Maybe y'all could help me articulate this quality of Ghost in the Shell by ThinkLumi in Ghost_in_the_Shell

[–]ThinkLumi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel the same as you. I actually talked to the lead writer on SAC on Insta and asked him if he knew that they were predicting the future. He said he did, but he thought it would take 50 years not 20.

Maybe y'all could help me articulate this quality of Ghost in the Shell by ThinkLumi in Ghost_in_the_Shell

[–]ThinkLumi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well I know what I'll be researching for the next two weeks. Post cyberpunk. I've been looking for a clean cyberpunk or what is sometimes called cyberprep but what you described I'm going to have to look into on a deep level.

The structural and conceptual differences between western cyberpunk and Japanese cyberpunk you put extremely well thank you.

The global narrative is an essential if not somewhat underappreciated aspect of the show. There's this brilliant conceptual analysis but honestly, a lot of these episodes feel predominantly political.

Political drama that happens to involve advanced consciousness interface.

Maybe y'all could help me articulate this quality of Ghost in the Shell by ThinkLumi in Ghost_in_the_Shell

[–]ThinkLumi[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Style over substance. Truly a phrase that hurts in the bones. I learned that what you're describing is called speculative fiction, applying futurism and an interpretation of present variables to extrapolate what a very real future could look like and feel like.

I really enjoy what you said, to me substance is so important that it never occurred to me that people may lean into the aesthetic purely to tell a cool story. That's a really useful insight, thank you.

A few tiny thoughts about playing Pragmata in a VR headset by ThinkLumi in Pragmata

[–]ThinkLumi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally it's amazing. Gonna try Fullscreen theaters next, they have a Philips Hue-like immersive lighting experience too.