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Originally Posted by nekokami
Perhaps one thing we are talking about is "plausibility" again. But I think we're also talking about depth of story. Giant robots are not especially plausible (why would anyone try to make a mechanical fighting vehicle with such an impractical form?) but Neon Genesis Evangelion makes up for it (IMHO) with depth of characterization and exploration of psychological issues.
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I can make suggestions as to why anyone would make a fighting vehicle with that form, but they have nothing to do with practicality, and everything to do with compensation on the part of the designer...
I got a laugh out of William Keith at a convention a few years back when I complimented him for
almost making the the giant fighting robot plausible in his "Warstrider" series. He made them reasonably plausible in his setting, which was neat work, because I normally think of such things as simply large targets.
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Dennis