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Review of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who-doesn't-like-cybershells dept.

Lawrence Person writes "Given how the series itself touches on so many topics near and dear to the hearts of Slashdotters everywhere, I thought my review of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (first season) at Locus Online would be of interest. It is longer and more in-depth than the average review, and touches on GitS:SAC's relationship to obvious cyberpunk and postcyberpunk source material, the elements that make it unique among anime science fiction, the role of P2P networks in popularizing anime, and how GitS:SAC compares to the other great science fiction TV show currently on the air right now, Battlestar Galactica."

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  1. buzzword bingo by User+956 · · Score: -1, Troll

    "cyberpunk" - check. "postcyberpunk" - check. What, no use of the word "manifesto"? Oh, wait, that's in the linked article. I'm sure glad i can access cyberspace on the information superhighway.

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  2. Re:Aren't you a little late? by Hack+Jandy · · Score: -1, Troll

    You forget. The author of the "article" wrote the blurb. This is just shameless self promotion (even if it is about a cool topic)

    HJ

  3. Re:Aren't you a little late? by Aqua+OS+X · · Score: 0, Troll

    As a child I read Back to the Future 2: The Novel for a book report. I should submit my review.

    Slashdot will probably post it among 3 different stories about iPods, one stories about some technical something that is slightly more popular then in used to be, a double post of a story that wasn't all that cool, and something about Microsoft sucking.

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  4. How is this news exactly...? by Yusaku+Godai · · Score: 0, Troll

    This series came out years ago. And it's a great series, but I fail to see how you having a review of it out counts as "news."

  5. jesus FUCKING christ. by jesusfingchrist · · Score: 0, Troll

    I love Ghost in the Shell.

    It's a very good show.

    Oh ya, fuck slashdot.

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