#ghost in a shell

[pururin]

[lasaraconor]

[rolley-polley-pillbug]

They recently replayed the movie ghost in a shell at a cinema near me. It was a beautiful movie. It had amazing animation too. I really love it so I drew the main charecter.

[bozemane]

[mundrakan]

Kinktober Day 22

A good old favourite today, if you all even remember it: Ghost in a Shell, the anime, not the film.

Batou tries to help Motoko feel human again.

[kevinbriansatterwhite]

I used to daydream about - The Holy Cross in geometry class. Then one night I was in my room. I was thinking about Sarah Michelle Gellar and my face got really, really, really warm. One warm tear fell out of my left eye. I think it was anger + pressure. I immediately thought - delivera. Delivera is basically what happened to Jason (1980) and Freddy Krueger (1984). They went through so much pain - God granted them early access to unimaginable power. When it happened - I saw a big gun in my room - similar to the taser above. I could feel the presence of Dusk - The Angel of Death. I think he just wanted to know what I would do if had - the power. I just wanted to make sure Sarah was okay. I kinda thought I may scare heathens - so I let Dusk know - I wasn’t interested in guns or anything. I figured if my adversaries are scared of me - then that should be enough to protect Sarah. I’m not into scare tactics - I’m into care action. I had a bunch of stuff like this happen and I never thought I was well enough to embrace it. Afterwards I was always like - I made the right decision. If God sends the Devil to test you before you fly, he sends his angels to catch you before you fall.

Ghost in a Shell is the cocoon phase of The Holy Cross. Remember Alex Cross - the movie. Hollywood knows what’s up. Hahaha! I also think when people die - all we get is a ghost in a shell - a hollow body. Remember Hollow Man with Kevin Bacon - me neither. Hahaha! Anyway, don’t mess with humanity. God always gets the last laugh. Rehab is great, but man… it would suck to mess up in eternity so bad - that I have to be reprimanded by a being other than God. Hahaha! For real.

Ghost in a Shell is also a music group I dreamed about. In my dream there was a white motorcycle toy in a closet. Then I was driving around with my college buddy heading over to an electronic store. I think we were listening to our music in the car. It sounded similar to Chromeo’s music. You know that dope 80s, 90s guitar sound. Anyway, anything’s possible. I’m so into individuality and Elizabeth - I don’t see many partnerships beyond that. Who knows what God has in store.

[dailyflicks]

GHOST IN THE SHELL 攻殻機動隊 1995, dir. Mamoru Oshii

[fragranticareviewers]

[go-go-devil]

The entire 3-minute city ambiance scene from Ghost in the Shell (1995) is already one of the best moments in all of cinema imo, but I NEED to talk about my absolute favorite part from it:

That brief moment when Major Kusanagi and a stranger with her exact same body model catch a glance at one another. How quickly the initial curiosity of seeing the doppelgänger turns into a feeling of unease as the boat carries her away.

She will never meet this stranger. She'll never know anything about her other than the simple reminder that every piece of her cybernetic body is not unique to her. There is no part of her other than her brain and all its memories that she has any true ownership of, and even that isn't immune to being hacked and potentially erased by outside forces. Despite being a part of a bustling city, all she can do is reflect on how utterly isolated she feels as a living being.

How can she possibly define her humanity when she herself is confined in the form of what is essentially a highly modified weapon? How can she relate to others when she has more in common with the mannequins on display in a shopping mall than with the any of the people walking the streets?

All of this inner turmoil at one’s own existence conveyed without a SINGLE word of dialogue spoken. Now that's the power of cinema if I've ever seen it!

[pururin]

[filmgifs]

Ghost in the Shell (1995) dir. Mamoru Oshii

[scipunk]

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

[lasaraconor]

[omercifulheaves]

Ghost In The Shell Art by Tsutomu Nihei

[sean-gaffney]

She was Caster in Fate, Kyrie Ushiromiya in Umineko, Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell, Harumi Kiyama in Railgun, and Flamme in Frieren.

[sci-fi-gifs]

攻殻機動隊 / Ghost in the Shell (1995) dir. Mamoru Oshii