Joseph Riggs wrote:
So does this mean that no one will remember Evangelion in twenty years?
I kid...
Well you tell me. From what I see, Evangelion isn't totally dead yet,
but only as (1) yet another giant robo design that get revived
periodically from the mecha graveyard and pressganged into Banpresto
duty and (2) a endless fountain of excuse for upskirt, pseudohentai,
illegal-in-several-states products.
How sad it has become, in a way I respect what NGE should have or
could have been: the deepest and most profound metaphysical inquiry
into "Truth" that anime has ever produced up to that point, perhaps
even ever after. But alas, Anno the pervert took Anno the genius into
a dark alley and did unspeakable abuses to him, and we are left with a
poorly made kiddie porn.
Ahhh... I had a point back there... right. At least I respect one
thing: Anno didn't make any sequels. He (or someone) could have made
a mint, perhaps even a Gundam-rivaling franchise out of the success of
NGE. Whatever quality or flaws there were in the original NGE, it's
not distorted twisted or corrupted by the sequels.
In the same way, G and W may end up in a higher place in my heart than
UC. Normally I would never even put G/W and First Gundam in the same
sentence, but each new sequel (Unicorn), game (Target in Sight) and
model line (AoZ) erode just a little bit more off First Gundam. For
Wing, the Gundams were shot into the Sun and we will never see another
Gundam again. For G, well technically a sequel is possible, but it's
guaranteed to be dog-puke so let's hope we will never see the day.
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Dr. Core
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