Also, are you guys upset that the Major isn't asian?
Because the Major is almost entirely robot, she can be whatever race she wants.
While I do not entirely disagree - fictional worldview being a nebulous concept and all - I think this line of argument is uncomfortable at best when it amounts to justifying casting a white woman in a role that could easily have been taken by, as you say, any other race.
I mean, true.
And like, it raises other questions like "is it still going to be set in Japan?"
Because, that's, like, a sort of massive part of GitS.
Also, are you guys upset that the Major isn't asian?
Because the Major is almost entirely robot, she can be whatever race she wants.
While I do not entirely disagree - fictional worldview being a nebulous concept and all - I think this line of argument is uncomfortable at best when it amounts to justifying casting a white woman in a role that could easily have been taken by, as you say, any other race.
I mean, true.
And like, it raises other questions like "is it still going to be set in Japan?"
Because, that's, like, a sort of massive part of GitS.
I am very curious how they will show the Mega-city.
I know you can do it right. Hell we did it in the 80's with Blade Runner.
But I am worried we will get Vancouver being NYC or LA or something like that because again it is safe for Hollywood studios to think that way.
Also, are you guys upset that the Major isn't asian?
Because the Major is almost entirely robot, she can be whatever race she wants.
While I do not entirely disagree - fictional worldview being a nebulous concept and all - I think this line of argument is uncomfortable at best when it amounts to justifying casting a white woman in a role that could easily have been taken by, as you say, any other race.
I mean, true.
And like, it raises other questions like "is it still going to be set in Japan?"
Because, that's, like, a sort of massive part of GitS.
I am very curious how they will show the Mega-city.
I know you can do it right. Hell we did it in the 80's with Blade Runner.
But I am worried we will get Vancouver being NYC or LA or something like that because again it is safe for Hollywood studios to think that way.
I laughed in Tron Legacy when it was supposedly set in LA and there were pine trees.
You go in the cage, cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water, our shark.
Also, are you guys upset that the Major isn't asian?
Because the Major is almost entirely robot, she can be whatever race she wants.
While I do not entirely disagree - fictional worldview being a nebulous concept and all - I think this line of argument is uncomfortable at best when it amounts to justifying casting a white woman in a role that could easily have been taken by, as you say, any other race.
I mean, true.
And like, it raises other questions like "is it still going to be set in Japan?"
Because, that's, like, a sort of massive part of GitS.
I am very curious how they will show the Mega-city.
I know you can do it right. Hell we did it in the 80's with Blade Runner.
But I am worried we will get Vancouver being NYC or LA or something like that because again it is safe for Hollywood studios to think that way.
If it is set in the US I'm just not going to watch it
And I fucking love scarjo
fuck gendered marketing
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Also, are you guys upset that the Major isn't asian?
Because the Major is almost entirely robot, she can be whatever race she wants.
While I do not entirely disagree - fictional worldview being a nebulous concept and all - I think this line of argument is uncomfortable at best when it amounts to justifying casting a white woman in a role that could easily have been taken by, as you say, any other race.
I mean, true.
And like, it raises other questions like "is it still going to be set in Japan?"
Because, that's, like, a sort of massive part of GitS.
I am very curious how they will show the Mega-city.
I know you can do it right. Hell we did it in the 80's with Blade Runner.
But I am worried we will get Vancouver being NYC or LA or something like that because again it is safe for Hollywood studios to think that way.
If it is set in the US I'm just not going to watch it
And I fucking love scarjo
I dunno, it being completely adapted to an american story would make the casting better imo
casting scarjo and putting it in japan would just make me turn it into a really weird Lost In Translation sequel in my head
I was hungry, so I started eating a whole raw bell pepper. About halfway through, I thought, "Hmm, this is a sufficient amount of bell pepper." About 3/4 through, I thought, "Except under duress, this is the maximum amount of bell pepper I am willing to consume at this time."
Also, are you guys upset that the Major isn't asian?
Because the Major is almost entirely robot, she can be whatever race she wants.
