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Evangelion Live Action Movie
Rob Sollanych writes "ADV Films has just announced the production of a live action movie based on many people's favourite anime series of all time, Neon Genesis Evangelion. Special Effects will be developed by Weta Workshop, Ltd, the company that made the Lord of the Rings look so good."
The uniting of humanity is not Gendo's aim, but rather his dead wife's (Shinji's mother). Gendo's aim is to be reunited with her; everything else is secondary for him. The reason for her attempt was to ensure that humanity survived effectively forever (at least until the heat-death of the universe).
That's true. It's been a while since I've watched the series, but it can still be said that Gendou wants humanity united, even if only for purposes other than the good of all. Funny how in End of Evangelion, Yui's goal of humanity existing forever was accomplished when Eva01 was sent out of the solar system. A human soul can live forever enthroned in the Eva.
The Third Impact was not really "positive" in the series; some people think that the series ending was just Shinji tripping out. Anno dropped several hints as to what actually happened (in the series, there's a couple of very short cuts showing a certain death scene (don't want to spoil it for others).
Could you give a spoiler for this? I didn't catch that. I've seen 25 & 26 many times and as far as I'd gathered, Gendou's plan went about as intended. Certainly Shinji was tripping out (as any human mind would after experiencing that), but I basically saw it was a relearning/reeducation in a "perfect" world.
A more cynical view is that Anno's lack of funding at the end simply lead him to give a giant 'fuck-you' to the production company by producing the most unsuitable closure possible.
You mean with the "cheap pencil" drawings? I saw this process as being similar to Descartes. Throwing away everything and starting from scratch, building in the details as you go along. First Shinji starts with nothing and pieces are filled in as he searches for meaning.
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Spirited Away is not that good. I'd rather download Naruto eps :)
Blah blah blah you are a stupid head!
Yay! I was able to sink down to a pathetic AC troll's level! I never thought it would be possible.
I also just had a revelation...anime is nothing but an endless loop of pedophilia and tentacle-rape scenes. Wow, these trolls have great insight! I have become a better man! Thanks!
Now to find a boob to grab...
Then maybe I should watch the whole series, or at least the last 4 or 5 episodes, and see if I "get it" this time. We'll see :)
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Sorry for sounding so harsh, but I am a fierce Eva fan... I will defend it with my last breath of LCL!!
Again, my apologies... I just found you so repugnant...
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My apologies, I see from one of your other replies that you did understand Yui's role in EoE.
:-) I tend to be very pessimistic in my interpretation of open-ended subjects. EoE seemed very negative to me. :-)
Thank you for noticing and your apologies.
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