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<blockquote data-quote="Testament" data-source="post: 2293001" data-attributes="member: 21833">Hideaki Anno wrote NG:E while he was clinically depressed and his Prozac prescription had run out.&nbsp; It was a form of self-therapy from all accounts.&nbsp; The other important thing to remember is that while the first half of EoE, &quot;Episode 25': Air/Love is Destructive&quot; is what he originally intended episode 25 to be, he did not want to make &quot;26': Yours Sincerely/My Purest Heart for You&quot;, the second half of End.Is it brilliant?&nbsp; Oh hell yes, no matter how many times I see it, I'm moved almost to tears by it.&nbsp; However, I belong firmly to the camp that believes that the last sequence sucks. [spoiler]In my opinion, it should end about five minutes earlier, with Unit 1 drifting out into space, with the Lancea Longini accompanying it, and Shinji's last hushed words, &quot;goodbye Mother&quot;.The sequence on the beach adds absolutely nothing to the film, other than leaving you shattered, deflated and despairing at the fact that THOSE TWO are the sole surivivors.&nbsp; It also contradicts Yui's final message to Shinji, which is pretty much the central message of the whole damn series!&nbsp; Or maybe that's just my burning hatred for Asuka and Shinji coming through.[/spoiler]&nbsp; It's quite a turnabout from the original ending, that while cryptic, at least didn't leave me wanting to shoot myself like the film did.&nbsp; The rest of the series is emotionally wrenching enough (Eps 23-24, &quot;Tear&quot; and &quot;The Last Messenger&quot; being the big ones for me) to be more than suitably cathartic.Forsaken, if you haven't seen the original final episodes &quot;The Third Impact&quot; and &quot;The Beast that shouts 'I' at the centre of the Earth&quot;, do so immediately.&nbsp; Also check out the director's cut episodes, they were greatly enchanced by the otherwise minor additions to themOh, and Ambrus, I always thought that it was a sea of mingled blood and LCL.&nbsp; Considering what happens during &quot;Yours Sincerely&quot;, it makes sense, which is more than can be said for the rest of that episode.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Testament, post: 2293001, member: 21833"] Hideaki Anno wrote NG:E while he was clinically depressed and his Prozac prescription had run out. It was a form of self-therapy from all accounts. The other important thing to remember is that while the first half of EoE, "Episode 25': Air/Love is Destructive" is what he originally intended episode 25 to be, he did not want to make "26': Yours Sincerely/My Purest Heart for You", the second half of End. Is it brilliant? Oh hell yes, no matter how many times I see it, I'm moved almost to tears by it. However, I belong firmly to the camp that believes that the last sequence sucks. [spoiler]In my opinion, it should end about five minutes earlier, with Unit 1 drifting out into space, with the Lancea Longini accompanying it, and Shinji's last hushed words, "goodbye Mother". The sequence on the beach adds absolutely nothing to the film, other than leaving you shattered, deflated and despairing at the fact that THOSE TWO are the sole surivivors. It also contradicts Yui's final message to Shinji, which is pretty much the central message of the whole damn series! Or maybe that's just my burning hatred for Asuka and Shinji coming through.[/spoiler] It's quite a turnabout from the original ending, that while cryptic, at least didn't leave me wanting to shoot myself like the film did. The rest of the series is emotionally wrenching enough (Eps 23-24, "Tear" and "The Last Messenger" being the big ones for me) to be more than suitably cathartic. Forsaken, if you haven't seen the original final episodes "The Third Impact" and "The Beast that shouts 'I' at the centre of the Earth", do so immediately. Also check out the director's cut episodes, they were greatly enchanced by the otherwise minor additions to them Oh, and Ambrus, I always thought that it was a sea of mingled blood and LCL. Considering what happens during "Yours Sincerely", it makes sense, which is more than can be said for the rest of that episode. [/QUOTE]

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