While I do not entirely disagree - fictional worldview being a nebulous concept and all - I think this line of argument is uncomfortable at best when it amounts to justifying casting a white woman in a role that could easily have been taken by, as you say, any other race.
I mean, true.
And like, it raises other questions like "is it still going to be set in Japan?"
Because, that's, like, a sort of massive part of GitS.
I am very curious how they will show the Mega-city.
I know you can do it right. Hell we did it in the 80's with Blade Runner.
But I am worried we will get Vancouver being NYC or LA or something like that because again it is safe for Hollywood studios to think that way.
If it is set in the US I'm just not going to watch it
And I fucking love scarjo
I dunno, it being completely adapted to an american story would make the casting better imo
casting scarjo and putting it in japan would just make me turn it into a really weird Lost In Translation sequel in my head
If it was set in America the setting would lose so much, though.
Like, that was such a big part of it "here is Future Japan".
Future America would be a totally different place.
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@cinders do you ever wish that there was an alternate universe in addition to ours where after Deep Cuts the Knife ignored gender identity, income inequality, and increasingly atonal techno and focused solely on melancholy pop songs about being broken hearted
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
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Also, are you guys upset that the Major isn't asian?
Because the Major is almost entirely robot, she can be whatever race she wants.
While I do not entirely disagree - fictional worldview being a nebulous concept and all - I think this line of argument is uncomfortable at best when it amounts to justifying casting a white woman in a role that could easily have been taken by, as you say, any other race.
I mean, true.
And like, it raises other questions like "is it still going to be set in Japan?"
Because, that's, like, a sort of massive part of GitS.
I am very curious how they will show the Mega-city.
I know you can do it right. Hell we did it in the 80's with Blade Runner.
But I am worried we will get Vancouver being NYC or LA or something like that because again it is safe for Hollywood studios to think that way.
If it is set in the US I'm just not going to watch it
And I fucking love scarjo
I dunno, it being completely adapted to an american story would make the casting better imo
casting scarjo and putting it in japan would just make me turn it into a really weird Lost In Translation sequel in my head
If it was set in America the setting would lose so much, though.
Like, that was such a big part of it "here is Future Japan".
Future America would be a totally different place.
iirc we are not the good guys
Like at all.
It's like someone cranked up the Imperialism to 11
You go in the cage, cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water, our shark.
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ElldrenIs a woman dammitceterum censeoRegistered Userregular
Also, are you guys upset that the Major isn't asian?
Because the Major is almost entirely robot, she can be whatever race she wants.
While I do not entirely disagree - fictional worldview being a nebulous concept and all - I think this line of argument is uncomfortable at best when it amounts to justifying casting a white woman in a role that could easily have been taken by, as you say, any other race.
I mean, true.
And like, it raises other questions like "is it still going to be set in Japan?"
Because, that's, like, a sort of massive part of GitS.
I am very curious how they will show the Mega-city.
I know you can do it right. Hell we did it in the 80's with Blade Runner.
But I am worried we will get Vancouver being NYC or LA or something like that because again it is safe for Hollywood studios to think that way.
If it is set in the US I'm just not going to watch it
And I fucking love scarjo
I dunno, it being completely adapted to an american story would make the casting better imo
casting scarjo and putting it in japan would just make me turn it into a really weird Lost In Translation sequel in my head
It being completely adapted to bring American would rip the living heart out of the entire goddamn work.
Like trying to set the West Wing inside a German u-boat
Also, are you guys upset that the Major isn't asian?
Because the Major is almost entirely robot, she can be whatever race she wants.
While I do not entirely disagree - fictional worldview being a nebulous concept and all - I think this line of argument is uncomfortable at best when it amounts to justifying casting a white woman in a role that could easily have been taken by, as you say, any other race.
I mean, true.
And like, it raises other questions like "is it still going to be set in Japan?"
Because, that's, like, a sort of massive part of GitS.
I am very curious how they will show the Mega-city.
