Started watching the TV series Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex last night. Enjoyed it so much I wound up watching 8 episodes in a row. It's been out 10 years now? But I never wanted to watch it because I was afraid it'd spoil the excellence of the manga and the films. It does not. It seems very much a compromise between the ponderous nature of the films and the more whimsical but still serious nature of the manga. I don't know how much, if at all, the show is censored on the US dvds, but I would like more tits and gore, because I'm a simple creature at heart.
Inspired by the show I re-watched Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence this morning. I still think it's a strong film, but the dialogue relies heavy on quotations, which is made more obvious by the fact that the subtitles are in quotations when it's happening. It get's a little over the top but there are some elements that compensate for that. Specifically the gorgeous animation and the inspired scenes with Kim the hacker.
enough anime nerding out for now...
gonna watch Beyond the Black Rainbow in a minute. Expecting disappointment, but hoping for the best!
