Author Topic: Neon Genesis Evangelion (Read 64636 times)

Mistgun_Zero · « **Reply #660 on:** May 22, 2013, 05:53:33 AM »

I would say this story is better than Eva 3.0 one's

sams88 · « **Reply #661 on:** May 25, 2013, 08:29:42 PM »

Quote from: jaybug on April 30, 2013, 11:29:22 PM

Ya know, I'm not sure if I want to even try to watch these movies now. It seems like it's all the series all over again, but different. No unanswered questions are answered. Blargh!

I re-watched the movies, and it all just makes me want to punch Shinji in the face.

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #662 on:** May 26, 2013, 01:33:08 AM »

Well, looks like I'm also out.

flimsypeanut · « **Reply #663 on:** May 26, 2013, 02:07:15 AM »

Oh come on guys, where's your sense of adventure and fun? Part of the fun is in having no solution handed to you. I thought the movies are brilliant, and kept the spirit of the original NGE alive and well.

<3

froody1911 · « **Reply #664 on:** May 26, 2013, 03:30:18 AM »

Quote from: flimsypeanut on May 26, 2013, 02:07:15 AM

Oh come on guys, where's your sense of adventure and fun? Part of the fun is in having no solution handed to you. I thought the movies are brilliant, and kept the spirit of the original NGE alive and well.

<3

Quote from: flimsypeanut on May 26, 2013, 02:07:15 AM

<3

Before 3 indeed.

flimsypeanut · « **Reply #665 on:** May 26, 2013, 04:26:27 AM »

@frood1911. Now THAT's dastardly. Pretty smart too.

barcibus · « **Reply #666 on:** May 27, 2013, 03:56:24 AM »

Loved the first two, am 25 minutes into the third and now it feels like I'm watching a Final Fantasy boss fight rather than an Evangelion movie. So sad.

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #667 on:** May 27, 2013, 04:11:34 AM »

Quote from: barcibus on May 27, 2013, 03:56:24 AM

Loved the first two, am 25 minutes into the third and now it feels like I'm watching a Final Fantasy boss fight rather than an Evangelion movie. So sad.

I think they tried too hard in trying to get symbolism into the movie.

dbml · « **Reply #668 on:** May 27, 2013, 04:15:59 AM »

Quote from: TMRNetShark on May 27, 2013, 04:11:34 AM

Quote from: barcibus on May 27, 2013, 03:56:24 AM
Loved the first two, am 25 minutes into the third and now it feels like I'm watching a Final Fantasy boss fight rather than an Evangelion movie. So sad.

I think they tried too hard in trying to get symbolism into the movie.

I think it's simpler than that. Anno went nuts again.

barcibus · « **Reply #669 on:** May 27, 2013, 04:25:04 AM »

Quote from: dbml on May 27, 2013, 04:15:59 AM

Quote from: TMRNetShark on May 27, 2013, 04:11:34 AM
Quote from: barcibus on May 27, 2013, 03:56:24 AM
Loved the first two, am 25 minutes into the third and now it feels like I'm watching a Final Fantasy boss fight rather than an Evangelion movie. So sad.

I think they tried too hard in trying to get symbolism into the movie.

I think it's simpler than that. Anno went nuts again.

To me it feels more like Anno got replaced. He's still there, but the movie was delegated.
I haven't finished it yet, but I got to the piano playing scene and I actually had to skip ahead. I loved every Evangelion up to rebuild 2.0, and now this. /cry

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #670 on:** May 27, 2013, 04:51:08 AM »

Quote from: barcibus on May 27, 2013, 04:25:04 AM

To me it feels more like Anno got replaced. He's still there, but the movie was delegated.
I haven't finished it yet, but I got to the piano playing scene and I actually had to skip ahead. I loved every Evangelion up to rebuild 2.0, and now this. /cry

Oh gawd, the middle part of the movie just was like... how the fuck does this fit into the story? Where is the symbolism? I'm like scrambling through my head of the bible stories and then I had an epiphany.

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barcibus · « **Reply #671 on:** May 27, 2013, 05:58:26 AM »

Evangelion 3.0 is a disaster.

It lost its emotional appeal because visual effects and plot have trumped characters. In other words, the plot only makes sense if the characters act in stupid or irrational ways, which makes them less realistic, which makes us not care about them.
And that's what used to make Evangelion so good: it was a great character-driven story.

flimsypeanut · « **Reply #672 on:** May 28, 2013, 08:58:43 PM »

Imagine that you announced to the entire public that you were going to make 4 movies, but you realized after making the second one that you need 5 movies to explain the plot. The overall story has already been made, finalized, etc, but there's just not enough time in the remainder of the screen time to fit in 5 movies, so you are forced to choose what to keep and what to throw.

Anno thought, "Shit this sucks. But between two choices: PURE plot, and no Ikari Shinji (the one in the preview for 3.33) OR a HUGE GAPING FUCKING HOLE in the plot, and full Ikari Shinji and Kaworu (actual 3.33), then I'd choose the latter. The second one has more emotional impact, and why not make the last movie wrap up everything properly? Maybe we can even expect the audience to fill in some details of what happened in the 14 years."

That, or, "TROLOLOLOLOLOL. Bitches. TAKE THAT MINDFUCK MEDLEY. Revenge for the budget cuts in the first one. That's what you fuckers get. "

We'll never know.

Mistgun_Zero · « **Reply #673 on:** May 29, 2013, 02:57:33 AM »

Alright, now I am really getting confused. What's the difference between movies 1.0 and 1.11, 2.0 and 2.22, 3.0 and 3.33.

flimsypeanut · « **Reply #674 on:** May 29, 2013, 04:49:37 PM »

a.0 is the movie version to be shown in movie theaters, a.aa is the DVD/Blu-Ray version to be sold and has some slight changes in the scenes (too slight to be significant).

a is 1,2,3.

Bob2004 · « **Reply #675 on:** May 30, 2013, 09:50:03 PM »

So I finally finished watching the original series, in the hopes it would give some vague clue as to wtf was going on in the new films (which I thought were just a retelling of the original story)... but not only does it turn out that the series and the films tell two totally different stories (which are totally unrelated to each other as far as I can tell), the last few episodes of the series made virtually no sense either - so now I have even more questions than I did before I started!

I guess I'm going to have to watch End of Evangelion, or whatever that other film was called now as well and hope that at least explains the end of the series. But I'm not going to get my hopes up

flimsypeanut · « **Reply #676 on:** May 31, 2013, 03:53:41 AM »

Hahahahhahahahahaha hahhahahhaha. End of Evangelion? Explain anything? Hahahahhahahahahaha hahahhaahaahha.

Just remember, at each point in the End of Evangelion film, Hideaki Anno sends you his best regards, and his utmost love.

Please come back and report your carnag-I mean enlightenment.

vuzedome · « **Reply #677 on:** June 01, 2013, 04:57:47 PM »

So the 3rd movie was like......
Shit did I not watch the 2nd movie?
But I did so.... Yes, I'm very lost.

Mistgun_Zero · « **Reply #678 on:** June 01, 2013, 05:12:12 PM »

^Welcome to the club

dbml · « **Reply #679 on:** June 01, 2013, 05:33:07 PM »

Quote from: Bob2004 on May 30, 2013, 09:50:03 PM

I guess I'm going to have to watch End of Evangelion, or whatever that other film was called now as well and hope that at least explains the end of the series. But I'm not going to get my hopes up

The End of Eva isn't bad, honestly. It's pretty "out there", but it's infinitely better than the end of the series itself.