slaginpit Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 So, I've been pretty much avoiding everything about this movie so I can go into it fresh. I decided to stick my nose into this thread to check for blu release news, and I'm getting the feeling that you guys do not think that highly of it. Am I reading that right? DING DING DING Quote
Duke Togo Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 DING DING DING That's disappointing to hear. The first two were really quite good. Quote
Einherjar Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 So, I've been pretty much avoiding everything about this movie so I can go into it fresh. I decided to stick my nose into this thread to check for blu release news, and I'm getting the feeling that you guys do not think that highly of it. Am I reading that right? To me at least, it's not dissappointment but anxiety with where the hell is the story going to end up this time around. After being traumatized by End of Eva years ago, I'm really hoping for some closure. However, plot points in Q, to me at least, is pointing towards a darker EoE-style conclusion. Quote
Duke Togo Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 I'm totally not going to open that spoiler box, lol. Quote
Marzan Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 I'm totally not going to open that spoiler box, lol. It takes every bit of my self control not to open it Quote
Tochiro Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 So, I've been pretty much avoiding everything about this movie so I can go into it fresh. I decided to stick my nose into this thread to check for blu release news, and I'm getting the feeling that you guys do not think that highly of it. Am I reading that right?After the initial shock wore off, I really quite enjoyed it for what it was. Its only half a movie though so Im reserving judgement until the next one comes out. Quote
Gubaba Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 So, I've been pretty much avoiding everything about this movie so I can go into it fresh. I decided to stick my nose into this thread to check for blu release news, and I'm getting the feeling that you guys do not think that highly of it. Am I reading that right? I, for one, loved it. One of my best friends (with whom I have similar taste) hated it. Go figure. Quote
Gubaba Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 I'm totally not going to open that spoiler box, lol. Having seen the movie and being spoiler-phobic myself, I say you can open that box without regrets. (Just don't open my responses to Keith.) Quote
antibiotictab Posted March 5, 2013 Author Posted March 5, 2013 Only who has a Niconico account can watch this video, but I highly recommend it. http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm19370584 I was just like him during the Eva Q preview... Quote
antibiotictab Posted April 17, 2013 Author Posted April 17, 2013 The latest promotional video of the BDs/ DVDｓ. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WaLCuG-4wwk Beethoven Symphony No.9... More detailed... Quote
antibiotictab Posted April 23, 2013 Author Posted April 23, 2013 The BDs/ DVDs have started being sold here from today. Quote
Negotiator Posted April 23, 2013 Posted April 23, 2013 The latest promotional video of the BDs/ DVDｓ. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WaLCuG-4wwk Beethoven Symphony No.9... More detailed... Eva just had sex with my eyes. Quote
Beltane70 Posted April 25, 2013 Posted April 25, 2013 I just finished watching this and must say that this was probably the most messed-up part of Evangelion that I've seen. I totally mean this in a good way! Can't wait to see how the fourth film is going to close the Rebuild series! Quote
myk Posted April 25, 2013 Posted April 25, 2013 Yes, the rebuild series has become quite.....visual, but IMO it's more of an assault on the eyes and the senses, especially with the last volume. Maybe I just need to give it another view, I don't know... Quote
Gubaba Posted April 25, 2013 Posted April 25, 2013 (edited) I just finished watching this and must say that this was probably the most messed-up part of Evangelion that I've seen. I totally mean this in a good way! Can't wait to see how the fourth film is going to close the Rebuild series! As I said after I saw it last fall, "I can't think of any other movie where a character trying on a wrong-sized shirt could be so emotionally devastating." Edited April 25, 2013 by Gubaba Quote
antibiotictab Posted April 25, 2013 Author Posted April 25, 2013 I will watch it. After watching the other 3 disks. Quote
Keith Posted April 25, 2013 Posted April 25, 2013 No, I'd say watch 3.33 first, you're gonna need FB7 to raise your spiritia levels back up after. And OMFG what a freakin' trip 3.33 was. It's held 100% true to the escalating process of telling the same story in a 100% new way. Everything I wanted covered is there, and despite the gurmblings I've read, works absolutely perfectly. So yeah, there's still much love coming from me on toward the rebuild series. I absolutely can't wait to find out how the last film is handled. Quote
VF-19 Posted April 25, 2013 Posted April 25, 2013 Just what the heck did I just watch?!?! This is going to need... Several repeat viewings. Quote
taksraven Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 Just what the heck did I just watch?!?! This is going to need... Several repeat viewings. Yeah, what he said. After all this time avoiding spoilers and the such, I only have one simple question to ask, and I don't think that anybody has asked this yet...... WHY THE HELL DOESN'T PRETTY MUCH ANY OF THE FOOTAGE FROM THE PREVIEW AT THE END OF 2.22 APPEAR IN THIS FILM?? CHANGE OF PLANS FROM ANNO AND THE STUDIO OR ARE THEY *REALLY* TRYING TO FUUCK WITH OUR MINDS?? AND DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE IGNORE THE PREVIEW TRAILER AT THE END OF 3.33???????? Quote
