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Guardians of the Galaxy Could Learn from Neon Genesis Evangelion

If you are expecting a comprehensive overview of Neon Genesis Evangelion , I am sorry to say that you are not going to find that in this post.  Truth is, I have only watched the first five episodes of this piece of anime, and then only because Adult Swim was showing  Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth a few days ago.  From what I could tell, this was a movie cobbled together from various episodes of the series.  Sadly, I had no idea what the heck was going on, but I was intrigued by the many religious themes that kept popping up during the movie, such as the logo for NERV, mankind's defense from the "angel" onslaught: Anime with religious sensibilities and mechs?  Sign me up!  So I decided to start at the beginning of the series.   Like I said above, I've only made it past the first five episodes, so I cannot reach any conclusions yet.  However, while the jury might still be out on this series, I can say that episode 4 has...