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Misato has ice, snacks and 50 GALLONS OF BEER in her fridge lmao. Mood. Her car is wrecked and there's a monster that might kill her and all she can think about is car payment loans lol. She's just like me fr. Well, except for the groomer vibes she's giving off.

I'm sure it's gonna get depressing very soon, I hear all the characters suck and half of them are sexpests. Seems like you get a pretty decent understanding of why they suck though. I already dislike Shinji though, dude get in the fucking robot the world is ending. I guess sucking is hereditary, because his dad sucks too, fucking dumbass. Dude if your son is "the chosen one" when it comes to piloting these things and you're all "I must sacrifice everything for the mission" then sacrifice some free time to be with your son so your top pilot is less psychologically messed up.

NERV is in dire need of a psych team though, insane that there isn't a dedicated therapist to help the pilots deal with trauma.

Also it's so beautiful! I miss old anime like this and Akira, everything just gets to breathe. It's so pretty every frame is a painting. The women have noses and they look like women, which is also impressive. Sadly there's still only one body type women can have, but at least they can look humanoid.

Anyway, bit idea: Guy who only watches Evangelion for the fights.

Edit: Okay so Shinji managed to make two friends and they get sent away. The dude needs a support network, how incompetent can his dad be? "Huh my best pilot is getting some friends? Can't have that, we need him to be as mentally unstable as possible!"
Dude needs to be fired.

Double edit: Now on an episode where an EVA goes berserk and tries to attack the dad and he just stands there looking at it and then when it breaks thru to him he's shocked. The guy is absolutely not beating "himbo, but not actually hot, just dumb" allegations

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[-] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 12 points 3 months ago

Evangelion is like having a severe brain aneurism, but it feels good the whole time

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

Please continue with these updates

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[-] lil_tank@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

I just finished it! It's crazy how the series remains pretty funny for a long time before getting really depressing. I think most people forget to mention the humour because they remember the last thing they saw.

And yeah big CW for all kinds of sexual misbehaviour

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

I think most people forget to mention the humour because they remember the last thing they saw.

See also: Romeo and Juliet.

yeah big CW for all kinds of sexual misbehaviour.

My biggest issue with the sexual stuff is that some of it is pretty obviously on purpose, but some of it just seems like its awooga

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

NERV is in dire need of a psych team though, insane that there isn't a dedicated therapist to help the pilots deal with trauma.

Realistically, the therapists’ job in this scenario would be manipulating the soldiers and/or finding ways to numb and avoiding the pain

Anyway, despite relating to Shinji in many ways, the grandness and stakes of the show makes it very hard for me to be on his side. Like I literally become military brained and demand they torture or MKULTRA the kid in order to fight the literal demons. Yes, yes, I know they’re all metaphors for current issues. But man. I don’t know. It’s like any other anime where the teenager is the chosen one - it becomes goofy after a while.

If the stakes were more grounded, I’d be more understanding. I guess I’m not into mecha stuff at all lol. Unless it’s something like MGS where the sci-fi stuff is just part of conventional war and not biblical aliens and robots with souls inside. Or Mr Robot which is just live action Evangelion about hackers, down to the semierotic gay undertones between the “villain” and protaganist and singularity of humankind. The setting is grounded and because of that I feel more attached, despite hating the show.

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[-] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

That's how it draws you in to crush your heart 20 episodes later.

Also, a lot of 'serious' media like this is actually really funny. Moby Dick and Ulysses are not very serious in tone at all. Even The Wire has funny character moments.

It's not that these shows are serious all the time. It's that they earn their serious moments and do them properly

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's how it draws you in to crush your heart 20 episodes later.

Neat!

Also, a lot of 'serious' media like this is actually really funny. Moby Dick and Ulysses are not very serious in tone at all.

Moby dick is just 80 chapters about how big whales are, and the first of those chapters starts with "whales are fish".
The rest of moby dick is a pretty good story, but my god it needs an editor. Chapter 1 is peak though, and the line about knocking hats off is funny as hell. I also love that Ishmael gets scammed by Ahab and his colleague.

[-] spacecadet@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago

Imo people have the worst reasons for disliking Evangelion. The shit rocks and all current anime sucks.

[-] BRINGit34@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 3 months ago

Evangelion the show has issues especially in the first half. But once it clicks it is extremely different and thought provoking. As someone who was exposed to it pretty young it had an effect on me that most shows don't.

End of Evangelion. The movie after the show is like ten times better. God it is impeccable. There are very few pieces of art that compare in thematic grandiose. The set pieces are grand, I mean they are pretty much spiritual. I don't want to give too much away but when you watch the movie make sure you have time to watch it with no interuptions on a big screen.

And the rebuilds are pretty alright too. Not a big fan of the animation but the message is far more positive.

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

I look forward to the movie! Should I watch the original series or one of the remakes, in your opinion?

The set pieces are grand, I mean they are pretty much spiritual.

epsteingelion

[-] Beaver@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Should I watch the original series or one of the remakes

You should watch the original, and then End of Evangelion, and then the rebuild series (it's both a remake and a sequel of sorts)

[-] Mindfury@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

i really getting into basically unconfirmed lore via tiktoks, so fuck it, this post is the impetus for me to download it all

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[-] Taster_Of_Treats@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

Weathering with You is just as beautiful.

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

It's just so much of old anime that gets to me like this. Akira, ghost in the shell, Paprika, all things Miyazaki

[-] Red_sun_in_the_sky@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

I have never watched this. I really don't know what to watch. Is it a movie or series? I'm clueless. I only hear about end of evangelion. Only mech anime I ever watched was eureka seven.

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Evangelion isn't on my "must watch" list, but it definitely doesn't belong on a list of mecha anime imho.

If anything is interesting at all, its the difficulties the studio and creator had while making it, and his absolute disdain for his fans. To hear him, eva is a repudiation of bad tropes in anime. The tsundere-type and the silent hero type are taken to their illogical extremes (quaint now) and takes great care to also show the ugly side of what a person like that would be. Knowing Anno hideakis hatred of his fans (and maybe even himself) goes a long way in understanding the anime for what it is and what he was trying to do.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 months ago

I tried to watch it years ago and literally first thing i encountered (it was some ova or movie i think) started with SA. Didn't find it funny.

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

That sucks, I'm sorry to hear that

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