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Yeah, I recognized quite a few. This actually makes me very concerned about the tone of this new adaptation. The original manga is quite reactionary, and frankly misogynistic and racist. What made the 1995 adaptation work so well is that Mamoru Oshii knew what to adapt faithfully, what to change, and what to jettison.
Spoilers for both the original manga and the 1995 movie
For me the most important change was the interrogation scene of the garbage truck worker. In the manga, his plight of losing his real memories and being implanted with fake ones is treated as a joke by the members of section 9. In the 1995 movie it’s treated with the utmost seriousness. It would be horrifying to be in his situation, and even the jaded paramilitary types in section 9 are kind to him. And the whole time, Motoko is on the other side of the one-way glass and pressing her hand to it in silence as if trying to emotionally connect with the poor guy. Oshii knew what he was doing to both emphasize to the audience the horror of the situation, and to humanize Motoko.
Will this first-time director be able to bring humanity to the manga like Oshii did, or will he just be a hired gun and do straight manga-accurate T&A & violence? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
Reading through the manga I definitely see your concerns. There is a very reactionary tone that I didn’t see as much in the film or in Stand Alone Complex, though not to ignore the reactionary issues in those medias.
All the clips appear to be directly from scenes in the manga.
Yeah, I recognized quite a few. This actually makes me very concerned about the tone of this new adaptation. The original manga is quite reactionary, and frankly misogynistic and racist. What made the 1995 adaptation work so well is that Mamoru Oshii knew what to adapt faithfully, what to change, and what to jettison.
Spoilers for both the original manga and the 1995 movie
For me the most important change was the interrogation scene of the garbage truck worker. In the manga, his plight of losing his real memories and being implanted with fake ones is treated as a joke by the members of section 9. In the 1995 movie it’s treated with the utmost seriousness. It would be horrifying to be in his situation, and even the jaded paramilitary types in section 9 are kind to him. And the whole time, Motoko is on the other side of the one-way glass and pressing her hand to it in silence as if trying to emotionally connect with the poor guy. Oshii knew what he was doing to both emphasize to the audience the horror of the situation, and to humanize Motoko.
Will this first-time director be able to bring humanity to the manga like Oshii did, or will he just be a hired gun and do straight manga-accurate T&A & violence? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
Reading through the manga I definitely see your concerns. There is a very reactionary tone that I didn’t see as much in the film or in Stand Alone Complex, though not to ignore the reactionary issues in those medias.