocaust Comes Home by Sam Pink. In the segments titled "Be Nice to Everyone" there is a man and woman who remind me of Shinji and Asuka. Weird mutual self-loathing and masochistic co-dependency in a surrealistic setting.

Well, I had been planning on drawing a design I had in mind, but in the meantime I guess I could just describe it. I'd always wondered why they never used the name Samael for any of the angels given the other obscure Kabbalah stuff they used. (for ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samael ...

and the current male often worries a daikaiju will arise from an LCL pool and destroy Tokyo,

I read Hellboy a lot and I like to imagine the Ogdru Hem or some other sort of lovcraftian beings reemerge from the lcl ocean. It's their time now.

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At first I was like, YOOOOOO I ain't reading all that! Then I was like, good, is there more?

^ Well, personal responsibility being what it is of course. The story of Evangelion can certainly be considered well intentioned. I'm thinking more of the 'meta' side of it; the marketing, the figures, the whole package. It provides the outlet and the tools for overindulgence. You're...

@ CJD I think it's more basic than that. Even if you agree with and understand the message, that doesn't mean much unless you make active changes to behavior. And at it's core, Eva is still very much the Otaku's anime. There's a lot to attach oneself to. Basically, if you read be...

Mayhaps that's why Eva was so depressing for me, the realization that it didn't and wouldn't do what I had hoped it would. Well, a piece of fiction has a place. You can't let it dictate your outlook; it doesn't function that way. So I wouldn't say it depresses me. It's k...

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Maybe Roller Coaster Guy gets his big break finally.