The appearance of TV/EOE, the soul of the new theatrical version---comment on EVANGELION: Q1
. What is EVA?
In my opinion, EVA has left the category of animation produced by general industrial production methods, and has gradually moved closer to literature, becoming an expression director (writer ) of the mind, emotion, life, memory, personal character.
The characters of all the characters in EVA are taken from the personal character of Anno Hideaki.
In other words, EVA is the product of pure idealism directed by Anno Hideaki, and it is a self-contained system.
Since the two generations of EVA have spanned more than ten years, the director's personality will also change in the past ten years. He even got married. This means that the characters in the new theatrical version are more active, more open-hearted, and more action-oriented. The decisive reason. But also, because Anno Hideaki is still Anno Hideaki, there is no change in essence, so the spiritual core of the new theatrical version, that is, the soul, is not much different from the TV version, and the difference between what the director is trying to express is not very big.
But these small and subtle differences make a great change in the direction of the plot, which leads to the difference between the old and the new world.
This is EVA.
2. What is Q
At the end of April, the much-anticipated new theatrical version of Evangelion: Q released BD/DVD. It has been almost three years since the last BD/DVD was released in July 2010. In the past three years, everyone has wondered what happened after the first machine awakened? Did Shinji Ikari rescue the goddess Rei Ayanami? Will the rhythm and trend of the plot continue the momentum of breaking up?
As a result, Q disappointed most viewers. In Q, Ikari Shinji's lonely heart full of Chubi's atmosphere and a replica of Ayanami Rei, who has no emotion and only appearance, is presented. The important people in Ikari Shinji's heart, the goddess failed to rescue, Asuka wanted to beat him, Miss Misato alienated him and regarded him as a dangerous person and put on a DSS collar for him, his only friend Nagisa dies, the old man Daddy Yuandu used him as before and ignored him.
All this can be described as betrayal and separation, plus the guilt caused by the near third impact caused by myself, I summarize it as: hopeless loneliness.
Looking at such a Shinji Ikari, fans who have come from TV and EOE should have a strong sense of sight.
Yes, it was the silent boy who held his knees and curled up.
Therefore, Q and TV-EOE are very similar in terms of tone, atmosphere, protagonist's heart, and plot.
Therefore, I personally think that what Q shows, as the title says, is the appearance of TV/EOE and the soul of the new theatrical version. Under the many wonderful similarities and echoes of the plot and TV/EOE, there is a very deep hidden Anno Hideaki. The intention is also branded with the unique mark of the new theatrical version.
Then the following will use him as a bridge, trying to perspective and analyze the difference and connection between Q and TV, and the first two theatrical versions, inheritance and change.
3. Those things that change and remain unchanged
Plot:
After careful review, we can find that Q’s plot is equivalent to TV23 (the second half) + TV24 + part of the EOE. The appearance of Ayanami's replica ("Three Eyes" in TV, unknown in the new theatrical version), the appearance and death of Nagisa, the battle between NERV and WIILE/government forces (in EOE), ADAM and Ikari Mototo are about to merge (Q The performance is that the box containing the key of Nebuchadnezzar was taken out, and the egg of ADAM was implanted in the hands of Ikari Yuandu in TV-EOE) and so on are the common main plots in the two generations of EVA, and the degree of similarity is It's very high. For example, there is no memory, emotion, or bond between Ayanami's replica and Ikari Shinji. The BGM of Nagisaun's death is still Ode to Joy. And Zhu Xun's method of death is also similar. TV24 was strangled by the neck of the first machine, and Q was killed by the DSS collar on his neck.
Ikari Shinji, who had been in the plug for 14 years, was rescued, very much like the TV20 No. 1 machine was rescued after sleeping in the LCL for a long time after awakening.
Xiangxiang's underwater work in Q has the charm of capturing the Eighth Apostle on TV10 No. 2.
Unit 13 and Unit 8+2 in the final episode are somewhat similar to the feeling of Unit 1 + Unit 2 fighting the Seventh Apostle in Episode 8 of TV.
Detail 1: In the TV version and in the preface, the SDAT player that Ikari Shinji carried with him cycled between 25 and 26, and was bumped to 27 by Makibo in the middle of the break (corresponding to the title of you can(not) advance), and In the Q, it goes to 28.
Detail 2: In Q, there are many pictures inside NERV, such as the severely destroyed underground city and GEO FRONT, the elevator that was slapped by Rei Ayanami, and the place where the first machine and father were first seen , The place to chat with Kaji Ryoji, the central dogma... Compared with Xu/Bao, the feeling of alienation, strangeness, and non-human beings after 14 years is even more obvious.
Detail 3: Many of the storyboards are surprisingly consistent. For example, when Shinji Ikari wakes up in NERV, it is exactly the same scene in the second episode of TV "Unfamiliar Ceiling" and in the sequence. Another example is the head of the Dabaili that Ikari Yuandu was watching in Q (it should be the head of the No. 0 machine that was eaten by the force angel) and the head of Dabaili in EOE is very similar.
Detail 4: This has been exposed by many people very early. Asuka's injured eyes, hands, and combat uniform are exactly the same as EOE.
Asuka: Xiangxiang, who was quarantined and observed, is back. The mantra changed from "Shinji the Stupid" to "Shinji the Little Devil". The 28-year-old Xiangxiang, who punched, urged, and pushed Ikari Shinji forward, is the highlight of Q, and the teamwork in Q also reflects the growth and maturity of 14 years.
