I will agree that the industry can learn a lot from Evangelion. As I said "Evangelion is a prime example of everything anime should avoid"
It has a generic mech story with just a fucked up ending. Apart from the end it is very by the numbers. As for the story, there was little enough of that as it is. Fight Angels when they show up then go back to Asuka being a arrogant *****, Rei being a borderline vegetable and Shinji being, honestly, the whiniest little ***** ever. And they all get the most tacked on reasons for why they are that way. Their "depth" is that of a teaspoon.
As for the vision, ya know who else has visions? The retard who bangs his head into walls because spoons tell him that his family are really mole people. Does not mean we should praise Dribbles McSpacko for declaring his feet are the greek gods come to elevate humanity while he rides the sunshine bus.
And that does kinda fall apart since the director, after fucking up the ending of the regular series with a truly retarded piece of crap that made NO sense thus earning him the fans hatred, made End of Evangelion, and admitted this, that he made it with the sole intention of pissing off all the fans who sent him threats even more.
Generally the fans of Evangelion get divided into two groups. Those who admit its a steaming pile and those who claim if you do not like it you obviously did not understand it even though they do not understand it themselves.