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My overall feelings about Evangelion: Rebuild
4 years ago
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Howdy, y'all.
For those who've known me for a while, you probably know I'm an anime nut. And might also know about me and 'Evangelion'. Now if you ever conversed with other anime geeks, you'll be hard-pressed to NOT see that some peeps like it, some hate it, some absolutely LOVE IT and will say it has all the deep meanings and you're too stupid to understand it, and some will find it an absolute 'WTH'.
Me? For the last 20 or so years, I've always been on a love/hate/love/hate/love/hate/love/hate relationship with it. It aired on PBS when I was staying over at my Grandma's up north, and it was when Eva 3 turned into an Angel. Episode after that, was when Eva 1 went berserk and ate that Angel. Didn't traumatize me, but I was taken aback by it. Over the years, I collected the tapes (yes, that's when VHS tapes were still a thing. Man, I feel old XD) all the way up to the 'End of Evangelion' movie.
My stance on the actual show... oh boy. The show started off good, then somewhere midway it just turned into a caboodle of crap that thought it was deeper than it really was. And I know the circumstances of what went down with Anno, and I do hope he did get the help he actually needed.
Then when I heard about the 'Rebuild' films... ALL THE WAY BACK IN 2006, it got me curious in what it was gonna do, how they were gonna make this different. Finally saw the dub version around 2010, and I dug it straight away! ^^ Over the coming years, 2nd movie finally came out, loved it as well, and I was eager to see the rest of 'em. The day I saw 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' back in 2014, that morning I was finally able to see the 3rd movie. And if I said this once, I said it more than once, Transformers cheered me right up after seeing that 3rd movie; so many questions that movie left me asking. But I said to myself 'maybe they'll explain things in the 4th and final movie'. It's a damn shame I had to wait years for it; constant delays, financial problems, Anno on other works (though I really loved Shin Godzilla ^^) THE FRIGGIN' DAMN-DEMIC!
I had all but given up hope that the 4th film would ever come out... till 2020 that is. And I thought I would have to wait a couple more years till the dub came out. That was till about 2 days ago at the time of this journal's post, I was finally able to watch all 4 movies on Amazon Prime. Seeing the first two movies again was a treat, first time in over a decade, and with new dubbing on Prime (Shinji, Misato and Gendo's dub voices are the same in case you were wondering) And honestly it's far better to see them back-to-back. And then seeing the 4th film; starting late Monday night, and resuming it just last night. Well... I can say this the upmost confidence, and I don't care if I piss off the fans of the series:
THE ANIME SERIES CAN SUCK IT!!!!!!
Anno, if these 'Rebuild' movies were what you intended all along, then boyo, ya done struck me right in the feels with the 4th film! Like seriously, 'End of Evangelion'... I didn't what to feel with that movie; happy, sad, angry, confused, hungry, thirsty, pizza or burgers... that movie was just a mess. This last movie made me feel hope, and that's what I'm all about; hope and wholesomeness. This movie had that in spades. I didn't cringe, Shinji was far more tolerable and likeable in the Rebuild movies that the series, and I was finally able to root for him. If you love Rei as your 'waifu' like I do, you'll really love her in this last film. Her and Mari... oh yeah ^^
And as I always say, your mileage may vary. Go check it out if you're able to. If you have seen these movies, or like the actual series, lemme know in the comments how you feel. You have my permission to stone me for talkin' smack about your favorite anime series over its far-superior movies XD I kid, but if you do like the first series, my statement's not a personal attack against you. I actually envy you for actually finding a deeper meaning in the show's imagery, thinking its more clever than it actually is. Maybe there's actually a deeper meaning to Shinji jacking off all over a comatose Auska in 'End of Evangelion' that doesn't make him so detestable. But that's just me. If you like the show, I won't judge.
