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Jonathan Souza (souzamail@earthlink.net)
Sat, 18 Nov 2000 10:54:54 -0800
EVA is overrated, yes.
Personally, I kept watching it, and I was waiting for "What's the point?"
When I got to the movies, I discovered what the point was.
There is none.
EVA is the Seinfeld of anime, and I despise Seinfeld. I did like the mecha designs,
mind you-but the characters personally offended me to no end.
Jon
Joseph Riggs wrote:
> Echo|Fox wrote:
>
> > >
> > > I'm afraid that as the resident die-hard EVA fan on the list, I must take
> > > objection to this. ^_^ I'll spare you the 12-page essay on why EVA is good
> > > and instead ask - why do you think so? I'm geniuely astonished - most
> > anime
> > > fans LOVE the series. In fact, it's difficult to find someone that
> > dislikes
> > > EVA, or Esca, or Ranma. So what's your take?
> > >
> > I'm but one of a small group of resistance fighters trying to spread the
> > word about how overrated Eva is ;p Everyone raved about the show to me, so I
> > sat down and watched it. I got through the first 20 odd episodes remaining
> > oddly indifferent to it and not understanding what all the fuss was about.
> > Then I watched the end and was outraged with the cop out ending. So then I
> > watched _all_ the movies and disliked it even more ... truly one of the
> > worst things I've seen. I hate the characters, I hate the mechanical design,
> > I hate the sorry excuse for a story ... just not my bag :P
>
> Actually, over the last few months, I've seen quite a few people pop up and say
> that they don't care for EVA pretty much every time the topic comes up. It
> seems as if people are fairly polarized over it. Either you really, really,
> like it, or you really, really, dislike it. One guy who disliked it still
> thought every anime fan should see it at least once, though.
> As for my own view? I watched the first four episodes, and wondered what the
> big deal was. I didn't really find anything that I cared for about the show.
> Recently (within the last couple of weeks) I figured I probably ought to give
> the show a second chance, but my local video rental place doesn't carry any more
> episodes, so it appears that my opinion will remain, for the time being.
>
> junior
>
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