What was that song in the begging? And all the others? Really good video up to the 4 minute mark! Going to watch the Anime than this. Thank you and can't wait to see what's next!
Ghost in the Shell (1995 anime film): "I'm a cyborg like everyone else, but do I have still have a soul?" Ghost in the Shell Live Action Movie: "I'm a cyborg, that makes me unique and special, evil company did this to me to make me a weapon that works for the government" Ugh *face palm*
As a big anime lover but who's only connection to Ghost in the Shell is my brother being a superfan of it, this was so fascinating and educational to watch. The "just a robot" bit had me in stitches every single time 😂 And a big thank you for the section on casting. It's refreshing to see your views have changed for the better, and I'll have to reference that bit the next time my brother rolls his eyes at me for "overreacting" about mainstream media's newest whitewashing scheme.
Glad you enjoyed the video, at the end of the day that's all I can really ask for. But if it can also potentially give someone a different perspective on "touchy" subjects, even better. So I hope it helps.
One of the things I despise about the Live-Action Americanized is how it handles the philosophical and psychological state of being a more than 90% cyborg. The American version treats that as a crime against humanity with Scarlet Johansen's case being the only one in the world (and done against her will); while in the anime, the Major purposely chose the most generic and widespread full-body cyborg model in the market because of her personal struggle with identity and what it means to be human. If a fully artificial being believes in a soul, does it have one? How tiny a fraction does a human need to be before they are no longer human? Will a person stops being a person if they act completely like a machine, and does a machine become a person if they act like a person? These questions brought up in the anime are much more interesting than the Live Action's generic theme of "Eww technology bad"
Something about Anime gets lost during the addition of the 3rd Dimension. It is not just live action movies and CGI monsters , remakes&remasterings of classic anime which use the 3D too.
Technical differences are one of the last things among the reasons. It's very simple - Hollywood has destroyed art in cinema and turned every piece of film into a consumerist popcorn eye candy. If you add to that the general effects of the past 40 years of neoliberal capitalism and the way it has hollowed out culture and art, you have the recipe for exactly what is happening to anime masterpieces after going through that industrial grinder of senseless production and reproduction.
I would love to see your take on how badly Cameron and Rodriguez adapted Battle Angel Alita. Especially by cramming multiple story arcs into a single movie when said arcs took from months to years to actually develop in the original manga.
Um well, back when the video was going to be about a bunch of Hollywood anime adaptations, my argument was going to be that Alita is actually the second best one behind Speed Racer, so I think my take would probably disappoint you. lol
Adaptation aside, I really love Alita Battle Angel, even if the second half gets confusing quickly. Though at the end I was cheering for the movie, the lack of continuation kinda makes the whole film less interesting by proxy.
@@SelectScreen The bar is really that low, huh? Are you seriously gonna argue that was a good movie from a pure narrative standpoint especially in regards to pacing, when one or both of the main creative minds behind decided that the best move would be to squeeze as much plot as possible to the detriment of almost everything else?
Don't forget that among the discourse of ScarJo's casting that people argued that her skin color didn't matter because "she's just a robot," and "it's cyberpunk, so this is representative of transhumanist themes, etc." but the film's third act is entirely dedicated to her backstory on how she was harvested from a random Japanese girl and put into a white person's body. And the argument of "star power" is moot when you consider that Netflix's Altered Carbon features a no-name white lead who's character is, once again, harvested his conscious from an Asian actor and a good portion of the series is dedicated to him trying to get his body back -- again, disregarding the so-called "transhumanist themes" of the cyberpunk genre where your human body shouldn't matter.
I know it's hard for some people to find the time for an almost hour long video, but I do at least try my best to make sure my videos earn their length.
