[EVA] 1.01 - Misato is OK!

Fri May 30 12:50:30 EDT 2008

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Drew Lewis" <83drew at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [EVA] 1.01 - Misato is OK!

>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.

@I'm not sure what scenes you're thinking of. Car chat #, toothpicks #, beer 
breakfast #  Only comic scenes cut are the rock-paper-scissors cleaning 
chores chart, which was cute & which I missed & the air conditioning scene 
with Ritsuko, which could also have been left.
>
> If Sadamoto is a barometer of Gainax's work ethic, though, I wouldn't 
> count
> on seeing the next movie this year.

Luckily he's not the boss, & there's no Gainax involved.  Its Studio Kharma. 
:)

I reckon September will be movie 2's debut, as last was for YANA.  But they 
need to speed up to maintain interest. Eva is not as self-contained as the 
Star Wars movies (as an example).
RJN
>
> 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
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <once at ix.netcom.com>
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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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