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A Trailer And Comparison Shots For GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0
Posted by Todd Brown at 10:11am.
Posted in Trailer Alerts , Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Asia.
When I first posted the news about the upcoming release of Ghost In The Shell 2.0 - the polished and tweaked up version of Mamoru Oshii’s original Ghost In The Shell picture redone with current animation techniques - a couple days back I expected there to be a certain amount of debate between the pruists who wanted the original left alone and those who were curious to see what the new tech would do to an all time classic. Well, that debate certainly came and here’s where it gets a bit more intense: the good folk at German blog AHT have gotten their hands on a trailer for the new version of the film along with a trio of comparison shots that put the old images next to the new.
For the record, I think this project is significantly different from the tinkering with films such as Star Wars for two reasons: One, as far as I know they’re not changing content at all, they’re just redrawing parts to bring it up to current standards. Two, they’re not burying the original version at all, it will be there and available to fans who prefer that version. I love the original version and certainly won’t be ditching my copy any time soon but I think this looks pretty damn good as well and will certainly be adding it to my GiTS collection.
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Ichi-The-Killer 06/09/2008 @ 3:16pm
Thnx! Shown changes seem quite different.
six string 06/09/2008 @ 5:24pm
I’m not sure what to make of this. The shots look superclean and amazing but I wonder how they will blend with the original format. Any word on how much of the film was actually reconstructed?
Almost sounds like an attempt to release another 20 limited edition sets (which by the way I own most of - including Innocence). Speaking of which, the imagery looks like it was lifted straight from Innocence and I don’t find the changes necessary, in the least.
Quintum 06/09/2008 @ 11:39pm
Seeing the BluRay logo’s, I realized a cleanup to get the quality of the video data up to snuff with the HD standard, might have been necessary.
The blatant dumping of the detailed original for bland CGized art, just to make some of the tech a bit more modern, is really disappointing.
steiner from mars 06/10/2008 @ 1:27am
In my opinion the jumping scene looses a lot of strength. This changes are totally innecessary.
Ard Vijn 06/10/2008 @ 10:22am
Hm. What to make of this?
In the comparison shots, all the old pictures look better than the new ones!
dequinix 06/10/2008 @ 2:51pm
Originally, I was a bit intrigued by this whole idea, but after seeing the comparison shots (and the promo video), I’m pretty disappointed. It’s considerably less organic and feels almost plastic vs. the original, which, interestingly, clashes with a lot of the themes in the film.
venger 06/11/2008 @ 5:21am
I wholeheartedly agree with dequinix and other posts here. I can’t help to think that the only reason they’re “cleaning” up the images is to sell more dvd’s, which in a a way is not that strange of course.
I wonder though whether or not Oshii was happy with these steps. Ghost in the Shell was the 2nd anime i saw when i was about 15 years of age (first was Akira), and i just loved it right from the start. What impressed me the most was the animation style and storytelling. This story doesn’t need flashy 3d cgi imagery to carry it’s message, it actually distracts from what the movie is really about. But maybe i’m oldfashioned. It would kind of be the same to see Grave of the Fireflies with Vexille 3d cgi.
The way Ghost in the Shell looks and feels roots it into the era it was made and further amplifies the look and feel of this very personal story. From first reading the manga to seeing the anime was quite a big stylistic change but the story remained intact, i guess i should be happy they didn’t actually change the plot. Or did they?