Ghost in the Shell Live Action - March 31, 2017

[electric indigo]

2nd gen Lotus Esprit?

Xactly

It's also visible at the end of this BTS video.

[mechaninac]

Actually, now that I get a better look, it looks far more like a 1st gen Esprit... very angular.

[electric indigo]

I think the S1 and S2 look the same?

Anyway I just ordered a Fujimi Esprit, now I need a 1/24 Scarlette...

[Kelsain]

So, is this just a live action remake of the original film? A lot of these teasers look like EXACT recreations of scenes from that.

[azrael]

So, is this just a live action remake of the original film? A lot of these teasers look like EXACT recreations of scenes from that.

Adaption/remake of the anime film.

[peter]

S1

S5?

Whatever they're using in this film looks more like an S1, but the the quarterglass looks a little off. Maybe a kit car?

Edited November 10, 2016 by peter

[electric indigo]

Note the build-in extras:

[sh9000]

[Dobber]

Ok when are we going to get a trailer already! This looks so good!

Chris

[UN Spacy]

Damn...this might actually be awesome.

[Black Valkyrie]

Its getting better and better.

[M'Kyuun]

Far better than I ever thought it would be, but then again they're basically making a live action version of the '95 film with an extra here or there, judging from the teasers. That's a good start. Looks like the anime's opening cyborg creation sequence is going to be realized for this...it's still one of my favorite scenes in cinema, lovely. I'm hoping they'll sneak some of Kenji Kawai's original music in there somewhere, just to give it that atmosphere.

[JB0]

Note the build-in extras:

extras.jpg

No sweet-lookin' Seburos? Color me disappointed.

I know, the first movie skewed hard towards real-world weapons, but... the friggin' Seburo SMG is iconic!

[abbadon]

[Negotiator]

Thank you! bottle caps confirmed!

[sh9000]

Cool! A cover of Enjoy the Silence playing too.

[Golden Arms]

Looks good! I can't wait to check the out when its released.

[azrael]

Visuals OK. Something about the story is not jiving with me.

[electric indigo]

90% from the animated movie + 10% twist + Scarlette - I'm excited.

Edit - Holy Sh!T:

Edited November 13, 2016 by electric indigo

[Marzan]

Yes, yes yes! March seems too far away.

[Chronocidal]

Visuals look perfect, not sure where they intend to take the story though based on the dialogue. Could just be a red herring though.

[CoryHolmes]

I was unwowed by the idea of this film. The teasers didn't sway me. The trailer did. I'm cautiously optimistic that this will be a decent adaption of a dense, layered storyline. It certainly looks pretty enough, but that's not enough for me.

[taksraven]

The only thing missing was a Basset Hound. LOL!

[JB0]

Visuals OK. Something about the story is not jiving with me.

Ditto. It LOOKS like Ghost, but doesn't feel like Ghost. Or at least, not like MY Ghost.

[technoblue]

Ditto. It LOOKS like Ghost, but doesn't feel like Ghost. Or at least, not like MY Ghost.

Ghost without Bassets or Fuchikomas (unless they plan to surprise manga fans).

That leaves me with one question: Do androids dream of electric nipples?

[CoryHolmes]

That's the thing about GitS. It's had so many adaptions and different takes on the manga's story (movie, SAC, SAC: SSS, Arise...) and they've all contributed to the overall story, it's hard to tell where to draw the inspiration from.

For me, it has to have copious amounts of Unresolved Sexual Tension between the Major and Batou. That is non-negotiable.

[azrael]

The way they put this trailer together...

-She's the 1st of her kind? Eh? In the manga, movie, SAC, and Arise, cybernetics and prosthetics are fairly common. The Major was a rarity being a full cybernetic body (not a prototype for lack of a better word). They made a point about the Chief and Togusa the only 2 main PS-S9 members without a huge amount of cybernetics. Hearing that line was a "Huh?"-moment. The Major is suppose to have been a full cyborg since she was a child. It doesn't sound that way here???

-It sounds she's more special than the other adaptations made her. The other adaptations made her unique but she wasn't really really special. I don't get that feeling here.

I could be wrong, but the way this trailer is selling things is something I'm not buying. I can't put my finger on it but I'm not feelin' it.

