LAST EDITED ON 05-16-03 AT 03:18 PM (EDT)
 

The following PREVIEW has been certified for ALL AUDIENCES by the Imaginary Motion Picture Association of America. The film previewed has been not been rated.

(MUSIC: "Dance of the Soviet Sailors", from Reinhold Glière's The Red Poppy.)

(BLACK SCREEN. LOGO appears at center with thunder SFX.)

EYRIE PRODUCTIONS, UNLIMITED

(fade out; fade in)

presents...

(crossfade to choppily edited footage of EVAs in combat against familiar ANGELs from the NXE television series; VOICEOVER by PATRICK STEWART)

VO: In 2015, the special combat agency NERV confronted a series of threats from beyond the mortal world. They thought they were fighting a war to save humanity from a menace born beyond the stars.

The truth, as it turned out, was much more sinister.

(INTERIOR: A cramped, smoky office crowded with people, three men and two women, all haggard, two smoking. The man at the desk is hanging up a telephone.)

SHORTER WOMAN: They're sending us to Canada?

MAN AT DESK (nodding): Us, our equipment, our support team, anything else we reqire - and the prototype.

(INTERIOR: A darkened bedroom. A figure can dimly be seen tossing restlessly on the bed.)

DJ CROFT (VO): I only caught about every fourth word of that. You know my German's still not very good.

(DISSOLVE to ASUKA SORYU-LANGLEY kneeling on what looks like a catwalk, her hands still gripping a metal railing above her head)

ASUKA (sobbing): I don't need you... I don't need you.

(INTERIOR: A conference room. ASUKA, JON ELLISON and REI AYANAMI are seated at the table, facing JEFF "YAK" MINTER and RITSUKO AKAGI, who stand by the display screen.)

YAK (dismayed): Christ, the world press under SEELE is already having a field day with the fact that we're still using you kids as pilots! If it ever got out that we'd performed invasive cerebro-cybersurgery on fifteen-year-olds...

(DISSOLVE to BEDROOM. ASUKA is staring at the ceiling, an expression of horror on her face.)

ASUKA (in German, subtitled): Oh, my God... I -am- going mad.

(DISSOLVE to a computer room. JONATHAN, snarling, lashes out with a black-taloned hand at something offscreen which explodes, sending a curl of smoke toward the ceiling and scattering glass in front of him.)

JON (looking at his hand, whispering): That could just as easily have been somebody's face...

(EXTERIOR NIGHT: a quiet residental street. REI leans against a brick wall, with tears on her face.)

REI (singing softly): Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel... like I've been tied, to the whipping post... tied, to the whipping post... tied, to the whipping post... good Lord, I feel like I'm dying.

(INTERIOR. The briefing room. JOHN TRUSSELL stands before a group of TECHNICAL DIVISION personnel.)

TRUSS: It's a 25-megaton thermonuclear cruise missile, approximate range 150 miles.

MAKOTO HYUUGA: But my God, the collateral damage!

(FADE to GENDOU IKARI standing in a CORRIDOR under a sign reading CENTRAL DOGMA SECTION H)

GENDOU (imperiously): Quickly, man! Don't just stand there gawping at me, come here! I have important information for Commander Natla.

(EXTERIOR NIGHT: a dark-winged form flies silently away from a radio tower)

(INTERIOR NIGHT: REI and ASUKA standing at window.)

REI: It sounds... It sounds like...

ASUKA: What?

REI: Death.

ASUKA: Rei, you're scaring me.

(EXTERIOR DAY: A body of water larger than the frame explodes in a blast of light and heat, and a deafening shriek of fury rends the air.)

(INTERIOR NIGHT: REI by the window again.)

REI: Whatever it is, we're not going to like it.

(INTERIOR: NERV Ready Room. Most of the NERV cast are assembled, being addressed by BRIGADIER MISATO KATSURAGI.)

MISATO: The death toll is currently estimated at 9.75 million. It may go higher.

(EXTERIOR NIGHT: Two men run toward a chain link fence. Behind them is a compound, alight with warning beacons and searchlights as sirens howl.)

OTTO KELLER: AT Field! They've got the perimeter sealed off!

