GitS:Solid State Society Movie

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2007-06-11 07:36pm

Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society will be showing on Sci-Fi Channel tonight at 11p EDT. As of this point, I'm not sure if it's a marathon of the series, or a movie. Either way, catch it if you can!

Edit: Zod told me it's a Movie

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-06-11 07:44pm

LadyTevar wrote:Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society will be showing on Sci-Fi Channel tonight at 11p EDT. As of this point, I'm not sure if it's a marathon of the series, or a movie. Either way, catch it if you can!

Solid State Society is a movie according to AniDB.net.

Nephtys · Post by **Nephtys** » 2007-06-11 07:45pm

It's a continuation of the SAC plotline. It's 'SAC3', in movie form.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-06-11 08:31pm

Additionally, this airing signifies a return of anime to the Sci Fi Channel for the first time in about...seven years, I think.

Sadly, Manga Entertainment seems to be the only US anime distributor providing content for the new weekly Monday night block.

Balrog · Post by **Balrog** » 2007-06-11 10:06pm

So for someone who's watching the series from the beginning, would this be a huge spoiler, or one of those "hey, here's a little side adventure that happened along the way"?

Spice Runner · Post by **Spice Runner** » 2007-06-11 10:07pm

Thanks for the info. I wouldn't mind seing the series as well on Scifi rather than the bland crap on most of the time.

Spice Runner · Post by **Spice Runner** » 2007-06-11 10:09pm

Balrog wrote:So for someone who's watching the series from the beginning, would this be a huge spoiler, or one of those "hey, here's a little side adventure that happened along the way"?

I'd suggest watching the series in its entirety first as the movie seems to hint major plot development which might spoil the events of the second gig.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2007-06-11 10:12pm

This is considered GitS: part 3, basically. It will continue things from GitS: 2nd Gig.

Davis 51 · Post by **Davis 51** » 2007-06-11 10:26pm

SHIT! I can't watch it.

When the hell is it coming to DVD?

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-06-11 10:37pm

Balrog wrote:So for someone who's watching the series from the beginning, would this be a huge spoiler, or one of those "hey, here's a little side adventure that happened along the way"?

This would be a huge spoiler of sorts. There's a lot development in the characters from what they were in the 1st Gig, continued on from the 2nd. It also has new characters which were introduced later in the series.

It is very good though.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-06-11 10:45pm

Davis 51 wrote:SHIT! I can't watch it.

When the hell is it coming to DVD?

03 July.

CaptHawkeye · Post by **CaptHawkeye** » 2007-06-11 10:46pm

So it's a continuation of SAC? As in, the non sucky version of Ghost in the Shell? Hell I better flip on the tube.

Davis 51 · Post by **Davis 51** » 2007-06-11 10:49pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Davis 51 wrote:SHIT! I can't watch it.

When the hell is it coming to DVD?
03 July.

Thanks.

In my frustration, I remembered that we have an old VCR and a few good blank tapes lying around. I have promptly hooked them up, and now plan to watch it after work tomorrow.

Normally, I'd just watch it, but I have to be up early tomorrow.

Though Transformers and SAC: SSS on the same day is too damn good to be true.

loomer · Post by **loomer** » 2007-06-11 11:42pm

I was a little disappointed when I watched first time, about four months ago, using alternative means of viewing. I was kind of expecting another Mamoru Oshii movie, like the first two movies had been.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-06-11 11:45pm

Different continuity, man.

Nephtys · Post by **Nephtys** » 2007-06-11 11:48pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Different continuity, man.

Less 'Philosophy Buzzword Jumble', more '24 with Robot Ninjas'.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-06-12 12:00am

And less bassets, too.

But I like the movies (though the first was too short and had too much superfluous nudity), while I could never get into the TV series, for a few various reasons.

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2007-06-12 12:20am

Man, fuck Mamoru Oshii. Everything he makes is utter shit. Gawd, his shitty directing makes me so angry.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-06-12 12:41am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:But I like the movies (though the first was too short and had too much superfluous nudity)

I like the movies too, though I will admit that the first had a silly amount of nudity. Innocence was good because it was essentially a movie about Batou, as opposed to the Major.

Man, fuck Mamoru Oshii. Everything he makes is utter shit. Gawd, his shitty directing makes me so angry.

I'm sorry, is someone suggesting that robots skiing on the moon isn't awesome? Because that would just be silly.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2007-06-12 12:55am

Ford Prefect wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:But I like the movies (though the first was too short and had too much superfluous nudity)
I like the movies too, though I will admit that the first had a silly amount of nudity. Innocence was good because it was essentially a movie about Batou, as opposed to the Major.

I liked the first Ghost in the Shell movie. The nudity is supposedly part of the symbolism some how. Not sure how that works but I guess.

The second was so-so. It would have been a bit better movie had it been more tightly plotted instead of the absurd amount of scenes which are pretty pointless story-wise and make the movie seem utterly lethargic.

I'm liking Solid State Society for the same reasons I liked much of SAC itself. It's got a good plot with a fair amount of depth. Yet it doesn't short change things in terms of action, character, or pacing.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-06-12 01:24am

Stormbringer wrote:I liked the first Ghost in the Shell movie. The nudity is supposedly part of the symbolism some how. Not sure how that works but I guess.

If you're not wearing clothes no one can see you? *does mannerism*

The second was so-so. It would have been a bit better movie had it been more tightly plotted instead of the absurd amount of scenes which are pretty pointless story-wise and make the movie seem utterly lethargic.

I will admit that there were many scenes which just helped to make it longer, but dammit man - it's Batou!

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2007-06-12 01:29am

Ford Prefect wrote:If you're not wearing clothes no one can see you? *does mannerism*

Not all of it made sense. It is based on a Shirow Masamune manga. But all the same, it's not something that really detracted from the movie either.

Ford Prefect wrote:I will admit that there were many scenes which just helped to make it longer, but dammit man - it's Batou!

And I liked the underlying idea behind it. It worked in that respect. It's just the sheer indulgent film-making really hurt the better parts.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2007-06-12 02:12am

Let's see:

1. Plot/conspiracy by high-ranking Japanese officials? Check
2. Puppetering of various bodies? Check
3. Good, solid suspenseful whodunnit? Check
4. Social Commentary on current Japanese society? Check
5. Kickass fight scenes? Check
6. The Major pulling the top airlock off a rampaging mecha to get at the person inside? CHECK

Ok, folks, this is a Ghost In The Shell movie!

Seriously, it's a very good one, not too high on the techo/psycho-babble, a plot that kept up a quick pace, and the surprise twist villian reveal that I never saw coming. Two Thumbs Up.

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2007-06-12 10:59am

Ford Prefect wrote: I'm sorry, is someone suggesting that robots skiing on the moon isn't awesome? Because that would just be silly.

I fucking dare you to watch Dallos and tell me its awesome. The skiing on the moon scene was utter shit. Gawd!

Vehrec · Post by **Vehrec** » 2007-06-12 11:03am

It was good, but 1:15 AM is way too late at night to figure out WTF was really going on with that villian. Also, I got the feeling that there was some racism going on with the subject of the refugees, but that might have just been the Japanese fear of Gaijin leaking through the translators.
All in all, it was very good, a worth successor to SAC. And the Major's antics did on occasion give me flashbacks to the first movie.

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