• Welcome to Talking Time's third iteration! If you would like to register for an account, or have already registered but have not yet been confirmed, please read the following:

    1. The CAPTCHA key's answer is "Percy"
    2. Once you've completed the registration process please email us from the email you used for registration at percyreghelper@gmail.com and include the username you used for registration

    Once you have completed these steps, Moderation Staff will be able to get your account approved.

Evangelion 3.0+1.0 - Cruel angel's premiere

Adrenaline

Post Reader
(He/Him)
I should probably rewatch the first three movies (or at least the third) before watching the fourth because I barely remember anything that happened in them
 

Zef

Find Your Reason
(He/Him)
I should probably rewatch the first three movies (or at least the third) before watching the fourth because I barely remember anything that happened in them

I honestly think you can watch Evangelion 3.33 thirty three times and understand just as much as if you only watched it once.
 

Adrenaline

Post Reader
(He/Him)
I honestly think you can watch Evangelion 3.33 thirty three times and understand just as much as if you only watched it once.
I don't even care about understanding it, I just don't remember much besides like... Misato was commanding a large space ship I think?
 
like there's no way this fuckin monstrosity actually made it in right

The end of the 10 minute preview they were showing at conventions a year ago was salvaging some old parts, so . . . maybe.


(a cam rip and the fan subs are not very good)
 

ThornGhost

lofi posts to relax/study to
(he/him)
I watched 1.11 last night to remind myself what had happened in these movies. It's such a great distillation of the first part of that story, very visually striking, exciting, mysterious and still finds time to build atmosphere. I'd love to know what someone who has never seen the original anime would think of these films; if there's enough there to fully grasp the story or if it only holds together for existing fans because we've already internalized the connecting tissue that was cut out.
 

Wolf

Ancient Nameless Hero
(He/him)
I've wondered that myself. Having watched Eva a few times through long before these Rebuild films, I'm never sure how much the movies' entertainment value rests on my own foreknowledge of characters and events, and how much is on the movies' own merits.

Incidentally, I've wondered the same thing about the Berserk movies.
 

Zef

Find Your Reason
(He/Him)
I wonder if his team tailored the jacket to EVA-01 specs, or if it was a gift from Gainax.
 
Trailer mostly looks good, except for the CGI character models a few times. Here's some new key art:

128b2qbct8761.jpg
 

Zef

Find Your Reason
(He/Him)
After the Sea of LCL, where all souls merge together, comes...

The Sea of Horchata.
 

Zef

Find Your Reason
(He/Him)
If they released something as extravagant as the Red Box back in the 00s, they're definitely releasing an Evangelion 1.1 + 2.2 + 3.3 + 3.0 +1.0 + 0.5 boxset once they finally wrap this one up.
 

ThornGhost

lofi posts to relax/study to
(he/him)
Since I've been low key working on learning Japanese, I thought it might be fun to translate the vertical tag line on the poster. As far as I can tell, it says:

"Farewell, all of Evangelion"

Not that exciting!
 
The teaser linked in the first post of the thread is gone now, but it's still up on the official Khara Youtube so just posting the official version here to keep things together for anyone who wants to watch the trailers.

 

Alixsar

The Shogun of Harlem
(He/him)
It's important that we have easy access to that version of Jikai Yokoku at all times
 

BEAT

LOUDSKULL
(DUDE/BRO)
This thing has been straining and wheezing and dying before our eyes for so long that the first part is actually no longer available legitimately.
 

BEAT

LOUDSKULL
(DUDE/BRO)
On some twisted, evil level, I hope that Gainax actually has to download a pirate copy for the eventual box set, because they taped over the master of 1.1 with a bunch of all in the family reruns.
 
It's still extremely in print and streamable in Japan. And they're doing theatrical showings of remasters of the first three movies in the run up to the fourth, which will probably also go on sale at some point.

The overseas (and particularly American) rights are just a mess.

I think the in touch with reality criticism of these movies would be that they have a pattern of milking fans for money with re-releases, not that they're struggling. (Also, if you live in America, that no corporation will allow you to buy them, for some reason.)
 

Alixsar

The Shogun of Harlem
(He/him)
FWIW the first movie is basically the same as the episodes it covers from the TV series, so it's probably the least "important" of the 3 to see...that said, it is a way better looking version of that content, so it's nice to have and it is funny as Hell that it doesn't exist anymore. I'm sure a Evangelion You (Will) [Not] Buy Master Collection 4.0 Box: Chains of Memories 0.5 HD Remix Card Revolution will eventually get released.

I mean, there's no one here who expects 4.0 to be good...right? Like, we all agree that 3.0 was bad and 4 is only gonna be way way worse and it'll be an insane trainwreck?
 
I think Eva 3.0 was the best of these and that between Eva 3.0 and Shin Godzilla Anno has been on a creative hot streak during this point in his career, when he hasn't had depression so serious he can't do anything.

No idea if this will be good or bad. I think Anno and Khara could fail to stick the landing. It can be hard to return to a project after a long break, especially if the long break is because you think you don't deserve to live. But I like the imagery so far, and I loved Eva Q.
 

Wolf

Ancient Nameless Hero
(He/him)
On the balance, I'm pretty sure I liked the third movie. It's definitely harder to get my head around than the previous two, but no, I thought it was fine. At this point, Eva's off-the-rails weirdness should be a known quantity. I think anyone who's seen the series before this should probably expect any Eva project to Go There at some point. It's kind of what I'm here for.
 
Top