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Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence in Theaters

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can't-wait-to-see-it dept.

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."

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  1. Re:how's it ? by Gyorg_Lavode · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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.

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  2. GITS2 by fistoflegend · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I think this might be a pretty worthwhile film. I liked the first one, but I didn't think it was as great as fanboys make it out to be. I think this one will be a little different.

    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 Wired
    http://wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,64966,00.htm l

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  3. Re:GITS2:Innocence available on p2p by yamcha666 · · Score: 4, Insightful
    ...copyright-lovers who are thinking "you don't have the right to 'sample' a movie before deciding if it's worth the money! especially if its precious anime!", I have this to say...

    ...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.

  4. Re:how's it ? by MooCows · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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".

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  5. Re:GITS2:Innocence available on p2p by torokun · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "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.

  6. Re:GITS2:Innocence available on p2p by Skjellifetti · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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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  7. Re:how's it ? by May+Kasahara · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Shouldn't matter, especially since the source material is usually better than the movie version anyway. And there's plenty of films which one can thoroughly enjoy without having read the source material (book, comic, manga, etc.) at all-- Akira and the recent X-Men movies being prime examples. Movies are separate media altogether, and they should be judged as self-contained works first, before comparing them to the originals.

    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.