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Now if that thing were available in a language I understand... being able to read and write English, I just don't understand the wording of half of the lines of that horrible American Chewing Gum.
I would have loved to watch this parody but given this problem it is wasted on me. How can I laugh about jokes if I don't get them, and video footage showing something I already know with complelety different dialogues? Last updated Thursday, January 11 2007. Created Thursday, January 11 2007. | ||||||||
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Evangelion: ReDeath was such a riot that the day after I first saw it at the Ohayocon 2007 Anime Convention, I went looking for "Studio Sokodei" on the internet to see if I could download my own copy. I didn't have much luck, and concluded that it couldn't be downloaded and was reserved for conventions. Apparently there are a number of these "fandubs" (one dealing with Cowboy Bebop). It turns out that ReDeath can be downloaded--it's just a little tricky. Watching it yet again cracked me up immediately, what with the silly (but not too silly) voices replacing those of the original VAs. If you ever get the chance to do so, and if you have ever seen Evangelion (whether you loved it or hated it makes no difference), you must watch ReDeath, because it is hilarious. Picture: --In his vegetable garden, Kaji trying to answer Shinji's questions about growing up; --Rei and Asuka riding an elevator while the song "Tequila" plays over the intercom; --A certain piece of music juxtaposed from it's original scene in the series to a completely different one (hint: aboard the aircraft carrier); --Executives arguing about how the shapes and colors of the EVAs were poorly chosen; and --Scenes from Pokemon and Tenchi Muyo intruding into Evangelion. New voices are added to thoroughly sliced and diced film clips from EVA, without trying too hard to match them to the originals. The audio is imperfect, and I missed a lot of lines the first time (I was in a crowded ballroom, though). A wide variety of new music is skillfully interwoven with the clips, making this partly comic music video. I think the overall length was approximately one hour. Sometimes parodies are crass and tasteless, employing vulgar humor which has little to do with the characters and plots they are making fun of; but this one does an excellent job of both being funny and remaining true to EVA (though there is a fart joke at one point). Seeing such a grim, "everybody dies" sort of show as EVA ridiculed is a gem, especially when you're taken completely by surprise, as I was. ReDeath wasn't as funny the second time around, but you must watch it once. Some people just know how to be funny--that's the only explanation I can come up with for ReDeath. My favorite line: "Mmmm, melons" --Gendo Last updated Tuesday, January 16 2007. Created Sunday, January 07 2007. | ||||||||
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