I know you can do it right. Hell we did it in the 80's with Blade Runner.
But I am worried we will get Vancouver being NYC or LA or something like that because again it is safe for Hollywood studios to think that way.
If it is set in the US I'm just not going to watch it
And I fucking love scarjo
I dunno, it being completely adapted to an american story would make the casting better imo
casting scarjo and putting it in japan would just make me turn it into a really weird Lost In Translation sequel in my head
Honestly, GITS can work pretty much everywhere. I think ScarJo is kinda mid tier in terms of casting (though am willing to be convinced otherwise), but a lot of GITS relies on other stuff, IMHO. We need the script writers and director to do a good job to a huge extent.
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CindersWhose sails were black when it was windyRegistered Userregular
@cinders do you ever wish that there was an alternate universe in addition to ours where after Deep Cuts the Knife ignored gender identity, income inequality, and increasingly atonal techno and focused solely on melancholy pop songs about being broken hearted
Yeah, sometimes. But at the same time, without that stuff, I feel like it wouldn't be the knife.
Like, it's not one of those things set nebulously in a culture in a way that can be interchanged. The story/ideas of GitS are in large part geopolitical in nature.
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y2jake215certified Flat Birther theoristthe Last Good Boy onlineRegistered Userregular
@cinders do you ever wish that there was an alternate universe in addition to ours where after Deep Cuts the Knife ignored gender identity, income inequality, and increasingly atonal techno and focused solely on melancholy pop songs about being broken hearted
Yeah, sometimes. But at the same time, without that stuff, I feel like it wouldn't be the knife.
Like even Deep Cuts covered that stuff.
I ask because... I found a band that did so
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
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CindersWhose sails were black when it was windyRegistered Userregular
Also, are you guys upset that the Major isn't asian?
Because the Major is almost entirely robot, she can be whatever race she wants.
While I do not entirely disagree - fictional worldview being a nebulous concept and all - I think this line of argument is uncomfortable at best when it amounts to justifying casting a white woman in a role that could easily have been taken by, as you say, any other race.
I mean, true.
And like, it raises other questions like "is it still going to be set in Japan?"
Because, that's, like, a sort of massive part of GitS.
I am very curious how they will show the Mega-city.
I know you can do it right. Hell we did it in the 80's with Blade Runner.
But I am worried we will get Vancouver being NYC or LA or something like that because again it is safe for Hollywood studios to think that way.
If it is set in the US I'm just not going to watch it
And I fucking love scarjo
I dunno, it being completely adapted to an american story would make the casting better imo
casting scarjo and putting it in japan would just make me turn it into a really weird Lost In Translation sequel in my head
If it was set in America the setting would lose so much, though.
Like, that was such a big part of it "here is Future Japan".
Future America would be a totally different place.
iirc we are not the good guys
Like at all.
It's like someone cranked up the Imperialism to 11
@cinders do you ever wish that there was an alternate universe in addition to ours where after Deep Cuts the Knife ignored gender identity, income inequality, and increasingly atonal techno and focused solely on melancholy pop songs about being broken hearted
Yeah, sometimes. But at the same time, without that stuff, I feel like it wouldn't be the knife.
Like I'm pretty sure even a fictional Japanese company making Japanese robot bodies would make them look Japanese.
Man dont get me wrong GitS is also going to have Takeshi Kitano and thats just pandering but ill still fully on board.
Am I wrong to think any company would make a product that appeals to its chief consumers? Dark Souls is full of white dudes. If the Japanese still bought video games, Dark Souls would have some Asian dudes.
Also, are you guys upset that the Major isn't asian?
Because the Major is almost entirely robot, she can be whatever race she wants.
While I do not entirely disagree - fictional worldview being a nebulous concept and all - I think this line of argument is uncomfortable at best when it amounts to justifying casting a white woman in a role that could easily have been taken by, as you say, any other race.
I mean, true.
And like, it raises other questions like "is it still going to be set in Japan?"
Because, that's, like, a sort of massive part of GitS.