KEN STANFIELD: Aw, hell. If that's true, it means -

(MONTAGE. Quick, fleeting images of white, dark blue, and flame-red Evangelion-like giants, the ARCHANGELIONS, in battle against grey EVAs; a group of what appear to be white EVAs with wings mobbing the red ARC, obscuring it entirely; Jet Alone blazing away with its autocannon; AMY ANDERSON and a VERY LARGE MAN WITH A MOHAWK gweeping furiously at a console resembling the one displaying the MAGI status during EXODUS 2:3; the dark-blue ARC chopping a grey EVA clean in half with a progressive axe; an eyeblink clip of the white ARC engaging a hideous giant... THING with a sword; SHINJI IKARI compressing a plug suit he's just put on; ASUKA in an EVA cockpit, lunging forward against the controls and screaming a challenge, her face a mask of battle-lust; a conventional naval/air battle, seen from several miles away; a tremendously bright beam of energy streaking out over the ocean, boiling the water beneath it as it passes; more fast-cut EVA combat.)

(JUMP to a black screen filled with speeding white streaks, like a starfield at a VERY high warp speed, eventually washing out into pure white.)

ASUKA (VO): Mein Gott... it -is- full of stars.

(BLACK. MUSIC pauses.)

GIRL'S VOICE (hesitant, shaky, quiet): Is... is it over?

MAN'S VOICE (grim): No.

(MUSIC resumes. VERY FAST-PACED MONTAGE of quick-edit battle footage, interspersed with four one-second BLACK SCREENS, each cut in and out with thunder SFX and each bearing one of the following four words:

THE

WAR

NEVER

ENDS

(MUSIC ends. BLACK two seconds; LOGO fades in at center.)

MAY 16, 2003
18:00 EDT
http://www.eyrie-productions.com/NXE/TMP/

(END)

colour

You sir, have a gift for, as Durandal put it, "Feeding the flames". I have
no idea what the experience of reading TMP will be like, other than it will
be gut wrenching at times. Oddly enough, I'm looking forward to it. :)

Thank you very much!

Druid
druid@bigplanet.com

Whoa, I got chills just reading the trailer. I can't wait to read the real thing.

Holy fraggin hell...

I second the "chills up spine" thing. Thing is, I can see the trailer in my head.

Whoa...

-Logan

	I would enter your sleep if I could, and guard you there, and slay the thing that hounds you as I would if it had the courage to face me in fair daylight. But I cannot come in unless you dream of me. --Prince Lir, The Last Unicorn

>Holy fraggin hell...
>
>I second the "chills up spine" thing. Thing is, I can see the
>trailer in my head.

Chills, yes indeed. I "saw" bits and pieces of it, but I was able to
"hear" with perfect clarity Patrick Stewart's VO.

Druid
druid@bigplanet.com

Matrix? What's that?
Mistral

LAST EDITED ON 05-15-03 AT 05:42 PM (EDT)
 
_{<Wayne and Garth>}
I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy, I'm scum! I'm filth, I'm a loser!
_{</Wayne and Garth>}
In less words : I like it!!!!!
But, dude I have to work tommarow night!
It's the Eagles.. But man.. aww crap.. :(
Pattrick

Henchperson for hire, researcher of all, and a man with too much time on his hands.

(editied to enhance the joke and Gryph's pleasure.) ;)

>I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy, I'm scum! I'm filth, I'm a loser!

Well, "scum" and "filth" might be going a bit too far, but you're certainly immoderate.

--G.
-><-
Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>>I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy, I'm scum! I'm filth, I'm a loser!
>
>Well, "scum" and "filth" might be going a bit too far, but you're
>certainly immoderate.

I was kidding around Boss, Riffing a little Wayne's World as for Your comment, If I knew what that ment _(seriously) I might be offended..

Pattrick

Henchperson for hire, researcher of all, and a man with too much time on his hands.

>>>I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy, I'm scum! I'm filth, I'm a loser!
>>
>>Well, "scum" and "filth" might be going a bit too far, but you're
>>certainly immoderate.
>
>I was kidding around Boss, Riffing a little Wayne's World as
>for Your comment, If I knew what that ment
>(seriously) I might be offended..

HTH. HAND.

