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The show had an overly emotional faux-religious intensity similar to Neon Genesis Evangelion. It marked the beginning of the fanatical audience. A lot of pseudo
by slowhadoken 2y ago
The show had an overly emotional faux-religious intensity similar to Neon Genesis Evangelion. It marked the beginning of the fanatical audience. A lot of pseudo-political crowdsourced promotional rhetoric was born from 2004 Battlestar. For example Laura Roslin is the prototype for characters like Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo from Star Wars.
- spywaregorilla 2y agoNeon Genesis is moreso Christianity as an aesthetic.
- slowhadoken 2y agoIt’s faux-Christian aesthetic. Hideaki Anno has explained it in interviews. Anno has no knowledge of Judaism or Christianity, he said he tacked it on to distinguish it from other kaiju shows at the time. Similarly, Battlestar makes zero sense, it’s just meant to be provocative.