mixed feelings

Augustus 2022-10-04 06:38:04

When watching YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE, I seem to have some hunch, that even if the detached evangelion series has been washed by the Japanese animation trend in the past ten years, it will finally eat the fireworks, fall into the clichés, and lose its virginity.

What I am most afraid to hear in this world is the big responsibility to save mankind and save the earth shouted from the pilot's mouth, especially the pilot of the evangelion. The essence of the whole film is actually the driver's complicated selfishness, dark thoughts and expectations buried deep in his heart. When you put all this righteous, it will be completely Ultraman and Dinosaurs.

Not afraid of dying, not afraid of HAPPY ENDING, but afraid of the second-year junior and the scumbag Kai Wudi (I can't help but swear, Kira, your dragoon is really the biggest weirdo in Gundam history...), but also for world peace The second force flag.

So Second Lieutenant Katsuragi said in the preface that I will hand over this world to you, and I burst into tears.

The idea was verified in 2.22. Although it is not to save the earth, but out of pure friendship or budding love, Aiji successfully ran away and killed the 10th apostle of the strongest defense body, but let me read the old version no less than five times. The man crushed the plates all over again.

Motivation is very important. To know that people burst out with inhuman energy in the face of fear, anxiety and tension, it is better than "give...give Ling Bo Li back to me!!!" "===This Girlish motives are far more realistic and far-reaching. When I saw the two of them clasped their hands, their eyes were full of love, and when they finally embraced naked, the grief and anger that filled my heart were indescribable. It was like seeing Shinji Ikari tilting his head and smiling evilly at me. Little brother, I finally got a naked MM."

GAINAX ah GAINAX! You are not SUNRISE! Does every pilot hold a naked MM before or after the runaway to be considered complete? ! What kind of stupid mindset and animation framework is this ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Destroying the 10th Apostle, the No. 1 machine was released from the armor and completely runaway. This was one of the biggest highlights of the old version of EVA. Now it has been changed to this cowardly look for you, which makes us feel bad. I have never forgotten Ogata Emi's "hayaku...hayaku...hayaku" that overflowed from the depths of her throat with trembling and screaming. Now, there is no such deathbed from fear into desire for survival. Shouting, Shinji-kun is a complete man. From starting the first machine, to pushing him on the launcher, to the full opening of AT FIELD, in less than 5 minutes, Jia Junpeng has become a brother Chun, and he has a clear mind like this. The form is completely violent to the end.

Ritsuko fanned the flames for the hero on the side: "Shinji-kun, if you go deeper, it will be dangerous, stop!" Shinji-kun waved his hand dashingly, "Watch it~~~~~~ As long as Lingbo is rescued~~~ I'll watch it even if I fail. Drop~~~~~~~~~"

I burst into blue veins in front of the camera. . . . your sister. . . . . . . . What about 300% fusion? ! What about biting? ! What about the instant blood that broke the Apostles' defensive AT stance? Your picture is exquisite, and your aura is full, but the animal nature of the first machine and the form of the amazing "giant human body" are all gone, and you still have a ring. . . Do you think you are an arcangel ah ah ah ah ah? ! Actually cut out the part of eating the apostle! My favorite part of you actually simplified it to roaring, swimming, pulling people, hugging, and everyone cheered!

In the original version, when everyone saw the runaway form of the first machine, the expressions in their eyes were clearly not admiration and joy, but fear, please! The sense of fear has been wiped out by the screenwriter, so how can people not feel cold!



OK, let's talk about screenwriting.

Screenwriters are undoubtedly trying to survive, and no one can understand you better than us.

The 26-episode TV version has already compressed several volumes of comics into a thick waffle. If you insist on smashing it into a nano-cake, people can only tie the link together, and the progressive plot will be re-opened. , the character contradictions are rearranged to give you a super condensed version of overlapping routes.

All the apostles in the TV version have different meanings. In fact, it is really one more and one less. However, in the theatrical version, the blackout battle, the naval battle, and Shinji Asuka's "dance if you want to win" scene were cut. The whole process of emotional advancement between the characters was cut in half, and kneaded into a lump like dough.

Let's see how the screenwriter solved the main contradictions in a few words.

1. Shinji's complex feelings of hatred and anger towards his father and longing for love at the same time need to use the virtual cockpit to eliminate the four who were invaded by the apostles. The scene of the No. 1 aircraft broke out, but at the same time, Asuka had to take advantage of the collapse of her confidence without the mentally polluted scene of the Longinus gun battle. Both are necessary factors for the progress of the plot. Therefore, the fourth machine is not the poor Soy Sauce classmate of Aiji. Instead, it is replaced by Asuka. At the same time, a new test-type battle suit is also produced. The peripherals of the figure can expand the market. The stone smashed a bird directly, it's so clever!

2 The key episode of Ling Boli's mood change occurred after Ai was swallowed by the shadow apostle. For the first time, she blurted out "No way! Ikari is still inside!" After she was castrated for the first time, she was worried about others. , can only be achieved through the short frames of Ikari's classmates making the bento to send the bento. So suddenly, overnight, Ling Bo Li turned from a face paralysis to a virtuous wife, just because she said three words "Thank you" to classmate Aying, she thought about this three-word classmate Ling Bo overnight. The depth is simply deeper than that of Comrade Descartes? Overthinking it.

