On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:39:49 -0700, Vaughn L.Porter wrote:


> "Sakaki" <Alphonse@work.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns93F8BAEA23E8EAlphonseworkcom@204.127.199.17...
>> fwhite*NOSPAM*@colfax.com (Frank White) wrote in
>> news:bk3apc$1ofu$2@news.fsr.net:
>>
>> > In article <Xns93F6E7E672080Alphonseworkcom@204.127.199.17>,
>> > Alphonse@work.com says...
>> >>
>> >>Pharsti <pharsti11@coldmail.com> wrote in
>> >>news:Xns93F0A5C5A5EE3pharsti11hotmailcom@212.115.192.188:
>> >>
>> >>> Daniel Rudy <dcrudy@invalid.pacbell.nospam.net.0123456789> wrote in
>> >>> news:xXW6b.12385$kq6.7233@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>>> Did anyone else ever notice that the water she's lying in is red?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> http://people.zeelandnet.nl/bsl/bath.jpg
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Actually, that looks like the bottom of the tub.  The actual water
>> >>>> around her legs is a brownish color when compared to her skin
>> >>>> color.
>> >>>
>> >>> Looking closely, I can see that too, but why on earth would the
>> >>> bottom of a tub be red? I forgot to mention though that this is
>> >>> only visible in the DC version of the episode, the scene was a lot
>> >>> darker in the original series, and there wasn't any red visible. So
>> >>> why would they change it and make it a red color, just to confuse
>> >>> us?
>> >>
>> > Blood makes more sense...
>> >
>> > FW
>> >
>> >
>> Possibly; but the question was why would a tub bottom be red, rust
>> would do that, blood would make the water red not the bottom. Unless it
>> was old blood left to dry there, but that would be more brown than red.
>> ;)
>>
>>
> Again, the question remains as to how long Asuka had been sitting there
> in the tub, and just what her method of suicide was. Without any
> timeframe, we can't really say if she had  slit her wrists, or was just
> going to die of exposure and starvation. Again, yet another of Anno's
> attempts to make folks like us debate 'till we're blue in the face.
> 
>                                         Vaughn L. Porter
>                                          We need proof, not leads!

Anyone seen the Godfather pt II? The red stuff was blood, Asuka had slit
her wrists and was bleeding to death in the tub. It didn't turn all the water
red because blood is heavier than water and would sink to the
bottom. 

At least, that's my take.

JA