I am very curious how they will show the Mega-city.
I know you can do it right. Hell we did it in the 80's with Blade Runner.
But I am worried we will get Vancouver being NYC or LA or something like that because again it is safe for Hollywood studios to think that way.
If it is set in the US I'm just not going to watch it
And I fucking love scarjo
I dunno, it being completely adapted to an american story would make the casting better imo
casting scarjo and putting it in japan would just make me turn it into a really weird Lost In Translation sequel in my head
If it was set in America the setting would lose so much, though.
Like, that was such a big part of it "here is Future Japan".
Future America would be a totally different place.
iirc we are not the good guys
Like at all.
It's like someone cranked up the Imperialism to 11
Yeah, right up from the Bush era 10
From what I faintly recall from Stand Alone, we twisted the knob off. I remember the CIA or its equivalent being scary as hell.
You go in the cage, cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water, our shark.
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CindersWhose sails were black when it was windyRegistered Userregular
Like can you imagine the part where The President gets checked for crabs while discussing the social/economic issues of our time?
Also, are you guys upset that the Major isn't asian?
Because the Major is almost entirely robot, she can be whatever race she wants.
While I do not entirely disagree - fictional worldview being a nebulous concept and all - I think this line of argument is uncomfortable at best when it amounts to justifying casting a white woman in a role that could easily have been taken by, as you say, any other race.
I mean, true.
And like, it raises other questions like "is it still going to be set in Japan?"
Because, that's, like, a sort of massive part of GitS.
I am very curious how they will show the Mega-city.
I know you can do it right. Hell we did it in the 80's with Blade Runner.
But I am worried we will get Vancouver being NYC or LA or something like that because again it is safe for Hollywood studios to think that way.
If it is set in the US I'm just not going to watch it
And I fucking love scarjo
I dunno, it being completely adapted to an american story would make the casting better imo
casting scarjo and putting it in japan would just make me turn it into a really weird Lost In Translation sequel in my head
It being completely adapted to bring American would rip the living heart out of the entire goddamn work.
Like trying to set the West Wing inside a German u-boat
That's an exceptionally silly comparison.
GiTS lives more in the future of human development than specifically Japan. At least the biggest ideas of it do.
Any problem they tackle in the show could happen in any first world country.
Like I'm pretty sure even a fictional Japanese company making Japanese robot bodies would make them look Japanese.
Man dont get me wrong GitS is also going to have Takeshi Kitano and thats just pandering but ill still fully on board.
Am I wrong to think any company would make a product that appeals to its chief consumers? Dark Souls is full of white dudes. If the Japanese still bought video games, Dark Souls would have some Asian dudes.
As a white guy, only non-white women appeal to me.
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ElldrenIs a woman dammitceterum censeoRegistered Userregular
I want a moratorium on media set in LA
Like for 10 years
Maybe after that I can watch a thing set in LA without cringing out of my skin
fuck gendered marketing
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Also, are you guys upset that the Major isn't asian?
Because the Major is almost entirely robot, she can be whatever race she wants.
While I do not entirely disagree - fictional worldview being a nebulous concept and all - I think this line of argument is uncomfortable at best when it amounts to justifying casting a white woman in a role that could easily have been taken by, as you say, any other race.
I mean, true.
And like, it raises other questions like "is it still going to be set in Japan?"
Because, that's, like, a sort of massive part of GitS.
I am very curious how they will show the Mega-city.
I know you can do it right. Hell we did it in the 80's with Blade Runner.
But I am worried we will get Vancouver being NYC or LA or something like that because again it is safe for Hollywood studios to think that way.
If it is set in the US I'm just not going to watch it
And I fucking love scarjo
I dunno, it being completely adapted to an american story would make the casting better imo
casting scarjo and putting it in japan would just make me turn it into a really weird Lost In Translation sequel in my head
Honestly, GITS can work pretty much everywhere. I think ScarJo is kinda mid tier in terms of casting (though am willing to be convinced otherwise), but a lot of GITS relies on other stuff, IMHO. We need the script writers and director to do a good job to a huge extent.
