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I was happy with 1.0 and rather disappointed with the way 2.0 went although not to the point of outright hatred. 3.0 made me think the series had jumped the shark at first - seriously, 14-year timeskip, flying giant battleship, "Nemesis series", the world utterly devastated, Fourth Impact and all the like without any explanation for what happened in the intervening years or anything we'd seen in the trailer?
However, my opinion of 3.0 has changed altogether and I now think it's the strongest entry in the franchise so far, because it is genuinely new and it deals with something that neither the original series nor EoE dealt with - the consequences of Shinji causing Third Impact or the kind of world that would exist after such an event.
However, my opinion of 3.0 has changed altogether and I now think it's the strongest entry in the franchise so far, because it is genuinely new and it deals with something that neither the original series nor EoE dealt with - the consequences of Shinji causing Third Impact or the kind of world that would exist after such an event.
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That makes me twice-damned, then. Stupid allergies.
Well, she's not tsundere, so that helps.
As to the topic, I had serious issues with the new movies for awhile, but the hate for them (and for Q in particular) forced me to re-examine my reasoning and I ultimately came to appreciate them for what they are. They don't come close to the original series for me, but as their own thing I'm willing to accept them and whatever Final brings us.
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Yes, I know. You thought it would be something about Asuka. You're such idiots.
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People's deaths are to be mourned. The ability to save people should be celebrated. Life itself should be exalted. -- Volken Macmani, Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra
I hate myself. But maybe I can learn to love myself. Maybe it's okay for me to be here! That's right! I'm me, nothing more, nothing less! I'm me. I want to be me! I want to be here! And it's okay for me to be here! -- Shinji Ikari, Neon Genesis Evangelion
Yes, I know. You thought it would be something about Asuka. You're such idiots.
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Depends whether you consider Soryu and Shikinami the same character or not.
Soryu I would happily stuff into a barrel and roll into the sea. Shikinami, on the other hand… Let’s just say seeing her reappear at the beginning of 3.33, complete with Eyepatch of Awesome, made for a very happy Sadako.
To be honest, my feelings about the show as a whole go along the same lines. I didn’t really like NGE when it first came out. The Rebuild movies, on the other hand, I’m completely smitten by. Especially 3.33.
Soryu I would happily stuff into a barrel and roll into the sea. Shikinami, on the other hand… Let’s just say seeing her reappear at the beginning of 3.33, complete with Eyepatch of Awesome, made for a very happy Sadako.
To be honest, my feelings about the show as a whole go along the same lines. I didn’t really like NGE when it first came out. The Rebuild movies, on the other hand, I’m completely smitten by. Especially 3.33.
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While it's not a very positive change of heart, I used to feel really really bad for Asuka, but then when I rewatched NGE and realized how horribly bitchy she was, I ended up sympathizing with Shinji much more. I think the shock of what happened in Episode 22 and End of Eva made me forget about that aspect of Asuka at first.
BC Baron wrote:Completely the opposite progression for me. When 1.11 and 2.22 first came out I enjoyed them and was actually excited about rebooting the franchise, as well as taking the story in new, interesting directions.
Then I made the terrible mistake of watching 3.33
I now view the entire Rebuild project as total dogshit.
I know that feel
For a long time my feelings towards Rei were that of indifference however the older I got the more I appreciated her.
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BC Baron wrote:Completely the opposite progression for me. When 1.11 and 2.22 first came out I enjoyed them and was actually excited about rebooting the franchise, as well as taking the story in new, interesting directions.
Then I made the terrible mistake of watching 3.33
I now view the entire Rebuild project as total dogshit.
I'm sorry 3.33 wasn't the happiness you were looking for.
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Mein Gott... I'm not in *THAT* kind of show! BP
Same episode & character, though likely a different scene and epiphany.
Towards the end of the episode, where Asuka is looking on, horrified, by the display EVA-01 made tearing Leliel apart.
