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[TONX]

With all the FUD being spread about this movie, i was expecting the worst, but this trailer hyped me through the roof.

Can't wait for this.

+1 for Depeche Mode and +1 for Tricky.

 

[El Topo]

She has a skin tight flesh-colored body suit for the camo.

Right. It's still pretty explicit in the movie, specifically at the end. As Ebert pointed out, she's basically nude.

 

[chicagocubsfan]

This looks amazing visually.

 

[Tekomandor]

Yup, to many emotions on her face. Shen can't quite look stoic it seems...besides motoko should look like a gimnast or something and she doesn't to either...

Movie seems ok otherwise

Confirmed for having zero knowledge of the Major's original character. Only in the Oshii films is she super stoic.

 

[antispin]

Looks awesome. Plus props for Depeche Mode <3

 

[Adobe]

We all know anime adaptions are super hard but this one looks really amazing!

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

Confirmed for having zero knowledge of the Major's original character. Only in the Oshii films is she super stoic.

And even then, I don't think it was particularly on purpose. Reading the Patlabor 2 interview, he admitted he has a lot of difficulty writing female characters and understanding them.

 

[RoyalFool]

Is the whole 'finding out about my past' stuff just film malarkey? From my vague memory of the series she often has a disconnect with real people but doesn't have any secret past stuff going on.

 

[Tekomandor]

Is the whole 'finding out about my past' stuff just film malarkey? From my vague memory of the series she often has a disconnect with real people but doesn't have any secret past stuff going on.

In Arise there's

Spoiler

some modification of her memory of her past

but otherwise, no that's original to the film.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Is the whole 'finding out about my past' stuff just film malarkey? From my vague memory of the series she often has a disconnect with real people but doesn't have any secret past stuff going on.

Well you know how movies go. The main character always has to be some chosen one. In 2nd Gig there was a standalone episode explaining her past, but it was never anything that pervaded her character. She never really dwelled on her past, more than it had to do with her general disconnect from her humanity

 

[hoggert]

Looks alright. What little they showed of the story and the few dialgue scenes with ScarJo makes me worried it's going to be going the way of the Aeon Flux live adaption. Discovering her secret past, new technology, government conspiracies, how do I write a screenplay to appease the producers using tired bullshit lol

 

[black_13]

Looks promising but Scar Jo doesn't have that tough look that the character needs. Could be wrong though.

 

[Turin Turambar]

Right. It's still pretty explicit in the movie, specifically at the end. As Ebert pointed out, she's basically nude.

She is basically nude... except for a suit. Gotcha.

I suppose right now I'm basically nude except jeans and a shirt.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

Looks alright. What little they showed of the story and the few dialgue scenes with ScarJo makes me worried it's going to be going the way of the Aeon Flux live adaption. Discovering her secret past, new technology, government conspiracies, how do I write a screenplay to appease the producers using tired bullshit lol

Well if there's one thing that is a constant throughout all forms of GitS, it's government conspiracies.

 

[Grenchel]

Reminds me of the kinda corny 90's sci fi I used to watch as a kind. Screamers, johnny mnemonic, etc. I dig it.

Was expecting to be totally turned off by this, but it doesn't look bad at all.

 

[Purkake4]

Umm, no.

Any why Depeche Mode, I don't even.

 

[Doc Holliday]

I'm yea scar Jo in that skin tight suit.. Um yea.. I was not prepared

 

[Jobbs]

It looks so much like a live action version of the original film. I'm curious but it could still go horribly wrong. Some of it looked a bit corny.

 

[Monochromaticx]

I am trying not compare it to the anime movie, because you can't top perfection.
so as trailer for a sci-fi, I think it looked good. minus the suit, which looks ...weird.

 

[SillyEskimo]

So, Robocop? Cyborg human tries to reconcile with being more machine than human while discovering their forgotten human past. Yeah, Robocop.

 

[El Topo]

She is basically nude... except for a suit. Gotcha.

Skin tight, flesh colored suit, with visible nipples and plenty of shots showcasing the body.

"...the woman is constantly showing nude..." - Siskel in the TV review
"...and it hares that peculiar tendency of all adult animation to give us women who are...almost continuously nude" - Ebert in his written review

I think it is rather pointless to pretend that her look (in some scenes in the movie, e.g. the end) was comparable to "jeans and a shirt".
It is nonetheless a legitimately great movie. It even makes sense in the movie (given the themes), at least to an extent/barring some gratuitous shots. It was never going to happen in a PG-13 movie though.

