White washing aside let's talk about how the live action Ghost In the Shell rinsed away the essence of a completely good storyline for the appeal of everyone who did not read the manga, watch the 1995 anime or the Standalone Complex series and likely never will. In other words, the mass audience of movie goers who could care less about a cyborg who feels.
I know, lets cast Scarlett Johansson! That'll bring butts to the theater seats.
Also, a man marries a robot and how that might be a good thing and the main dish: Are memories evidence of a soul?
Episode Menu
5:15 - The Power of Fandom
8:01 - Future Japan
15:15 - Introducing Kuze
17:32 - Can technology have a soul?
19:30 - What's the next stage of evolution for humans?
20:02 - Chappie and the transference of mind and soul into a machine.
24:29 - Transcendence: becoming one with universal and energy
25:30 - Ex Machina. Never trust anything made a lab.
29:52 - Storing our memories.
32:35 - Are memories evidence of a soul?
35:35 - The Neurologist Who Hacks His Own Brains and Almost Loses His Mind
40:47 - Man marries robot.
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