Dated 9 August 2008: I'm behind Misato 100%
Ice, snacks, and beer. Does anyone really need anything else? Actually, I could probably get by without the ice, but I'm sure Misato has a good reason for keeping it around. I won't question her methods.
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Dated 9 August 2008: I'm behind Misato 100%Ice, snacks, and beer. Does anyone really need anything else? Actually, I could probably get by without the ice, but I'm sure Misato has a good reason for keeping it around. I won't question her methods. Dated 27 November 2008: Misato has the right idea when it comes to bathsI have begun augmenting my showers with a bath component. It's not the first time I've tried emulating the Katsuragi lifestyle. Dated 31 March 2009: Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance trailerSeriously, now. There has to be a better quality copy of the Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0 trailer than this. Has to be. Nevertheless, I am fully on board. Dated 3 April 2009: Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance trailer againGetting warmer. Better than last time, but surely there must be a better copy available. Dated 5 April 2009: Hey, it was the first thing I noticed about this Eva pictureI hope they're not really making Asuka's hair brown for Rebuild 2.0 or Pachinko 2009 or whatever the Hell it is I'm looking at here. Dated 29 April 2009: I forgot to buy a calendar this yearSomeone get me this calendar. You have until Friday. Dated 1 May 2010: The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya is really about her returnThis apostle of Haruhi fell victim to temptation and watched the horrible cam rip of Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu. The camrip is strictly amateurish, and of such poor quality the best thing I can say about it is it must be a labor of love. I guess it's still better than the Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0 camrip which I had to close after 10 seconds for being almost literally unwatchable. As for the movie itself, it's stunning. The comparison is apples to oranges, but I liked it better than both Summer Wars and Rebuild of Evangelion 1.11. Despite its focus on drama instead of comedy, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya is heavy on the factors that made the original series so good. Likewise, the movie does wonders for Haruhi herself. [Spoilers: She's in the movie.] Kyon's happiness at seeing her again is our happiness. So too seeing the Haruhi we know emerge from the Shoushitsu Haruhi we meet at first. Gone is the exasperating and vicious Haruhi from The Sighs of Haruhi Suzumiya. We had to lose Haruhi to find her. (Cruel is one thing, but vicious is another—I can dig cruelty when it's packaged with enough charisma.) Speaking of The Sighs of Haruhi Suzumiya, the second season broadcasts do matter. Specifically, the tanabata episode and "Endless Eight" matter. Without delving further into spoiler territory, the viewer will appreciate a critical aspect of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya more if he suffered through all of "Endless Eight." Don't worry, it also works if you actually enjoyed "Endless Eight," as I did. Dated 1 June 2010: Expect a crush of Rebuild of Evangelion 2.22 posts herein, part oneFor those of you who don't know what I'm going on about, Shinji's SDAT player during the original series only displayed tracks 25 and 26, suggesting the mindfuck final episodes may have been deliberately planned all along. |
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