>>2346063EVA00 was yellow(orange) in the original as well, and you're just being confrontative at this point anon.
There's nothing inherently wrong in adding new stuff to Evangelion OR developing the characters differently, there's something inherently wrong in letting the job be half-done however.
I'm no fan of Yuki either, but Rei's character doesn't exclude blushing or the like.
I like 2.22 because the changes are appropriate. It doesn't stray too far away from the original Rei, and the reason it strays is because there's development to back it.
That said, I don't think it's enough on it's own. 2.22 Rei was a decent start, you may not remember the original Rei but she was fairly absent in this arc, now that she wasnt' 3.33 and 4.44 could develop her more.
Now that it didn't happen, I've long since joined the ranks of critics.