	Chad Collier J. Random Pixel Pusher Digital Domain RCW #1138

LAST EDITED ON 05-15-03 AT 04:49 PM (EDT)
 
I like to think that I put together a pretty good fan trailer back in the day (link), but this was just incredible. I look forward to the biggest single EPU text file yet - this is gonna be one hell of a ride!

Offsides

I have looked into the abyss, and the abyss looked also back into me.
Neither of us liked what we saw.
EPU RCW #π
#include <stdsig.h>

5.2 megs (approx) Yeah, I'd have to say that was a bit of an understatement! No wonder Gryph had always called it a 'movie'!

I'm just glad it isn't tonight its getting released... I won't be home tonight, but you can bet I'll be home tomorrow!!

>5.2 megs (approx) Yeah, I'd have to say that was a bit of an
>understatement! No wonder Gryph had always called it a 'movie'!

Uh... no, dude. You're a decimal place off, there.

Just about half a meg.

Cripes. Even Robert Jordan doesn't write 5-meg novels. :)

--G.
-><-
Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>Just about half a meg.

Even so, that's a five or six hour read. I might time it, if I remember.

Pardon me while I go dance for joy.

- CD

>Cripes. Even Robert Jordan doesn't write 5-meg novels. :)

$ wc -c SOS/*.txt | tail -1
 6782445 total

Okay, so it's more than one novel. But the length of NXE:TMP doesn't seem nearly so intimidating when you realize it's "only" about the size of two Symphony movements.

>>Cripes. Even Robert Jordan doesn't write 5-meg novels. :)
>

 
>$ wc -c SOS/*.txt | tail -1 
> 6782445 total 
>

>
>Okay, so it's more than one novel. But the length of NXE:TMP doesn't
>seem nearly so intimidating when you realize it's "only" about the
>size of two Symphony movements.

mauser% wc -c NXE/nxe1-*.txt | tail -1
 465476 total

But, it's also longer then the entire first season of NXE. Something that surprised me, just a little.

--
-Pasha
"I invented Warp Drive, whatta ya got?"
"I'm the Norse God of Mecha."
"Well, I guess you win then."

>Just about half a meg.
>
>Cripes. Even Robert Jordan doesn't write 5-meg novels. :)

No, he writes five 1-meg novels and then comes up with a way to write 5 more.

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter
My LiveJournal
Everything goes better with Ninja

I find it a little disturbing that, without knowledge of this coming out, I decided to re-read the entire series starting a couple days ago. A few minutes before I posted this, I finished reading NXE 3:9, then brought up the What's New page again. I clicked the link, and there it was.

Apparently my subconscious knew something the rest of me didn't. Brrr...

Ahh, the advantages of being known to be, um, differently-balanced. Nobody says a word when I dance around like a crazy person for a few minutes and then go quietly back to work. Thank you, Gryphon, Truss, and et al. You've all, personally, each and every one of you, made my day, to such a degree that I oughtn't to run out of made days until at least the middle of June. At which point I ought to be able to afford to go over to Tuesday Morning and buy some more. So thanks to you, I'm golden for made days indefinitely!

In order to properly express my gratitude, I'd have to go on in this vein for quite a lot longer, so let's just pretend I did and save everyone a lot of effort. In short, congratulations and thank you.

Mike Thedford
Dark Nation
Hydrophobe at Large

Yes, I do note the metagrammatical error. Pedants will be punished.

Damn you for a cruel, sadistic bastard, Gryphon. I have two big RPG sessions this weekend, an apartment to clean, _and_ an interview to prep for. And you drop this on me. Your timing is impeccable.

Ebony the Black Dragon
Senior Editor, Living Room Games
http://www.lrgames.com

(Ah well, the carpet can get cleaned next week)

>Damn you for a cruel, sadistic bastard, Gryphon. I have two big RPG
>sessions this weekend, an apartment to clean, _and_ an interview to
>prep for. And you drop this on me. Your timing is impeccable.

Oh, what, like I knew any of that...

You want to wait 'til Memorial Day? That's a more traditional launch time for a movie anyway.

--G.
-><-
Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>>Damn you for a cruel, sadistic bastard, Gryphon. I have two big RPG
>>sessions this weekend, an apartment to clean, _and_ an interview to
>>prep for. And you drop this on me. Your timing is impeccable.
>
>Oh, what, like I knew any of that...
>
>You want to wait 'til Memorial Day? That's a more traditional launch
>time for a movie anyway.
>

Now see, -this- is the sadistic bit, since if it became common knowledge that poor Ebony caused the delay of NXE:AN he'd be flayed alive by the RCW posse.

