The apocalyptic religious epic for the cinema is
completed, Dead Sea documents, Adam and Lilith. Randomly extracting a few keywords of the EVA series can make people feel a strong sense of doomsday and religious destiny, a typical epic temperament . The first few EVAs were limited by the technology and budget at the time, and today they seem too rudimentary. EVA Q paints a perfect post-apocalyptic landscape of decadence and desolation, and creates a truly epic and epic post-apocalyptic battle. Wille's huge fleet, the ruins of the Nerv headquarters under the setting sun, the bright red Third New Tokyo City that has become an EVA grave, the huge moon with stigmata, the sea of skulls of the final dogma, and the EVA flying in the sky in the final battle The mutilation and the core-shaped black moon that was sucked out of the surface... All these make EVA Q bring a strong epic feeling and shock the heart. And the best way to experience this apocalyptic feeling is to watch this work made for theaters on a wide screen.
Different from the concept when he started making the EVA TV version, the supervisor Anno Hideaki abandoned the view that "Anime does not need the huge amount of details and information in the movie". In order to highlight the grand scene and world view of EVA, he began to focus on the details of the theatrical version. Do everything possible. EVA Q's fine painting, rich elements, human-computer interaction and other designs have reached an unprecedented height in the whole series, and it is definitely the leader in the theatrical animation. For example, in the opening battle for the first machine, regardless of the fine design of the second machine's segmented acceleration, the scene of the apostle's tentacles radiating and rotating is enough to make people stunned. Another example, the long and wide screen is not enough to accommodate Wunder's huge body. Wunder flew into the distance for a few seconds before the stern gradually closed to the screen, and the low voice of EVA came from a distance, echoing in his ears. . The realism and shock brought by the meticulous painting can only be experienced under the wide screen of the cinema.
Great music and sound effects
I have to say that in recent years, Shiro Heron's understanding of sound and his mixing technology has improved a lot. The original soundtrack is better than the previous one. The choir vocals, orchestral music and other solemn religious elements and distorted electronic The elements are perfectly intertwined, and the unique doomsday epic temperament of EVA is vividly rendered. The most impressive soundtracks: 'Dark Defender' and 'The Anthem' showed Wunder's first battle soaring to the sky and the demeanor of the gods, with a passionate and enthusiastic mood; 'Gods gift' gave the final battle a tense, twisted and tragic atmosphere And a strong sense of religious destiny; finally, the ending song "桜流し" sung by Utada Hikaru tells the endless sadness and sorrow, and pays homage to the lost lover. The ending songs of the first two new theatrical versions are all emotionally lively "Beautiful World", which also forms a sharp contrast with the first two.
The sound effects are also very impressive. Some friends said that the rhythm in the middle of the film was not well grasped, and it was too slow. That part was really quiet and gloomy, with a lot of scenes depicting the destruction of the world and Nerv's new headquarters. In fact, the rhythm will not feel too slow in the theater, because the deep background sound effects in the theater can produce a very good sense of layering and depth, allowing the audience to concentrate on the atmosphere created by the supervision. Time flies by the time you feel and even enjoy the world of EVA Q.
Everything stems from an assumption: If man finds God, what will he do?
After the listing of EVA Q's BD, it caused a lot of scolding in China. The plot jumps, the greatly changed story, and the setting of the suspected parallel world, in short, make everyone feel that they don't know what to do.
However, for the EVA new theatrical version series, if only "micro-innovation" is carried out under the framework of the previous work, it is really a "new century cheating plan". I think for the ghost supervisor Anno Hideaki, using the influence of EVA to make money is very secondary, and how to push the EVA series to the extreme, explore the infinite possibilities of the EVA world, achieve the ultimate completion of EVA, and his personal Overseeing the completion of his career is his goal. Therefore, I have a more positive attitude towards the jumpy and obscure parts of the plot, and I will make comments after the new theatrical series is over.
Since the apostles can appear in various forms, can the EVA also appear in a state different from the human form? Now that humans have mastered the technology of making EVA, can they make apostles? If the shock started, what would humans have evolved and what would have changed geographically? Around this series of problems, Anno Hideaki once again developed his bold imagination, and set up new machines such as the God-killing battleship "Wunder", the No. 13 machine, the Nerv base 14 years later, the gun of Cassius, Adam's Substantial innovations such as containers, the radicalness of its imagination is convincing.
In fact, even if the setting has changed, the fate of the characters has not changed substantially. For example, Nagisa Kaoru in the old version was calculated by Nerv and mistakenly believed that Adam was sealed in the central dogma. When he found out that it was Lilith, he decided to self-destruct; Nagisa Kaoru in Q was also transferred by Nerv to the gun of Cassius. Decided to self-destruct. Therefore, there is reason to believe that the ending of each character in the new theatrical version will not deviate too much from the old version. Yes, even in parallel worlds, character still determines destiny.
To sum up, from the perspective of watching movies, I don't think EVA Q is a bad work: it continues the setting framework of EVA, with ultra-high-quality paintings and sound, and innovative innovations that are eye-catching and even subversive. , there are unprecedented doomsday feelings and battles between humans and gods, and there are confusing developments. Although the plot is confusing, the shock brought by EVA Q is unprecedented in theater animation.
It has been 6 years since EVA's new theatrical series started in 2007. In the past 6 years, we have completed the transformation from students to professionals; some people have formed families and even have their own children; some people have grown from teenagers to uncles, with gray hair and crow's feet gradually increasing, and beer belly getting bigger and bigger. . 6 years is enough for a lot of changes; what remains the same is our pursuit of pureness, and our expectation for EVA's new theatrical series is one of them. Whether it is a genius or a ruffian, I will wait and see what kind of human beings Anno Hideaki will bring.
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