-- IF YOU'VE SEEN NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, THEN I RECOMMEND IGNORING THIS "MOVIE" --
-- IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN NGE, THEN I RECOMMEND WATCHING EPISODES 1-24 OF IT AND IGNORE THIS "MOVIE" --
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| Unit 1 (left) and Unit 0 (right) |
20190922: (Evangelion: Death (True)2)
Today I watched Evangelion: Death (True)2. Well, technically I watched the first part of it and then realized it was a complete waste of my time.
Evangelion: Death(True)2 is a recap of Neon Genesis Evangelion, but it takes a non-traditional approach and rearranges the events. Perhaps the director intended to convey something new, but I just thought of it as incoherent nonsense.
On a different note, Death & Rebirth is composed of two parts. The first part, Death, is a recap and the second part, Rebirth, would eventually become the first third* of The End of Evangelion. With the release of The End of Evangelion, there's no need to watch Rebirth.** And as I mentioned, Death is such a bad recap, with negligible new material, that there is no need to watch it either.
Netflix determined the movie for me as a 98% match. I decided to give the movie a thumbs down.
*20230303: according to the Wikipedia page, it is "first third" and not "first half" as I had previously written.
**20230303: according to the Wikipedia page, there will technically be differences because the segment in Rebirth is unfinished, while the corresponding portion in The End of Evangelion is polished. As such, a completionist or fan of the series may have a reason to watch it.
20230303 Comment:
Reading the above today I was a little confused. Eventually, I learned the following:
- in 1997, the movie Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth was released. It consists of two parts: Evangelion:Death and Evangelion:Rebirth.
- eventually a second cut of Evangelion:Death was released called Evangelion:Death(True)
- eventually Evangelion:Rebirth was completed, and it makes up the first third of The End of Evangelion
- finally a third cut of Evangelion:Death was released in 1998 called Evangelion: Death (True)2
- Death (True)2 combined with The End off Evangelion is called Revival of Evangelion or Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Feature Film. These two were available individually on Netflix.
Instant Comments:
This footage of Shinji playing the cello is new. It's just a short clip for some credits.
Lol. This audio taken from one episode overlaid on top of this other footage is jarring. In general, the editing is just all over the place.
Watching this was so shitty that I opted to play two matches of League of Legends ARAM while it played.
Watched 20190922 (Netflix, Instant)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997) Hideaki Anno. 101 min
Relevant Links:
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (IMDb.com)
Shin Seiki Evangelion Gekijo-Ban: Shito Shinsei (Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth) (RottenTomatoes.com)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (Wikipedia.org)
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