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So what’s the point of NGE?

Maybe I've seen it too many times, but the message of Evangelion seems really simple to me and the movie makes sense on a variety of levels. It's presented in a complicated fashion, but you can boil it down pretty easily and come up with a theme for the show that makes sense.

Everyone seems split down the middle on RahXephon; I stand by my assertion that it's an adult show, made by adults, for adults, and that anyone under the age of, say, 21 or so simply won't be able to relate to a lot of the messages the series has to offer. It isn't action-packed, it's paced a little slow, and requires your full attention. Your brain has to be firing in order to get anything out of it. Evangelion can be appreciated by anyone, really; it works on a variety of levels and could entertain the lowest common denominator as well as the educated man. There's big robots beating eachother up, blood, breasts and all those other things that attract people to anime. RahXephon simply does not wallow in that sort of thing; it refuses to pander, which turns a lot of people off. It just isn't for everyone.

IMHO, RahXephon is MUCH closer to an 'arthouse' film than Evangelion is. Arthouse films won't have excessive sex and explosions just to sell more tickets or merchandise, which is precisely what Evangelion has in spades. RahXephon takes itself seriously and makes zero concession to any audience member who isn't trying their hardest to pay attention to and analyze what they're seeing on screen. It requires active, thoughtful viewing on behalf of the audience member.

Therefore, it is much closer in tone and spirit to an art film.

-Zac

Don’t all people have a problem with self-identity while growing up?

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Don’t all people have a problem with self-identity while growing up?

Apparently not as much as our favourite basket case Anno-san did.

Sorry, I had no idea. So this why it started out to be a happy anime about saving the world and ended up… well like it is now?

I feel dishonoured for saying it, but I agree. I think if everything went according to plan, it would have turned no different than anything else (on the higher end still). But it would not be the ragging topic that it still is after 10 years.

Maybe I've seen it too many times, but the message of Evangelion seems really simple to me and the movie makes sense on a variety of levels. It's presented in a complicated fashion, but you can boil it down pretty easily and come up with a theme for the show that makes sense.

Anyhoo, Shinji keeps getting a bad rap; fanboys are always whining about how Shinji is always whining. The difference is that Shinji's whining because his unloving dad is forcing him to take on the responsibility of saving the world, while the fanboys are whining because they don't like a cartoon, but they can't stop watching because their huge fat asses are stuck in their momma's basement sofas so they can't get up to find the remote under all the pizza boxes. Besides, who doesn't complain all the time when they're fourteen? When I was fourteen I was the biggest freaking crybaby in town. Same deal when I was twenty-five, for that matter.

Anyhoo, Shinji keeps getting a bad rap; fanboys are always whining about how Shinji is always whining. The difference is that Shinji's whining because his unloving dad is forcing him to take on the responsibility of saving the world, while the fanboys are whining because they don't like a cartoon,