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Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence in Theaters
Lord Prox writes "The long wait is over, the sequel to Ghost In The Shell is here in theaters!. Titled Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence for the US market and seems to be available in a reasonably wide distribution for anime. There is also a trailer available."
I was all excited about getting to see this in a theatre, but no...closest to my is NYC and that is over 500 miles away. Gah! Hopefully it will do well and more theatres will pick it up.
DAMN YOU OCTODOG! DAMN YOU TO HELL!
I don't know about this movie as I obviously haven't seen it but the first one could easily be characterized as just another robot type story. It would be a signifigant injustice as the first movie did a very good job at addressing, (though not conclusively answering), questions about where the line between man and machine blurs.
I do security
I don't think this will be "I, Robot" animated. The fact that the robot in GITS2 is a "gynoid", seems to point to a slightly darker, and more mature plot.
Of note is the fact that GITS2 is nominated for the Palme D'Or at the Cannes film festival. It is the first animated film to achieve that.
I also think that this movie will be more in tune with westerners vision of what a sci-fi film should be. Apparently it is quite an intelligent film, but the ideas may be more palatable to mainstream America than many other popular anime films.
I probably won't be able to see it in theaters, but I will definitely pick up the DVD.
There is a very nice write up on the film on Wiredm l
http://wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,64966,00.ht
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""""neither should I have to rent it or see it aired on TV before I decide the artistic value merits my dollars as a reward to make more.""""
gimme gimme gimme. fucking kids today thing they're entitled to everything.
...Especially if its not being played in any theaters near you. Looking at IMDB's show times, the nearest theater from me is 180 miles away.
I think this movie deserves better theater release. But until movie makers give proper movies better coverage, I think I will find other means of getting my entertainment.
The common complaint among critics is that while the movie is beautiful, it is souless with too much technological mumbo jumbo and not enough likable characters. The story is said to be at once extremely convaluted and boring with action sequences too far between and countless uniteresting quotes form philosophers or the bible hindering the story.
This for is the exact reason I'm going to see it..
I don't mind action movies, but I'd really like some SF other than another Alien movie or the Star Wars prequels.
Of course, this movie might not be good, but they should at least give a good reason for it.. not just "boring" or "not enough likeable characters".
The path I walk alone is endlessly long.
30 minutes by bike, 15 by bus.
Frankenstein returns 1163 matches on IMDB so I think this qualifies as a cliche. Take a look at the plot summary of the original if you don't believe this is in the same tradition.
Geneon has the license and it was supposed to be released to theaters this summer, but obviously that hasn't happened. The North American release date is still unknown. But the film is only 5 months old, so one shouldn't get too worried about it just yet.
Ita erat quando hic adveni.
Several people are concerned that the exclusions are not working for their accounts. Instead of modding these messages offtopic, why not discuss the problem?
"i most certainly have the right to screen it . . ."
Actually, you don't. I understand your badly wanting to, but you don't have any right to.
It's a bargain between you and the producers, not optional charity from you to the producers.
90% of US beer tastes like crap. Do you believe you have the right to steel a beer in order to try it before deciding whether to buy a six-pack?
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At any rate, Oshii is infamous for infusing others' manga works with his own sensibilities (see Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer for a non-GitS example). Unfortunately, Oshii's recent work-- despite the marvelous animation-- tends to be boring as all hell. This is why I couldn't make it all the way through the first GitS movie, and why I have no plans on seeing this sequel.
No, but if i could make copies of beer without tarnishing the original, or removing the original from the owners hands, you better believe that everyone I know would be getting drunk off their asses.
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