[EVA] 1.01 - Misato is OK!

[RJN]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Drew Lewis" <83drew at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 4:39 AM
Subject: Re: [EVA] 1.01 - Misato is OK!


> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:50 AM, RJN <rjn at beeb.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Drew Lewis" <83drew at gmail.com>
>> To: "The english-language evangelion mailing list." <
>> evangelion at yuki.onegeek.org>
>> 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.
>
>
>             Sorry, what I was getting at was that I found the scene in the
> movie when Misato takes Shinji down to                Terminal Dogma, and
> during Operation Yashima when she asks Gendo to let Shinji try
>                       again more effective in conveying their relationship
> than the comic scenes in general.

@Oh I agree totally there :)  That scene, & the fact that Misato knows it 
all already, are what really make 1.01 its own version. BTW what rank does 
Misato have?  Be cool if when Kaji comes, it is Misato to reveals to him the 
secret of NERV, turning the TV version on its head. But it could be Shinji 
that does it....

Another thing I noticed was that when Misato talks about her father issues 
either with Shinji or Ritsuko, its in the present tense.  She seems more 
sympathetic.  Her stony look at Gendou in the elevator scene seems more 
noticable as a result.  Could it be that Dr Katsuragi is still alive in this 
continuity?  Is he working for Seele, maybe as their Ritsuko/top boffin 
equivalent?  In Germany? That would change, fascinatingly, Misato's past & 
present history & mindset.  Or is Anno saving that for 2.0? ;)

Shinji seems much more headed toward the EoE Shinji somehow.  He is already 
rejecting Misato's friendship more than the TV series,& although some 
instances he has more attitude, his sleeping out rough in an alley is more 
in keeping with the depressed state he's in/can get in in EoE.  At least at 
this point he wants to go back eventually.  1.01 really shows more sharply 
how children can be affected by abuse from neglect & lack of love.  Misato 
seems more on the ball analytically in this movie, both self & Shinji.  I 
think that may be Sadamoto's influence somehow.

On a different note, Gendou mentioned a "contract with Lilith" which was 
new.
RJN