[EVA] & Battle Royale (OT)
nocturne
entryplug at tiscalinet.it
Sun Dec 9 14:13:53 EST 2001
Hi,
can I know the exact title of this anime and where can I find it?
Thanks so much!!
nocturne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Kojima" <antorailgun at hotmail.com>
To: <evangelion at eva.onegeek.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: [EVA] & Battle Royale (OT)
>
> BATTLE ROYALE!
>
> Has to be one of the best films I've seen in my live, _BUT_ (Looks around
> for armed otakus who don't like the word "but") I think I missed the EVA
> references in the film... or at least "Shuya" ("Shinji-esque character...
> apparantly?)
>
> Main differences between him and Shinji:
>
> 1). Shinji's father is a control freak, and I think it's fair to say that
> Shinji for the most part is his puppet (at the very least "being
manipulated
> a bit")
>
> Without going into any details that might spoil "B.R." Shuya's father's
> actions bear little resemblance to Gendo's at all!
>
> 2). At no point in the series (far as i can remember) does Shinji defend
> himself with a pan lid...
>
> 3). Shuya doesn't have a penguin for a roommate. (Yes, PETTY, I KNOW...)
>
> Although the more I think about it, the more co-relations I can come up
with
> between "B.R." and EVA.
>
> 1). Teenagers with little choice other than to fight.
>
> 2). Memorable male and female leads.
>
> 3). Strickly speaking, the school girls are always in their uniforms...
now
> if they dyed their hair blue and got crimson contact lenses...
>
> Naah.
>
> for the record though, BATTLE ROYAL is a film I can't recommend enough. Go
> see it.
>
> I saw it about two months ago, it was being shown for two weeks in the
Irish
> Film Centre in Templebar, Dublin...
>
>
> ANTO
> anto at evangelical.co.uk
>
> (Easily the slowest fanfic writer in history...)
>
>
>
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