I'm of the opinion that if humanity survives the upcoming transition of the current century, Ghost in the Shell will become a piece of art on the same level as Davinci's. It is welcoming a great societal, biological, philosophical and scientific change that will be way more impactful than the first and second industrial revolution. It will become one of those artistic pieces we link automatically to a given era, a symbol of sort of what was to come.
@@husboy1 Obviously but there are many that fall flat, not deep at all and rely on shitty effects or a never ending filler story to stay somewhat relevant.
Actually, Netflix just made a new season of Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex this year, 15 or so years later. The animation is not traditional and they used 3d to slash on the costs (since traditional animation is literally a dying art), but the philosophy is back.
Agreed, so many people don’t realize where cyberpunk started, I mean this entire series is the reason we have stuff like the Matrix, I know a lot of people that would probably cuss me out if I said Anime from the 90’s is the reason why The Matrix exists
@@pinkpenzu Yeah. That's why I stopped watching anime and instead found joy in reading manga and manhwa. Unless they make a "great" Berserk anime, I am not really touching much. Hell, even Star Wars Visions had such an interesting one with Ronin.
As much as it’s a joke I feel like this is basically it. The puppet master sees that neither completely artificial nor completely human is the best way forward for itself. I interpret that as symbolic of that idea
@@nerdlingeeksly5192 before i go on i have to say I am not trying to be a jerk or asshole here making genuine comments. These are all the same things working in tandem while majority of people perceive good as an opposite opposing force of bad. To feel pleasure we need pain, happiness you need sadness and to grow we need the stubbornness and flexibility. I get what you're saying though I just see all the completely unrelated to the concepts of good and bad.
@@RageShroud I never implied you were a jerk or asshole and i never said it was bad to experience bad, simple Polar Opposites can have deeper intertwined meaning.
@@nerdlingeeksly5192 no no no, i wasn't saying you did at all. LOL i made an effort to avoid you thinking that from the follow up response i had lol. I try to be nice and it just back fire's, story of my life. I still don't really know what you think Good or Bad are but nice conversation.
I absolutely love Ghost in the Shell. Best Sci-fi Cyberpunk series. Well done, man.👍🏼 Your videos are the best. You should do a video of the outstanding film The Iron Giant. That film has a special place within my heart.
I’d pose a question as a response. How much of a human can be replaced before it’s a new human? If not a single cell in the body is the same as the cells in the body at birth, then it is the same person? If yes, because identity is psychological, then as long as the psychology is unaffected, then all of the human can be replaced with a machine and remain human, since bodily identity was not personal identity.
I like how after every episode it attacks the question what's more human allowing machines to mix with Humanity or Humanities shredding machinery and technology that question comes up into every episode it's kind of sweet
You might wanna start using punctuation in all of your comments and writing. It helps people understand exactly how you're framing your comment, question, or response. You're missing question marks, periods and commas that would not only make your comments significantly easier to follow, but also make you look more respectable and less uneducated.
As far as what makes consciousness, I would argue it's actually the unconscious parts of our mind that make us uniquely conscious. It's easy to make a program take some, even complex, problem and produce an output. But how would you get a digital mind to produce emergent solutions the way humans do. For example, when presented a problem Einstein might have performed a thought experiment that led to some brilliant insight, but given the same problem Picasso might have painted a thought provoking and beautiful abstract image. We'll know when we have strong AI if when given a problem the AI instead decides to paint a picture. Edit: Now that I think about it, that necessarily implies that each conscious AI would be as unique from another conscious AI as we are from one another. This suggests that by definition any given AI consciousness cannot be replicated; meaning there would be no scientific way to prove that any specific AI was actually conscious.
I...actually had no idea this film existed. I watched G.I.T.S. Stand Alone Complex on tv back in high school, and while enjoyable, a lot of it went over my head at the time (The same thing happened with Witch Hunter Robin around the same time). Now that I'm older, it might be worth it to rewatch the series, and maybe watch this film as well, to see if I can understand it better or enjoy it more.
