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Apparently pretentious psychobabbly bullshit can easily be confused for psychological complexity by fanboys with nostalgia goggles.
Look, I loved Evangelion TV when I was a teenager. Loved End of Evangelion. I thought it was the bees' knees. I even thought the "original" ending was such a GREAT TWIST.
I also loved Final Fantasy 7 and Planescape: Torment when I was a teenager.
Now that I'm almost thirty, I recently tried making my way through these three things again.
I could not do it. They were just too terrible. I made it through four episodes of NGE TV before the countless budget-saving animation hacks and the glacially-slow pace (which does not adhere to any sane engagement curve) started driving me nuts.
And the CONGRATULATIONS ending wasn't clever or innovative. Remember, this is the same stupid WHAT A TWEEEEEST crap that resulted in M. Night Shyamalan's excommunication from the pantheon of revered directors.
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