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+ Show Spoiler +I liked how they subverted expectations , i mean , they couldve just taken Shinji back to NERV and continue fighting the remaining Angels from the original series.
The 14 year time skip , third impact and this civil war thing are a good idea, but i hated Kaworu in the movie. His and Shinjis scenes were good , but its just that the entire movie was about that. came at the expense of all other characters. I mean , Kaworu was in 1 ONE episode of the original series.
and Trivia: when Fuyutsuki and Shinji play Shogi , Fuyutsuki says "you lose in 31 moves"
31 Minutes later in the movie Kaworu dies.
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they really should have kept the original script. the preview for 3.33 looked promising...
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I dunno man... + Show Spoiler +The characters do not really make any sense and the development is very inconsistent with the previous two movies. Also, it's very unlikely you would find Rei as a grown adult because well, she's sort of just a disposable tool, so she gets disposed quite a bit. I think the Kaworu-related content was good though. Except for when Shinji went full retard at the end. Why did Shinji go full retard? And what the fuck Gendo.
As for character design, I thought it was alright except Misato. She looks a bit silly coming from what we all know her as. The whole 14 year skip was a rather poor idea since it caused there to be this obnoxious illogical gap between shit that happens. One year would have much more sense... Unless they really like 14 and it all comes together in the last movie...
+ Show Spoiler +I sorta agree. I like the idea that Misato is trying to be icebitch queen of the coldhearts for great vengeance and failing horribly because it's just not her. I think her visual redo was a bit overdone, again kind of lagaanish. the cap and glasses outfit just doesn't really make any sense- unless they plan on some dramatic reveal where half her face got blown off or something next movie. On the other hand what they did with ritsuko is brilliant.
I just like the idea of having the eva kids grown up. I think it's something that a lot of fans secretly lust for and it would be a brilliant thing to do. They've essentially been these ageless adolescent paragons of unchanging angst and disfunction for generations of watchers. Taking that and subverting it could be one of the most powerful developments of the IP Anno could do. I don't mean make them resolve their difficulties, but take them to the next stage. Plus it would make the endless and even more ridiculous sexualisation and innuendo a little less creepy, given it looks like that is no longer a serious part of the narrative like it was in the original series and EOE.
As an aside, there's still a vague chance this may happen. since 14 years have passed assuming the original rei did survive, she'll be old enough to be yukish. An adult rei turning up in the 4th movie would be an interesting plot twist. Sadly I think it's pretty heavily lampshaded that she's ageless as well and stuck in an amniotic tube somewhere at nerv HQ.
I agree that the kaworu stuff was good. Again, I think it was a bit heavy handed on the ship-service (they seem determined to at least provide some kind of shipbait for every single character pairing except pennpenn- X, which I am seriously dissapointed by XD.) and a little rushed, but it was quite well done otherwise. The explosive collar in particular was a lovely touch of horror for folks who've seen the trope before.
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On May 02 2013 17:25 Thereisnosaurus wrote:+ Show Spoiler +I sorta agree. I like the idea that Misato is trying to be icebitch queen of the coldhearts for great vengeance and failing horribly because it's just not her. I think her visual redo was a bit overdone, again kind of lagaanish. the cap and glasses outfit just doesn't really make any sense- unless they plan on some dramatic reveal where half her face got blown off or something next movie. On the other hand what they did with ritsuko is brilliant.
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On one hand, she's a hypocrite for encouraging Shinji to save Rei and then treating him so coldly after he was essentially in a coma for 14 years and then strapping a bomb on his neck. On the other hand, she's had to lead the last survivors of third impact for all that time against NERV and the last Angels all thanks to the consequences of Shinji's actions (on top of hers).
It's important to also remember that it was people like Shinji, and herself that caused the second impact that killed her father and left her traumatized and mute for most of her childhood. The fact that she hesitates, or chooses not to kill Shinji when ReiQ breaks him out of the ship, despite knowing the threat he poses to the survivors, shows that she wasn't completely heartless.
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+ Show Spoiler +i dont understand the part with the 2 spears (longinus starts 4th impact but they are looking for cassius? why are there 2 longinus spears in the first place?)
and unit 6 being there at all...and why it becomes an angel @.@
is there any site that has a accurate analysis cuz honestly wtf
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I thought that this rebuild was supposed to make things easier to understand...?
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1:10 onwards.
Saw this in a reddit thread a while back...that said, saw Nadia some time ago, thought that scene looked familiar.
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OMFG, i just read the last chapter of the manga. My EVA journey started from reading the manga back in 1995 iirc and now it ended in 2013 so i am actually more of a Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's fan than Hideaki Anno's. So much memories and so much love of EVA and now even Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's EVA also come to an end.
A little sad that there is no + Show Spoiler + in the last chapter, FOREVER LOVE REI!!! But it was a good ending, simple, sweet and warm, i love it. Thank you Yoshiyuki Sadamoto for your good work (ye there was a time that i cursed him for not drawing the manga, 14books in 18years lol). Now finally i will get have every books of EVA on my book shelf soon.
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On May 20 2013 03:47 acker wrote:+ Show Spoiler +http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgYj-H7AXQE 1:10 onwards. Saw this in a reddit thread a while back...that said, saw Nadia some time ago, thought that scene looked familiar.
wtf yo, even the music?!
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any experts answer this?
at minute 32:25 of 1.11 , we see unit 0 chained down after having berserked with rei inside.
an entry plug appears to be partially inserted however, with a cross stick out the top of it.
the entry plug was menna be fully ejected, since gendo needed to be able to access it to open it and burn his hands.
however i guess it still makes sense in eva logic, that they might have inserted a dummy plug to begin repairs on it, with a lance on the top or just a cross-like radar
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On July 28 2013 05:38 FFGenerations wrote:
any experts answer this?
at minute 32:25 of 1.11 , we see unit 0 chained down after having berserked with rei inside.
an entry plug appears to be partially inserted however, with a cross stick out the top of it.
the entry plug was menna be fully ejected, since gendo needed to be able to access it to open it and burn his hands.
however i guess it still makes sense in eva logic, that they might have inserted a dummy plug to begin repairs on it, with a lance on the top or just a cross-like radar
yes, dummy plug
added that just for show
nothing to read into
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Folks on Amazon are saying that 3.33 will be dubbed by Funimation and released internationally sometime in February. I managed to watch it myself and have a couple thoughts on it.
+ Show Spoiler +Kaworu's a great character in my opinion, now that they've fleshed him out. A shame Mari just seems like a filler character in this one. :-\
If you're an EVA fan, you will probably still like this, despite it being so different. It's an "alternate universe" thing in relation to the series/EOE. 3.33 is still incredibly trippy, but the story is coherent enough to enjoy and consider. Unlike most of y'all that have seen it, I can envision an ending to this in 4.0. Gendo's still got some beef with humanity even though SEELE is gone.
Movie's also a visual treat. Anno's definitely spending his budget on super-showy affects that awe and stupefy. :->
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Just finished marathon watching the series and 2nd(?) movie, End of Evangelion.
I'm not an avid anime watcher this being the first "adult"anime series I watch, not knowing anything about it going into it I was caught off guard how fucking incredible this show is.
If I had known before how incredibly fucked up the show was (in the best way possible) I doubt I would have watched it.
Having to think all the way through AND the two endings.. adding up a clusterfuck for me personally since I thought I had understood the ending but watching the movie it turned everything upside down.
Going to start with the movies soon enough but nor surprisingly my head needs to take a break. 
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