[EVA] Evangelion Tokusatsu?

[Ayanami]

       This comes off to me as two companies who 
refuse to let their biggest franchise die. It’s bad 
enough that I have two DVDs to buy soon, and now this 
happens. First, Gainax starts messing with the 
original show in the form of the superfluous remaster, 
and now, before that's even fully out, they partner 
with ADV on this live action endeavor. Sure, even I 
have had my thoughts on what a live action Eva would 
be like, but realistically can't see a happy outcome. 
Regardless of special effects, you can't fit something 
like Evangelion into a mere two hours, even if they 
planned a trilogy, it would ultimately feel rushed. 
 	If Eva didn't have as much focus on the 
characters and their psyches as it does, then maybe 
something like this would work. Films, with some 
exceptions, focus more on story and action, leaving 
little time for enough character development. It’s the 
reason why there isn't a Babylon 5 film; it just 
doesn't work in that time frame. Chances are we will 
get mostly cookie cutter characters to go with our 
awesome, digitized, hand-built Evangelion models. 
	Sadly, it looks like Gainax and ADV are doing 
with Eva what Paramount has been doing to Star Trek 
for some time; casting quality ideas to the wind in 
favor of quick mundane ones in an effort to suck the 
show dry as it fades to the annuls of time and memory. 
This happens to nearly every big franchise. Doing this 
usually results in killing a show off, and alienating 
its fans in the process. Whether I'm the only one who 
feels this way or not, I hope this film project 
doesn't turn out nearly as misguided as it sounds. 
Even though I still consider Neon Genesis Evangelion 
one of, perhaps even my favorite anime, even I have 
moved on. More Evangelion is, in the end, simply not 
necessary.
--- Original Message ---
From: Widya Santoso <widya at oldcrows.net>
To: evangelion at eva.onegeek.org
Subject: Re: [EVA] Evangelion Tokusatsu?

>On Tue, 20 May 2003, Aaron Clark wrote:
>
>> Great, just what we need, an Evangelion bastard 
child.
>> 
>> --Aaron
>
>Well, no, it isn't.  "bastard" implies illegitimate, 
and it looks like 
>this announcement is all above board.  Otherwise I am 
sure Gainax would be 
>on them like a ton of bricks.
>
>So... this looks pretty legal to me ^_^
>
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>Widya Santoso        wsantoso at nyx.net       +61 2 
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> The woods are lonely, dark and deep, But I have 
promises to keep
> And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go 
before I sleep
>-- Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening - Robert Frost
>