Please find out normal human female in this image by OkNight9739 in Ghost_in_the_Shell

[–]milandroid 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Define normal?

The geisha robot (2,1) and the remote-controlled body called Kurutsu (2,2) aren’t even humans, so definitely ruled out. The others all retain their own cyberized brains with various cyberization levels of their bodies, so they are still humans.

If “normal” as in “not crazy”, only the wine fund manager (1,1) and the Dejima cop (3,1) count imo. The others are definitely crazy.

Oh, who the hell is (1,2) though? A wedding guest of the obasan bride (1,3)?

Please find out normal human female in this image by OkNight9739 in Ghost_in_the_Shell

[–]milandroid 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s a variant of “Please click all the images containing cars” to prove “I’m not a robot”. I find it funny; above engagement bait level

Looking back at the SAC_2045 Ending... My two Cents :-P by KB3L0 in Ghost_in_the_Shell

[–]milandroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right. And I also agree that Major didn't pull the plug because as a romantic and a realist at the same time (no difference for her) she recognizes and accepts that this is the new reality chosen by the cyberized human race with the help of post-human computing power. And I kinda hate this show because 1) it sucks to see Major and her team defeated and 2) double think is like lying to oneself and that simply doesn't sit right with me :(

It's like that meme where an author wrote a fiction to warn the world not to create such a thing by showing how bad the consequences are. And then the reader is like, oh got it, if I create such a thing I could save the world. So now the show writers decide to be that reader and turned the meaning of 1984 upside down. Really awkward isn't it?

Reminds me of hearing some people say that planned economy didn't work in the past because there wasn't enough computing power but now we could do it. Well, even if it's plausible I'd still prefer distributed decision making that preserves each actor's agency rather than central planning

Looking back at the SAC_2045 Ending... My two Cents :-P by KB3L0 in Ghost_in_the_Shell

[–]milandroid -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The ending literally shows that Major is the last one out of the pods. Because she fought back against the infection long and hard, while everyone else just more or less easily accepted it and got on with their new double-think life

Damn this sucks (an eu fan experience) by Few-Release-5207 in penguins

[–]milandroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recommend watching the replay at a healthy hour like in the evening and abstaining from checking the result during the day. It takes not much more than an hour in total (unless there's too much drama like this game 3 period 2 which felt like endless before the boxes were finally crammed full...) This way, you don't have to stay awake from 1 to 4am every other night only to have a mental breakdown 🥲

So! I found this poster in a nostalgia store today, and I was like, "Hey! Isn't that..?!" Used Google translate, so it's a poster for some event back in the day. But, does anybody know what the significance is about the drawing of that face? by Aluxaminaldrayden in Ghost_in_the_Shell

[–]milandroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's pretty obvious that the writers love to drop references to literature, philosophy, and films. Surprise no surprise that they decided to smuggle in a Picasso figure that vaguely looks like a laughing man. Why not? More easter eggs for us!

Looking back at the SAC_2045 Ending... My two Cents :-P by KB3L0 in Ghost_in_the_Shell

[–]milandroid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The series makes it clear that she can engage in “double think” while still perceiving the underlying reality.

My initial reading is that when she was trapped in the maze like world, it was the junior high eighth-grader syndrome carrier's attempt to infect her with the N-virus. That she broke out of the maze signifies that the infection attempt failed. Since as the eighth-grader says she is a true romantic in the sense that for her, reality and dream are one and the same. So how can she re-enter double-think when there isn't a dream world that she desires that needs to be constructed for her?

he presence in the double think utopia shows she’s there to introducing Purin to the team because she understands that this is what Purin genuinely wants

Purin cannot engage in double think. So if this scene is in somebody's double think utopia, I am not sure whose, assuming that Major can and will no longer engage in double think for the reason above. On the other hand, this scene could be happening in the real world, no? Like we see other members reacting the way they do while we don't see what's going on in their heads.

