Neon Genesis Evangelion

[cloverfan98]

So I view and thought that the Rebuild movies weren't remakes or reboots but a sequel or continuation of the original series. I view the events of NGE to be a cycle and the Rebuild series is the start of a whole new cycle taking place after and directly caused by the events of the original series.

[LegendZilla]

^Interesting outlook. Like a time-loop or something.

[Voyager]

^Interesting outlook. Like a time-loop or something.

It's also confirmed to be the implied canon. Kaworu says he's met Shinji before.

[cloverfan98]

^Interesting outlook. Like a time-loop or something.

Sorta but not a temporal loop or trap. More like reality keeps restarting as Shinji tries to work through his mental crises. Like Edge of Tomorrow everytime Shinji gets a "bad ending" reality is rebooted again to the beginning scene of the series and Rebuild films. I honestly think it may be Shinjis father who keeps hitting the reset button each time hoping this run through will reunite him with his dead wife. Ultimately Shinji is able to wrestle control of this constantly rebooting reality by being able to come to terms with his mental illnesses and what makes the last Rebuild film TRULY the final Evangelion film and the end of the reboot cycle is Shinji helping his friends and family find their own happiness before finding his own.

[Voyager]

Only after watching 3.0 + 1.0 for a second time do I realise why Asuka was being such a class A bitch to Shinji. Last time I think I was just too amazed by this awesome movie. It is of my humble opinion that she, in that moment, while force feeding Shinji, was letting out all her pent up rage at Shinji in the most personal way, unlike their eva duel in 3.0. Asuka was angry at Shinji because he wasn’t there for her for 14 years. She needed him, and while he was in deep slumber, he obviously couldn’t do anything.

[Jetty_Jags]

I don’t know how Anno did it, but 3.0 + 1.0 really does improve the previous three films. It’s quite astonishing really (coming from a guy who already liked them quite a bit).
Also, am I the only one who doesn’t take the references to the past series as a shared chronology? I see the rebuilds much more as a Craven’s New Nightmare situation where it’s a meta commentary on itself rather than an explicit continuation (not that it really matters in the end I guess).

[CyberZilla]

I don’t know how Anno did it, but 3.0 + 1.0 really does improve the previous three films. It’s quite astonishing really (coming from a guy who already liked them quite a bit).
Also, am I the only one who doesn’t take the references to the past series as a shared chronology? I see the rebuilds much more as a Craven’s New Nightmare situation where it’s a meta commentary on itself rather than an explicit continuation (not that it really matters in the end I guess).

Interesting take, it definitely lends itself to that reading as well. I really like that it has these different angles of interpretation, but both of them, whether being meta commentary or shared chronology, can work and improve the lens of the story.

[LegendZilla]

Does anyone think that the guy who played Rando Yaguchi in Shin Godzilla would make a live-action Gendo Ikari?

[Cryptid_Liker]

Does anyone think that the guy who played Rando Yaguchi in Shin Godzilla would make a live-action Gendo Ikari?

He's a bit too young for that role. No idea who would fit, though.

[Voyager]

Does anyone think that the guy who played Rando Yaguchi in Shin Godzilla would make a live-action Gendo Ikari?

He's a bit too young for that role. No idea who would fit, though.

Why, Hugh Laurie of course! With Timothee Chalamet as Shinji and the rest of the cast I have not thought of

[LegendZilla]

^What I have in mind in a series that’s actually produced in Japan. Plus, Hiroki Hasegawa is currently 45 years old.

[Voyager]

Ah I see. We can still have an non-native Japanese speaker though, in the form of Asuka. I don’t want a Kyoko Ann Patterson repeat.

[Cryptid_Liker]

Ah I see. We can still have an non-native Japanese speaker though, in the form of Asuka. I don’t want a Kyoko Ann Patterson repeat.

Speaking of Kayoko Anne Patterson, I watched an old TitanGoji video where he was giving his thoughts on what a live-action Evangelion movie should be like and he casted Satomi Ishihara as Misato. A decision I 100% agree with, honestly.

[Mac Daddy MM]

Lol

"This guy would play this character because he/she was in Shin Godzilla!!!"

[Voyager]

Hugh Lau-rie! Hugh Lau-rie!

[Mac Daddy MM]

Hugh Lau-rie! Hugh Lau-rie!

Hell of a better fit than Rando from Shin Godzilla.

[DrBreakfastMachine]

I'm beginning to think that the anti-universe and the Golgotha object are like a nexus point of every reality where the Doors of Guf are opened and Evangelions exist, and because Kaworu is connected to them he's able to explore all of those possible timelines and exert a limited degree of control over them. But Shinji wished to erase Evangelions from existence, which permanently closed the Doors of Guf, and he got ejected into a reality where the Doors were never opened to begin with.

[Jetty_Jags]

Does anyone on this site happen to have a background in music theory? I pick up a similarity between Komm Susser Todd and David Bowie's song Quicksand (particularly the part where Bowie sings, 'don't believe in yourself'), but I've got no idea if there is actually any structural similarity or if its just some synchronicity to my untrained brain.

Links for ease of comparison

[Omegamorph]

I don’t know how Anno did it, but 3.0 + 1.0 really does improve the previous three films. It’s quite astonishing really (coming from a guy who already liked them quite a bit).
Also, am I the only one who doesn’t take the references to the past series as a shared chronology? I see the rebuilds much more as a Craven’s New Nightmare situation where it’s a meta commentary on itself rather than an explicit continuation (not that it really matters in the end I guess).

this is pretty much how I see it too. Unlike the series, the rebuilds have to be seen in the context of the Evangelion phenomenon in Japan. The New Nightmare comparison I didn't think about and it fits like a glove!

[Gojira1604]

This show was so impactful (no pun intended) & weird that just looking a clips of it makes me feel depressed.