Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. - 2nd Gig (Complete Collection)
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Movie Reviews of Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. - 2nd Gig (Complete Collection)
Movie Review: Awesome series and better box set than SAC
Summary: 5 Stars
For people who purchased the S.A.C. first box set you'll be really happy with this one. The box is -much- sturdier and it feels like you're getting a lot more for your money (as opposed to the first box set where none of the DVDs really seemed to match in packaging and the "box" to it seemed like something someone just threw together).
2nd GIG is fantastic and a lot of fun, it takes a little while to ramp up but one of my favorite features of it is that a number of the non-major characters like Paz and Saito have their own episodes about their backgrounds.
Movie Review: What you would expect!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is what you would expect from the team that makes this awsome film and series! Visuals are as always, Top notch in the anime world, with thought provoking story lines, that make it so you can't wait to watch the next episode in the series. If you like you anime like i do with realistic looking charaters, and just alaround good damn movie. you have to have this in your collection, along with the whole series!Movie Review: Is Your Brain Prepared to be Hacked?
Summary: 5 Stars
This GITS movie accomplished everything I hoped it would. The continuity between the television series and the movie is all there, complete with a beefed up budget for improved animation and action.
I have always wondered how prophetic the GITS universe is given our changing times, and this movie evokes those same kinds of questions. In an increasingly wireless society, what are the perils of human beings becoming consciousness-floating entities of the Net? With greater freedom and power comes the freedom to die or become maimed in unimaginable ways by new evils.
Seeing this film for the first time there's no way you will understand or catch everything; that's a strength, though, not a weakness. This isn't a simple throw-away-after-one-view movie. It has a philosophical angle lurking in the background, making you think. By "lurking in the background", I mean that this aspect isn't in your face or preachy (as some anime has a tendency to be).
Ghost in the Shell is unique in the anime universe as far as I know. Too much anime suffers from a lack of seamless pacing, realistic animation, or well-developed characters in a richly complex world. I have enjoyed other anime series to be sure (Gasaraki, Samurai Champloo, RahXephon, X, etc.), however none of these has the same philosophical possibilities or intriguing futuristic vision. Whereas some anime can seem like entertainment escapism, GITS occasionally causes me to hit upon formerly undiscovered nuances about human nature or the nature of technology itself - the challenges technology presents to a society and the opportunities it creates for alienation, exploitation, and human consciousness. I highly recommend anything in the Ghost in the Shell universe. It will hack into your psyche...and I mean that in a good way.
Movie Review: Good sequal but...
Summary: 4 Stars
Good sequal but, the ending of this season leaves it open for the movie. There was a good story biuld up, but the last epidose was too brief and didn't explore Major's loss and mental state. You need that for the movie. Overall it was worth buying as a whole set to watch, very little to be disappointed about.Movie Review: GITS:SAC 2nd Gig
Summary: 5 Stars
2nd Gig is a great follow on to the original Stand Alone Complex. Great animation and a good plot draw you into the series. A good example of the Cyberpunk genre, with both a philosophical and action based plot.
Seven discs come in a nice box (much nicer than the box my Stand Alone Complex 1st Gig box). Good subtitles and great dubbing as well.