2nd GIG Episode: To those without even a name; SELECON
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:29 pm
For those of you who haven't seen it, this may contain spoilers.
I've just finished watching "SELECON". I need someone to clue me in what just happened. Who is Kawashima, and why does section 9 need his external memory device (whatever that is) to prove Goda's involvement with the individual eleven?
And how does the hacking technology (the means by which boma and ishikawa access the information) work? I understand the part about them needing to break through a "barrier" or Gits' version of a firewall, but I have no idea what all the technobabble ( does anyone remember the dialogue during the scene where they dive in?) is supposed to mean.
What I mainly got was that the individual eleven members were recruited by a virus uploaded into their cyberbrains, and this may be the same virus boma gets infected with towards the end, but how does it infect people to begin with, and what were the countermeasures ishikawa told the tachikoma to implement to protect boma's mind from it?
For that matter, how is the virus supposed to even work? Can the individual eleven be said to have free will in what they do? It doesn't seem to be the same as ghost hacking.
Also, I feel that there is some underlying significance behind Kuze and the other terrorists discussing their contributions to the cause, besides pointing out the fact that they follow a manifesto layed out in an essay that apparently never existed, but which they believe is real. What else is this supposed to tell us about them?
It would be really helpful if someone could point me to transcripts of the episodes. Any assistance here would be greatly appreciated, I want to understand the show so I can enjoy and discuss the themes.
I've just finished watching "SELECON". I need someone to clue me in what just happened. Who is Kawashima, and why does section 9 need his external memory device (whatever that is) to prove Goda's involvement with the individual eleven?
And how does the hacking technology (the means by which boma and ishikawa access the information) work? I understand the part about them needing to break through a "barrier" or Gits' version of a firewall, but I have no idea what all the technobabble ( does anyone remember the dialogue during the scene where they dive in?) is supposed to mean.
What I mainly got was that the individual eleven members were recruited by a virus uploaded into their cyberbrains, and this may be the same virus boma gets infected with towards the end, but how does it infect people to begin with, and what were the countermeasures ishikawa told the tachikoma to implement to protect boma's mind from it?
For that matter, how is the virus supposed to even work? Can the individual eleven be said to have free will in what they do? It doesn't seem to be the same as ghost hacking.
Also, I feel that there is some underlying significance behind Kuze and the other terrorists discussing their contributions to the cause, besides pointing out the fact that they follow a manifesto layed out in an essay that apparently never existed, but which they believe is real. What else is this supposed to tell us about them?
It would be really helpful if someone could point me to transcripts of the episodes. Any assistance here would be greatly appreciated, I want to understand the show so I can enjoy and discuss the themes.