johnsandoval:

I /really/ love Evangelion’s user interfaces. The problem I have with most modern science fiction UIs is that they’re way too polished for no reason. Stuff like mining rigs, or military vehicles- they all have this over-nice reactive UI that bounces and squiggles whenever characters touch them. Who would program any of this shit? Not only that, but there’s a lot of bullshit shapes that show no meaningful information to the user. 

This is why I love the computer/set design of Evangelion (and also stuff like Alien). They look and feel beat up. Used. Real. When I look at Evangelion’s UI, I’m reminded of oscilloscopes and other things real engineers use. Sure there’s a lot of noise on the screen, but all of it feels like it could MEAN something to someone in-universe.