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I wouldn't say that Ghost in the Shell is set in the same world as Blade Runner. The same kind of world, yes, but Blade Runner is much, much more dystopic than GitS.

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Thu Dec 27th, 2007 at 07:47:30 AM EST
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Have you seen the sequel, Innocence?

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A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
by DoDo on Thu Dec 27th, 2007 at 12:39:46 PM EST
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I remember more from Ghost in the Shell and the sequel Innocence than from Blade Runner. But from what I remember, the first part is more like Blade Runner whereas the second part is more psychedelic (or just plain weird, if you will). Dark City has some absurdity, but it's not the kind of Pythonesque absurdity that punctuates a pressing, dark atmosphere, like in Terry Gilliam's movies (where it is hard to escape the association with that kind of absurdity, especially when other members of his squad also come into play).
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Thu Dec 27th, 2007 at 07:47:39 PM EST
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Hmmm... the movie is more dystopic, maybe. The world, that can be subject to a long and hard debate.

(as a partial offside, both GitS and the sequel quote heavily from the Bible; though in GitS this is hidden. But read 1 Corinthians 13. It's a good piece or prose/poetry (probably from a pre-new testament source) and via certain associations it will bring you to Three Colours)

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Thu Dec 27th, 2007 at 08:02:30 PM EST
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