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[–] Lowleekun@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I love GiTS and it does make sense that she has a half baked criticism. It is however not a scene that is able to instill any good criticism in the viewer so I am unsure how this particular scene would 'hold up'. That is pretty much all I wanted to point out. Not every movie has to be a critique of capitalism.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh yeah for sure. That's fine. Most of GitS is just "government is bad and corrupt" as a backdrop for sexy ladies and cool ideas about transhumanism. It has very little to say politically and is much more interesting as an exploration of the question of what makes us human or different to computers if we put ourselves in the computers?

I should note I'm not talking about the movie though, but the original 1989 manga and the new 2026 series adaptation of it.

[–] Lowleekun@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is the new series good? I only watched the anime movie.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It is an absolutely perfect 1:1 adaptation of the original source material leaving nothing out. I can not recommend it enough, it is very very good. The only thing I will say about it is that it requires concentration and moves very fast at times which can make mental processing of what's occurring slightly difficult if viewing casually. That's true of the original movie too though.