[EVA] 1.01 - Misato is OK!

[Drew Lewis]

I can see that.

In all honesty I like this version better, both due to her actually standing
up for Shinji when it counted,  and the handholding scene while Misato shows
him Terminal Dogma was for me a lot more effective in showing their bond
than the 50's sitcom like scenes scattered through the first few episodes.

If Sadamoto is a barometer of Gainax's work ethic, though, I wouldn't count
on seeing the next movie this year.

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:45 AM, RJN <rjn at beeb.net> wrote:

> 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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> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 9:50 PM
> 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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