 

[SJRB]

It looks so much like a live action version of the original film. I'm curious but it could still go horribly wrong. Some of it looked a bit corny.

Only shot that looked weird was the one where she uncloacks from the stealth mode while walking towards the camera.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

I don't have any real love for the original Ghost in the Shell film. I always felt it was shockingly short for the kind of story it was trying to tell and the themes it was trying to explore.

That being said, I'm a tad disappointed in how...mainstream it looks? It's a big budget sci Fi film about an ass kicking cyborg lady, so I understand the direction. If he wasn't already working on Blade Runner, I think Denis Villanuev would have been the perfect choice to adapt Oshii's GitS. Or really any of Oshii's movies. After watching the Arrival, the dude knows how to make a slow deliberate paced movie still exciting and tense without compromising depth.

 

[Nudull]

So, Robocop? Cyborg human tries to reconcile with being more machine than human while discovering their forgotten human past. Yeah, Robocop.

To be fair, a lot of 80's/90's sci-fi ran that plot into the ground.

 

[Samuraicop]

Visually it looks so Fucking great I'm gonna get a lot of pictures from this film. Gotta see it to actually tell if it's a good overall film

 

[awilliams213]

Looks good the action looks like story boards taken directly from GITS and the first part of Stand Alone Complex. That said I always need more live action cyborg battles in my life.

 

[Octavianus]

She is basically nude... except for a suit. Gotcha.

I suppose right now I'm basically nude except jeans and a shirt.

She's literally nude at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK8V9jG7Wjg

 

[Kodaman]

Ghost in The Shell: Other G


And that is what struck me first. I'm seeing a lot of issues.

 

[Skinpop]

what is this awful pop music.

 

[thabiz]

I see 2016 movie trailers still strong with the shit tier covers. DM cry.

 

[iPaul93]

Looks really good.I'll definitely give it a chance.

 

[rdytoroll]

Scarlett Johansson

The film looks amazing visually.

 

[Darkwater]

invis doesn't work with clothes on.


Really like the look. I hope the rest is as good.

She's not actually naked, Motoko Kusanagi mainly wears a skintight outfit that looks flesh colored. MK's only really naked during the shelling scene.

This kind of thing makes me feel like the filmmakers see me as some sort of caveman who needs to see a pretty, naked woman before he can get enthusiastic. Honestly I just lose enthusiasm when I see this kind of thing.

Not trying to dissuade anyone of anything, those are just my two cents. By all means get hype if you feel it.

 

[Jyrii]

Kinda looks like a mix of GITS1 and 2

Spoiler

camo scenes from the first one and the geisha from the second.

. Probably not going to follow eithers plotline.

Visually they really hit the mark, but I fear the actual movie will be just ok at best.

 

[Gully State]

Visually it looks fine. But anyone else feel like it's thematically off? I'm not the most well versed in GITS, but the whole "search for my past," "here to do good," and "they lied to you" emotionally charged tags weren't consistent with the Major's more pragmatic nature.

 

[Doikor]

Surprisingly fantastic trailer considering. Song choice on point.

Still majorly pissed about the whitewashing - GitS is an inherently Japanese tale, which makes this leave a bad taste in the mouth. Would have been way more interested in a domestic adaptation directed by someone like Shinya Tsukamoto.

To me GitS could happen in any cyberpunk universe (or country). As someone who is quite big cyberpunk nerd (read a lot of books in the genre mostly as most films are garbage) it just feels like a well made story in the genre with nothing really Japanese about it other then the setting.

Though Japan is a very "easy" setting for cyberpunk in general as it has cities today that pretty much look like most descriptions of a cyberpunk mega city (just not as tall).

 

[sankt-Antonio]

Will watch, in hopes to see some ScarJo nipples.

 

[Danneee]

Could be decent. Though how the hell was Ron Pearlman NOT cast as Batou?

God damn. I was thinking this exact thing!

Looks great though.

 

[DrBo42]

Insane production design/quality. Those hologram ads are fucking baller. ScarJo in a skin-tight bodysuit is never a bad thing either. Hope it's good.

 

[The Technomancer]

This looks terrible. Setting aside the casting complaints, I was hoping this would still be competent.