That's all I gotta say... and I mustn't run away. XD
Thanks for your time. ^^
For those who've known me for a while, you probably know I'm an anime nut. And might also know about me and 'Evangelion'. Now if you ever conversed with other anime geeks, you'll be hard-pressed to NOT see that some peeps like it, some hate it, some absolutely LOVE IT and will say it has all the deep meanings and you're too stupid to understand it, and some will find it an absolute 'WTH'.
Me? For the last 20 or so years, I've always been on a love/hate/love/hate/love/hate/love/hate relationship with it. It aired on PBS when I was staying over at my Grandma's up north, and it was when Eva 3 turned into an Angel. Episode after that, was when Eva 1 went berserk and ate that Angel. Didn't traumatize me, but I was taken aback by it. Over the years, I collected the tapes (yes, that's when VHS tapes were still a thing. Man, I feel old XD) all the way up to the 'End of Evangelion' movie.
My stance on the actual show... oh boy. The show started off good, then somewhere midway it just turned into a caboodle of crap that thought it was deeper than it really was. And I know the circumstances of what went down with Anno, and I do hope he did get the help he actually needed.
Then when I heard about the 'Rebuild' films... ALL THE WAY BACK IN 2006, it got me curious in what it was gonna do, how they were gonna make this different. Finally saw the dub version around 2010, and I dug it straight away! ^^ Over the coming years, 2nd movie finally came out, loved it as well, and I was eager to see the rest of 'em. The day I saw 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' back in 2014, that morning I was finally able to see the 3rd movie. And if I said this once, I said it more than once, Transformers cheered me right up after seeing that 3rd movie; so many questions that movie left me asking. But I said to myself 'maybe they'll explain things in the 4th and final movie'. It's a damn shame I had to wait years for it; constant delays, financial problems, Anno on other works (though I really loved Shin Godzilla ^^) THE FRIGGIN' DAMN-DEMIC!
I had all but given up hope that the 4th film would ever come out... till 2020 that is. And I thought I would have to wait a couple more years till the dub came out. That was till about 2 days ago at the time of this journal's post, I was finally able to watch all 4 movies on Amazon Prime. Seeing the first two movies again was a treat, first time in over a decade, and with new dubbing on Prime (Shinji, Misato and Gendo's dub voices are the same in case you were wondering) And honestly it's far better to see them back-to-back. And then seeing the 4th film; starting late Monday night, and resuming it just last night. Well... I can say this the upmost confidence, and I don't care if I piss off the fans of the series:
THE ANIME SERIES CAN SUCK IT!!!!!!
Anno, if these 'Rebuild' movies were what you intended all along, then boyo, ya done struck me right in the feels with the 4th film! Like seriously, 'End of Evangelion'... I didn't what to feel with that movie; happy, sad, angry, confused, hungry, thirsty, pizza or burgers... that movie was just a mess. This last movie made me feel hope, and that's what I'm all about; hope and wholesomeness. This movie had that in spades. I didn't cringe, Shinji was far more tolerable and likeable in the Rebuild movies that the series, and I was finally able to root for him. If you love Rei as your 'waifu' like I do, you'll really love her in this last film. Her and Mari... oh yeah ^^
And as I always say, your mileage may vary. Go check it out if you're able to. If you have seen these movies, or like the actual series, lemme know in the comments how you feel. You have my permission to stone me for talkin' smack about your favorite anime series over its far-superior movies XD I kid, but if you do like the first series, my statement's not a personal attack against you. I actually envy you for actually finding a deeper meaning in the show's imagery, thinking its more clever than it actually is. Maybe there's actually a deeper meaning to Shinji jacking off all over a comatose Auska in 'End of Evangelion' that doesn't make him so detestable. But that's just me. If you like the show, I won't judge.
That's all I gotta say... and I mustn't run away. XD
Thanks for your time. ^^
ScionOfNight
~scionofnight
Didn't know the 4th rebuild movie was finally out. Almost thought the project had been scrapped, it'd been taking so long.
CWS
~cws
OP
Exactly my thinking.
