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Hong Kong Locations in Ghost in the Shell
- KolmogorovComp 3y agoNeeds 2011 tag
- livueta 3y agoOshii 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dmlwhaEEgE
- mytailorisrich 3y agoVery similar, indeed. In a good way.
- post_break 3y agoIt also has very real dialogue: https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/realistic-aerial-combat-movie-patlabor-2/ https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/realistic-aerial-combat-m...
- garciansmith 3y agoThe 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City).
- cosmotron 3y agoIt 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.
- KMag 3y agoThe Kowloon District is much bigger than the (former) Kowloon Walled City.
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- boringg 3y agoDoes ghost in the shell still hold up as a movie?
- breckenedge 3y agoI think it’s at least as good as Blade Runner. Definitely worth a watch.
- izzydata 3y agoThat would depend on what you mean, but I'm pretty sure the answer is yes in any regard. From an artistic perspective it is still beautiful and might be even more beautiful than some modern more digital animated movies. From a science fiction perspective it is still as fictional as it was upon release. I don't believe we are any closer to cyber brains and thus not any closer to showing how ridiculous the interpretation in the movie would be to some real world equivalent.
- chasd00 3y agoI like the conversation the major has where she mentions if the augmented humans had to give back all their enhancements there wouldn’t be much left over. I know many people who take adderall and vyvanse as a performance enhancing drug without an rx. If they had to stop they wouldn’t be much of anything.
- TerrifiedMouse 3y agoI don't think it's comparable. Cybernetic parts replace biological parts wholesale. The Major is mostly cyborg. The only biological part left is parts of her brain and brain stem. Unless adderall and vyvanse has some unknown side effect that damages the brain, when you stop taking you just return to your baseline self.
- telesilla 3y agoIt's relevant. Drug abuse permanently affects the brain, rehabilitation never returns most to their previous baseline.
- evanjrowley 3y agoA similar blog post from 2009 exists: https://ghostlightning.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/gits-hkg/ https://ghostlightning.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/gits-hkg/ If I'm not mistaken, the 2nd half of Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence actually occurs in (a very different) Hong Kong.
- caycep 3y agoSomewhat tangential but this recalls some recent articles about preservation of HK's neon signage/neon signage industry https://hongkongfp.com/2023/04/16/its-disappearing-very-fast-hong-kongs-fading-neon-heritage-shines-a-spotlight-on-the-craft/ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/04/16/its-disappearing-very-fast...
- stevefan1999 3y agoAs a local living here I'd like to say Hong Kong is becoming Ghost in the Shell