I’ll get it without a doubt. I think it will be ‘good’ because the Japanese rarely take chances with things like GITS. But I think this will be a case of expectations being astronomical.
I actually like Innocence better than the first movie to be honest. Complete Noir. And Basset Hounds! The directors commentary on that is hilarious. If you have the DVD, you know why ;)
I just watched it again recently, and listened to the commentary. The whole story about the dreamworks or industrial light and magic guys praising the basset’s certain physical attribute was pretty funny. And yes, the later GitS movies were better than the first one.
The only problem with the GitS franchise is that the manga is in no way up to par with the TV shows or movies. That’s very odd, the manga for Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Akira and Appleseed completely own their respective movies as far as scope and story telling.
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One of the things I loved about the basset hound sequence was the blues soundtrack. The only thing wrong with the song, is that english was obviously not her native language because her diction was too perfect for the style. (I'd have to look up who it was).