Oshii is just way too good at that sort of scene. A similar one from Patlabor 2 also always gives me chills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dmlwhaEEgE
Very similar, indeed. In a good way.
Hong Kong Locations in Ghost in the Shell
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#12Does ghost in the shell still hold up as a movie?
Ghost in the Shell is a franchise with many different movies, like Star Wars.
the 95 movie is good but the 2002-2005 Stand Alone Complex TV series is much better. more exciting, more coherent, and closer to the original manga.
Re: Hong Kong Locations in Ghost in the Shell
#13Does ghost in the shell still hold up as a movie?
Ghost in the Shell is a franchise with many different movies, like Star Wars . the 95 movie is good but the 2002-2005 Stand Alone Complex TV series is much better. more exciting, more coherent, and closer to the original manga.
Is that available for streaming in the US?
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#14Does ghost in the shell still hold up as a movie?
You can find out in approximately 2 hours.
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#15Does ghost in the shell still hold up as a movie?
Yeah but the dialog sure is a bit bookish and dry, talking a lot about weird theory.
Re: Hong Kong Locations in Ghost in the Shell
#16Does ghost in the shell still hold up as a movie?
Ghost in the Shell is a franchise with many different movies, like Star Wars . the 95 movie is good but the 2002-2005 Stand Alone Complex TV series is much better. more exciting, more coherent, and closer to the original manga.
AFAIK Sac is not a sequel nor a closer adaptation, but an alternative timeline.
I grew up with the original movie that I watched at the cinema and never developed a strong attachment to Sac for that reason, it is good, but IMO it's not better than Oshii's version, on the contrary it lacks the poetics and the dreamlike aspects of the 1995 work.
p.s. Oshii also directed "Urusei Yatsura Onrī Yū?" which is IMO the best Urusei Yatsura movie even though it doesn't closely follow the manga, exactly because of Oshii talent with the dreamy stuff.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ghost in the Shell is a franchise with many different movies, like Star Wars . the 95 movie is good but the 2002-2005 Stand Alone Complex TV series is much better. more exciting, more coherent, and closer to the original manga.
Is that available for streaming in the US?
Amazon Prime Video has it: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/0RQUV6NO3USQLW767X5M3...
Re: Hong Kong Locations in Ghost in the Shell
#18Does ghost in the shell still hold up as a movie?
Yeah but the dialog sure is a bit bookish and dry, talking a lot about weird theory.
I mean it's cool and all that they throw Deleuze and Guattari references at you (especially in stand alone complex), but unfortunately we have wised up to how much that stuff was fashionable nonsense since then...
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ghost in the Shell is a franchise with many different movies, like Star Wars . the 95 movie is good but the 2002-2005 Stand Alone Complex TV series is much better. more exciting, more coherent, and closer to the original manga.
AFAIK Sac is not a sequel nor a closer adaptation, but an alternative timeline. I grew up with the original movie that I watched at the cinema and never developed a strong attachment to Sac for that reason, it is good, but IMO it's not better than Oshii's version, on the contrary it lacks the poetics and the dreamlike aspects of the 1995 work. p.s. Oshii also directed "Urusei Yatsura Onrī Yū?" which is IMO the best U…
I like SAC (and to a lesser extent SAC:2) as much as the Movie, but they are very different. They are some of the best cyberpunk in any medium.
I think the manga, while decent, is inferior to both.
Edit: and yes, they are all separate universes.
Re: Hong Kong Locations in Ghost in the Shell
#20The article doesn't mention Kowloon Walled City (though one of the comments does), a more specific inspiration for some shots, which is why the shot they have of the person walking through an alley looks like it's an enclosed space. See the picture of the alley in the Wikipedia article ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City ).
It does mention Kowloon:
> [...] in nearly every other respect both the imagery and soulful mood depicted in the film mirror reality very closely – especially when contrasting the modern skyscrapers of Central with some of the older neighbourhoods in Sheung Wan and Kowloon.