[EVA] Bought some Eva books.....

[Ben Spigel]

wow, calm down there. Sure, Eva was made to make money, so was the Mona
Lisa. Just because some people got paid to make Eva doesn't mean that
its not a work of art. Your arguing things that just cannot be argued,
because Eva is a work of art, it can be interpreted different ways.

On Tuesday, August 6, 2002, at 06:36  PM, Brian Shea wrote:

>> First of all, I denounce Anno & Gainax's statement that
>> the Eva movies are the true ending.
>
> So you mean to tell us that Anno's practically a genius on everything 
> except when he talks to us about the Eva movies?  He lies to us about 
> that but tells the truth on everything else?
>
>> This was said, and
>> they were made for commercial, not artistic reasons &
>> therefore IMOO are disqualified for that reason.
>> [snip]
>
> Golly, you know what?  THE SERIES WAS MADE FOR COMMERCIAL 
> REASONS!!!!!!!  Jeez, do you even know how the entertainment business 
> works? Don't pull this crap.  ALL anime is made for commercial reasons, 
> even your beloved Evangelion.  The wonderful 'End of Evangelion' movie 
> was made for 2 reasons.  One was obviously to make money, just like the 
> series was made to make money.  The second was to show the fans the 
> original ending so such a great anime like Eva wouldn't lose its legacy 
> due to such a horrific ending.  The commercial success of the series 
> gave him the oppurtunity to release the ending that makes total sense 
> when you look at all the time spent throughout the series on SEELE, 
> Keel Lorenz, the Lance of Longinuss, Eva series, etc... things that are 
> totally meaningless in episodes 25/26.  If eps 25/26 were the true 
> ending, like you say, then those things wouldn't have been mentioned in 
> the series.  And surprise, surprise, when EOE came out we all saw them 
> fit perfectly with how the movie went.
>
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>
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