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Evangelion, a show where everyone has completely healthy relationships (hexbear.net)
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[–] mojo@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I still don't understand the ending

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago

Which one?

[–] Aquilae@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Tbh it felt to me like tons of symbolism to hide a lack of actual depth

[–] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

AFAIK it was more like tons of symbolism to hide a lack of budget and time. It got janky and weird because they literally weren't given the resources to finish it properly. But then they were also trying to be weird and obtuse in general as an aesthetic, to the point where there really couldn't be a satisfying and comprehensible ending because you can't explain what was going on because that ruins the whole baffling mysticism feel and you can't just sort of resolve the tangible material conflicts without addressing all the weird mystic shit either, so instead they just went off the deep end and made completely incomprehensible nonsense with a shoestring budget and became iconic for it, so they just leaned into it even harder when they were given the resources to do more.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

so instead they just went off the deep end and made completely incomprehensible nonsense with a shoestring budget and became iconic for it

Just look at Space Runaway Ideon's TV ending if you want the "try to stick the landing with the budget we have left." It's mid, and Tomino was lucky to be able to do a double-movie to fix the ending (the second movie is probably one of the best sci fi anime movies).

The TV ending for Evangelion is hands-down one of the best things they did in the franchise.

[–] JuryNullification@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

congratulations

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

おめでとう！！

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

I loved the ending. Im never gonna watch end of evangelion

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

so they just leaned into it even harder when they were given the resources to do more.

To see what they do when they actually have money, check the rebuilds, which have a very different kind of resolution, but I find them pretty good, too.

[–] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Have those finished yet? I think I saw up through the third one, then the next one was delayed by like 5 years or more.

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

They did, last year.