You know, I've never thought of Doug as someone that calls anybody "lad." Does any American call anybody "lad"? Has he just spent that much time in Great Britain?
I think that Doug would be a great addition in the Island section, though it was during this point that Nadia became very . . . off. I blame the fact that this entire filler arc was crap and not the work of gainax proper. Maybe Doug could enter his own robot King in the great king race?
I know that Shinji's character design was based off of Nadia's but I'm not sure if his personality was. Nadia, while oftentimes morose, was also very up as well. And she had a spine.
Nadia, not exactly a vegetarian. She likes eggs--a lot! And milk. And possibly fish, though I'm not sure about that.
As for the drive and power source of the Nautilus 2, have you seen the Nadia omake? There's this one episode that gives some of the technical specs of the nautilus 2 and compares it to first one. I'm not sure about this orpheus drive and it being a "mana engine" or what have you. Despite the quasi-mystical nature of the blue water, it doesn't neccessarily have to have anything to do with magic. the Nautilus 2 might harness zero point energy or possibly a singularity. Or something equally kookoo science fantasy-ish, a la star wars or star trek.
You know, I've always thought that Grandis' henchmen should be SAMSON and HANSOM. It sounds the same in Japanese but the fact that "Sanson" is a vain super strong guy is a clue to what his name actually should be. Hansom, of course, from the maker of the famous Hansom cab.
Course there's the problem of what to do with Doug during hte confrontation with Gargoyle. It has to be Nadia what does what she does with the blue water, not doug's metapowers.
hmm.
-murmur
I think that Doug would be a great addition in the Island section, though it was during this point that Nadia became very . . . off. I blame the fact that this entire filler arc was crap and not the work of gainax proper. Maybe Doug could enter his own robot King in the great king race?
I know that Shinji's character design was based off of Nadia's but I'm not sure if his personality was. Nadia, while oftentimes morose, was also very up as well. And she had a spine.
Nadia, not exactly a vegetarian. She likes eggs--a lot! And milk. And possibly fish, though I'm not sure about that.
As for the drive and power source of the Nautilus 2, have you seen the Nadia omake? There's this one episode that gives some of the technical specs of the nautilus 2 and compares it to first one. I'm not sure about this orpheus drive and it being a "mana engine" or what have you. Despite the quasi-mystical nature of the blue water, it doesn't neccessarily have to have anything to do with magic. the Nautilus 2 might harness zero point energy or possibly a singularity. Or something equally kookoo science fantasy-ish, a la star wars or star trek.
You know, I've always thought that Grandis' henchmen should be SAMSON and HANSOM. It sounds the same in Japanese but the fact that "Sanson" is a vain super strong guy is a clue to what his name actually should be. Hansom, of course, from the maker of the famous Hansom cab.
Course there's the problem of what to do with Doug during hte confrontation with Gargoyle. It has to be Nadia what does what she does with the blue water, not doug's metapowers.
hmm.
-murmur