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Grim... wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Yeah that isn't happening, obviously.

Getting home at gone 2am on a school night would kill me.

Anyway, I'm buying tickets, so don't buy your own tickets Cras and Dave!

The inside of my eye-lids were bad. Just...bad.

Everything about it was bad. Just...bad.

Craster doesn't like anime.

He gets annoyed when they only animate the hair, for example, and the rest of the scene is static.

So it's a good job he slept through the bit on the boat where they spend quite a lot of time animating nothing at all.

He also slept through the fight in the water and the chase leading up to it.

I watched a bit of one of the GITS that was recommended in here, I think. It was a computer animation one and it wasn't exactly any good. Soz.

Grim... wrote:

This is all pretty much true. And the fight with the tank was completely stupid.

Satsuma wrote:

I watched a bit of one of the GITS that was recommended in here, I think. It was a computer animation one and it wasn't exactly any good. Soz.

There's a CGI GitS?

Are you sure it didn't just have CGI bits with mostly traditional animation?

Grim... wrote:

Satsuma wrote:

I watched a bit of one of the GITS that was recommended in here, I think. It was a computer animation one and it wasn't exactly any good. Soz.

There's a CGI GitS?

Are you sure it didn't just have CGI bits with mostly traditional animation?

What? Now you've made me think I've made it all up in my head. I'm sure it was a GITS.

Erm, it had a big robot guy and a girl and at the beginning they have a shoot out on a train. And they have to get some batteries from a gangster by doing jobs for him. Ring any bells?

That's Appleseed Alpha.

MrChris wrote:

That's Appleseed Alpha.

Or Appleseed, Appleseed Ex Machina, or an episode of Appleseed XIII.

You can sort of feel some of the anime soul creeping in during the tank fight scene, but the rest of it is so bland.

Yeah, I thought the casting was pretty good, but like you say, only Kusanagi, Batou and Chief Aramaki ("boss guy") were really given any screen time, which is a real shame.

Also, it really pissed me off that they gave her "Major" as a forename. She's the fucking Major, ffs.

Have you seen the original yet?

I don't suppose you know if you watched the "original CGI" version or the "hateful shitty modern CGI replacement"* version, do you?

Batou was just too small. He should have been a hulking beast of a man, not barely taller than ScaJo.

Further noticed SAC Complete Collection Blu-ray was released in August

Stand-Alone Complex 2045, coming on Netflix next year.

Author:	MaliA [ Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:31 ]
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Lonewolves wrote: Grim... wrote: Lonewolves wrote: Yeah that isn't happening, obviously. Getting home at gone 2am on a school night would kill me. I got home a midnight last night and am dead.

Author:	Grim... [ Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:31 ]
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Be ill! Or take the next day off if you feel like behaving well.

Author:	Grim... [ Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:32 ]
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Anyway, I'm buying tickets, so don't buy your own tickets Cras and Dave!

Author:	DavPaz [ Tue Jan 10, 2017 14:49 ]
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Grim... wrote: Anyway, I'm buying tickets, so don't buy your own tickets Cras and Dave! SO close!

Author:	Mr Dave [ Tue Jan 10, 2017 15:48 ]
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Grim... wrote: Anyway, I'm buying tickets, so don't buy your own tickets Cras and Dave! Do nothing... I think I just be able to do that.

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Author:	Grim... [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 0:52 ]
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Ghost in the Shell is still excellent. Unless you're Cras, who fell asleep.

Author:	Pundabaya [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 1:03 ]
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Which is the definitive version? GitS or GitS:Stand Alone Complex?

Author:	Mr Dave [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 1:07 ]
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I prefer SAC. Your milage may vary. Particularly on how much you sleep during it. (I suspect he may have been awoken by THE LOUDEST SOUND EVER coming from my stomach, else he'd probably still be in there)

Author:	Cras [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 1:13 ]
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Everything about it was bad. Just...bad.

Author:	Mr Dave [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:27 ]
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Cras wrote: The inside of my eye-lids were bad. Just...bad.

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:35 ]
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Cras wrote: Everything about it was bad. Just...bad. Did Grim do the 'Popcorn trick'?

Author:	Pundabaya [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:39 ]
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Salty or sweet?

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:40 ]
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Cras wrote: Everything about it was bad. Just...bad. I've never actually seen it, and am only vaguely aware of the premise and little more. What's bad about it?

Author:	Grim... [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:42 ]
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Craster doesn't like anime. He gets annoyed when they only animate the hair, for example, and the rest of the scene is static. So it's a good job he slept through the bit on the boat where they spend quite a lot of time animating nothing at all. He also slept through the fight in the water and the chase leading up to it.

Author:	Firefox [ Sat Sep 23, 2017 17:02 ]
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Got the blu-ray of the new live-action version, all excited, and... Hmmm. I really want to like it, but it has to be said that it's just a vapid effects-fest action movie. I'm especially disappointed with Section 9. It doesn't really matter that they've changed the races of the characters, it's that they aren't the characters anymore. Ishikawa is now a young guy who shoots guns, Borma is now a young guy with mechanical eyes who shoots guns. And for no apparent reason they've added a completely new young woman who shoots guns. Even Batou and Aramaki just aren't right. Ah well, maybe it'll act as a gateway for people who don't normally watch anime, and they'll be curious and get stuck into some proper Stand Alone Complex as a result.

Author:	Satsuma [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:25 ]
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I watched a bit of one of the GITS that was recommended in here, I think. It was a computer animation one and it wasn't exactly any good. Soz.

