Talk:Episode 01

Formatting

Ugh, the formatting on this page is a mess. Is it because of all those thumbnails? Should some of them be removed or what? (We don't need THAT many, especially on a regular episode page, do we?) --Sailor Star Dust 13:57, 21 May 2008 (PDT)

Dub-Quotes

Let's trash the dub-version of Gendo's classic, "Yes, there's no mistake..." line. The original is there, ergo doubling up with dubbitude is redundant. Plus the dub is inaccurate there anyway, and it gives me Tristan MacAvery flashback chills.

Speaking of which: If you're going to include quotes from the ADV English dub, you'd better pick choice ones from all those OTHER dubs, too. All dubs are created equal. More to the point: I don't want to have any dub-quotes in the quote sections at all. The only real place they've ever had in NGE Fan-Geek Land is in script comparisons (which could feasibly be undertaken here, but not in the episode pages themselves). --Reichu 23:40, 7 August 2007 (EDT)

I do not anticipate having many English dub quotes, and in principle, an episode does not require them. This is an English-language site, and thus, we're going with the English dub (a spanish Evapedia would use the spanish dub). Really I just want to use it a handful of times when there is a significant difference between the dubs. Of course, if you think Gendo's line isn't significant, that can be removed. But in principle I think it should stay, just not used that much. Mostly I put it in for showing the differences between how Tiffany Grant uses extra German words, i.e. in Episode 08. --V 11:44, 8 August 2007 (EDT)

The dub's place on the site should probably be established at the forum. --Reichu 13:30, 8 August 2007 (EDT)

Yes, I have moved the discussion to there. --V 14:49, 8 August 2007 (EDT)

"Oni"?

V wrote: "This is a pun in Japanese that would be somewhat lost on an English-speaking audience, so the official English dub by ADV films inserted an extra line clarifying this, by having Ritsuko go on to explain that "O-Nine" is a pun on "Oni", the Japanese word for "demon""

I've never heard this one before. It doesn't strike my as being very "punny", since "O-Nine" is pronounced "O-NAIN" in Japanese. --Reichu 06:05, 1 August 2007 (EDT)

Well its right there in the English dub; I don't know if its funny enough to be a "pun" (It's a pun that characters in the story itself made as a bad joke) but the English version bothered to spell out "you know, like an Oni!" and the Japanese version doesn't. --V 18:32, 1 August 2007 (EDT)

I'm not sure if something qualifies as a pun because the English dub says it does. (FYI, FGP operates more or less as if no NGE dubs existed. If this is a problem, -->forums.) --Reichu 19:52, 1 August 2007 (EDT)

Although the Japanese dub is default and the "official" one, to be comprehensive the EvaWiki should point out things of note that occur in the official English dub (along the lines of "this is a mistake that the English dub made that if you have only seen the English dub you might not be aware of"...). I do not anticipate having that many things to point out about the English dub anyway. --V 20:27, 1 August 2007 (EDT)

Just because it goes against my Japanese instincts, and we don't have anyone else to test it on, I opt for removal. I think without substantiation it's just superfluous information, and it doesn't add anything. --Reichu 20:30, 1 August 2007 (EDT)

I think we should leave it in because it's a substantial difference between the English and Japanese versions, and a casual English speaking fan might now.....what substantiation do you want?--V 20:44, 1 August 2007 (EDT)

Something that's currently unavailable. In any case, the dub-script's innumerable divergences do not warrant mentioning -- unless it's (a) page(s) devoted exclusively to said divergences you're talking about. With episode pages, I ask that we stick to the basics. Axe "oni".--Reichu 23:40, 7 August 2007 (EDT)

If you say so. I will work on a "differences between the English and Japanese dubs" page.--V 11:45, 8 August 2007 (EDT)

Quantum Mechanics

The Rei stuff needs to be displaced to an embryonic T&A article sometime. Certainly, nothing more than a couple of sentences belongs on this particular page. --Reichu 06:05, 1 August 2007 (EDT)

Yes. I will separate that. --V 14:32, 1 August 2007 (EDT)

Sachiel

V wrote: "Sachiel's respiration system is somewhat unusual..." This sort of thing only needs to be on Sachiel's page, methinks. --Reichu 06:05, 1 August 2007 (EDT)

Ok. We're still in the early "desperately need actual information on here" phase so I'm more concerned with getting stuff up, than if it gets a little doubled up. Yeah I realize I just double pasted it I'll work on that if you think it looks garrish...--V 14:33, 1 August 2007 (EDT)

Actually, I'd say that we're in "Wall of Text" phase... --Reichu 23:29, 7 August 2007 (EDT)

Yom Kippur

"This episode premiered on October 4th, 1995, which also happened to be Yom Kippur that year. It's not clear if, given the various references to Jewish mysticism in the series, this was an intentional choice or just coincidence." The inclusion of this struck me as a bit odd. What prompted it? --Reichu 06:05, 1 August 2007 (EDT)

I didn't think of it. Some guy added it into the wikipedia.org article for "Angel Attack", and I figured it was enough of a notable coincidence (purely as trivia) that I might as well keep it around. Would you like it removed? (I'm no fan of that bit myself actually, as I thought it a pure coincidence and not particularly interesting). --V 14:35, 1 August 2007 (EDT)

Yes please. ^_^ It seems to stray a bit too far into "we don't wanna go there" territory. --Reichu 16:36, 1 August 2007 (EDT)

It's outta here. ^_^ --V 17:33, 1 August 2007 (EDT)

Regarding Ritsuko's swimsuit

I heard it said it was a continuity error that Ritsuko's swimsuit starts out as a two-piece swimsuit but switches to one-piece; I cannot find evidence of this; there is a bar along the back, but we only see the full-front view of the swimsuit when she is in the elevator; I have seen one-piece swimsuits that have designs like that (a bar along the shoulders as opposed to just a U). So I see no error there. Of course...this in no way explains how Ritsuko quickly switches from a swimsuit to her jacket and panty hose later on. --V 21:51, 16 November 2007 (PST)