Anubis

I still think we have some form of space born laser up there. Even if we don't it's still in the books somewhere. So is a "Directed Energy Weapon" for the F-22. Two under wing pods, one marked power, one targeting, that was all the info on the page of ammo dump's weapons book my roommate brought from work. I've seen it mentioned elsewhere as well I think. There's all kinds of good weapons on the way.

I think we may be ready to go, I have heard nothing but praise for one of the two designs. We just need all the high res scans. May want to adjust the 1st page for the two designs one the scans are confirmed. It's been a few days now so it could be construed as contentment. How has the 1st design gone so far, any new progress on the SDF and VF-1S pics. The mikimoto one looks ready to go out the door for those who want that one. The other still needed the spine and top the last we read.

They want to save money cancel the missle shield. That is a waste of money. We have other worries than enemy ICBM launches, which have other intercept means anyway. North Korea is the only one with the possible balls to attempt it, but wouldn't dare with the (at least one) nuclear attack sub we have parked off their coast. We need a helicopter that won't be shot down as easily. I'm no commanche expert, but was this the type of helicopter for that? If not then let it die and make a better one.

They have a few things to work out, but it's safe to say they'll end up together. On a similar note they were the first to come back in part becaue of Rei, but also their because of the evas they were in as well. One point of debate I wuld like to bring up that is not clear is what about Misato and Ritsuko? They were both shot before actual 3rd impact, so technically there, they should have been dead. However, the ghost Rei (II?) that appeared before they actually died could mean they have been included after all in the "merging" as it were, and therefore could have a chance to come back as well. Also, now that I remember, you are actually shown their bodiless clothes on the ground after the impact begins, complete with the new LCL, further giving evidence to support that as well.

Another point towars Asuka actually liking Shinji is how much attention she actually gave him. True she was giving him a hard time, but the attention was still going to him. She didn't give anyone else the light of day. When she went on the blind date the one time, she left early and came right back home. She was rough on him, but if she really hated him as much as she let on, she wouldn't have spoken to him at all. She was trying to get him to speak up. There were times she did not like him and really was pissed off, but deep down was another story. To Shinji's credit, good thing or bad thing, he was also the only guy who could withstand Asuka. After all she did to him he was still around (you could attribute it to his being a punching bag, but regardless he always came out unscathed). Toji and Kensuke were deathly afraid of her. Toji even called her the Demon. The "look the newleyweds are fighting" comment was perfect. The latest volume of the manga (7) has a great scene in it. Asuka is at the train station, and off in the distance she she's Shinji and Rei at the other platform, Rei sitting on a bench, both of them chatting away. She immediately get jealous and storms off. There's no question that Rei had developed feeling for Shinji, it obvious the way she gradually opened up more to him, she stood up on his behalf a couple of times, self destructed Unit-00 to save him at the cost of her life, and Rei-III betrayed Gendo and left the final outcome of 3rd impact everything in Shinji's hands, on what he wanted to do. The problem with Rei is because she was so unused to displaying any high emotion, or doing anything for that matter, that everything was new and foreign to her, and no one knew what was on her mind. Asuka is more difficult to diagnose, because of the heavy mask she displays, the overbearing act she shows everyone, wheras deep down her and Shinji were actually very much alike.

I'll try to take some screen shots of the new pics tonight if I have a chance. I'll open up a new thread with those when I do, unless someone beats me to it.

Allright! The DC Vol. 2 arrived today. I'll give it a watch tonight. There are also more behind the scenes images from the live-action.

How much is shipping though?

That thing is so cute.

The thing is, in my take, Asuka actually did like Shinji, just in her normal fashion she masked it. There are several times she probes him, and tries to get him out of his shell some. She wants him to bite back and act like a man. Against the shadow angel, Shinji surprized her when he said "I'll show you how it's done", she made one comment, and then not another word. It did infuriate her later when he passed her in the synch tests, as her place as no. 1 pilot was her emotional crutch. She talked to him for a second nicely after her call from Germany, caught herself and the immediately put her mask back on. I think the kiss was kind of another "will he actually do it" kind of things from her. The pool incident was as much an attempt to flirt as also messing with him a little. As a fellow pilot Shinji was probably the only guy that had a real shot, IF he could get his act together, which he failed to do, and thus pissed her off. Shinji managed to put her off though with his sheepishness and lack of a spine. The opposite of Shinji's skulking around, she wore a mask of brazenness and superiority on top of her actual overconfidence. This is an area I look forward to seeing more in the manga as he has shown far more backbone with her already on a few occcasions already. She even said in the movie, "if I can't have you to myself I don't want you at all." The kitchen fight they had during the 3rd impact stuff was actually very important, as their feelings actually did come out for that moment. Rei is another topic. Suffice to say, all the positive stides she took were in no small part to Shinji's trying to reach out to her. Take away the super angst, NERV, end of the world, the Rei= Yui/Lithith hybrid complication, and everything else, just the cores of the three characters, and you might have been able to put Rei/Shinji/Asuka in a normal triangle. This is one area several fanfics (serious, as in non-lemon) have actually resonated dead on with IMO. Edit: fixed some spelling.

