I'm not going to take the time to point out the various similarities, but if anyone has watched Neon Genesis Evangelion and Pacific Rim, they are very aware of the similar themes and situations. There have been rumors, and a lot of hope around a live-action version of NGE, but I am thinking that Pacific Rim has most likely put a stake through the heart of that idea/dream. First off, Pacific Rim was much more of a traditional and "consumable" film. Probably far more than NGE could ever be. It fit into a playtime length and had sufficient story/plot and characters to allow that to happen in a single film. What I thought would be the biggest challenge for a live-action version of NGE (besides the length) is that the NGE story is convoluted, long, very subtle (almost too subtle when it comes to some of the backstory and details), but most of all, the biggest issue is the main characters (Eva Pilots) in NGE. I don't believe that if the live-action version were to portray those characters as written (14 year olds with major issues, some of which address sexual coming of age) that it would be acceptable or palatable to typical movie audiences. IMO, Pacific Rim (intentionally or unintentionally) got the palatable and acceptable "main points" of NGE (alien monsters threatening all of humanity and a united humanity fights back with giant mecha that use synchronized pilots) and avoided all of the "tricky" things that the NGE film would attempt to cover (and have a hard time doing, especially within the typical length of a film). Guillermo del Toro and other major contributors to Pacific Rim state that they've either not seen or weren't influenced by NGE, but now that Pacific Rim is out, I honestly think that a live-action NGE would either be seen as a "copy" of Pacific Rim, or a too complex attempt at a similar movie. I would imagine whatever studio might have been considering making an NGE film would now see it as too risky and too likely to fail at the box-office. Which.... well, that means it is dead. Your thoughts?