It seems as if its bad reputation is well earned
Martin wrote:
>
> Why do I hate NGE? Let me count the ways... (Check's in the mail, Will.)
>
> To start with, it beginson the single most inhumane premise I've ever
> had the displeasure of reading. Shinji's father (I think the kid's
> name is that, not sure) is a brilliant scientist, chosen to develop a
> means to defend Earth again hordes of rampaging alien death machines
> from another dimension. His ultimate weapon is the ubiqiuitous Giant
> Robot, with the twist that he's designed this thing to be piloted by
> one person.
>
> HIS SON. Whom he's never bothered to visit or contact for most of the
> kid's life, including when the kid's mother died. (Oh, did I fail to
> mention that this Giant Robot, in an even stranger perversion, is
> monitored by an AI based on the mental engrams of the kid's DEAD
> MOTHER. (Apologies for the shouting, but asterisks just won't do here...)
>
> Add on the fact that NGE boasts not one, but TWO of the worst endings
> in viewing history, the first being the kid's one-man monologue inside
> his head, wondering whether he's alive, dead or dreaming (there's even
> a site that parodies this ending brilliantly), which left even
> hardcore viewers going, "WTF?" The series' producers knew they'd
> screwed up, so they punched out a bigger, flashier reboot, solely for
> the purpose of righting the wrong. The reboot ended with a
> hyperkinetic battle scene that made those same hardcore viewers go,
> "WTF AGAIN?" (Haven't seen it either, but I'm told, by someone who
> has, that the second ending is still as up in the air as the first.)
>
> Martin (done ranting)
>
> "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com>> wrote: About Deathnote,
> I could see the same theme of killing everyone with a
> note, get a little boring over a whole season. I will check out Coyote
> Ragtime show and Black Cat- I love Bebob. Despite its fame, I always
> here bad things about Neon Genesis Evangelion, so I have never gotten
> around to watching it. Why do you hate it. I love Read or Die. I
> told him about it, but It takes away to get really serious, so I do not
> know whether he will stick it out. Never could get into Trigun. I'll
> try Black Lagoon too.
>
> Have you seen Samurai Champloo? I've never seen it, but I've heard good
> things.
>
> But Martin, don't stop, give me more.
>
> Martin wrote:
> >
> > I'm so-so on Death Note. Pardon the pun, but it's a one-note anime.
> >
> > Yes, enthusiastically, on every recommend you listed, Tracey, and add
> > "Coyote Ragtime Show". It's got sort of a BeBop vibe. The good guys
> > are a "family" of thieves who pull off the biggest theft in history,
> > then have to get through a small interstellar civil war to collect the
> > spoils. Also, "Black Cat" (the old reformed assassin gambit, with
> > humor and action).
> >
> > Run screaming from "Neon Genesis Evangelion". I say this only because
> > I like you all.
> >
> > "Black Lagoon", also a big yes. A hot, psychotic brunette in Daisey
> > Dukes, carrying two Berettas and enjoying it every time she pulls the
> > trigger. (Calm down, gents.)
> >
> > "Gunbuster" as well, if you can survive the initial camp to get to the
> > action. Also "Trigun", "Irresponsible Captain Tylor" and "Read or
> > Die", in that department.
> >
> > Martin (stopping now, or I'll be here for weeks)
> >
> > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)"
> >
> > > wrote:
> > After viewing Cowboy BeBop, my brother-in-law asked me to recommend some
> > anime that I liked that I thought he should check out and I gave him the
> > following: Full Metal Alchemist, Blue Gender and Wolf's Rain. While
> > I've only seen two episodes, I told him that Death Note looked pretty
> > good. I also told him he might want to check out, Witch Hunter Robin,
> > Blood+, Gungrave, and Paranoia Agent.
> >
> > Anybody got any recommendation for me? What do you think of Death Note?
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> > "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will
> > get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man
> > Without A Country"
> >
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> "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will
> get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man
> Without A Country"
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