3 Another reason for the collapse of Asuka's confidence was the drop in the synchronization rate, but that scene became because the Vatican Treaty stipulated that each country could not hold more than 3 EVAs, so the No. 2 machine was temporarily blocked and handed over to the European side. have. It's just a policy adjustment. You don't need to be so angry about what you say Asuka. The most inexplicable thing is that the screenwriter actually kept the classic freeze-frame elevator scene and castrated the freeze-frame length. Original: Anno Hideaki-style silence, Bach's a cappella cello in the background, two young girls with different thoughts, Asuka's doubts about her self-worth (because of low synchronization rate, the driving right of the second machine was cancelled) and because of unwillingness to lose. An outburst of roar full of escape. As a result, now I don't know what the background music is playing. Asuka is angry at Lingbo, but she doesn't know what she wants to show. . Just because the No. 2 aircraft was recovered by Europe, you are still the ace of the European Air Force. It's urgent, how good is it to switch to another one.



4 I would like to see how they explain the blessing in the future. Asuka's feelings for Blessing have also been wiped out, and the sex scene between Ge Cheng and Blessing is gone, so how exactly are you going to tell Ge Cheng the truth about SEELE and NERV? What about Blessing's final death? By the way, my Adam body cell was changed into a geek with a capsule head, which made me depressed too.



5 The complexity of Ritsuko's character is reflected in the episode of the apostle's intrusion into the MAGI supercomputer. The special feelings of the mother and himself for Ikari Yuandu are explained through interludes. Without this episode, Ikari will not understand Lingbo in the end. The truth, but I don’t need to know it anymore. I have already been rescued, but I returned to the previous berserk system, and the liquidization of the 300% synchronization rate was not reached. After that, a series of psychological descriptions of Aiji were all slashed. cut out. Is this drama a juvenile war movie or a campus romance movie, please? !



Then there's the soundtrack.

Adding soothing background music to violent scenes has been a common technique for Shiro Luchao. For example, in THE ENDING OF EVANGELION a few years ago, when Asuka was alone against N production machines, the background music was Bach's AIR II. I read that scene countless times, and I was deeply attracted by such high-level violent aesthetics. Now that they have used this trick, when the first number against the fourth machine, the background music "Kyou no Hi ha Sayounara" like a nursery rhyme really brought tears to my eyes, a cruel and heart-wrenching fight, The fragile and delicate feelings that were born at birth were torn apart, like blood overflowing and suffocating.

But within 2 hours, if you use this technique twice, it is a bit too hypocritical.

It's still the tenth apostle's scene (I have a deep resentment for that), no matter how strong the contrast of the children's song is, it can't be used every time. The shock and the feeling of excitement brought by the liberation of the first machine's counterattack suddenly disappeared. "Decisive Battle", the old EVA fan's ace battle BGM that gives goosebumps when listening to it, has been greatly weakened in the new work, resulting in a series such as "angle of doom", "the final decision all we must take", " alternatives such as carnage. Bel Canto processing is certainly very emotional, but it is still the same sentence, which should not be used too much. The three capitals are in the same style, why not use "Decisive Battle" with different rhythm rates to express it?

. . . . . I understand, is it that when Ayaka beat Asuka's wife last time, he had to play a children's song, and when he beat Ling Boli's wife, he also had to play one, for the balance of the interests of the harem of his wife and concubine. . . It turned out to be so.



Well, after spitting out so much bitter water, let’s talk about the good places.

First of all, the graphics are superb. In the fierce battle, the action is hearty, and the appearance of the apostles is getting more and more cute =v=.

Secondly, although the soy sauce girl Mari Makibo is a spectacled girl, but the attributes of a bad girl and the domineering of "I wipe it, I am not afraid of not reaching your core today, you don't know why the flowers are so red!" Let me applaud. A woman who is not afraid of death is really aura! The cool-looking airport "fighting" is all dedicated to this little girl's family.



Lei Dian:

1 Ikariyuandu, why don't you have a black belly? Why don't you smile? !

2 Mr. Blessing, you have finally been GAY with the flow! That kiss made me as FN embarrassed too.

3 When the tenth apostle was choked to death, the nerve connection was not cut off, and his head was shot. Comrade Mary, are you wearing a bronze holy garment? How did you survive?

4 The tenth apostle who finally swallowed Unit 0 became Lilith Yigang. . . This progress is a bit too fast. . . The first machine is holding such a huge naked Limbo. . . How bad it was.

5 Comrade Mary, I like all your fight scenes, but your last stance on using your teeth to open AT is a little bit. . Too limitless. I knew you were tough, but I didn't expect you to be completely out of control. . .



The film is still recommended. Check it out after dinner, don't study the dialogue of the characters in the plot, the picture is still good. Little POPO is just waiting for the screenwriter to get around this scene, no wonder it is a new production and a new ending. Where is the old ending. . Gee.



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Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance quotes

  • Ryoji Kaji: [Shows up behind Ritsuko] You lost a little weight, huh, Ritsu?

    Ritsuko Akagi: Nice try, but I gained more than I'd like to admit.

    Ryoji Kaji: Maybe you're just wearing too many clothes.

    Ritsuko Akagi: I'd show you, but this room's being monitored.

    Ryoji Kaji: Was monitored. I replaced the main feed with a loop.

    Ritsuko Akagi: Thoroughly prepared as always, huh?

    Ryoji Kaji: Hey, when I play, I play to win.

    Ritsuko Akagi: But you've lost.

    [an angry Misato watches from the window]

    Ritsuko Akagi: You should've covered the windows too.

  • Unit-01 Dummy Plug System: [during start-up, in reverse] Freedom is an illusion. All you will lose is the emotion of pride. To be dominated by me is not as bad for human pride as to be dominated by others of your species.