OL wrote:
Looking at the trailer itself, I do have to say I'm weirdly disappointed that they've pretty much just lifted so many of the visuals from the Oshii movie. Practically 90% of the freakin' trailer is all just swiped from that one, solitary source. With so much Ghost in the Shell to pull from (the multiple comic series, the multiple tv shows, the multiple movies), it's odd that they seemingly decided to just lift from that one example.
Additionally, it seems like they've totally missed the point of the Ghost in the Shell mythos entirely. They seem to have turned it into some sterile, hackneyed, Hollywood crap about her being a new kind of android or something, instead of focusing on the undertones of individuality in a world totally connected by the net. Way to fuck that up.
this is exactly what I was getting at in my last post, alot of the scenes in the trailer are taken straight out of the original film. I also dont remember the major being on some huge quest to "find herself" in the other media platforms of GitS, her work was always her life and everything else was way in the rear view of that. But this time around shes all concerned about her past and who she used to be and why they "saved" her. Also I dont recall her casually kissing other people (maybe if it was a setup for a job for Section 9). I feel they are trying to make her too human, shes a cold robot in everything else and I think they missed this part. I dont think she ever was human in the other stuff either, I see alot of issues, but I would consider myself a purist when it comes to GitS, the original concept is just too good, and if you change core elements of that, meh. I do think this film will probably be a visual stunner, the casting is atrocious, none of them look like their characters. But hey, nothing can be as bad as Dragon Bell Evolution, lets hope this is not that at the very least...