Νέον Γένεσις Εὐαγγέλιον REDUX or Never Before Has Mine Avatar Been So Relevant

[amalekite]

This entry is in reply to nick_wilson's recent thoughts on the first two of the four Evangelion reimagining / recreation / redux movies. If you never saw the series or never cared for it, don't bother wasting your time reading this and go and rewatch the final episode of Lost. Or don'tFirst off, I haven't watched a single episode of the series in just over

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[dracko]

I Hope You Read ALL Of Mine 'Cause I Read ALL Of Yours

[amalekite]

Oh, and one more thing:

[amalekite]

I think the Nebuchadnezzar thing is simply just a further nod to the Babylonians/Mesopotamians (much like the Marduk Institute) and their inseparable relationship to the Abrahamic religions. After all, Lilith was a part of their culture before the Jews had even heard of her. If they really wanted to press the point, they could've remade the geofront base resemble a ziggurat rather than a pyramid, but then the Egyptians, Babylonians and Jews are all culturally and linguistically related anyway so it's just a question of aesthetics.

Adam hasn't been mentioned at all so far

Did Misato not make mention of him to Ritsuko during the fight with Zeruel/Mr. Slicey Arms when they were all outside base in the geofront? Or did she just say "the first angel" or something?

the series was quite happy for us to believe it was Adam crucifiedWasn't it Adam's embryo which Kaji presented to Gendo in the series? Wasn't that a clue to us that it couldn't be Adam down in TermDog or was it just a part of him that was missing

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[amalekite]

If this is as Third Impact starts up, she just says something along the lines of "Wings. It's just like 15 years ago".

That was probably the line. In my mind, I just connected it with that scene from ep 12(?) with the image of Adam rising, her flashback and scarred chest even though it possibly didn't happen like that, this time around.

that's what the Angel attacking the convoy is actually after

Forgot about this. I think this is the only 2015-era angel appearance outside of Tokyo-3 as well.

There's certainly no explicit indication there's anyone entirely in control of the Angels. I think they wake up in some pre-determined sequence

There's no direct indication of an Abrahamic-style creator god sending out angels/apostles to punish a sinful and over-proud mankind, but that's always been the most obvious allusion. If they are pre-determined in sequence, surely someone has to do the predetermining.

I will maintain we don't know enough about the new incarnation of Rei just yet.I don't think anyone can say it's a clear-cut Luke and