Author:	Cras [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:28 ]
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Grim... wrote: Craster doesn't like anime. He gets annoyed when they only animate the hair, for example, and the rest of the scene is static. So it's a good job he slept through the bit on the boat where they spend quite a lot of time animating nothing at all. He also slept through the fight in the water and the chase leading up to it. This is all pretty much true. And the fight with the tank was completely stupid.

Author:	GazChap [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:36 ]
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I don't like anime either.

Author:	Grim... [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:47 ]
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Satsuma wrote: I watched a bit of one of the GITS that was recommended in here, I think. It was a computer animation one and it wasn't exactly any good. Soz. There's a CGI GitS? Are you sure it didn't just have CGI bits with mostly traditional animation?

Author:	MrChris [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:47 ]
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Cras wrote: Grim... wrote: Craster doesn't like anime. He gets annoyed when they only animate the hair, for example, and the rest of the scene is static. So it's a good job he slept through the bit on the boat where they spend quite a lot of time animating nothing at all. He also slept through the fight in the water and the chase leading up to it. This is all pretty much true. And the fight with the tank was completely stupid. WTF? That bit was epic. You're mental.

Author:	Satsuma [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:58 ]
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Grim... wrote: Satsuma wrote: I watched a bit of one of the GITS that was recommended in here, I think. It was a computer animation one and it wasn't exactly any good. Soz. There's a CGI GitS? Are you sure it didn't just have CGI bits with mostly traditional animation? What? Now you've made me think I've made it all up in my head. I'm sure it was a GITS. Erm, it had a big robot guy and a girl and at the beginning they have a shoot out on a train. And they have to get some batteries from a gangster by doing jobs for him. Ring any bells?

Author:	MrChris [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:58 ]
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Satsuma wrote: Grim... wrote: Satsuma wrote: I watched a bit of one of the GITS that was recommended in here, I think. It was a computer animation one and it wasn't exactly any good. Soz. There's a CGI GitS? Are you sure it didn't just have CGI bits with mostly traditional animation? What? Now you've made me think I've made it all up in my head. I'm sure it was a GITS. Erm, it had a big robot guy and a girl and at the beginning they have a shoot out on a train. And they have to get some batteries from a gangster by doing jobs for him. Ring any bells? That's Appleseed Alpha. Which is also quite good.

Author:	Grim... [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 12:03 ]
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MrChris wrote: That's Appleseed Alpha. Or Appleseed, Appleseed Ex Machina, or an episode of Appleseed XIII.

Author:	Satsuma [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 12:04 ]
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Ah gotcha, sorry. And it wasn't.

Author:	MrChris [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 12:05 ]
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Grim... wrote: MrChris wrote: That's Appleseed Alpha. Or Appleseed, Appleseed Ex Machina, or an episode of Appleseed XIII. No, it's definitely Appleseed Alpha.

Author:	Grim... [ Thu Jan 26, 2017 12:07 ]
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Huh - I'm sure there wasn't that much detail there when I read it the first time. SHENANIGANS, I SAY

Author:	Grim... [ Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:43 ]
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Oh dear. They really dropped the ball with the live action version, didn't they? You can sort of feel some of the anime soul creeping in during the tank fight scene, but the rest of it is so bland.

Author:	Pundabaya [ Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:37 ]
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I thought it was... Ok. They wasted a lot of the good stuff. I mean, they went to the trouble of making sure Togusa used the right gun, but he was barely in it. Same with the rest of the crew. Takeshi Kitano was excellent as the boss guy, though.

Author:	Grim... [ Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:20 ]
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Yeah, I thought the casting was pretty good, but like you say, only Kusanagi, Batou and Chief Aramaki ("boss guy") were really given any screen time, which is a real shame. Also, it really pissed me off that they gave her "Major" as a forename. She's the fucking Major, ffs.

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:28 ]
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Grim... wrote: You can sort of feel some of the anime soul creeping in during the tank fight scene, but the rest of it is so bland. This is pretty much what every review said, and it killed my interest in it entirely. I find it very believable that the weird off-kilter spikiness (not to mention the strong dose of body horror) at the heart of the manga and anime couldn't survive a big money Hollywood adaptation.

Author:	Grim... [ Mon Jul 24, 2017 12:06 ]
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Have you seen the original yet?

Author:	MrChris [ Mon Jul 24, 2017 13:20 ]
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Grim... wrote: Yeah, I thought the casting was pretty good, but like you say, only Kusanagi, Batou and Chief Aramaki ("boss guy") were really given any screen time, which is a real shame. Also, it really pissed me off that they gave her "Major" as a forename. She's the fucking Major, ffs. Yes, and they call her "The Major" a couple of times. Other times they call her by her actual fake name, then they call her "major" a couple of times. It was bloody dull as a film.

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Jul 24, 2017 13:29 ]
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Grim... wrote: Have you seen the original yet? Yeah, watched it on a plane last time I went to California. I enjoyed it.

Author:	Grim... [ Mon Jul 24, 2017 13:32 ]
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I don't suppose you know if you watched the "original CGI" version or the "hateful shitty modern CGI replacement"* version, do you? * I believe that's the official name

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Jul 24, 2017 14:07 ]
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Grim... wrote: I don't suppose you know if you watched the "original CGI" version or the "hateful shitty modern CGI replacement"* version, do you? I synced it from your Plex, so you tell me! It didn't look modern.