Poll: End of Evangelion got me punched in the stomach.

[NewGeekPhilosopher]

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a series I admire in what it did for the anime industry and introducing more people to anime, but my anime-non-fan brother punched me in the stomach for subjecting him to twelve hours of Evangelion when he was promised fighting robots on the box art.

I like Evangelion because it is open to so much interpretation, one of the few anime shows that reward overthinking. My brother on the other hand wanted to see fighting robots instead of emoting people so he punched me in the stomach for his trouble, just like Shinji gets punched in one of the early episodes.

It's hard to justify End of Evangelion sometimes, but when I went to see Avatar last night my brother didn't like that either because it "didn't meet his expectations". But is disappointment worth punching your brother in the stomach over End of Evangelion?

 

[MurderousToaster]

*cough*Fail*cough*

I wouldn't punch someone in the stomach over something that trivial, but if they reccomended me something utterly terrible, I may give them a verbal slapping.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I thought you meant an emotional punch in the stomach.

NGE is still one of the best shows ever. *runs for the border*

 

[Bobbovski]

Maybe you should have warned him that Evangelion isn't really about robots fighting? But no, It's not worth punching you for it.

 

[teisjm]

Punch him right back. Even if he had to sit through hours of film he doesn't liek only to be supprised that it was actually a bestiallity-shock site he still shouldn't punch you without you punching him back

 

[FluffyNeurosis]

I love Eva but if you just promised him fighting robots and subjected him to that you deserve to be hit.

 

[Eliam_Dar]

I love Evangelion, I have seen the series several times, and in fact I did research on the many biblical and religious references of the series. I think your brother missed the point. If he wants to see mechas figthing each other, well, there is always Vandread

 

[stabnex]

I can smell anime viewers. You all reek of Pockey and B.O., and it does in fact create an irresistible urge to inflict grievous bodily harm. So yeah, I'm gonna have to go with you'd get punched as soon as I met you.

And I, too was forced to watch Evangelion over the course of several visits to a friend and I was more than disappointed. A bunch of pricks wailing on each-other or not hitting on their clearly sexually interested female friends for hours on end with one or two robot battles made throw discarded manga at my friends head for an hour.

 

[ctrl-alt-postal]

If you didn't like it after the first hour, why keep watching? It's not like one was chained to a chair clockwork orange style. That's like offering someone pie, they eat the whole thing, then attacking you for offering something they didn't enjoy, but continued to consume anyway.

 

[NewGeekPhilosopher]

If you didn't like it after the first hour, why keep watching? It's not like one was chained to a chair clockwork orange style. That's like offering someone pie, they eat the whole thing, then attacking you for offering something they didn't enjoy, but continued to consume anyway.

I know, right? And what makes it worse is that he started watching it without me when I left the DVD in his room. Then he turns on me and says "This sucks, imma punch you for recommending this to me" - when he could have stopped watching at any moment!

 

[Casual Shinji]

If you didn't like it after the first hour, why keep watching? It's not like one was chained to a chair clockwork orange style. That's like offering someone pie, they eat the whole thing, then attacking you for offering something they didn't enjoy, but continued to consume anyway.

I know, right? And what makes it worse is that he started watching it without me when I left the DVD in his room. Then he turns on me and says "This sucks, imma punch you for recommending this to me" - when he could have stopped watching at any moment!

You should make him watch Serial Experiments Lain.

That'll make him go Texas Chainsaw Massacre on your ass.

 

[ctrl-alt-postal]

I know, right? And what makes it worse is that he started watching it without me when I left the DVD in his room. Then he turns on me and says "This sucks, imma punch you for recommending this to me" - when he could have stopped watching at any moment!

Maybe he be uncomfortable with liking it, or maybe he just be liking to punch. Is this a common thing?

 

[KurtzGallahad]

Maybe evangalion 1.0 (It's one dvd now *cheers*) will have more mecha (Not likely)
But seriously, it's a good series, no punching was in order

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

I still haven't gotten around to watching Death and Rebirth... no shops SEELE it anymore (Sorry, couldn't miss the bad joke...)
I liked NGE, but the ending is a kinda disappointment. I love the fanfic 'Shinji and W40K' though

Not worth punching someone over, though.

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

It's hardly worth punching someone in the stomach, but NGE is pretty bad...

 

[GodsAndFishes]

Its not worth punching someone, but I do want those 12 hours of my life back from watching that drivel.

 

[Wilbot666]

I'm in two minds, did you make him watch the godawful ending?

 

[NewGeekPhilosopher]

I know, right? And what makes it worse is that he started watching it without me when I left the DVD in his room. Then he turns on me and says "This sucks, imma punch you for recommending this to me" - when he could have stopped watching at any moment!

Maybe he be uncomfortable with liking it, or maybe he just be liking to punch. Is this a common thing?

He didn't like Genshiken either, he punched me after that as well.

 

[GodsAndFishes]

I'm in two minds, did you make him watch the godawful ending?

You mean theres a non-awful ending?
The film was getting there in the first half and then just died again.

 

[Kaboose the Moose]

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a series I admire in what it did for the anime industry and introducing more people to anime

It did?. I found that what little respect I had for the industry (thanks mostly to FMA and Samurai Champloo) went away with NGA.

The ending and the series in its entirety in fact was punch to my head. It made me realise that I, as a mature adult, had wasted several hours of my life watching absolute bollocks where I could have been watching grass grow..which in retrospect, is time well spent and a damn side more interesting.

Shinji my Italian arse. More like whinge-y!.

Anyway, I'm sure the series has fans and I am not one to question them, they clearly see something I don't. And while I can't justify your brother's attack I definitely can see why he would have done so.