Makiba: The impetus for the plot is not as obvious as Po, but the character is the same as Po. He sings, fights optimistically, and likes to call Shinji Ikari "Puppy".
Misato: The confidant sister who led Shinji Ikari's growth and progress in Prologue and Destruction, urging him to move forward for his own goals, and the KISS who calmly sent Shinji Ikari to the first machine before he died in EOE and presented him as an adult The MISATO-san, disappeared in Q. Short hair indicates neutrality or even masculinity, and the tone of voice is more like Ikari Yuandu, indifferent and ruthless. But from her delay in pressing the DSS detonator, it seems that something can be found...
Rei Ayanami: Rei Ayanami in Q is almost the same as Rei Ayanami in TV-EOE. But at the end of Q, she picked up the DAT Walkman and walked with Shinji Kako Ikari seemed to herald something. The broken Ayanami Rei appears to appear in Q in her school uniform, and her life and death are unknown.
Ikari Yuandu: Gained the great trust of SEELE, became the king of LILIN, eliminated the interference of No. 3, 4, 5, and 6 and the boy Nagisa of SEELE, and squeezed the value of No. 9 and 13. It is Q big winner in .
14: This number is very special in the new theatrical version. 13 apostles + LILIN (that is, humans) = 14, 14 (numbered 0-13) EVA bodies (excluding the final production machine). The EVA was driven by a 14-year-old boy. There is 14 years between broken and Q. In the order of A (sequence) B (broken) Q, B and Q are separated by 14 letters. A track in SDAT is 28 in Q, which equals 14*2. Most importantly, the final work of the NGE era: REVIVAL OF EVANGELION and Q were separated by 14 years.
4. Unresolved Questions
What happened in 14 years?
How could MARK.06 be inserted under the gun of Cassius?
Will the broken Ayanari survive?
How did Asuka's left eye erosion affect her body?
EVA's curse is only to prevent the body from growing?
The reason for the establishment of WILLE?
Why did you choose to recycle the first machine after 14 years?
How could the first machine be sealed in space? What did
Zhu Xun mean by those words, does it mean that there is a world of reincarnation?
What is the significance of WILLE calling Ayanami Rei's replica as ADAM's container?
What do "the first batch of Ayanami type" and "move to a place where Li Lin can get close" mean?
What message did Fuyuki show Ikari Shinji in the photo?
What elements are required for the human completion plan in the final episode (i.e. final impact)?
5. The conjecture
about the final words is basically a random guess when there is no full record of Q, the trailer at the end of the film is unreliable many times, there is not much information, and many problems of Q and even have not been solved.
But judging from the situation of TV-EOE, it should be proper for the 8+2 machine to fight the mass production machine. Since Ikari Yuandu has gained the trust of SEELE, there is not much doubt about the development of the human completion plan (I don't know if it will be interrupted). It is also possible to introduce the past of the story like the TV21 episode.
Judging from Zhu Xun's saying: "See you again, Shinji-kun", I boldly speculate that the final story is likely to be completed in the heart (dream) like TV25-26, and the two will meet and talk in the spiritual world. .
6. Brave boy, go create a miracle and
return to Ikari Shinji.
In fact, Shinji Ikari has been working hard to advance in Q.
Misato was in danger, so he shouted that he was going to drive the No. 1 machine;
when he heard Ayanami's voice calling, he decided to follow the voice;
knowing that drawing a gun could save the world, he was more active than Nagisa;
Shinji Ikari in Q, in fact It is completely active, and actions are all out of one's own will, and the cowardly, passive, Ikari Shinji in TV-EOE who needs Misato to push forward has made great progress.
In the past, the driving force that supported Shinji Ikari on the first machine was to gain the approval of others, especially his father, and this was his value.
And in Q, his motivation to sit on the 13th machine, from the "need of respect", to the "need of self-realization", he himself wants to save the world, restore the world, it is a huge progress, it can be said, and EOE's Shinji Ikari is completely different.
It's a pity that in Q, his situation is worse than EOE. The first machine became a part of WUNDER, and his own synchronization rate was 0 (Asuka in TV and EOE also appeared with a synchronization rate of 0). Just like the huge difference between Po and the Q poster, only Nagisa was left by his side. Because of his middle 2 and insistence, even Zhu Xun died in the end.
At the end of Q, as he lay limply in the spigot, all I felt was hopeless loneliness.
As the narration in one of Q's trailers summed up: the teenager wakes up, the teenager is shocked, the teenager meets, the teenager knows despair, and then the teenager meets hope.
I hope he can know the truth of CAN NOT REDO, understand the mission he undertakes, face his destiny bravely, and can really meet hope in the final words, and go on together with Asuka and Ayanami (a replica is also fine), Continue to ADVANCE and create your own miracle.
7. The theme song 桜流し, which calls for love
Q in the center of the world, was released as an album very early last year, and was included in the OST. The day before I watched Q, I listened to it myself, and was moved by Bei Jiu and Sakura Ryu. The mournful 桜流し is closer to EOE's theme song Thanatos-If I Can't Be Yours in terms of style, and it is like Q and Broken in contrast to the passionate Beautiful World, forming a close echo and connection.
One of Sakura Ryu's lyrics is "Everybody finds love, in the end" I
hope everyone in the EVA world can find love in the final words.
May every EVA fan call for love and find love in reality.
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