"Matt Durrant" <matthew@durrant33.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Zatoichi" <zatoichi@zatoichi.zatoichi> wrote in message
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> >
> > A couple other favorite scenes as well, the scene with Shinji
> > chasing after Kaoru in Ep 24, the music and everything seemed to
> > flow so perfectly.. The only thing I would have changed is the
> > part where you're staring at the same frame for like a minute..
>
> I loved that bit, though. It really gave me time to think about Shinji's
> internal struggle and all that, and the Ode to Joy lulling in the
> background...
> the silence also heightened the moment when Kaoru's head hits the LCL.
>
> ...
>
> ...
>
> Splash.
>
> Like that.
>
> >I get the point, but its a bit excessive heh.. And when Eva 01
> > w/the dummy plug in it attacks Ev 03 with Toji in it, I actually
> > remember feeling 'horrified' by that scene, and the sheer
> > coldness of it.
>
> That scene affected me in a way no Hollywood blockbuster ever could.
> The sheer gut-wrenching blood, the flesh... and along with the later
episode
> where Eva 01 eats the S2 engine and there's that spine-chilling roar
> (even better on DVD), it's just mind-blowing.
>
> >I usually wouldn't get affected that way just by
> > watching something. But then you find out he's still alive.
> > Asuka's battle in EoE also springs to mind.. Evangelion is a
> > series full of great moments though, the scene when Toji meets
> > Asuka for the first time was great.
> >
> > -Chris
> >
>
> The comedy moments are pretty good too, especially in the couple of
episodes
> that follow episode 8 with Asuka. The alternative Love Hina Eva in 26 had
me
> ROFL.
>
> Probably another of my favourites is the very last scene of all, in 26,
> where Shinji
> suddenly realises he can live in his own perfect world. And suddenly,
> all his friends and family are around him, shouting "Congratulations,
> Shinji!"
> And Shinji finally finds happiness with the people around him, and it
> finishes with
> the text "Thank you to my father, goodbye to my mother,
> And to all the children, congratulations!"
> When the credits started to roll for the last time, I thought "Wow, it's
all
> over..."
> It was goddamn amazing. When I eventually see EoE...
>
>

I think that for sheer drama pretty much the enrire episode when Shinji and
unit 01 get swallowed by the Sea of Drak, as for comedy well there is so
much to choose from possibly the scene where Shinji first meets Pen Pen or
the one where he and Asuka kiss