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Brutaxilos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2633 Posts
September 13 2012 00:28 GMT
#21
I watched this last year when I was feeling a bit depressed myself (I enjoy watching sad things when I'm sad. It actually makes me feel better).

I love this anime. It's a bit fucking weird at times (the random guts and blood everywhere). But the quality is unbelievable. If you took a look at how complex the design of the EVAs are, you'd be amazed (and remember this stuff came out almost 20 years ago). Blizzard needs to hire these guys for some unit concept art.

Also, Cruel Angel's Thesis is the best song ever.
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acker
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2958 Posts
September 13 2012 00:30 GMT
#22
On September 13 2012 09:26 Sentenal wrote:
Thats really cool, how does that brutally deconstruct anything within the genre?

It's really something you'd have to see for yourself, the leadup is...complicated.
xDaunt
Profile Joined March 2010
United States17988 Posts
September 13 2012 00:31 GMT
#23
God, I watched this 10 years ago and still feel mindfucked by it. Nothing I have seen before or since ends as badly as this clusterfuck of a story does. Only Mass Effect 3's original ending comes close.
Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
September 13 2012 00:33 GMT
#24
On September 13 2012 09:30 acker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 13 2012 09:26 Sentenal wrote:
Thats really cool, how does that brutally deconstruct anything within the genre?

It's really something you'd have to see for yourself, the leadup is...complicated.


You do know that he did watch the entire thing, right?
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acker
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2958 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-13 00:38:28
September 13 2012 00:36 GMT
#25
On September 13 2012 09:33 Zergneedsfood wrote:
You do know that he did watch the entire thing, right?

Oh.

Then it looks like it'd devolve into a fanboy-antifanboy fight, or something similar. Far from a unemotional discussion. I want no part in that and will stop here before the subjective destroys the thread.
Monochromatic
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States998 Posts
September 13 2012 00:36 GMT
#26
Isn't there an anime discussion thread for things like this?
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skindzer
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
Chile5114 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-13 00:42:38
September 13 2012 00:38 GMT
#27
One of the most overrated series I've seen, its the anime equivalent of Lost. Interesting stuff that ends up being smoke and mirrors for a writer that tried to do more than he was able to. It has a lot of suspense. that leads to nowhere and action, that leads to nowhere. In fact when they released the movie to fix the EXTREMELY RETARDED ENDING they actually gave the people some papers explaining a lot of stuff they were totally unable to explain in the actual show.

If you like stuff like Lost you are going to love it. If not you are going to love it til you finish watching and then you'll hate it.

The animation was amazing for its time, it introduced a lot of concept that were incredibly novel (particulary for those unaware of all that christian mythology) and has a main character which is pretty much the opposite of Goku. And also a lot of, err there's a word for it but i forgot, lets say "hentai hints". It had all the ingredients to be completely great but sadly the plot ends up collapsing.
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Sterlymobile
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1009 Posts
September 13 2012 00:39 GMT
#28
I remember a long time ago they were remaking the series its like 4 movies, have they come out yet and anyone know where i can view them?
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Sentenal
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States12398 Posts
September 13 2012 00:40 GMT
#29
On September 13 2012 09:36 acker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 13 2012 09:33 Zergneedsfood wrote:
You do know that he did watch the entire thing, right?

Oh.

Then it looks like it'd devolve into a fanboy-antifanboy fight, or something similar. Far from a unemotional discussion. I want no part in that and will stop here before the subjective destroys the thread.

I would say a strong statement like "brutally crushes and dissects what was a popular premise and genre" deserves to be backed up, right?
"Apparently, Sentenal is a paragon of friendship and tolerance. " - Ech0ne
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24755 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-13 00:42:42
September 13 2012 00:41 GMT
#30
On September 13 2012 09:39 Sterlymobile wrote:
I remember a long time ago they were remaking the series its like 4 movies, have they come out yet and anyone know where i can view them?

...read more carefully before posting please...

The first two are already out... third one in a couple of months. I wouldn't necessarily call them a 'remake' though... we'll see what happens with the last two...


On September 13 2012 09:38 skindzer wrote:
One of the most overrated series I've seen, its the anime equivalent of Lost. Interesting stuff that ends up being smoke and mirrors for a writer that tried to do more than he was able to. It has a lot of suspense. that leads to nowhere and action, that leads to nowhere. In fact when they released the movie to fix the EXTREMELY RETARDED ENDING they actually gave the people some papers explaining a lot of stuff they were totally unable to explain in the actual show.

If you like stuff like Lost you are going to love it. If not you are going to love it til you finish watching and then you'll hate it.

I don't agree. Lost pissed me off, and Eva didn't.
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Zariel
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Australia1285 Posts
September 13 2012 00:43 GMT
#31
I was too young when I watched it (around 10 years old), rewatched death and rebirth much later. I didn't understand the plot back then, and I still have nearly no clue.

