in the shell

Wow. That's just ... wow.

Freitag wrote:So far so good. This handbasket is very comfy, and I'm on my way somewhere in a hurry.

lol ... I think a lot of handbaskets have been given out this year, ultimate destination unknown.

Cool!

Tenchu: Stealth Assassins is one of my faves (plus I got to analyse its AI for my games course at uni ). And FF VIII. And Soul Calibur. And a load of others.

Cool! Thanks for the links!

Ha! That's so ... appropriate.

That sounds great! Wish it was a travelling exhibit.

Done!

Done! Let me know if you think anything else ought to be moved around ... I see a couple things in the Oshii film section that might be better in the new film section, like maybe the "Live-Action Aftermath" topic.

Sounds good to me! I'll take a look at it ...

GhostLine wrote:I still haven't watched the film...I ended up getting really ill, so I hope to see it soon. I'll def be adding my two cents soon.

Hope you feel better!!

**SPOILER AHEAD!!! Well, sort of ...** The sad part is the film received poor reviews prior to people watching it because of the whole "white washing" controversy which is off course known to be bullshit for fans of the source material. I couldn't disagree with you more on that point ... a...

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...