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by Sergeant X
Sat May 03, 2014 11:30 am
Forum: Arise - NEW GitS anime!
Topic: Discussion of the changing looks of the characters
Replies: 2
Views: 6769

I kinda like the young Motoko,
but that might just because I know somebody who looks like her
by Sergeant X
Sat May 03, 2014 11:29 am
Forum: Arise - NEW GitS anime!
Topic: Streaming
Replies: 0
Views: 7144

Streaming

I was able to stream the first two episodes online but I can't seem to find the others.
I'm not a huge fan of Arise but I figure since I've already seen all of the other media I may as well...
by Sergeant X
Sat May 03, 2014 11:19 am
Forum: And More ...
Topic: Music
Replies: 6
Views: 11729

nice!
thanks m8 :)
by Sergeant X
Sat May 03, 2014 11:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: Ghost in the Shell Movie Analysis Part 2 Video
Replies: 2
Views: 7192

ohcool, you're that guy. I enjoyed the first vid lets see - too much evidence of the plot comparisons between the manga (we get it after maybe 3 or 4) but then I guess it helps to provide a bunch of source material to talk about later whoa, you like really respond to yr youtube comments Freitag brou...
by Sergeant X
Sat May 03, 2014 10:12 am
Forum: The Technology
Topic: Transhumanism
Replies: 10
Views: 13722

And on that big cross that Bateau uses on the concrete trapping them. Being an animated thing, the shape of it was discussed, it wasn't just a chunk of debris an actor picked up. So maybe it was the symbolism of being freed from something? They were trapped and through the cross they became free. V...
by Sergeant X
Fri May 02, 2014 4:34 pm
Forum: The Technology
Topic: Transhumanism
Replies: 10
Views: 13722

(after Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were kicked out of the garden to prevent them from also eating from the tree of life otherwise the fallen state would be permanent because the damage done cannot be repaired in this universe) okay so (and correct me if i'm wro...
by Sergeant X
Fri May 02, 2014 3:38 pm
Forum: And More ...
Topic: Music
Replies: 6
Views: 11729

Christian Noise Pop !!!

lol, I think that would mess up the metaphor

I meant like a band that sounded like JAMC but with a female singer
by Sergeant X
Fri May 02, 2014 1:49 pm
Forum: And More ...
Topic: Music
Replies: 6
Views: 11729

right on,
rn I'm listening to Neil Young live in 1971
some BBC thing

I've been on a twee, dream pop/ shoegaze kick lately
The Swirlies, Rocketship, Allo Darlin', loveliescrushing, New Order, y'know... stuff girls like.

I'm still searchin' for the female fronted Jesus and Mary Chain
by Sergeant X
Fri May 02, 2014 1:34 pm
Forum: The Technology
Topic: Transhumanism
Replies: 10
Views: 13722

Okay so I have a couple of thoughts about this but first you'd have to accept a couple of basic premises: 1. Technological progress occurs at such a rate that the ethical (sociological, economic, whatever...) ramifications of said progress can only be judged retroactively i.e. By the time we start t...
by Sergeant X
Fri May 02, 2014 12:44 pm
Forum: And More ...
Topic: Music
Replies: 6
Views: 11729

Music

so what does In the shell listen to?
by Sergeant X
Fri May 02, 2014 12:40 pm
Forum: The Philosophy
Topic: The Ghost in the Machine
Replies: 6
Views: 9615

The Ghost in the Machine

Allegedly the book the show was named after I've heard good things but I haven't read it. The whole Holon concept seems interesting to me I think it might relate to that tachikoma episode where they talk about the Selfish Gene and Gaia theory Has anyone read the book? thoughts? http://en.wikipedia.o...
by Sergeant X
Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:32 am
Forum: Video Games!
Topic: Metal Gear Solid 4
Replies: 8
Views: 12876

I think that MGS2 is a better game than the first metal gear solid
by Sergeant X
Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Is The Matrix the same damn movie as GITS
Replies: 5
Views: 9833

GiTS understands Baudrillard better He's got this essay where he states that contemporary sci-fi isn't really about the future, its more like a simulated reality over top of our existing present. part of why I like the show anyways the guys who did the Matrix have gone on the record to say that they...
by Sergeant X
Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:14 pm
Forum: Anime
Topic: Serial Experiments Lain
Replies: 4
Views: 6788

Serial Experiments Lain

how is this not discussed?
by Sergeant X
Tue Apr 29, 2014 6:22 pm
Forum: Stand Alone Complex
Topic: Meaning behind the laughing man quote.
Replies: 6
Views: 40011

The Salinger angle, lets take it. So Catcher in the Rye became somewhat notorious after its initial publication for starters it has been consistently banned in libraries across the world for a myriad of reasons the usual justification is the profanity It has also been connected to at least three ass...