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Screen & Page: Anime's Olivia Benson In 'Stand Alone Complex'
Screen & Page: Anime's Olivia Benson In 'Stand Alone Complex'
Screen & Page: Anime's Olivia Benson In 'Stand Alone Complex'
This weekend the live-action Ghost In The Shell film starring Scarlett Johansson hits theatres. Early reviews haven't been kind, and the audacious whitewashing at the heart of it all irritates me so much that I don't plan to see it. Instead, I decided to dive into the West's favorite chapter in the long-running GiTS franchise: Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex!
Hack Into These ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Facts
Hack Into These ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Facts
Hack Into These ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Facts
If you’ve seen the original Ghost in the Shell anime, you remember some of the classic shootout scenes. But did you know to get authentic gunplay correct in the movie, director Mamoru Oshii took his staff to Guam to practice firing weapons? During their research, they discovered that there are no sparks when bullets ricochet off stone, which is why there aren’t any sparks in the film’s museum scene. That’s just one of the ghostly facts featured in the newest episode of You Think You Know Movies!
Jordan Peele in the Running to Direct Live-Action ‘Akira’
Jordan Peele in the Running to Direct Live-Action ‘Akira’
Jordan Peele in the Running to Direct Live-Action ‘Akira’
Life was good for Jordan Peele — star of a massively successful sketch comedy show, a nice little recurring role on FX’s Fargo, and he’s married to Chelsea Peretti, one of the coolest, funniest women currently working. Then he sprung his directorial debut Get Out on an unsuspecting America and everything rocketed to the next level. The massive windfall he conjured with a paltry $4.5 million budget blew open the gates of Hollywood for him, and like all novice filmmakers, a high-profile sophomore feature can’t be far off. Today brings the news as to what that next step might be, and it appears that Warner Bros. has big plans for Peele.
Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) 03.27.17
Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) 03.27.17
Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) 03.27.17
In honor of the caped crusaders of the convention scene, ComicsAlliance has created Best Cosplay Ever (This Week), an ongoing collection of some of the most impeccable, creative, and clever costumes that we’ve discovered and assembled into a super-showcase of pure fan-devoted talent. This week's selection of the best cosplay ever includes Gwen Stacy and Spider-Man, Gamora, Green Lantern, Mary Poppins, and more!
Scarlett Johansson in Final ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Trailer
Scarlett Johansson in Final ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Trailer
Scarlett Johansson in Final ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Trailer
The Americanized remake of anime classic Ghost in the Shell finally crashes into theaters this Friday, like a bodysuit-clad Scarlett Johansson bursting through a glass window, guns blazing. While Paramount has managed to delay advance reviews by cancelling many press screenings (which is, traditionally, a bad sign), that has done little to deter the fans’ many burning questions. What secrets are being hidden from Major Motoko Kusanagi, and by whom? What are the tactical advantages of clothes that appear to be made of shrink-wrap? Will the movie be racist, and if so, how racist is it going to be? Why is English trip-hop musician Tricky in the film? Truly, The Ghost in the Shell is rich with secrets.
Warner Bros. Has Two Directors on Its ‘Akira’ Shortlist
Warner Bros. Has Two Directors on Its ‘Akira’ Shortlist
Warner Bros. Has Two Directors on Its ‘Akira’ Shortlist
Whether you choose to overlook the accusations of whitewashing levied against Paramount’s upcoming Ghost in the Shell movie is entirely up to you, but there are certainly some who are rooting for the film to open doors for other anime projects. Studios aren’t exactly hot-spots for innovative thinking; if Ghost in the Shell bombs next weekend, there will no-doubt be executives at Paramount who claim the only real lesson is that American audiences don’t like Anime. That would be a real blow to fans of the long-gestating adaptation of Akira, the seminal 1988 animated movie by Katsuhiro Otomo that has been an inspiration to countless science fiction movies and television shows that follow.
Watch the First Five Minutes of ‘Ghost in the Shell’
Watch the First Five Minutes of ‘Ghost in the Shell’
Watch the First Five Minutes of ‘Ghost in the Shell’
One thing’s for sure about the new Ghost in the Shell movie: There’s gonna be a whole lot of cyber. Cybercrime, cyber-people, there all is cyber. The plot hinges around, among other things, an android with a human mind investigating a string of brain-hacking crimes that leads her to a bunch of realizations about the nature of consciousness and humanity. Ghost in the Shell imagines a world where the line between human and machine is blurred almost to the point of nonexistence, with corporations selling body-augmentation technology amongst colleagues at fancy dinners. That’s where the opening of the movie finds Major, played by Scarlett Johansson, surveilling a corporate meeting that goes terribly wrong.
Justice League Heads To Japan To Take On Eagle Talon
Justice League Heads To Japan To Take On Eagle Talon
Justice League Heads To Japan To Take On Eagle Talon
As you may have already heard, DC's greatest heroes (and Aquaman) are set to hit the big screen later this year in a live-action, big-budget Justice League movie. It turns out, however, that this won't be their only trip to movie theaters this year. This fall, the Justice League is heading to Japan to take on the evil forces of Eagle Talon in the appropriately titled DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon, in which the would-be conquerors have to face their most staggering threat of all: An animation budget that gets completely drained by the arrival of some licensed superheroes. Check out the preview!
Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) 03.13.17
Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) 03.13.17
Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) 03.13.17
In honor of the caped crusaders of the convention scene, ComicsAlliance has created Best Cosplay Ever (This Week), an ongoing collection of some of the most impeccable, creative, and clever costumes that we’ve discovered and assembled into a super-showcase of pure fan-devoted talent. This week's selection of the best cosplay ever includes Sailor Pluto, Soulcalibur's Ivy Valentine, Yuri On Ice's Yuri Plisetsky, Elphaba, Batgirl and Red Hood, and more!
Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) 03.06.17
Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) 03.06.17
Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) 03.06.17
In honor of the caped crusaders of the convention scene, ComicsAlliance has created Best Cosplay Ever (This Week), an ongoing collection of some of the most impeccable, creative, and clever costumes that we’ve discovered and assembled into a super-showcase of pure fan-devoted talent. This week's selection of the best cosplay ever includes Juri Han versus Spider-Gwen, Snorlax, Misty Knight, Carrie Kelly, and more!

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