>>2715213I'm the poster from
>>2713773 So I have to say something since I'm one of the people you describe as historical revisionists. Unlike the other guy that says he thought Rebuild would be crap from the start, I did 'revise' my opinion on on 1.11 & 2.22 and I acknowledge it. I don't think there's anything disingenuous or Rei-hating about that because they're an ongoing thing so each installment does change the perception of the previous ones.
For starters, even back then people saw 1.11 as a retread/rehash, but was received positively because of the animation, the score and the small changes that were enough to keep everyone happy since it was seen as a reintroduction and setup so you couldn't as for much more.
2.22 came along and it struck a good balance between familiar and unfamiliar leaving you in uncharted waters by the very end, but I remember even back then some complaints about how it was structured and about shinji being too TTGL and not enough EVA.
But most were happy because it did seem like Rei would be explored further in 3.33 and there would be new situations and more character development (with them being locked up and all), so it did appease the early rumblings about how that' what was missing from the first two since you could say, it's the latter half of the show when things really get interesting so it will be the same thing with Rebuild.
But then 3.33 came along, and 2.22 turned out to be a false promise, we didn't get much more to chew on about Rei or most other characters either, it all got got lesser than it was, and if from those eyes you go back and look at 1.11 and 2.22 in general or Poka-Rei in particular as the best and the most Rebuild offered you, then you can't help but say 'fuck that' it was acceptable when it was the build up for something, but now that we know it wasn't I don't think it's dishonest to change opinions on what came before.
>>2715530we should be able to report this shit, it isn't even clever.
