ErogakiPatches said: @Chronon I had a friend who said that NGE was a bad mecha anime. Had to explain to him that it was not a mecha anime and was a subversion of the mecha genre, the same way that Madoka Magica is a subversion of the magical shoujo genre. Relatable. I had a hard time explaining Madoka is not what it seems to look like. In some cases you can't really blame them as the covering becomes is so well built the main theme remains unnoticed. Tho I believe the main aspects are very obvious in NGE or Madoka. The later is ofter ignored due to some stereotypical over-generalisations. |
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Chronon said: ErogakiPatches said: @Chronon I had a friend who said that NGE was a bad mecha anime. Had to explain to him that it was not a mecha anime and was a subversion of the mecha genre, the same way that Madoka Magica is a subversion of the magical shoujo genre. Relatable. I had a hard time explaining Madoka is not what it seems to look like. In some cases you can't really blame them as the covering becomes is so well built the main theme remains unnoticed. Tho I believe the main aspects are very obvious in NGE or Madoka. The later is ofter ignored due to some stereotypical over-generalisations. Agreed. Now I suggest we both be off before the mods show up since this thread has now invited all the other children and is likely to get locked very soon. |
| You cooked with this one |
| It already lived up to its potential by portraying its intended theme. If it was trying to explain its lore and explore the angels, the war against them etc. then it wouldn't have lived up to its potential. But that's not what it's trying to achieve, so there's no "potential" to be reached regarding this. It's a psychological, character-based story, and it handles the themes it wanted to show very well, so its potential was fulfilled. |
| The character trauma and angsty aspects were always the main point of the series though. All the rest of the stuff was just decoration to make the series more mainstream. |
| Definitely met that potential it had. It's understandable because for a lot of media you're used to not having to use your brain while watching something and that works a little worse for this compared to other stuff. I was recently watching Tengoku Daimakyou and it took me a few episode to realize that I have to use my brain to figure out what's going on and I won't be spoon-fed every single detail like in most 'popular' media and it was better for it, ofcourse it was. If you don't use your brain and pretend like it's an action show NGE will be confusing, otherwise you'll have a better time |
SoulessAnime said: Issax28 said: Mental trauma is the most boring overused trope to make shows look “deep” Sure, maybe it’s just my opinion. But just because a show’s focus is on characters, it doesn’t mean they should just be able to get away with writing a shit story that was unanswered with many plotholes you're the type of guy to watch perfect blue and complain that you couldn't tell what was going onπ I guess you don't like psychological shows, it's not any more overdone than "Mecha" genre. especially in 1995. Having a confusing world when the focus is on the characters doesn't mean it's bad writing unless the characters and actions are poorly written. Again refer to Perfect Blue, or Enemy. If those are too confusing to you since they aren't physical enough with enough certain lore than that is just a preference issue not a writing issue This is the best response I've read to someone respinding this way. Kudos! |
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Issax28 said: SoulessAnime said: you're the type of guy to watch perfect blue and complain that you couldn't tell what was going onπ I guess you don't like psychological shows, it's not any more overdone than "Mecha" genre. especially in 1995. Having a confusing world when the focus is on the characters doesn't mean it's bad writing unless the characters and actions are poorly written. Again refer to Perfect Blue, or Enemy. If those are too confusing to you since they aren't physical enough with enough certain lore than that is just a preference issue not a writing issue “Having a confusing world doesn’t mean it’s bad writing” LMAO are you even reading what you’re typing? Having Characters that are “deep” according to you still doesn’t excuse the fact that the whole story is poorly written and not even explained properly. Based on your logic you might as well just watch a screaming/trauma dumping compilation of the characters since you claim the world building and plot isn’t important I do actually agree with this troll on this one. The show has quite a repetitive and unfavorable plot… which drags down the quality of the show for me. That said, the psychological aspect of the show was done exceptionally well, which definitely made the show great. |
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bro doesn't understand that it wasn't about the mechs or the angels πππ
| @TheBirdOfHermes_ they may be a metahaphor and plot-vehicle for something but thats the exent of it. its not a simple, war, good vs evil story to most people |
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