Ghost in the Shell remains our most challenging film about technology

Re:Ghost in the Shell remains our most challenging film abou... by rorykoehler on Monday February 29, 2016 @11:15PM (#11200744)

I only recently watched Ghost in the Shell for the first time. I have no idea how I missed it all these years. I also had no idea about the follow ons you posted. Excited to watch them now.

On another note, Black Mirror is great but it doesn't even exist in the same realm as Ghost in the Shell. In 1989 we had a much less developed idea of the consequences of future technologies. The ideas presented in the original Ghost in the Shell are basically just rehashed in Black Mirror. I remember how mind blowing I found the Matrix when I first saw it (I would say it's probably the only futurist movie that changed my outlook on the world) however after watching the original Ghost in the Shell I realised that it was just a reinterpretation.

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Re:Ghost in the Shell remains our most challenging film abou... by jcoffland on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @01:31AM (#11201112)

On that note, I found the Animatrix even better than the Matrix movies. It's anime more along the lines of GitS.

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Re:Ghost in the Shell remains our most challenging film abou... by digi_owl on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @01:40AM (#11201135)

I wonder if by being animated rather than actors and FX, it slips past the whole "uncanny valley" effect.

Meaning that our subconscious stops nitpicking, and our conscious can therefore fully engage with the message.

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Re:Ghost in the Shell remains our most challenging film abou... by colordrops on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @02:01AM (#11201179)

The uncanny valley was intentional in the Matrix films.

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