coconutED said:
Ashaman said:
Actually, I found Shinji rather different from 1.0 and 2.0.
He's bolder, more social and more willing to act on his own desires.
Correct, and he is mercilessly punished for it.
I raged for the first half-hour of the movie.
'Seriously, you fucks? After you made him pilot your robot, encouraged him to open himself up to the possibility of relationships, and therefore pain, egged him on into being a hero, make him emotionally vulnerable, and turn him into the kind of guy that would do literally anything to save someone he loved, you do THIS shit to him?"
I think Anno began to hate his fans nearly from the very beginning when he realized that people didn't see how much of himself emotionally he poured into Evangelion. Instead of recognition and thoughtful discussion, he got limp-dicked nerds who geeked out over Rei's smile, Asuka's ass in a plugsuit, and giant explosions.
Like I said earlier, I'm not sure if Anno is a genius, a troll, or genuinely hates what Eva has become.