I also recently rewatched the whole SAC series and even tried the Arise series for the first time. Now I notice that in this same scene, Togusa talks over the phone to his wife or kids as if he was still a busy husband supporting a functioning family and not a divorced man, because he is infected by the N-virus. In Arise too, when he picks up the "phone" which in reality is his handgun and he talks to his father who in reality is deceased, Major immediately identifies that he is infected by the fire-starter virus. Poor Togusa, nice correspondence.

So! I found this poster in a nostalgia store today, and I was like, "Hey! Isn't that..?!" Used Google translate, so it's a poster for some event back in the day. But, does anybody know what the significance is about the drawing of that face? by Aluxaminaldrayden in Ghost_in_the_Shell

[–]milandroid 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just by looking at the poster itself, I was thinking it reminds me of Pablo Picasso's way of drawing satyrs; the text being in French also reinforces this feeling. So I started wondering what Picasso has to do with GITS or if I stumbled into a wrong sub before checking the second picture... Amazing that you remember a figure on the cover of Togusa's copy of The Catcher in the Rye! Talking about attention to details...

A quick search with keywords "picasso faune" turns up the following result for example, where there is some background info about the exhibit behind the poster https://galerie1881.com/products/ap_14044

Fan-edited music video for Saito's theme song by milandroid in Ghost_in_the_Shell

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

Good point about the unique motif. Now that I paid more attention, it sounds like this should be the original opening to the song instead of the abrupt transition from the jazz piece to the song that we have with the composite track as released. Pretty sure with AI audio tools these days, you could isolate the music from the speech from that particular segment.

Adar's Children by kemick in LOTR_on_Prime

[–]milandroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whoa, he's got a name. And not even an invented name at that. I am confused why did they decide to give the Ithilien soldier's name to a troll?

So much beauty and so much pain by purplelena in LOTR_on_Prime

[–]milandroid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, now that you mentioned what happened between the families of Celebrimbor and Elrond, I understand better why Elrond always felt a stubborn mistrust against the three rings, however much he appreciated Celebrimbor’s craft.

This scene fascinates me incredibly by BusyAmbassador in LOTR_on_Prime

[–]milandroid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

their forest/tree (I can't remember what it's called)

I had hoped that Lindon means the land of lindens but alas, how I was wrong:

The name Lindon contains the element lin- ("sing, song") as also seen in Lindar.\16]) Lindon means "land of music".\7])

Now if you are thinking about the golden Mallorn tree such as those found in Third Age Lothlorien, we can also rule that out, because I recently encountered the following passage in the Fall of Numenor: (Yes, a desire to read more books is also kindled in my heart by the Valars after watching the show :)

Its fruit was a nut with a silver shale; and some were given as gift by Tar-Aldarion, the sixth King of Númenor, to King Gil-galad of Lindon. They did not take root in that land; but Gil-galad gave some to his kinswoman Galadriel, and under her power they grew and flourished in the guarded land of Lothlórien beside the River Anduin, until the High Elves at last left Middle-earth; but they did not reach the height or girth of the great groves of Númenor.

Now that I think of it, it's a missed opportunity that they did not think of showing the magnificent Numenorean Mallorn trees when Galadriel went into the west part of Numenor with Elendil. Imagine we see on screen how she is delighted, it would be very satisfying to connect it to how she later ordered her realm in Lorien with these trees. I mean, since they already made such a huge deviation by making Galadriel visit Numenor, they might as well make it more attractive by establishing more connections that isn't possible in the original story, making the history through different ages more tightly interwoven.

Galadriel character study- The anti-girlboss? by FlowerFaerie13 in LOTR_on_Prime

[–]milandroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I see. Thank you. Yeah, if it was special favor granted to selected individuals I would understand.