She's super high profile, hot, already trained for stuntwork, good actress.
Name someone at that profile with that skillset.
Honestly, I would rather casting reflect closer to the original, and I would prefer Japan. But I also want to see the movie get made so I'll allow for this kinda hollywood shit until I see a trailer that proves they have no idea what they're doing with the actual story.
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They should've found and/or made a woman who just literally looks like an animu
I would be shocked if it took place in Japan.
P sure that's not Akira.
I am very curious how they will show the Mega-city.
I know you can do it right. Hell we did it in the 80's with Blade Runner.
But I am worried we will get Vancouver being NYC or LA or something like that because again it is safe for Hollywood studios to think that way.
Big beta thing for Overwatch at the start of May.
I laughed in Tron Legacy when it was supposedly set in LA and there were pine trees.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2570013/Human-Barbie-Valeria-Lukyanova-reveals-STARVES-Breatharian-believes-live-air-containing-cosmic-micro-food.html
If it is set in the US I'm just not going to watch it
And I fucking love scarjo
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872732/business?ref_=tt_dt_bus
I dunno, it being completely adapted to an american story would make the casting better imo
casting scarjo and putting it in japan would just make me turn it into a really weird Lost In Translation sequel in my head
PSN/XBL: Zampanov -- Steam: Zampanov
you are surprised a AAA game with a full campaign and multiplayer is $60?
Just thought you should know, chat.
If it was set in America the setting would lose so much, though.
Like, that was such a big part of it "here is Future Japan".
Future America would be a totally different place.
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
Well yeah
You need to justify casting generally
Especially for any sort of adapted material
I dunno sounds English to me
which I'm sure is most of the casting decision
"we want to spend a lot of money on this flick, gonna be female lead"
"ok we will give you this money but you need to hire
1. the most high profile
2.hottest
3.actress that might could do the job
in that order
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iirc we are not the good guys
Like at all.
It's like someone cranked up the Imperialism to 11
It being completely adapted to bring American would rip the living heart out of the entire goddamn work.
Like trying to set the West Wing inside a German u-boat
Man dont get me wrong GitS is also going to have Takeshi Kitano and thats just pandering but ill still fully on board.
Honestly, GITS can work pretty much everywhere. I think ScarJo is kinda mid tier in terms of casting (though am willing to be convinced otherwise), but a lot of GITS relies on other stuff, IMHO. We need the script writers and director to do a good job to a huge extent.
Yeah, sometimes. But at the same time, without that stuff, I feel like it wouldn't be the knife.
Like even Deep Cuts covered that stuff.
It can't be for reasons of fidelity to the source material as that would directly contradict the characterisation of the character in question.
I ask because... I found a band that did so
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
Yeah, right up from the Bush era 10
I really like Takeshi Kitano. If you haven't watched Kikujiro you should.
Bring tissues.
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Am I wrong to think any company would make a product that appeals to its chief consumers? Dark Souls is full of white dudes. If the Japanese still bought video games, Dark Souls would have some Asian dudes.
From what I faintly recall from Stand Alone, we twisted the knob off. I remember the CIA or its equivalent being scary as hell.
That's an exceptionally silly comparison.
GiTS lives more in the future of human development than specifically Japan. At least the biggest ideas of it do.
Any problem they tackle in the show could happen in any first world country.
PSN/XBL: Zampanov -- Steam: Zampanov
As a white guy, only non-white women appeal to me.
Like for 10 years
Maybe after that I can watch a thing set in LA without cringing out of my skin
She's super high profile, hot, already trained for stuntwork, good actress.
Name someone at that profile with that skillset.
Honestly, I would rather casting reflect closer to the original, and I would prefer Japan. But I also want to see the movie get made so I'll allow for this kinda hollywood shit until I see a trailer that proves they have no idea what they're doing with the actual story.
PSN/XBL: Zampanov -- Steam: Zampanov
But, BoJack.