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[Bumber]

T A N G

Kicked in the Can by my Rehydrated Orange Beverage

[Doomblade187]

T A N G

Kicked in the Can by my Rehydrated Orange Beverage

Chuck Tingle when you least expect it.

[Max™]

idk, I didn't like rebuild. I don't think that the original is all it's hyped up to be either, but it's more worthwhile to see the original warts and all than the condensed version.

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Say you've never actually seen the Mona Lisa, but someone says to instead see the flashy new CGI Mona Lisa that's a hologram head that spins around against a cosmic nebula background. Sure, that's kinda cool I guess, but it's qualitatively not the same as The Mona Lisa, and seeing the real deal is still better value for the time spent.

Those new movies condense down the character development in favor of action sequences and they spent significant time on a new "sexy girl" character who doesn't really get any development at all, at the expense of screen time for the existing ones that Shinji had actual connections to. It's sort of the point of Shinji that you see him in a range of different situations throughout the TV show. He's basically still a kid (14), and he has kid-like reactions to various situations in between the moments he's shitting his pants and can't deal with things. That downtime is important as it makes the heavy shit stand out more. Just boiling it down to his mental breakdown stuff, which is what a whole condensed movie version needs to do, removes a whole layer of character complexity (especially considering I think they removed several major characters that Shinji had close connections to in the remake).

The main problem is that the're omnibus films packing down parts of a TV show (with a hefty amount of flashy new visuals and plot changes)  going from one to the next. They actually don't work all that well as movies by themselves, so there are much better things to recommend than spending time with the Eva rebuild movies. I'd say those are only for true fans who already saw the TV show years ago: as an alternative to rewatching it, you  can watch the condensed, flashy modern-looking film versions. Rebuild to Original is the worse direction. Those movies won't make a fucking lick of sense if you didn't watch the show. I can't actually see many modern kids watching those movies and going "oh wow I have to go and check out the original Evangelion show now!" ... it just doesn't work like that.

EDIT³: I'll just point out that NGE was a fluke due to the range of people working on the original. Hideaki Anno just lucked out on that due to the right people coming together on it, and the whole thing sort of working despite the chaos and lack of clear direction in the series. What else has he written or directed on that level? He hasn't been able to replicate whatever it was that make NGE happen, so he's now doing a remake of his own work. His other work is mostly working on adaptations of mangas and other people's franchises, most of which is decidely meh, like Cutie Honey, Mahromatic, and romantic comedies. Sure, one romantic comedy manga he adapted was pretty ok, but it was hardly the greatest romcom ever, which you'd expect from a genius director.

A much more consistently talented creator is Mamoru Oshii who directed Ghost in the Shell, The Wolf Brigade, The Skycrawlers, etc. Or the collected works of Satoshi Kon. Those dudes' directorial skill shit all over Hideako Anno's stuff by a mile.

Well, Eva isn't gonna make sense anyway, but the one with screaming hyperdimensional Ramiel is a lot fucking cooler than like, half of everything.

[Bumber]

T A N G

Kicked in the Can by my Rehydrated Orange Beverage

Chuck Tingle when you least expect it.

Caught from Behind by the Chuck Tingle Meme When I was Least Expecting It

[TD1]

I must wonder why Chuck Tingle is disproportionately represented on this forum.

[Gentlefish]

Because he's an amazing satire writer. The worst part is, his writing isn't nearly as atrocious as his titles sound and there's some great political dialogue hidden in works where there is a gay billionare helicopter.

[TamerVirus]

I must wonder why Chuck Tingle is disproportionately represented on this forum.

It's a meme, you dip

[scriver]

ur mum is a meme that I've dipped

[overseer05-15]

Dipped in the bum by TamerVirus's meme mum

[TamerVirus]

Rammed In The Butt By The Handsome Physical Manifestation of My Crippling Depression Caused by Yo Mama Jokes Who Is A Bad Boy

[Max™]

I read Framed In The Butt and went straight to "what kinda shitty carpenter works with butt joints" before I hit upon my personal Tingle version:

Ripped in the Kerf by My 10 Inch 18 TPI Dovetail Saw

[Solifuge]

I leave for a year, and when I come back everyone is writing Fan Tinglers. My goodness.

[Teneb]

We do what is needed to advance our society to the next level.

And that thing is Chuck Tingle memes.

[Solifuge]

I stand corrected in the head by my horny memer friends.

[overseer05-15]

Sold my bike! Only got about a third of what I paid for it back, but done is done. The wheels are in motion to start offloading my things.

It sounds like you're gearing up to start a chain reaction.