[EVA] 1.01 - Misato is OK!

[RJN]

Having watched the movie again & listened better (sound lower!), the initial 
awe worn off, maybe I was a bit harsh on Rebuild Misato.  Kotono-san is 
still my Misato, but missing or replaced scenes elsewhere generally were 
prejudicing me to some extent.
The audio is actually spoken & recorded similar to Star Trek movies after 
TV, especially TOS - less dialogue apart from where it counts, & backed by 
moving music.  And some of he music sound similar to John Williams's style 
(as does Crest/Banner of the Stars & Outlanders)

1.01 is easier to accept as an alternative *beginning* than EoE is, ending. 
Perhaps comparing the 2 Silent Mobius movies to 1.01 is a good analogy 
(Katsumi & Shinji are also not so different in emotion & background in 
several ways).  :)

According to the trailer 1.02 is called "Destruction".  Is that Adam?  I 
always wondered how SEELE developed Evas in its arms race with NERV. Kaworo 
in Eva 06!  Is the new woman from SEELE?  I want 1.03 NOW!
RJN

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Subject: Re: [EVA] 1.01 DVD has movie script as extra


> The film is very well done from a technical standpoint. Whereas CG is 
> often used in anime to do things more cheaply instead of more creatively, 
> Gainax put imagination into their re-invisioning of the Angel Ramiel. It's 
> almost as if its original geometric form inspired the idea that Ramiel's 
> true form is four-dimensional, and its rapid shifts and folds during 
> attack underscores the notion the Angels are truly things outside normal 
> human experience. This, I feel, is an important artistic quality the 
> Angels should have--something beyond being "giant monsters," but beings 
> that inspire fear and awe because of their unearthliness.
>
> I see what RJN is getting at with the comparison of You Are (Not) Alone to 
> Patlabor 2 and XIII vs. the first film and TV/OAVs, but I'd say the gap in 
> feeling is even greater, in that story developments designed for the 
> period (and pacing) of six TV episodes are now told in one movie. In 
> theory, there's not too much difference between those running times, 
> but...I actually noticed the change most with Shinji, rather than Misato. 
> You feel he's made a little progress towards opening up by the end of #6 
> in the TV series, and I think the change in part is due to the different 
> way the scenes with Toji and Kensuke are handled in the movie (who after 
> all, are Shinji's best chance at making "normal" friends).
>
> --C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: RJN <rjn at beeb.net>
>>Sent: May 27, 2008 11:36 AM
>>To: The english-language evangelion mailing list 
>><evangelion at shinobu.onegeek.org>
>>Subject: [EVA] 1.01 DVD has movie script as extra
>>
>>Been delving more into the extras on my LE set, so far disc 01.  It has 2
>>Japanese audio tracks 2/2.0 & 3/2.1 - the latter comes across louder on 2
>>speakers!
>>
>>Nice menu, even has separate entry points for each company logo at the
>>start, & there are quite a few chapter selections.
>>
>>But the main extra feature is that the Japanese script is on the DVD. You 
>>go
>>forward or back in single pages by pressing the right or left button
>>respectively. Like a slide show.
>>
>>No angles or subtitles unfortunately...
>>
>>On 3rd watching, I still feel the warmth of the characters has mainly 
>>gone.
>>Misato is snappier & more senior - like how she comes across in EoE. 
>>Shinji
>>is voiced very well by Megami Ogata - bit more boyish sounding.  Ritsuko &
>>Kaworu sound the same.  Hikari sounds younger! - is her seiyuu still Iwao
>>Junko?  Maya sounds a bit older too.
>>
>>At the beginning the sea & harbour around Tokyo 3 (maybe all Japan is red,
>>as only the Antarctic is in Eva TV).  There is also a white body outline
>>"painted" on the surface.  Is that where Rei in 00 fell, or a previous
>>angel?  If the latter, it might explain the renumbering.
>>
>>1.01 is a well polished, fascinating work.  But like Patlabor 2 & 3 to
>>Patlabor TV/OVA/movie 1 fans, its cold.  I hope 1.02 with Asuka will warm
>>things up a lot - never thought I'd miss the egotistical brat so much! :)
>>RJN
>>
>>
>>
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