I really liked your analysis. On good anime adaptations, the best so far is the one Warner Bros made of Rurouni Kenshin, where they respect the Japanese origin of the characters and do not try to change the original story. Oh, and you have a new subscriber btw :)
Wow that anime is beautiful. Ok, but consider this, would we have all that cool dystopian fiction without capitalism providing such great inspiration? How's that for your capitalism kills art argument. Clearly the solution is live stage performances. I doubt anybody sets one up in the expectation to make a big buck, and there's no uncanny CGI. Great video, as always!
So, a little GitS fun fact. When the Arise OVAs were coming out in 2015, they apparently made an accompanying stage play that was, to quote the wikipedia article, " presented with 3-D glasses and featured 3-D projected backdrops as well as a dance number at the end." and I desperately wish I could've seen it.
When will they ever understand nobody wants these adaptations? Fans will only cringe from them and newcomers won't give a damn and will only think "so this is what anime is all about? Just as I thought anime is weird" like with db evolution. They just keep making a bad rep for anime with these remakes. And even if they really really try to make an adaptation with all the love they have towards the source material they still won't be able to pull it off simply because of the endless gap between the eastern and the western cultures and values. They only think they understand it but in reality the end product always looks like another "muricinizing beam" meme because they don't realize how much of their culture oozes in what they make. It's jarring at least. Even something which was originally based on a western culture like berserk for example will fail miserably as a western adaption no matter how genius of a director makes it.
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It's just a robot... 🤖
What was that song in the begging? And all the others? Really good video up to the 4 minute mark! Going to watch the Anime than this. Thank you and can't wait to see what's next!
All the song names and titles are listed in order of appearance in the credits at the end of the video.
@@SelectScreen Ah thank you
Ghost in the Shell (1995 anime film): "I'm a cyborg like everyone else, but do I have still have a soul?"
Ghost in the Shell Live Action Movie: "I'm a cyborg, that makes me unique and special,
evil company did this to me to make me a weapon that works for the government" Ugh *face palm*
Ghost in the Shell 2017 is just the preemptive cyberpunk 2077 movie we do not ever need
One Punch Man but played by ScarJo
She's gonna play every role like Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor.
@@SelectScreen ScarJo in the inevitable Eddie Murphy biopic
Don't give her any ideas.
Already said to you how great I think this video is but here is a comment anyway for the e n g a g e m e n t
The almighty algorithm thanks you for your service.
As a big anime lover but who's only connection to Ghost in the Shell is my brother being a superfan of it, this was so fascinating and educational to watch. The "just a robot" bit had me in stitches every single time 😂 And a big thank you for the section on casting. It's refreshing to see your views have changed for the better, and I'll have to reference that bit the next time my brother rolls his eyes at me for "overreacting" about mainstream media's newest whitewashing scheme.
Glad you enjoyed the video, at the end of the day that's all I can really ask for. But if it can also potentially give someone a different perspective on "touchy" subjects, even better. So I hope it helps.
How the piss does a video this good only have
Not algo friendly
One of the things I despise about the Live-Action Americanized is how it handles the philosophical and psychological state of being a more than 90% cyborg.
The American version treats that as a crime against humanity with Scarlet Johansen's case being the only one in the world (and done against her will); while in the anime, the Major purposely chose the most generic and widespread full-body cyborg model in the market because of her personal struggle with identity and what it means to be human.
If a fully artificial being believes in a soul, does it have one? How tiny a fraction does a human need to be before they are no longer human? Will a person stops being a person if they act completely like a machine, and does a machine become a person if they act like a person? These questions brought up in the anime are much more interesting than the Live Action's generic theme of "Eww technology bad"
Great video. We reviewed the original film on my podcast. Still haven’t had the courage to watch the live action version.
Something about Anime gets lost during the addition of the 3rd Dimension. It is not just live action movies and CGI monsters , remakes&remasterings of classic anime which use the 3D too.
Technical differences are one of the last things among the reasons. It's very simple - Hollywood has destroyed art in cinema and turned every piece of film into a consumerist popcorn eye candy. If you add to that the general effects of the past 40 years of neoliberal capitalism and the way it has hollowed out culture and art, you have the recipe for exactly what is happening to anime masterpieces after going through that industrial grinder of senseless production and reproduction.
