Talk:Episode 02

Eva's hand in episode 1

Re: this image: http://evacommentary.org/evawiki/FGC:Episode_01_Cut_cut191

The commentary says that's Eva 00's hand in bakelite. I think it's Eva 01's hand in LCL.

The difference is that first, Eva 00 was never buried up to its hands in bakelite. If you look, the bakelite stops before it reaches its hands.

Second, Eva 00's hand was in a closed fist, ready to bunch. The hand in that scene is not. --V 19:32, 19 July 2007 (EDT)

I have a couple of objections to this interpretation: Immediately after they pass the hand, they board a small hover boat and travel some distance before they reach Unit-01. Why should they have to do so if this were already Unit-01?

Also see scene 7. Unit-01's arms are in restraints; she has to break one of them to save Shinji from the falling lghts.

The Evangelion poised as if protecting Shinji. The workers are confounded.

Worker B “The Eva moved!”

Worker C “How could it!?”

Worker D “It wrenched off the restraints on the right arm!”

That doesn't seem to be the case with the mystery hand.

Besides, do you really think it's a coincidence that Ritsuko is saying "zero, zero, zero, zero, zero....", as they pass the hand? -- thewayneiac 10:53 AM (EDT) July 20, 2007.

Yes I think that her reciting the "Oni" system is a coincidence. However you raise some other good points. Hmmm...I want more analysis on this. Okay, well first, we don't really see much in that shot other than basically the palm of the hand; from what little we can see, there could actually be restraints on the "Eva in questions"'s arms. I think it could be either way on that (shot is unclear). However, you raise the good point of that they go up an elevator, only to then have to take a motor boat to get to Eva 01 which is clearly in the distance. Hmmm......well it could be just that the base has a complex labyrinth-like layout; but I kind of think it's just that the Eva's hand is so big that it looms behind them even when really far away. Could have been just poor planning on the animator's part. I think the Eva pens are just huge; they use all the Evas in one big LCL filled room. But Eva 00 wasn't in the pens, it was in a separate experiment room. At any rate, the experiment room in episode 5 didn't have really big windows on its sides. The Eva pens do. ....so yes, it seems odd that they see Eva 01 in the distance, then have to take a hoverboat to it...but I think it's just that they're looking across the LCL-filled Eva pen from the other side, but Eva 01 is so big the hand still looms in the distance. --V 12:55, 20 July 2007 (EDT)

Misato seducing Shinji in episode 23?

Misato tries to seduce Shinji to comfort him in episodee 23? Are you...sure on that's how the scene played out?....I'll double-check this...--V 12:41, 20 July 2007 (EDT)