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The Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network by Alex de Campi, Brenden Fletcher, Max Gladstone
zare_i's review
5.0
I enjoyed this collection very much. It captures the atmosphere of the original GitS (manga and anime) while presenting original stories set in the GitS universe.
Every story has its own visual signature and I truly enjoyed it. In terms of narrative all stories are high quality.
To be clear I enjoyed everything that came out related to GitS (yes that includes live action movie too, movie which I find to be criticized heavily by people just because it did not match their own view of existentialist-angst-sf which GiTS for me never was; GitS is standard man-machine-story very much in line with Asimov's works [which is never dark but optimistic one] but lot of people associated their own issues with it) and this collection is truly worthy addition to the series.
Reader will catch glimpse of Major's life before Section 9, how low did mighty fall (the Empire stories) and how intellectual property theft can easily be organized if one is in full control of the creative mind.
And there is very good story about an organic (lets call it like that since protagonist is not augmented at all) trying to help her friend while aware that story wont have the happy end. Story is also good from perspective how people are forced to butcher themselves in order to survive the merciless world around them. It is not story about keeping one soul but story about fighting pressure from society to embed oneself with technology in order to live in the first place (under-skin chips for "ease of" whatever - where does this trend stop and why does everyone need to comply?).
Recommended to SF and especially GitS fans.
Every story has its own visual signature and I truly enjoyed it. In terms of narrative all stories are high quality.
To be clear I enjoyed everything that came out related to GitS (yes that includes live action movie too, movie which I find to be criticized heavily by people just because it did not match their own view of existentialist-angst-sf which GiTS for me never was; GitS is standard man-machine-story very much in line with Asimov's works [which is never dark but optimistic one] but lot of people associated their own issues with it) and this collection is truly worthy addition to the series.
Reader will catch glimpse of Major's life before Section 9, how low did mighty fall (the Empire stories) and how intellectual property theft can easily be organized if one is in full control of the creative mind.
And there is very good story about an organic (lets call it like that since protagonist is not augmented at all) trying to help her friend while aware that story wont have the happy end. Story is also good from perspective how people are forced to butcher themselves in order to survive the merciless world around them. It is not story about keeping one soul but story about fighting pressure from society to embed oneself with technology in order to live in the first place (under-skin chips for "ease of" whatever - where does this trend stop and why does everyone need to comply?).
Recommended to SF and especially GitS fans.
eressea0806's review
4.0
這本在書櫃裡吃灰兩年餘
看完新版TV動畫Arise之後新出的
令人失望的日本官方同人漫畫後
想起之前在噗浪上看別人介紹的洋同人
洋同人有沒有比較厲害呢
確實是有的，但科幻的英文似懂非懂的
不曉得有沒有正確解讀?
第一篇好多軍用縮寫術語，有點難懂
不過大概猜得到意思。
劇情不賴，世界局勢的發展
戰後ptsd的特種部隊老兵很有士郎風味
劇情則像是被押井守嚴肅化的士郎哽。
老兵活在過去的虛擬現實中
似乎埋了一點神山TV版的哽，分鏡卻沒照抄。
有抓到原著的精神
除了白靈臉素子之外，讚
第二篇就用了不少前作的名場面
真的很愛方盒子義體哽耶
這一篇有神山版的風味
而搞笑橋段的畫風幾乎就是同樣橋段的士郎正宗了
只是用太多西班牙文了好多地方難懂....
幫派份子把靈魂灌進蘿莉正太淘汰的義體中
再灌虛擬記憶到電子腦中
送給膝下無子的大人物做養子
時間到了幫派份子靈魂啟動
蘿莉正太改為幫派做事？
但靈魂與虛擬記憶彼此衝突阿
劇情似乎有點老套？
這篇的素子做了像是巴特才會做的溫馨心軟舉動XD
第三篇看了兩遍還是覺得沒有很懂
完全沒有任何九課人物登場
用的是攻殼架空世界中的美利堅帝國裡發生的事
大概是最具原創性的一篇？
一直到最後才揭露是美帝想要賣水給全世界
但苦旱已三年那來的水?
原來美帝想要賣從美利堅合眾國和美蘇聯合國搶來的水
一直沒出現的"her"掌握了陰謀卻被殺了
中間夾雜了純有機人和義體人
虛擬和真實的記憶
是有西部風味的cyberpunk
第四篇
某大亨把一堆腦藏在游泳池裡
要這些腦為他賣命寫小說畫名畫設計建築
但搞了半天或許竊盜創意
都是這些泡在水裡的腦製造出來的虛假記憶
可是確實又泡了一堆腦在水裡
看來看去到底誰虛誰實搞不清了
層層疊疊的記憶有點今敏的感覺
不過不如說是今敏有攻殼的感覺?