That moment made me realize that standard harem rules were not to apply in this series, and that Asuka herself had more on her mind than just the MC.
It's words like this that make me keep putting it off. That and the thought of, if I watch it, I'll have no more new Evangelion to watch. At least until FINAL comes out.
I've put completing Star Trek DS9 on a slow burn for similar reasons. And M*A*S*H, and Detective Conan, and the Harry Potter fil-- na wait, I just grew bored and dropped those last two.
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Re: Mein Gott... I'm not in *THAT* kind of show! BP
Yes; it was the locker room scene after the "You are Number One!", and the thought that they hadn't even left her her particular schtick. Having transitioned from dubs to subs around the middle of the series may also have had something to do with it; on rewatching, Miyamura's early Asuka wasn't anywhere near the turbo-bitch that Grant's came over as.
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Re: Mein Gott... I'm not in *THAT* kind of show! BP
Do you not find that the startling variety of views on Q (and the way many people change their views on repeat viewing) draws you in to make your own assessment?
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Re: Mein Gott... I'm not in *THAT* kind of show! BP
Mr. Tines wrote:Yes; it was the locker room scene after the "You are Number One!", and the thought that they hadn't even left her her particular schtick. Having transitioned from dubs to subs around the middle of the series may also have had something to do with it; on rewatching, Miyamura's early Asuka wasn't anywhere near the turbo-bitch that Grant's came over as.
Ah, that explains it; I can never understand why people call Asuka bitchy, just as I can never understand why they call Shinji wimpy or annoying, but then again I don't think I've ever watched the show all the way through dubbed. The original, subtitled version is a very different beast.
For my post-3I fic, go here.
The law doesn't protect people. People protect the law. -- Akane Tsunemori, Psycho-Pass
People's deaths are to be mourned. The ability to save people should be celebrated. Life itself should be exalted. -- Volken Macmani, Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra
I hate myself. But maybe I can learn to love myself. Maybe it's okay for me to be here! That's right! I'm me, nothing more, nothing less! I'm me. I want to be me! I want to be here! And it's okay for me to be here! -- Shinji Ikari, Neon Genesis Evangelion
Yes, I know. You thought it would be something about Asuka. You're such idiots.
The law doesn't protect people. People protect the law. -- Akane Tsunemori, Psycho-Pass
People's deaths are to be mourned. The ability to save people should be celebrated. Life itself should be exalted. -- Volken Macmani, Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra
I hate myself. But maybe I can learn to love myself. Maybe it's okay for me to be here! That's right! I'm me, nothing more, nothing less! I'm me. I want to be me! I want to be here! And it's okay for me to be here! -- Shinji Ikari, Neon Genesis Evangelion
Yes, I know. You thought it would be something about Asuka. You're such idiots.
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Re: Mein Gott... I'm not in *THAT* kind of show! BP
Not really; along with all but abandoning the Rebuild sub-forum these past three years (so I wouldn't have observed what you're talking about) I've been focusing on forgetting the "spoilers" I've been exposed to up till now, so that when I finally do watch 3.0 or 3.33, I'll be at least halfway surprised, rather than idly counting down until something I know is coming up, does.
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"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Fair enough; different strokes and all that.
"Being human, having your health; that's what's important." (from: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi )
"As long as we're all living, and as long as we're all having fun, that should do it, right?" (from: The Eccentric Family )
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Before 3.0+1.0 there was Afterwards... my post-Q Evangelion fanfic (discussion)
"As long as we're all living, and as long as we're all having fun, that should do it, right?" (from: The Eccentric Family )
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Before 3.0+1.0 there was Afterwards... my post-Q Evangelion fanfic (discussion)
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Pretty much all of 3.0. At first I thought it was confusing and disjointed. But the more i thought about it, the more I realized it was confusing and disjointed for a reason. After all, the whole thing is seen from Shinji's perspective, and he's just spent the past 14 years in a coma, so the events of the movie make just as little sense to him as they do to us, the viewers.
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