How old is eva

[TheBlueTree]

It's been a very long time since I've been on eva monkey... now geeks it seems... And I'm more than positive this kind of thread has been posted before but I like hearing new ideas from new people and I wana get back into the forum... when i have time to atleast, university is draining my net life :P

Now Being an eva fan for a good 5 years now I have come to terms with eva in the sense that its only going to be a story and just a story. Not saying thats bad by any means because it's one of the best out there... Unfortunatly after watching EoE more than 200 times by now, Ive become bored with the story. I find it difficult to stay interested in my lovely platinum edition series w/ directors cut. Does anyone find watching the show boring? Ive been wanting to know what is going on in the new live action not gana happen movie aswell, i have been wishing for it to spark my interest again but as I have no time to research these things I am left alone.
So I guess a real question has to be asked here, How are the vets and newbies dealing with the eva story now that you have seen all to be seen... or atleats as much as is humanly possible.

[Xard]

Meh, Evas story is just complete mess and if you start to search for in-story justifications for various aspects and events you'll end up in never-ending maze of torturing fanwanking.

End of Evangelion is in my all-time Top 3 movies but that right then is cracking point when work just can't carry the weight of its oxymoronic characteristics, plot stupidities and loads of mumbojumbo. It is true wonder it didn't happen sooner.

Eva still manages to be absolute blast of cinematic art and storytelling plus it salvages some kind coherent storyline... untill you start to dig in that is.

Really, in the show plot was never its strongest point and often just excuse for Anno to deal with this existential problem or that. Or to give watchers OMYGAWD scenes such as Yui's freakout in ep 19. NGE's greatest strenght is its cast of characters.

[V]

every time I rewatch I find something new

really new

[Semisubtle]

every time I rewatch I find something new

really new

Same for me, which is why I've come to love it so much. There's always SOMETHING you didn't notice the time before.

[BrikHaus]

There's always SOMETHING you didn't notice the time before.

Or maybe it's something you forgot about.

[Semisubtle]

And if you're me, that particular case is very likely. XD

[TheBlueTree]

Personaly I enjoy showing eva to people. I love when people see it for the first time and are like what the f**k *jaw drop*. unfortunatly my g/f is not big on anime so no fun there but my roommate loves it and now that I think about it we didn't finish the series.

[Nigoki]

Come to think of it, the first time I've watched eva was way back in 1999. That was a good 9 years ago!

It's been a long time........

[Asuka's Plug Suit]

Come to think of it, the first time I've watched eva was way back in 1999. That was a good 9 years ago!

It's been a long time........

I first popped my Eva cherry in *gulp* 1997...

Man, I'm old.

I haven't gotten bored of Eva, but I only watch it about once a year or so these days...I usually see something new or make some new connection (and then I usually forget them. Next time, I'm keeping a notebook next to the TV!).

[cannonski]

Hello, speaking as a noob to this board (please dont maul me like Unit-01 did to Unit-03 while under the influence of the dummy plug system), I first watched EVA around 2000 or so, and was one of the first animes to spark my interest in the genre, along with Fist of the north star.

[Euphoriacide]

I'm one of those newbies, finished Eva for the first time pretty recently-two months ago. Understandably, the story hasn't gotten boring for me and I'm in the "OMG IT'S SO AMAZINGLY MINDBLOWING" phase that some of you vets might've gotten through during your first viewing of Evangelion. I'm also finding browsing through past threads analyzing the series enjoyable, even with some resentment that I couldn't partake in them. I will be definietly be rewatching Evangelion as a whole in the future, I don't think I'd ever get bored it, however being in the aforementioned phase, this statement should be taken with a grain of salt.

[Zerogoki]

I've been a fan for about 5 years now, but even now when I watch it I find that I'm making new connections (largely due to people on this board ;) ) or noticing new details. I think it's a testament to the show that it could keep a flake like me interested for so long! Even if I were to eventually get bored with the series itself, there are still all those other Eva resources out there - Red Cross Book, Die Sterne, the manga, not to mention all the doujinshis, fanfics, fan-edits and piss-takes there are to see. I can't really imagine ever being bored of it completely. (I agree with you about getting bored waiting for Live-Eva to materialise though!)

I find it a bit funny that this thread has come up when we're finally getting something new to get our fanboy teeth into. Have you seen Webuild 01 yet, and did it spark any new interest for you?

[Hexon.Arq]

I first saw Evangelion in 2003, and yet I can't remember a moment prior to seeing that show. It feels like some kind of constant in my life--a secret ubiquity--like 60's standards pumped into a restaurant, or the van that's always parked across the street from my house, or the smell of the pepper trees by the church I used to go to.

That being said, I feel I've also developed a stark apathy for the series. I spent so much time watching it and reading about it and discussing it that now every time I see it, the only thing I'm seeing is a cartoon that I don't care to see again.

[Evangelion217]

I'm not bored yet, because I find something new everytime I watch it. But I'v only seen the whole series three times. And I'v seen the film twice. I try not to watch the films that I love too much, because I don't want to get bored with them. And even if I watch them all the time, I still don't get bored.

[terminus]

TheBlueTree, is that pic in your sig official art or fan art?