[EVA] Just saw 0:11...

[Ryan Tyrrell]

-----Original Message-----
From: Gareth Ortiz <gao203 at is7.nyu.edu>
To: evangelion at evangelion.ml.org <evangelion at evangelion.ml.org>
Date: Saturday, April 11, 1998 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [EVA] Just saw 0:11...


> "Ryan Tyrrell" Wrote:
>
>>I just obtained the Japanese tape version of  0:11, it doesn't seem more than
>>just one minute.
>
>I haven't bothered to time it yet. ^_^

Hey, a minute can seem like an eternity, especially with the laconic Rei
and Asuka, who at that point was just looking for a reason to snap at her.

>>Just judging from the Lit. Translation scripts (I don't have the ADV version
of
>>the tape yet) that they added quite a bit to episode 22.
>
>I've heard that they added about ten minutes to 0:11.  I don't know what
>percentage of that was added to ep. 22.

There's some cool Second Impact footage added before they roll the credits
for episode 21.
There's scenes in 22's "introspective" portion(tm) where Asuka is walking
through
an empty trainyard and suddenly finds herself struggling upstream through a
crowd of hooded figures. One takes its hood off and all of a sudden she's lost
in a sea of red psychedelia. I'm probably not describing it well enough, it's a
very nicely done scene.  Another that might be new is a scene where the
ghostly image of herself as a young girl approaches her as she huddles in a
playground and says something(damn I need to learn Japanese!), Which Asuka
lashes out at. The ghost dissolves away, almost exploding from the impact of
her words. Looks like I'll be getting the AD Vision version just so I can see
what's missing from it. ^_^

>>Footage of her ripping the dress open, along with the cells from her
introducin
>>g herself to her classmates, one of her many "Anta Baka?" scenes, and her
>>saying "Chance!" in a rather evil looking manner are used repeatedly by the
>>angel to throw the strong facade she has created right back in her face. The
>>whole sequence is quite intense - Pokemon has nothing on this tape. :)
>
>I'll have to assume that this is the scene that Patrick was refering to as
>being repeated five times and annoying him... ^_^;;


They probably could have cut one or two, but I think its meant to annoy.
Annoying for us, agonizing for her.

>>I think Asuka sniffed in that scene on the tape. Kind of like going "Hmpf" but
>>through the nose. :)
>Well, you have it with you. ^_^  I thought the movement was very sudden
>though, so it confused me.

It's the first time I purchased a unsubbed or dubbed anime. Interesting. Even
the opening animation is slightly different. When Unit 01 crosses its arms
and spreads its wings, it wipes away a black screen of text, which I assume is
more credits. One of the cooler screen-wipes I've seen.

>>-Ryan, who enjoyed the scene where Shinji hands her the phone to talk to her
>>(grandmother, I assume?)
>Step-mother, actually. (The physician her father talks to in ep. 22 and
>ep. 25)

I wondered if that might be the case. Thanks for the clarification.

>>and Asuka talks cheerfully while flipping Shinji off behind her back.
>
>Yeah, she was ignoring him.  Didja notice though that it was supposed to
>be a long conversation, and yet when we cut back to the end of it he is
>still there watching her talk on the phone?  (Like I've said, the oddest
>part is that he doesn't even understand what she's saying, and yet he
>stands there watching her.)  Of course, after the phone conversation, she
>actually opens up for a bit before she realizes that she is doing that,
>and in classic fashion snaps her shell back into place by snapping at him.
>sigh...

I enjoyed watching the tape with my friend who lived in Germany for a year,
and seeing him go "huh?" "what?" and shaking his head. :) I dunno, maybe
it was just reminded Shinji of how different he and Asuka are, and/or that
she had a mother to talk to, even if its a substitute one.

-Ryan