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It's been 5 years. 5 years cold turkey, no anime. No video games. No forums. I have a career, a wife, addictions to life-truncating substances... But screw it. Sleep is for the dead. Time to dcc some tang™ back into my life.
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wanda posted:It's been 5 years. 5 years cold turkey, no anime. No video games. No forums. I'm glad the simulwatch is this powerful.
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Dec 31, 2015 00:04
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Srice posted:I'm glad the simulwatch is this powerful. Let's just hope it's not powerful enough to trigger Third Impact.
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Dec 31, 2015 01:33
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The first two episodes are a good bundle, and tonight's two episodes work well together, too.
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Dec 31, 2015 02:01
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Even though a hedgehog may wish to get close to another hedgehog, they gotta go fast. E: Playing with toys in the middle of class...
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Dec 31, 2015 02:05
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I still totally love the op.
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Dec 31, 2015 02:07
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good to see this show was accurate in guessing that by 2015 all students would take notes with laptops instead of paper
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Dec 31, 2015 02:08
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One neat detail I've always liked is how episodes have two different titles. Plenty of shows have copied a lot of stuff from Eva but that's one aspect that has rarely been imitated.
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Dec 31, 2015 02:28
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Nothing but fun times in Tokyo 3
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Dec 31, 2015 02:28
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Dammit nerd don't go out in the open during a fight involving a giant robot
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Dec 31, 2015 02:29
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Srice posted:One neat detail I've always liked is how episodes have two different titles. Yeah, that is cool. I think maybe Eureka 7 did that too? My memory might just be making stuff up though.
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Dec 31, 2015 02:30
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If he runs out far enough into the country, he might run into the cast of Non Non Biyori.
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Dec 31, 2015 02:31
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Dangerous Person posted:Dammit nerd don't go out in the open during a fight involving a giant robot I understand Kensuke's feelings
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Dec 31, 2015 02:32
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Welp, see ya. -Shinji
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Dec 31, 2015 02:32
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"Why didn't you use your toy guns to fight those armed, trained professionals??"
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Dec 31, 2015 02:37
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finally, the fanservice I was promised
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Dec 31, 2015 02:38
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a kitten posted:Yeah, that is cool. I think maybe Eureka 7 did that too? My memory might just be making stuff up though. Haven't seen E7 but I know that Captain Earth did.
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Dec 31, 2015 02:40
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The looks on the agents' faces when Shinji threw that punch was great.
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Dec 31, 2015 02:41
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darealkooky posted:finally, the fanservice I was promised excuse me i think you will find that there is fanservice in every episode
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Dec 31, 2015 02:43
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fourty five seconds
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Dec 31, 2015 02:51
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in other words please be truuuuuue
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Dec 31, 2015 02:56
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in other words I love you
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Dec 31, 2015 03:01
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I've been on my exercise bike while watching and it really puts a bigger emphasis on those dramatic shots that hang there for awhile, haha. Episode 4 in particular really shows how different it was from every other giant robot show at the time. The prior episodes were to varying degrees as well, of course. But I feel like that is when it really shows itself to be different.
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Dec 31, 2015 03:05
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darealkooky posted:fourty Best part of the ep.
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Dec 31, 2015 03:09
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Dec 31, 2015 03:10
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noticed for the first time that there isn't any music in ep 4 aside from background noise from his tape player and the movie and the PA system at the train station
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Dec 31, 2015 03:20
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God I love, just love, the cinematography and artistry of these early episodes, I had forgotten just how much they work. Every sound, design, and background imagery is tailor made for the mood, meant to evoke a chilly sense of awkwardness, discomfort, and above all, isolation- the feeling of being trapped and alone with your own thoughts, even when surrounded by people. Shinji, having some time to actually process his new life, is coming to realize the extent of his duties and has been confronted with the weight of his failure... and, in the form of Toji, his successes. It's a largely lose-lose proposition, and rather than rising to the challenge, as another protagonist might, the poor boy has a flat out nervous breakdown (I still remember the cicada scene vividly) and quite literally runs for the hills. We also get the first philosophical nugget of the show-the Hedgehog's dilemma, a metaphor used by both Arthur Schopenhauer and Sigmund Freud* to describe the need for intimacy vs. the fear of being hurt, something we see play out in Shinji and Misato's relationship: both want to reach out and seek comfort in each other, but both are hamstrung by acting the way they think the other has to see them... guardian/ward versus soldier/commander. And although an epiphany was reached by the end, there's still the gap, that separation between them that is emphasized. Can they close that gap, whilst being profoundly Bad At Feelings? We shall see. *Both of whom you might want to get familiar with, because this, um, isn't the first time their work will come up. 
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Dec 31, 2015 03:51
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I just finished a rewatch of this a couple of months ago, so I probably won't follow along till we hit later episodes/ EoE, but it's always great to hear the opinions of first time viewers. drat, are these off the blurays? If so I might have to bite the bullet and make my NGE dvds redundant.
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Dec 31, 2015 05:36
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:
Not sure actually, I just grabbed them from tumblr; they do look sharper than my old DVDs I'm currently watching this on though, that's for sure.
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Dec 31, 2015 06:26
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The second one is from rebuild but yeah the bds look fantastic.
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Dec 31, 2015 06:33
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Aag, and I tried so hard to avoid grabbing ones from Rebuild too.
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Dec 31, 2015 06:38
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Dec 31, 2015 10:12
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Most of what I love about Eva is in the second half but I still really, really like these early episodes. As for 60 GB on these rips, the way I see it if I was going to archive a show at an obscenely large size it might as well be Eva. I think I did the same for the Escalfowne simulwatch a while back (only BD rips I could find were 1080p).
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Dec 31, 2015 12:22
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Yeah aside from a couple Magma Diver and maybe whichever Jet Alone is the opening episodes are top notch monster of the week stuff and show that you can do that whilst still adding detail to the world, characters and the 'main' plot. It helps that the art, sound and general direction remains constantly good throughout.
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Dec 31, 2015 12:31
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Sakurazuka posted:Yeah aside from a couple Magma Diver and maybe whichever Jet Alone is the opening episodes are top notch monster of the week stuff and show that you can do that whilst still adding detail to the world, characters and the 'main' plot. It helps that the art, sound and general direction remains constantly good throughout. I like the Jet Alone episode, A Human Work.
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Dec 31, 2015 12:47
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Some people don't like The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still but that's always been one of my favorites from the early set. It's definitely better than the two Sakurazuka mentioned at least.
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Dec 31, 2015 13:07
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Woah, that episode owns and is one of the better reasons to watch the dub.
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Dec 31, 2015 13:09
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Nate RFB posted:Some people don't like The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still but that's always been one of my favorites from the early set. It's definitely better than the two Sakurazuka mentioned at least. It's one of my favourites too. I even like Lilliputian Hitcher.
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Excellent idea , eager to get watching myself!
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