I'm gonna talk you like a Rei fan, i'm 100% loyal to Rei, but after watching the series, i have watched EOE which was a big shock, and the movies had it's ups and it's downs, and of course the characters were updated to a new audience, but at the end of the day it's night.
@hideki everyone argues about whether rei or Asuka is best girl but as someone who has only seen the first 3 episodes of evangelion I only know misato