So glad Niyat is doing more anime movies/shows and diving into them. Anime has one of the most amazing and intricate plots/stories that Hollywood itself is taking notice with live-actions of it.
I'm with you on that. Ghost in the Shell literally transformed how I see the world to the point my observations are now core to my personality, philosophies and interests. As for cowboy bebop... who could forget this noir masterpiece and the incredible music it came with?
Thanks for such a thoughtful deconstruction of that Ghost in the Shell is all about. It does a great job of challenging us to ponder questions about the direction of our future
Every time I want to rewatch this film for the deep questioning of technology and identity but don't have an extra hour, I go straight here. Great digestible bites of the movie and being your own take. Love the videos keep up the good work
Holy shit, what is this? *oh my god, this is over 25 years old* and looks PHENOMENAL looks LEAGUES BETTER THAN ANYTHING ANIMATED TODAY. *ima go watch it*
That tank was controlled by 6, not the puppet master as that would mean he intended to kill the major just before it was shot up by Batou. You could argue that he wanted to destroy her body so that he could access her brain, but he didn't need that since her plan was to hack into him in the first place.
I love everything that engages with GitS and it's topics and themes. This is one of the best 'short' videos I've seen. Well done. ...I feel like a teacher giving a B+ cause other kids have written longer essays of similar quality. Lol? What have 'I' become?
I never noticed before how the guy pulls the trigger the second he has the SMG drawn and wastes some ammo shooting at the ground before he's even aimed at them. Also I'm pretty sure that the Puppet Master wasn't controlling the tank, that was a Section 6 guy piloting it.
@filmcomicsexplained If the puppet master wanted to bind with The Major, why put up a fight at the end with the Spider Tank? This is a great analysis, and BOTH movies will always be in my recommendations... I've just never thought about this until now and I can't figure it out
Here a phrase that has you questioning further, "Spontaneous Consciousness." Does it just happen if a vessel is nearby to facilitate its occupation? In machines, would it appear as an error code? a bug? These things continuously generate even after testing to ensure there is no bug, they do just, spontaneously appears inside computer memories. Almost as an inescapable law of reality.
Kusanagi despite being almost fully robotic, is one of the most trustworthy and reliable characters you could encounter, although incapable of physically crying you could tell when she is sad or concerned about her surroundings, and if she cares she will make it obvious.
Ghost in the shell is literally terminator without the concept of time travelling killing machines,but with a sense of paranoia and robots.I literally love anime especially animes that give a CYBERPUNK vibe,next you should explore the works of the great Satoshi Kon,like perfect blue,and paprika those were just lit and mindbending,and this is the reason why I LOVE ANIME
Excellent synopsis. I came here because I'm having trouble understanding the ending of 2045 on Netflix. Interesting how you suggest that the Major is post-human as the whole plot of 2045 is about them. Absolutely my favorite anime. Extraordinarily cerebral.
If you’re on an anime kick, you could cover the series Samurai Champloo at some point... the themes, art, comedy, and music in the show are amazing. On par with some of the greats. I understand if it being a series makes that a bit too hard. Just watch it for fun if that’s the case, have a good one!
This movie along with AD Police (Original) present questions to life kids shouldn't even consider causing me legit depression at one point in life, these cyber punks like Blade runner and Bubble Gum Crisis led me to so many other stories with AI combining with humans. Side note i had no parents but a drunk mother never around, i raised my self and i had no moral guidance as a kid. Working as a SATCOM/Network Engineer now and looking at tech today, I am afraid of what humans can make tech do more then i am what AI can and will do.
This movie has a rare effect (for myself) that every time i watch it it feels like im watching it for the firet time every time, always fresh and always entertaining.
This film really reminds me of another great anime called ergo proxy. Similar futuristic, steampunk style in a post apocalyptic world. Explores similar themes as conciousness, society, morality etc. Very good series, definitely recommend checking it out.