Few vague memories I recall:
- EVA01 had a mind of it's own in order to protect Shinji, in essence it was an angel itself
- The Dummy program which only worked once in order to shutdown Eva03
- Rei Ayanami was really weird
- Asuka's Eva was destroyed by the U.N. models they developed in 'Death'?

Now I got a headache from trying to recall the storyline
sup
acker
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2958 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-13 00:45:46
September 13 2012 00:43 GMT
#32
The first one is a copy of the episodes. The rails start sliding midway through the second movie. I have no idea what's going to happen in the third movie.

On September 13 2012 09:43 Zariel wrote:
- EVA01 had a mind of it's own in order to protect Shinji, in essence it was an angel itself


+ Show Spoiler +

All Eva units are cloned Angels. I think. Eva 01 is special because it contains Yui Ikari, Shinji's mom.
WniO
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2706 Posts
September 13 2012 00:44 GMT
#33
never really took the leap of faith into anime - too much violence/sex, not enough other stuff. though i did like metropolis and ponyo
JeanLuc
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada377 Posts
September 13 2012 00:45 GMT
#34
Neon Genesis brings back sooo many memories of being a kid in the early nineties. Most of all I remember having to attend Chinese school every Friday night and being the only white kid in class. Having to suffer the abject RACISM.... of my would be chinese compatriots. And almost all the boys in those classes sported either DragonBall Z or Neon Genesis Evangelion pencil cases, back packs, lil sweat shirts etc... and they laughed, LAUGHED at my Ninja Turtles and DarkWing Duck accessories.

so I did not look upon Neon Genesis kindly at all

but later on in life as a young adult who had just recently been through a traumatic experience in the military... I discovered Neon Genesis. And grew to appreciate it for the masterpiece it truly is. That is all.
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ghost_403
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1825 Posts
September 13 2012 00:47 GMT
#35
After what happened in the second movie, I'm pretty sure that 3.0 and 4.0 can't be remakes of the rest of the series. Can't wait to get proven right/wrong ^^
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Kaal
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Djibouti2539 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-13 00:49:17
September 13 2012 00:49 GMT
#36
On September 13 2012 09:30 acker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 13 2012 09:26 Sentenal wrote:
Thats really cool, how does that brutally deconstruct anything within the genre?

It's really something you'd have to see for yourself, the leadup is...complicated.

+ Show Spoiler +

[image loading]
starfries
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada3508 Posts
September 13 2012 00:50 GMT
#37
On September 13 2012 09:28 Brutaxilos wrote:
Also, Cruel Angel's Thesis is the best song ever.

agreed, I still have it on my ipod today. I was really young when I saw the series so I mostly just watched it for the robot fights, but this song is what really captured the feeling for me.
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Sentenal
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States12398 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-13 00:51:08
September 13 2012 00:50 GMT
#38
So which did you guys like more, the kid jacking off on a comatose girl in the hopsital, or everyone turning into tang after being assaulted by albino midgets?
"Apparently, Sentenal is a paragon of friendship and tolerance. " - Ech0ne
SwizzY
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1549 Posts
September 13 2012 01:00 GMT
#39
On September 13 2012 09:49 Kaal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 13 2012 09:30 acker wrote:
On September 13 2012 09:26 Sentenal wrote:
Thats really cool, how does that brutally deconstruct anything within the genre?

It's really something you'd have to see for yourself, the leadup is...complicated.

+ Show Spoiler +

[image loading]


First picture in a while to make me seriously LOL. Hilarious hahahaha.

I just remember watching this show as a kid and wondering wtf the last few episodes were even about. I may rewatch the series again to feel the same nostalgia some of you do, but I thought they were annoying to say the least. If I wanted to listen to angst and misery I would just watch overacting women on Korean soaps
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white_horse
Profile Joined July 2010
1019 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-13 01:04:56
September 13 2012 01:01 GMT
#40
Oh please. NGE is one of those things where they put a bunch of "philosophical" and "meaningful" things to the point where they can't explain what its supposed to mean. What is the meaning of all those biblical and symbolic imagery? Tell me. The animation is just trying to act bigger than it really is, and that is what is annoying about shows like these.

The first two-thirds of the story is actually really great. Interesting characters, storyline, artwork and the creativity is cool. And the female characters are hot. But things start to become really really weird after that and it becomes very distasteful to watch. It's not an adult story, but theres too much violence and sex, and shinji, the emo pussy main character, is so un-main character-like throughout the whole story, its frustrating. Theres so much depression and angst and misery..its hard to keep up without feeling down yourself.

Also, the characters' names are taken from Japanese WWII era naval ships, which I find very reprehensible because of the ideological extremism and bloodshed that the 1940's japan represents. It's like naming the characters of a TV show after the names of al-qaeda leaders or lexicon.
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