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[bakanogami]

Things are progressing, it looks like there might finally be some light at the end of the tunnel. Yesterday morning I got a call from a company called Follow Productions. I honestly haven't the slightest idea how they got their hands on my resume, but they were interested. They're offering a (unfortunately unpaid) post-production internship for a

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[queensarcaste]

For some reason, I do NOT want Steven Spielberg going anywhere ANYWHERE near Ghost in the Shell. I don't know why... it's a visceral rejection of the entire concept.

[bakanogami]

I dunno, I respect the man, but this sounds similar to his feelings on Transformers, and that was awful. Then again, they did specify the manga and not the overhyped movie, which shows he knows where the real good stuff is. And unlike transformers, they wouldn't have to sell campiness to the studios.

I'm withholding opinion until I see a trailer or something.

[queensarcaste]

So far my exposure to the metaverse has been limited to the anime series, Stand Alone Complex, of which I am an absolutely rabid fan. I consider it to be just about the best thing in the universe and officially one of the things that keeps me bothering to keep on breathing

[bakanogami]

Stand Alone Complex in its various forms (the two seasons and the movie) is definitely the best adaptation (as opposed to the two Oshii films and the light novels), and it even brought more than a few fresh ideas to the table rather than cribbing ALL its stories from hashed up bits of the original. However, I still maintain that nothing tops Shirow's manga. SAC got the kinda cop drama theme right, and Oshii did a decent job with the philosophy, but neither managed to do both at once, implement the thickest technobabble in all sci-fi, or get the Major's character exactly right. Her snarky side just seems to disappear in the transition to film leaving her stern and grumpy.

The problem with Shirow is that some of his plots are so dense and technobabble-filled that they're next to impossible to figure out what's going on, but I personally see that more as a challenge that invites rereading them.

Seriously, get the original manga, and perhaps 2.0 as well, and 1.5 (cut stories from 2.0) if you like it.

I'll go on ahead.

[queensarcaste]

It's at the top of my Amazon Wish List

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[bakanogami]

See solid state society, it's probably one of my favorite bits of the SAC canon and its soundtrack is great. And Motoko leaves section 9 in every medium it's been transferred into, though SAC gets props for not inflating it into the huge thing with the puppet master the Oshii movies and the manga do

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[queensarcaste]

Yar, it's obvious that Batou's infatuation is more than a little bit one-sided. He's obviously in love with her (although I don't know what about that family photo he showed whatshisface, the Boxer-Traitor Guy.... Zeitsev! in Ag20 (mmmm, wow, a chemistry pun... reminds me of mole-day jokes

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[queensarcaste]

Something so obvious I forgot to mention it before. Her name is KUSANAGI for Chrissakes. Hope I'm not beating the dead horse.

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[bakanogami]

Yeah, Shirow's kind of weird. He's a pretty serious recluse (his writes under a pen name and doesn't do interviews) and while GitS is probably on the top 5 list of most well known anime over here, I gather it's less popular in Japan. Shirow's art is pretty special, though, particularly his photoshop-aided color work, so he pays the bills with side projects of porn and cheesecake artbooks. Though I imagine he can't be too bad off since if you throw in appleseed he has a shitton of stuff derived from his work

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[queensarcaste]

Geez, you can type like a motherfucker can't you