Gubaba Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 Yeah, what he said. After all this time avoiding spoilers and the such, I only have one simple question to ask, and I don't think that anybody has asked this yet...... WHY THE HELL DOESN'T PRETTY MUCH ANY OF THE FOOTAGE FROM THE PREVIEW AT THE END OF 2.22 APPEAR IN THIS FILM?? CHANGE OF PLANS FROM ANNO AND THE STUDIO OR ARE THEY *REALLY* TRYING TO FUUCK WITH OUR MINDS?? AND DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE IGNORE THE PREVIEW TRAILER AT THE END OF 3.33???????? Y'all are not alone. Me, I'm glad that when I saw it, I saw it with three friends (one American, two Japanese) and that we could afford the luxury of heading to a café afterwards for an hour or two to peruse the film program and discuss what we just saw. After the end of that discussion, I felt far less disoriented than I did when I first walked out of the theater. As for your question, I have two possible answers, both COMPLETELY conjectural... ONE: the "artistic" answer: It's stuff that happened BETWEEN 2.22 and 3.33, and may be expanded upon later, maybe not. TWO: the "fickle" answer: This is not the movie they were planning to make when they made 2.22. The events, however, may be expanded upon later, or maybe not. HOWEVER... In the film program that you could buy at the movie theater, 3.0 was listed as "Part A" with 4.0 obviously being "Part B." I assume one one of the reasons this movie took so long involved expanding it and splitting it into two full-length films (since 3.0 and FINAL were originally announced as being 45 minutes each. As this point, I like to assume they know where they're going in "Part B." I could be wrong, of course. Quote
Duke Togo Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) WTF? I feel like I just got hit by a 100-ton troll truck, driven by Anno. Insert appropriate "Yo dawg" meme picture... Edited April 28, 2013 by Duke Togo Quote
Gubaba Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) WTF? I feel like I just got hit by a 100-ton troll truck, driven by Anno. Insert appropriate "Yo dawg" meme picture... And isn't that the essence of Evangelion...? Edited April 28, 2013 by Gubaba Quote
Duke Togo Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 And isn't that the essence of Evangelion...? It wasn't the essence of these movies! Christ, he even brought back the long scenes of nothing moving and just voices talking! Not happy. I'm not spending another dime on Rebuild. Quote
Gubaba Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 It wasn't the essence of these movies! Christ, he even brought back the long scenes of nothing moving and just voices talking! Not happy. I'm not spending another dime on Rebuild. The series switched gears halfway through. For the first half, there was a certain amount of fun and comedy. The second half was pretty damn serious. Why shouldn't the movies be the same...? Quote
Tochiro Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 Well, that's not exactly unusual. There was footage in the trailers for Wings of Fairwell that never made it into the movie either. Quote
Duke Togo Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) The series switched gears halfway through. For the first half, there was a certain amount of fun and comedy. The second half was pretty damn serious. Why shouldn't the movies be the same...? Because the series was a mess. The whole age thing is a joke, which he attempts to explain away with one line of dialog; it would have been far more interesting and bolder had he aged them all 14 years. And then to explain the rest of the convoluted mess he has presented us with in 3.33, he gives us the movie's version of the 5-minute elevator ride of exposition (except they aren't in an elevator). Edited April 28, 2013 by Duke Togo Quote
Hikuro Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 I watched 3.33 with my girlfriend and we both looked at eachother afterwards, closed my laptop, turned off the lights and went to bed. Zero discussion over what we just watched. It was all levels of wrong. Quote
Negotiator Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 I expected it since its about the same time the series went to hell, my wife hated it. But its Eva and I'll always love it even if it pisses me off lol Quote
Twoducks Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 I appreciate the beginning. We share the disorientation Shinji feels. Fantastic. BUT Then the 14 years thing starts… yeah, god forbid they get the girls older. The pervs might get rowdy if they can’t fap to preteens. Yeah, yeah, kids pilot the Evas, you can’t have adults there… but the same effect could have been achieved with 7 or 5 years. Other characters really just show some extra wrinkles on their faces and that is it. If you don’t show the world change, why bother to do such a long time jump? To get the new military kids to be 14? Really? Shinji looses all he had gained in the other movies. After the circumstances Shinji lives, no wonder. But it still feels like a steep back with the character. Now the last movie will be him regaining his balls. Repetetive. The end of the world ritual is getting old too. It’s the third time they’ve had one of those animated. Now if they do it again for the fourth movie I’m going to puke. That the events shown in the original trailer after 2.22 are old by this movie shows that they weren’t really that important. Rewatching the trailer fills the wholes very well. You can say that the events were superfluous and didn’t need to be in the movie if just a clip show fills me in perfectly. But the movie itself has the Eva series “artistic” wank moments where character and world fleshing out could have been put instead. Not just the Kaworu/Shinji love affair. Action is super intense. Worth to watch. A bit overuse of the circling around. Yeah, computer animated cartoons can let you do that. Great, we get it. All in all, I lost interest half way in. 2.22 was way better. Quote
Atharun Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 I never liked Evangelion. Whether it was the series,Death and Rebirth, or EoE. Will the Rebuild change that? I know everyone has different tastes but I guess I always struggled to see why people liked it so much. Quote
Gubaba Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 I never liked Evangelion. Whether it was the series,Death and Rebirth, or EoE. Will the Rebuild change that? Probably not, honestly. Quote
anime52k8 Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 Probably not, honestly. is 3.33 as much of a vicious downer as EoE was? Quote
Hikuro Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 is 3.33 as much of a vicious downer as EoE was? Probably worse than that. It leaves you either bored to tears or wondering if there was a lot cut out due to the length being so much shorter than the previous 2 films. I know I went "Wait.......how the hell did all this come to be? How did we go from here to here and what happened inbetween?" There's just a big mess of missing stuff that makes you almost wanna watch a Michael Bay film rather than this movie. Quote
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