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An interesting difference with #GhostintheShell is that the robots aren't in a servent style role. They are integrated into society and are even the ones giving the orders #bcm325
The matrix is heavily influenced by this film. Before making the matrix, the Wachowskis showed Ghost in the Shell to producer Joel Silver as an example of what they wanted to accomplish. #BCM325
It’s not an adaptation, but The Matrix ended up borrowing heavily from both the structure and visuals of Ghost in the Shell. #BCM325
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The symbolism here, indicating the brain is seperate from the robot? Meaning they can’t make their own decisions because their brain is outside their body? #BCM325
The name of the film is a reference to philosopher Arthur Koestler’s 1967 book The Ghost in the Machine.A treatise on the nature of consciousness whose title was borrowed from another philosopher, Gilbert Ryle, who coined the phrase to describe the notion of consciousness #BCM325
The concept of the “ghost” refers to a person’s deep self, his or her essence, which remains intact even as one’s physical body becomes more and more integrated with computers and machines. #BCM325
The film 'Ghost in the Shell' causes us to question how much artificial enhancement and replacement can a person undergo and still remain fundamentally human? #BCM325
Before Roy dies, he and Deckard are equals, showing that he is as human as Deckard is. His head bows down at the end, relating him back to the machine that humans consider him as, and symbolizing him almost accepting his fate despite the human qualities he has developed. #BCM325
Blade Runner was said to have changed the look of Sci-Fi forever, through:
- its cyberpunk look
- a recognisable LA
- Neon Asia is the Future
- Unorthodox and Unmotivated Light Sources
- and Texture and Atmosphere in Vast Sets
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The main themes unveiling in the blade runner are: empathy, dystopia, corporate power, oppression and morality #BCM325
That definitely makes sense, both films have that dark, eerie, dystopian vibe to them and the same clothes and setting
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The setting of the blade runner reminds me of the film 'The Crow'. Both cities depict a grunge, urban wasteland. Interesting how this is an underlying factor for movies based around the future. #BCM325
The visual aspects of the city have been examined by many scholars. The city has been described as a “chaotic and chimeric fusion” and a “dispersed, boundless, heterogeneous”city. All of the early cyberpunk discourse was brought into being with the emergence of ... #BCM325
the Internet and the digital technologies, and the distinct sense of an urban-like reality beyond the screen, described accurately in William Gibson seminal work, Neuromancer: #BCM325