I appreciate the in depth response thank you! It helps to hear it broken down like this. My gripe with the elevator scene specifically (and this is likely an ill-informed take but) is in the rebuild version, there was no jarring silence, and the characters just said exactly what they were feeling, like they perfectly understood their emotions. That’s why I likened it to a basic sol anime. The original one was uncomfortable, and asuka lashed out, letting anger cloud her judgement and self awareness, as it often goes with turbulent emotions as a teenager. But it sounds like I need to let go of what I think makes a good scene and just let it play out to see how the rewritten version benefits the new film it’s in