這一篇致敬最多名分鏡
但賦予全新的意義
不會讓人覺得"又來了"
小字背景設定講解則又是士郎的標誌性風格了
整體來說
這四篇故事都有抓到cyberpunk的精髓
作者們把士郎押井神山看熟的同時
也富有自己的新意
比起自Arise以降只會抄分鏡
卻一點也不cyberpunk的日本官方同人
高明不知凡幾啊
惜哉英文太爛
怎麼看都覺得沒有完全看懂QQ
看完新版TV動畫Arise之後新出的
令人失望的日本官方同人漫畫後
想起之前在噗浪上看別人介紹的洋同人
洋同人有沒有比較厲害呢
確實是有的，但科幻的英文似懂非懂的
不曉得有沒有正確解讀?
第一篇好多軍用縮寫術語，有點難懂
不過大概猜得到意思。
劇情不賴，世界局勢的發展
戰後ptsd的特種部隊老兵很有士郎風味
劇情則像是被押井守嚴肅化的士郎哽。
老兵活在過去的虛擬現實中
似乎埋了一點神山TV版的哽，分鏡卻沒照抄。
有抓到原著的精神
除了白靈臉素子之外，讚
第二篇就用了不少前作的名場面
真的很愛方盒子義體哽耶
這一篇有神山版的風味
而搞笑橋段的畫風幾乎就是同樣橋段的士郎正宗了
只是用太多西班牙文了好多地方難懂....
幫派份子把靈魂灌進蘿莉正太淘汰的義體中
再灌虛擬記憶到電子腦中
送給膝下無子的大人物做養子
時間到了幫派份子靈魂啟動
蘿莉正太改為幫派做事？
但靈魂與虛擬記憶彼此衝突阿
劇情似乎有點老套？
這篇的素子做了像是巴特才會做的溫馨心軟舉動XD
第三篇看了兩遍還是覺得沒有很懂
完全沒有任何九課人物登場
用的是攻殼架空世界中的美利堅帝國裡發生的事
大概是最具原創性的一篇？
一直到最後才揭露是美帝想要賣水給全世界
但苦旱已三年那來的水?
原來美帝想要賣從美利堅合眾國和美蘇聯合國搶來的水
一直沒出現的"her"掌握了陰謀卻被殺了
中間夾雜了純有機人和義體人
虛擬和真實的記憶
是有西部風味的cyberpunk
第四篇
某大亨把一堆腦藏在游泳池裡
要這些腦為他賣命寫小說畫名畫設計建築
但搞了半天或許竊盜創意
都是這些泡在水裡的腦製造出來的虛假記憶
可是確實又泡了一堆腦在水裡
看來看去到底誰虛誰實搞不清了
層層疊疊的記憶有點今敏的感覺
不過不如說是今敏有攻殼的感覺?
這一篇致敬最多名分鏡
但賦予全新的意義
不會讓人覺得"又來了"
小字背景設定講解則又是士郎的標誌性風格了
整體來說
這四篇故事都有抓到cyberpunk的精髓
作者們把士郎押井神山看熟的同時
也富有自己的新意
比起自Arise以降只會抄分鏡
卻一點也不cyberpunk的日本官方同人
高明不知凡幾啊
惜哉英文太爛
怎麼看都覺得沒有完全看懂QQ
eely225's review
4.0
A collection of Western writers and artists offering their own interpretations of one of the definitive franchises in Japanese sci-fi, it is perhaps most interesting when viewed less as chapters in the GitS universe, but rather as an examination of Western imaginations about the Japanese product. I imagine it was not accidental that the first three chapters all dealt with how America and Americans fit in to the world of Section 9, with the third going so far as to write out the Major and co altogether. The last chapter then reassesses the Major as a cultural icon, whether she can be seen as a singular character or a collection of personages that are, to some degree, in conflict. This might be a particularly Western concern with understanding non-linear storytelling, one that, while respected, must be addressed directly instead of simply allowed to stand and interpreted on its own.
I think the book, as a whole, merits revisiting. The third chapter did not grab me, as it was perhaps more interested in worldbuilding for elements that have no real role in the franchise (i.e. the post-war division of America) and did not connect it to section 9. But if you're comfortable skimming one chapter, the rest is more than worth checking out, particularly for Western fans of the franchise.
I think the book, as a whole, merits revisiting. The third chapter did not grab me, as it was perhaps more interested in worldbuilding for elements that have no real role in the franchise (i.e. the post-war division of America) and did not connect it to section 9. But if you're comfortable skimming one chapter, the rest is more than worth checking out, particularly for Western fans of the franchise.
kesterbird's review
2.0
It's not a bad comic, but I do not understand why it exists. It this the comic book reworking of a movie which is based on a comicbook?
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