The MG Gelgoogs have better articulation and details - even the boosters in the skirt are independently articulated, unlike this cheapo toy that looks cheap both on the outside and inside. Not to say the MG's didn't have good detail and mechanics. It even had accordioned ruber for the shoulder joint. Just the color of the Char's Gelgoog sucked is all.

The first movie is Death and Rebirth. You could kind of skip this one if you like, though it could serve as a decent refresher. The first part of it is an orchastrated recap of the series, with a little of the new footage from the DC embedded in there as well. Seemed to try to highlight a few points. The second part is actually the first 20-odd minutes of the actual movie, up to where the Eva-5 series arrive and circle overhead in flight, to be continued. The End of Evangelion movie has those 20 minutes, but instead of cutting to to be continued, continues uninterrupted and finishes the story. An odd way to do it, but that's how the movies were released in Japan anyway. Again, the Director's cut is actually very useful with the new footage, and worth a view if you haven't yet. Vol. 2 just shipped from Right Stuf for me, I'll see what was added to those when it gets here. May take a day or two to work the last two out, because in that instance I may need to sit through the original last two episodes again (or maybe watch them first). I have no clue what they would've done to the last two. For the 21-23 new stuff I found the extra conversations quite good, Fuyuutski gets to talk to Yui some more, more Kaji time, and during Asuka's mind attack you get a better glimmer of what happened to Asuka's mother from listening to the background voices. I don't remember them specifically saying she had a contact experiment accident previously. That alone, putting two and two together, comfirms why her mother went nuts (as is you didn't guess aready), as quite literally because all her marbles were not there, some of her mind or soul was taken into Unit-02, also explaining her presense there in the movie. There was good stuff in there. I want to see what was added the the last 3 episodes. Since the first versions are also (thankfully) on the discs I am going to give my old vol. 7 and 8 to my brother, and since he already has 1 and 2, he can get the remaining 4 discs during the next ADV sale easy enough.

Given it's size, I'd say it's worth no more than 50 bucks.

Thing is, the MG version also had a rather crappy color. My brother has one, and if there's a MG that could use a paint job, it's that one IMO. I'm still waiting for a MG Gelgoog Marine, which is the only Gelgoog I really like.

That's not really a funny thing.

A custom gellery sounds great. It'll net some traffic to the main site, too!

If it was red, and not pink, I'd run out and buy it. As it stands, unfortunately no. My HGUC Gelgood Marine will suffice.

I thought Naoko Akagi jumped and splatted herself over the Magi after her encounter with Rei (I) I really look forward to seeing how the manga plays out in the end. The way they've doen things so far have been great. And yeah, after Dr. Akagi killed the 1st Rei, felt immediately guilty about it what she had done, and jumped off the edge of the deck. You can see on the edge of the computer where he head impacted, and then splattered rather messily.

As Rei told Shinji, everyone that wants to return will be able to return to their individual selves. Just Shinji and Asuka were the first.

That's why they added the vernier ring to the legs on the VF-19 F/S models. Still don't get why they shortened the wings though. In the atmoshpere/trench run the F/S's manuverability must have suffered quite a bit. Yeah they were optimized for space, but they knew they would have to used in the atmosphere some time. Or could they have been planning on eventually making some A-models for that, and just started with Emerald Force's F/S's. Just how badly would the shortened wings affect it's atmosphere flight performance anyway?

The most recent thread about it. link

And I thought that those water cooling systems I've seen were overkill.

It wasn't Misato. People seem to think that because he said "You're late" that it was Misato. In Kaji's style he just made one last Joke with the agent that came and killed him. A SEELE agent, as Kaji and Fuyuutski's discussion pointed towards (a conversation that was expanded somewhat in the DC). Fuyuutski told him that releasing him would cost him his life, and they seemed to agreed that SEELE would have him killed after Kaji released him. After all the events of the day, Misato went into a fit because she knew he was going to die at that point and was dreading some confirmation of thatl. She loved him, therefore she broke down when she heard the message. Lot's of things in Eva can be taken by others in different ways though. The last two episodes served to get in everyone's heads and go into how they each deal with each other, and how they feel they are precieved by others. It tried to get into why they are like they are, as each main character in the series is screwed up in some form or another, something that happened to them in childhood or otherwise that greatly influenced how they became later. It was primarily Shinji's self under the microscope, as he is appaerntly taught that his life is not worthless as he convinced himself he was, that his life was worth living and others could like him for himself. That's actually a good point. Something like that couldn't have been left alone during her time under the microscope if that were the case.

Only if it was flight capable with some form of functioning weaponry. And transformed properly. Home defense kit, right next to the .22 firing 1/48 Mk. II Monster

I've seen the image on a wallscroll before. It's a good one.