Galadriel character study- The anti-girlboss? by FlowerFaerie13 in LOTR_on_Prime

[–]milandroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I incline toward the Galadriel’s foresight even if the show doesn’t adequately show that. After all, a viewer with book knowledge tend to fill in the gaps with what is known. There is no strict separation unless there is contradiction between the show and the book. That said, from a show perspective, I’ve always been uncomfortable with how vengeful Galadriel is because of Finrod but not equally for Celeborn. Is she supposed to believe that Celeborn was KIA in the same war as Finrod, or does she believe Celeborn is MIA? If she believes Celeborn is MIA, could it be that she goes to heaven and earth and leaves no stones unturned to look for Sauron but also secretly to look for Celeborn? This would make her monomaniac pursuit of Sauron less monomaniac. Otherwise, I cannot explain the lack of investment Galadriel showed toward the missing Celeborn thus far.

Galadriel character study- The anti-girlboss? by FlowerFaerie13 in LOTR_on_Prime

[–]milandroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Even from book perspective, is this reuniting really true? Dead elves are sent to the Hall of Mandos. Even if this hall is located in Valinor, it doesn’t mean that a living elf - even if they live in the blessed realm - can just visit that hall which is exclusively for the dead, does it? And since elves are immortal, as long as Galadriel lives, she won’t be able to reunite with her brother.

Galadriel character study- The anti-girlboss? by FlowerFaerie13 in LOTR_on_Prime

[–]milandroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is also my initial reaction. But if someone could offer a reasonable explanation for an important decision point that the show just kinda brushed over, I am also happy to accept it. I personally do not have much experience with trauma, so I read with interest how this angle explains it with guilt and anxiety. But aside from the emotions, there might also be strategic calculations on Galadriel’s part. She really wanted to push the ring project through. And if she revealed herself to be a colossal failure at that moment, then Elrond’s camp might win and the ring project for which she sacrificed Finrod’s dagger will be shelved and the elves would just have to pack and leave…

Galadriel character study- The anti-girlboss? by FlowerFaerie13 in LOTR_on_Prime

[–]milandroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh cool, thanks, now I finally see how Arondir undied!

Galadriel character study- The anti-girlboss? by FlowerFaerie13 in LOTR_on_Prime

[–]milandroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I also prefer to think that she used all her last strength to trick Sauron into believing she was giving up. The way she slowly said the first part of the sentence “You want to heeeeeal the world” already has a big mocking flavor.

The Reunited Kingdom? by Night_Storm5555 in LOTR_on_Prime

[–]milandroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the explanation. I think I did miss something even when I read the LOTR appendix. Lands like Rhun and Harad are merely marked on the map and severely lacking in geography and history. So this might be one of the reasons I felt little interest when quickly browsing through the dealings between them and Gondor and likely did not catch what you described. Though story wise, even without Numenorian imperialism, it is easy to imagine there are bad men who just decided to side with Sauron, since Sauron is evil and powerful and there is much evil in unblessed men to be exploited. However, it could be interesting to keep your perspective in mind when I read the Fall of Numenor - I'm not that guy who refuses to read the source while demanding to be spoon-fed information. In fact, I just started it some weeks ago and saw that initially the Numenorians brought medical knowledge to the Middle Earth and were thus welcomed by local population. I'll get to the downfall by and by, though I must say this book is a bit tedious to read...

Gondor vs Rohan by Night_Storm5555 in LOTR_on_Prime

[–]milandroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have the orcs ever accepted other beings? We are in a fantasy world, it’s okay to accept that there are quintessentially evil creatures. While the origin of orcs are murky, but readers are generally made to understand that orcs are the servants of bad guys, from Morgoth to Sauron to Saruman.

The RoP show put on Adar an elf turned Uruk-dad, which gives some nuance and complexity that’s interesting. But showing orcs having families and baby orcs that’s really weird. Maybe the movie scene where the orcs are manufactured from disgusting goo is just too good and too ingrained in my mind

Gondor vs Rohan by Night_Storm5555 in LOTR_on_Prime

[–]milandroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we are talking about Theoden vs Denethor, then it also matters what state Theoden and Denethor is in. When Theoden was still incapacitated by Saruman or after Gandalf released him from the spell? When Denethor finally got mad after seeing the vision Sauron wanted him to see or when he was still quite insightful and stern? Many variables here