The Evangelion discussion start around the 45 minute mark, at least in the ad-free version.
Austin probably should have told them to watch the first four episodes because right now they could only talk about the show in the most superficial of terms, with Austin having to give them a half-remembered cliffs notes version of a summary of what the show is actually about.
Episode 4 is where the series begins to explicitly explore Shinji's depression, it's also one of the slowest episodes in the entire series. It's a good preview of where the show is going once it wraps up its action adventure arc halfway through.
The Rebuild is soooo much better and true to the sentiment of the original rather than constrained or directed by budget issues. After the first film it starts to wildly diverge from the TV show, anyways.
The first Rebuild seemed promising before taking a sharp left turn and falling off a cliff with the sequels. That series is now stuck in a ditch, with its themes buried deep under so many stupid gimmicks, I don't think the final movie could possibly reshape it into anything true to the original.
The way in which 2.0 sexualized children felt like an utter betrayal of (what seemed to be) the original's themes. It's seriously upsetting garbage.