I have some good news... you're both right. 😎
so glad youre back!
I don't have time for 50 min right now...
I would love to see your take on how badly Cameron and Rodriguez adapted Battle Angel Alita.
Especially by cramming multiple story arcs into a single movie when said arcs took from months to years to actually develop in the original manga.
Um well, back when the video was going to be about a bunch of Hollywood anime adaptations, my argument was going to be that Alita is actually the second best one behind Speed Racer, so I think my take would probably disappoint you. lol
As a fan of the Battle Angel Alita manga I think the live-action adaptation Alita Battle Angel is better than the anime adaptation Battle Angel !
Adaptation aside, I really love Alita Battle Angel, even if the second half gets confusing quickly. Though at the end I was cheering for the movie, the lack of continuation kinda makes the whole film less interesting by proxy.
@@SelectScreen The bar is really that low, huh?
Are you seriously gonna argue that was a good movie from a pure narrative standpoint especially in regards to pacing, when one or both of the main creative minds behind decided that the best move would be to squeeze as much plot as possible to the detriment of almost everything else?
@@shogiwar That's not really a strong endorsement of the movie if you think about it.
Don't forget that among the discourse of ScarJo's casting that people argued that her skin color didn't matter because "she's just a robot," and "it's cyberpunk, so this is representative of transhumanist themes, etc." but the film's third act is entirely dedicated to her backstory on how she was harvested from a random Japanese girl and put into a white person's body.
And the argument of "star power" is moot when you consider that Netflix's Altered Carbon features a no-name white lead who's character is, once again, harvested his conscious from an Asian actor and a good portion of the series is dedicated to him trying to get his body back -- again, disregarding the so-called "transhumanist themes" of the cyberpunk genre where your human body shouldn't matter.
02:03 actually the medium they originated from is manga. The same goes for Gits
Jesus, that was long, but good...
I know it's hard for some people to find the time for an almost hour long video, but I do at least try my best to make sure my videos earn their length.
@@SelectScreen This one certainly deserves being long, don't worry about that. I just have to actually somewhat plan it into my daily schedule. :D
I really liked your analysis. On good anime adaptations, the best so far is the one Warner Bros made of Rurouni Kenshin, where they respect the Japanese origin of the characters and do not try to change the original story. Oh, and you have a new subscriber btw :)
Japanese origin? You do realize it's a fully japan made product, right?
as major kusanagi once said, wow, this video is so poggers
Wow that anime is beautiful.
Ok, but consider this, would we have all that cool dystopian fiction without capitalism providing such great inspiration? How's that for your capitalism kills art argument.
Clearly the solution is live stage performances. I doubt anybody sets one up in the expectation to make a big buck, and there's no uncanny CGI.
Great video, as always!
So, a little GitS fun fact. When the Arise OVAs were coming out in 2015, they apparently made an accompanying stage play that was, to quote the wikipedia article, " presented with 3-D glasses and featured 3-D projected backdrops as well as a dance number at the end." and I desperately wish I could've seen it.
Ok that sounds wild. I'd be really interested to see that as well... Not sure I ever heard of 3D projections being mixed with real live people.
I feel like these live action remakes focus too much on trying to make it big instead of trying to make it good.
awesome
When will they ever understand nobody wants these adaptations? Fans will only cringe from them and newcomers won't give a damn and will only think "so this is what anime is all about? Just as I thought anime is weird" like with db evolution. They just keep making a bad rep for anime with these remakes. And even if they really really try to make an adaptation with all the love they have towards the source material they still won't be able to pull it off simply because of the endless gap between the eastern and the western cultures and values. They only think they understand it but in reality the end product always looks like another "muricinizing beam" meme because they don't realize how much of their culture oozes in what they make. It's jarring at least. Even something which was originally based on a western culture like berserk for example will fail miserably as a western adaption no matter how genius of a director makes it.
wish you'd come back