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Content rating: 9
Posted 2003-03-23 by StupendousMan
Endorsed by kurt on 2003-04-23 20:03:00
When my brother (hi, Chris!) finished watching
the episodes on Disk 7 of the Evangelion saga,
he expressed his feelings succintly:
Whoa.
I have much the same reaction, but let me try to put
it in a few more words.
We are approaching the end of the story, and it's a good
thing: the strain of siege of Angels is starting to
show on all the main characters. People are being
pushed to -- and past -- their breaking points, and
it's not pretty. The viewer isn't spared: he is
tantalized with bits and pieces of the Big Story,
but not yet quite enough to make sense of it all.
It's unsettling.
The first episode goes back sixteen years into
the past, giving us a glimpse of the start of NERV.
Gendo -- not yet Ikari, in a very strange twist --
was a real bastard. He hasn't changed at all.
I don't understand what women see in him, but we
learn in this disk that he's quite the chick
magnet. Unfortunately for all concerned, apparently.
Ritsuko's memories of her mother aren't pleasant,
as we saw several disks ago, and now we discover why.
Still, although we learn a bit more about the Akagis,
and see Ikari Yui for the first time, we don't really
understand what's going on. Those disembodied voices
who have been grilling Gendo throughout the series
appear again and again -- but who are they and
what is their plan (besides the obvious one of
becoming gods)?
The second episode is All About Asuka, and, I'm
sorry to say, it's not a happy one. My favorite
Eva pilot suffers from the mental attack of an
Angel (which is very effectively conveyed by the
wierd rainbow colors and blasting Halleluia Chorus
from the "Messiah"), and loses all her confidence.
Poor Asuka. I was hoping she'd pull herself together
and go out in a blaze of glory, but I guess I'll
have to wait for the final disk to see it.
Rei, on the other hand ... well, we finally
learn just what's going on with Rei. "Whoa"
is right. I am pleased to find out that my
guess at a connection between her and Shinji's
mother is born out at last, but not in a pleasant
way. Sigh. It makes me feel sorry for the poor
girl.
You know that life really sucks when Shinji is
the Happiest Camper, and, in this series of episodes, he
pretty much is. I have a very, very bad feeling
for how this is all going to come together in
the final three episodes. By which I mean to say
two things: I suspect that many of the characters
I've come to regard with affection are going to
kick the bucket, or end up in a pitiable state ...
and I also don't see how all the questions can
be answered in another 75 minutes.
I guess I'll have to find out.
Equipment used when writing this review:
Sony DVD player, 27-inch JVC TV, stereo speakers,
and a glass of Ravenswood Zinfandel. MMMmmmmmmm.
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