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From what I've now heard/read, the actual film takes whitewashing to an entirely new level--but discussing why means major (ha ha) spoilers, as follow (using a quote box to hide the text, but it's really not a quote): Not only is Johansson playing "the Major" Mira Killian, but in the film ...

Latest ads seem to lean toward a revenge-type story...less existential. Recent reviewer who attended IMAX event noticed that Major is actually Japanese, but is now named Mira and living in a cyberbody. This is what I guessed they would do a while back. Reviewer felt story is dumbed-down, but visual...

Um ... wow. This figure for the upcoming film seems exceedingly problematic given all the issues with whitewashing this production has had. I can't see it as anything other than racist, with the non-Japanese Kusanagi holding the decapitated head of the geisha (whose face is painted with the Japanese...

There was so much of that and other trailers that seemed so ... wrong. Why is she running up the wall visible in her odd-looking thermoptic camo (which looks like some sort of pink plastic bodysuit)? Why does Batou look so small? Why does the geisha have a big Japanese flag on her face (which seems ...

Reading the comments on the YouTube vid is certainly educational lol.

Cool!

What's it about? Is it good?

[Just answered my own question about the "about" part ... stopped being lazy and looked it up lol. Still, what did you think of it?]

A DNS error ... that's odd. No worries about the hosting fees, but thanks for offering! :) The hosting and registration fees are relatively low (less than $120 per year), and I enjoy the site as well, even though I haven't updated in ages. It's nearing twenty years old ... wow ... I remember the big...

Very cool!

Saw it on the 11th! Very, very good. However, definitely follows on from the rest of Arise, so having watched the four OVAs (probably the wrong term nowadays) was a must! (Watching those plus the "extra" episode from the TV version would have been even better--didn't get to see that until ...

Yup! Already done! (Actually, my friend's the one who's already done it; he's very very into GitS as well.)

Jeff

My guess is that they feel they need a big name star as a draw (well, don't they always?). The brother of one of my friends is the costume designer for this film. He also did the costume design for Mockingjay, and I have high hopes that the GitS designs will look as cool (although appropriate to Git...

The first SAC soundtrack ... but that changes to the first film soundtrack sometimes. Their moods seem very different.

That's really awesome! Know what you mean about the wallpaper.

What it says in the heading! Hope everyone has a brilliant year!