It looks so bad. Why are they jacking shots and ideas from the original film when 1. they look absolutely rank in this amateurish greenscreen soundstage style and 2. they aren't even exploring the same themes? Like no shit the Major wasn't going to do anything in the nude in a PG-13 blockbuster action flick, so why even use that shot? The original film used this to explore the concept of identity in a digital future in a story about a character who was questioning what defined their humanity; now it just looks like Scarlett just picked an unfortunate color of jumpsuit. Why invite the comparison at all? This is kind of a step beyond evoking the original, it's straight up shoving pieces of it into a movie where it looks like they won't belong. This is just The Bourne Ultimatum with some shots stolen from a different movie.

also just lmao at Batou

I'm not sure I 100% agree, insomuch as I think the way they're doing it here looks like it could underscore the questions of defined humanity by making it jarring every time we go from "lifelike ScarJo face on top of clothes" to "oh wait...shit right"

This is also like, the one property where "discovering my past" feels thematically appropriate. Yeah its a pretty tired cliche, but it fits fairly well into a universe who's core thematic underpinnings support the idea that its possible to have a secret past even you are unaware of

 

[Bishop89]

looks good imo.
Loving the designs of the world/characters.


I can definitely see the similarities with Aeon Flux though lol.

 

[Vlaphor]

Those mini-teasers left me somewhat interested, but now I think I'll definitely check this movie out. I've only seen the original movie and read the manga, but I do eventually want to watch SAC and the other movies.

 

[SolidusDave]

Visually it looks fine. But anyone else feel like it's thematically off? I'm not the most well versed in GITS, but the whole "search for my past," "here to do good," and "they lied to you" emotionally charged tags weren't consistent with the Major's more pragmatic nature.

Well from SAC we know she's well aware of her past. So that's indeed a weird angle.
Although they also have "what are you" and "missing the connection normal humans have with the world" in there. So who knows, maybe they go for both themes...

 

[purseowner]

Will watch, in hopes to see some ScarJo nipples.

Your reason for watching is:

a) More than a little sad.
b) Makes clear that you haven't seen Under the Skin.

 

[erotic grandpa]

Identity/amnesia plot :/ They absolutely can be done well, but it feels like an easy choice.

That said, I will absolutely see this movie (and probably buy it), no matter how bad, just to soak in those cyberpunk visuals and art design. Holy shit did they nail that aspect.

 

[show me your skeleton]

it's been a while since i read the original manga but motoko was never 'the first of her kind' or whatever, was she?

 

[Trokil]

Still majorly pissed about the whitewashing - GitS is an inherently Japanese tale, which makes this leave a bad taste in the mouth. Would have been way more interested in a domestic adaptation directed by someone like Shinya Tsukamoto.

Tokyo in GitS is a nexus of nationalities and neither in any of the media they explain where she is from. Also Motoko Kusunagi is a fake name, they gave it to her and in Standalone Complex they also said, that it is not her real name. So the Major could be anyone and there is no real whitewashing in the first place.

it's been a while since i read the original manga but motoko was never 'the first of her kind' or whatever, was she?

In Standalone Complex she is, she was the first person to be a complete cyborg and getting a complete cyborg body as a kid.

 

[Baleoce]

Looking forward to it.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Tokyo in GitS is a nexus of nationalities and neither in any of the media they explain where she is from. Also Motoko Kusunagi is a fake name, they gave it to her and in Standalone Complex they also said, that it is not her real name. So the Major could be anyone and there is no real whitewashing in the first place.

This argument again, huh?

There is no way for it to make any sense. If it's a fake name, why choose a Japanese name? Because they're in Japan? Well in that case, why put her in a "white" cyber body? And if they're going to put her in a white body, why give her a Japanese name, where it's obvious it's fake?

 

[Joni]

Skin tight, flesh colored suit, with visible nipples and plenty of shots showcasing the body.

"...the woman is constantly showing nude..." - Siskel in the TV review
"...and it hares that peculiar tendency of all adult animation to give us women who are...almost continuously nude" - Ebert in his written review

I think it is rather pointless to pretend that her look (in some scenes in the movie, e.g. the end) was comparable to "jeans and a shirt".
It is nonetheless a legitimately great movie. It even makes sense in the movie (given the themes), at least to an extent/barring some gratuitous shots. It was never going to happen in a PG-13 movie though.

So she is still wearing a suit.