[Chronocidal]

I don't recall which adaptation played it this way (might have been Arise) but I was under the impression that she was actually adapted into a cybernetic body while still in a fetal stage.. how early I don't know, but I don't believe she had been born, being rescued from a mother-to-be killed in a car accident.

In that sense, she may be the first of her kind as a person who has never had a natural body at all, existing only as a cybernetic organism.

I feel like the "history" bit may be a red herring though, unless they're referring to the sorts of things shown in Arise, before she officially joined Section 9. Really, the idea of her being put into a cybernetic body from birth feels to me like it feeds directly into the line about her life being "stolen."

Edited November 14, 2016 by Chronocidal

[JB0]

Ghost without Bassets or Fuchikomas (unless they plan to surprise manga fans).

That leaves me with one question: Do androids dream of electric nipples?

MY Ghost doesn't have bassets! Though a cyborg basset hound assassin would be pretty wicked.

And yeah, why doesn't The Major's freshly-minted body have any nipples? It is WEIRD.

That's the thing about GitS. It's had so many adaptions and different takes on the manga's story (movie, SAC, SAC: SSS, Arise...) and they've all contributed to the overall story, it's hard to tell where to draw the inspiration from.

True dat.

For me, it has to have copious amounts of Unresolved Sexual Tension between the Major and Batou. That is non-negotiable.

WORD!

[taksraven]

It looks like they are drawing from most of it, and since all of the versions of GITS are slightly different.......well..... It's actually a lot like Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy in that way. I think in the blurb for the first Dirk Gently novel it described Douglas Adams as being the "author of all of the different and wildly conflicting versions of HHGTTG".

That's ok though.

I predict that this will possibly be more of an "origin" story. It is Hollywood, and we know how much they like them. I also predict that there will be shitloads more exposition than any other version of GITS. Hollywood, once again.

I don't think that this movie should have to be a slave to the previous versions of the story, that would suck. There is nothing wrong with it following it's own path. There's nothing wrong with being surprised.

[JB0]

I predict that this will possibly be more of an "origin" story. It is Hollywood, and we know how much they like them. I also predict that there will be shitloads more exposition than any other version of GITS. Hollywood, once again.

I kind of hope it is an origin story handled like the new Star movies.

"Here's our characters, here they are again, and now it is the present and they are doing what you came here to see them do."

I don't think that this movie should have to be a slave to the previous versions of the story, that would suck. There is nothing wrong with it following it's own path. There's nothing wrong with being surprised.

Don't mind me, I just have sour grapes.

In seriousness, I do feel adaptations need to do their own thing, but at the same time I feel they should carefully consider where they step off the path and how far they they detour.

I'm really just hoping this doesn't draw as much from the old movie as it appears to, because I don't like the old movie.

I do like that she calls herself "Major" like it is a name. Not even "The Major", just "This is Major."

I'm not comfortable with the implication that she has backstory that makes her a uniquely special individual.

...

Actually, it seems like they are simplifying the whole Puppetmaster story by making the major into the puppetmaster from the start.

(I note again that I've never watched Stand-Alone Complex or Arise, so I don't know if this backstory comes from one of the newer ones.)

Edited November 14, 2016 by JB0

[anime52k8]

The trailer made me realize something: I remember absolutely nothing of the plot from the original GitS movie. I actually don't remember much from SAC either. I've also never seen Arise.

in fact the last thing GitS I've watched was the SAC movie and I can't even remember what that one was called.

[TangledThorns]

I could be wrong, but the way this trailer is selling things is something I'm not buying. I can't put my finger on it but I'm not feelin' it.

It feels... outdated.

[Dobber]

I agree with Az...I never got the feeling watching the original movie or SAC that the Major was "lost" or being used/manipulated the way it seemed like it was being implied in this trailer.

Chris

[JB0]

I agree with Az...I never got the feeling watching the original movie or SAC that the Major was "lost" or being used/manipulated the way it seemed like it was being implied in this trailer.

Chris

The first movie had her being mopey and philosophical a lot, questioning the nature of life and such. I'd say she was portrayed as lost, but not so explicitly.

It is, in fact, the thing that struck me most strongly about the movie, how they adapted a badass into a whiny ball of angst.