I made a thesis in UKM regarding this (exploring the concept of humanity in machine) but i use wall-E 🤭😂🤪 either way i love the classic anime ghost in the shell and akira such story make us questions a little bit about ourselves and it seems there are things better left unknown ☺️😉....
Brilliant video, could you do a video on Krzysztof Kieslowski Three Colours Trilogy? It would be interesting to hear your take on the movies and which film you think is the best of the three.
@@filmcomicsexplained the Puppet master was confined in that body, and it wanted to merge with Motoko. It was clearly Section 6 that activated that tank to attack the Major.
When he mentioned that, I was like "wait a second...?" It wouldn't have made sense if the tank was controlled by the puppet master, why would it want to destroy someone it wants to merge with? It makes more sense it was one of the section 6 operators was controlling it.
@@kutter_ttl6786 I had the same thought and scrolled down in the comments to see if I was alone in this. Happy to read that I am not. Still an awesome movie that has held a special spot in my heart ever since I first saw it.
There one thing to always stud out or me, and ghost an the shell really brought it to the light for me, is merging, if made me think, it’s a terrifying but interesting, we’re to characters become one, a whole new person, it made me think and look back at these show, (dragon ball z ( the fusion dance / ear rings) Steven universe(any gem fusion) justice league unlimited(lex and biraniac, merge) It’s an interesting thought, two people make a whole person, by combining there body’s and minds, if it’s also scary, you not just you anymore, oh an let’s not even get in to absorption/assimilation, again interesting but terrifying
Could you do more anime stuff like character profiles of Dragonball Z, DB super and/or Guyver the bioboosted armour? I could see you loving Guyver the bioboosted armour and there's alot for you to dive into
I just got around to watching this movie and low-key I was so lost at the end when they merged together and this video does clarify a some of things for me great movie though really dig the old anime drawn aesthetic
GITS was one of the first animes I saw that got me into anime on Toonami. When never even understanding what anime was. Thinking it was just a really badass cartoon.
Absolutely, but I'd kinda like him to hold off until after 3.0 + 1.0 comes out and we can see how Anno plans to finish his deconstruction of the "Hero's Journey" trope.
This was one of the first anime I ever watched, next to GenoCyber. Loved it when I first saw it, still do, and I enjoyed the live action. Was it perfection? Hell no. Was it entertaining? Absolutely.
Both the anime movie/TV series includes the live action movie are good they show themselves about being an sentient AI and learn to be human nicely done
I disagree with your 2nd question. Puppet Master wasn't after Kusanagi's body, I think you miss a major point. They exist in the Net. Puppet Master wanted to merge with the Major, her ghost and her conscious because she thinks similarly to puppet master. the body they end up in, was only procured by Batou, It's not the Major's and even in the second movie, she/they don't have a body anymore. Puppet Master was fine existing in the Net. (evidence is that they still do) when he was talking about variety and originality he wasn't talking about body.
Yeah! I've just watched the movie and came to the video. This guy indeed missed some major points! Puppet master wanted to merge and create a new being similarly to when animals reproduce: each one gives their contribution to create a being that isn't neither of them. He gains variety and she frees herself from the constraints of her body. And, by the way, the new being is NOT confined to that child's body.
This is undoubtedly my favorite anime film of all time, I love how it explores what it means to be human in a world of artificial intelligence and advanced technology. As well as all the political intrigue that follows section 9.
The Ghost in the shell name could and I think does relate to the core computer program used in all UNIX and LINUX systems. The BASH terminal emulator. BASH stands for BOURN AGAIN SHELL. Through BASH you control every aspect of the system: The shell's name is an acronym for Bourne Again Shell, a pun on the name of the Bourne shell that it replaces[14] and the notion of being "born again". The themes of reincarnation and evolution relate very closely. Haven't seen anyone bring that one up. I work with bash daily hence the reason I see the relation..