For the record, not that it matters, but I'm in the same boat, plus I'll be without a Net connection most likely, but ::shrug::. It'll give me a way to distract myself at work Monday.

	-={(Astynax)}=- "What? I work tech support, gotta keep my synapses firing somehow."

>>Damn you for a cruel, sadistic bastard, Gryphon. I have two big RPG
>>sessions this weekend, an apartment to clean, _and_ an interview to
>>prep for. And you drop this on me. Your timing is impeccable.
>
>Oh, what, like I knew any of that...

Well, you could've asked. But no, you never write, you never call. I'm starting to think this relationship is all in my head. :)

>You want to wait 'til Memorial Day? That's a more traditional launch
>time for a movie anyway.

Oh, don't delay on my part. Besides, Memorial Day weekend plans on being even busier. Carry on; I'll read it in my own time.

Ebony the Black Dragon
Senior Editor, Living Room Games
http://www.lrgames.com

Yup, I'm in the same boat. GMing two separate campaigns but oh well. Bring on the pain. I'll run them and read TMP. Thanks a lot Gryph (seriously).
-Eden

... And I'm only just recovering from Reloaded's last half hour. Cool!

Just the sheer level of destruction we get a glimpse at staggers the imagination.

Of course, I'll be in Cohuna for the weekend as normal. If that damn library computers webmarshal program blocks Eyrie again, someone's gonna die.

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter
My LiveJournal
Everything goes better with Ninja

<Pops Knuckles>
I better start re-reading the NXE series again! Been looking forward to this one!

So how many times should I say this place rocks?

Hmm. 6pm EST.

If I'm reading the timezones right that would be about 11pm GMT... about 5 minutes after I get home from work.

Convenient.

Thank you.

(Nice trailer too)

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Edit: kill the annoying spelling gremlin

>We are the Bored. Lower your shields and surrender your fics.

Best prepare for a broadside, methinks.

(snip long, irreleant tract on why the Borg would be much better villians if their adaptation was replaced in one of several ways.)

- CD

>(VERY FAST-PACED MONTAGE of quick-edit battle footage, interspersed
>with four one-second BLACK SCREENS, each cut in and out with thunder
>SFX and each bearing one of the following four words:
>
>THE
>
>WAR
>
>NEVER
>
>ENDS
>

O_O ... wow...

Thank you.. Thank You! Words really fail me
for this. The trailer has got me nervously waiting for the
6pm mark. And the chills thing... I had soo many I actually
think I am in Tibet. :)

Well, hooray for having a clear schedule this weekend :)

*faints* I finally get to read it, YAY!!!!! :)

Thank you for waiting til finals were over!

(well, almost... I have one in an hour... but close enough...)

-- Andrew

>Thank you for waiting til finals were over!

I assure you, it's purely coincidental. :)

--G.
-><-
Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

*With jaw resting on the floor, holds up sign*

'Wow!'

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I guess this is a good place to put in my 2 cents. I saw Matrix Reloaded between reading NXE:TMP. My livejournal (http://www.livejournal.com/~satyap/ )post says:

MR almost got pre-empted by the NXE:TMP release on Fri May 16th. http://www.eyrie-productions.com/NXE/ I'd say the effects in NXE:TMP were better, being entirely imaginary. There was one scene where... well, no spoilers in this: the EVAs do a Neo/Smith-style everybody gang up on the good guy and the good guy flings them up and away scene. Also, NXE:TMP had a better storyline and a much better ending.

edit: Oh bah, I broke Truss's new rule. Sorry, guys :-(
edit: ah fudge, *now* I can't find a way to delete this. so i have the same thing in 2 threads. botched up real good didn't we, preciousss...

--
Satya.

Heh... I was too impatient to wait for my finals to begin and end within the next month, so I finished it all quickly myself. :p

I'm dense! I only read the trailer after I read the story, but heck, still cool! ^_^

I like a lot! *laughter*

Trailer is COOL. My friends will be happy when I tell them the movie's out! ^_^