Well one thing about modern movie adaptations of other visual things is for maybe actual geek market reasons, they tend to stay true to the aesthetics. Though I am actually surprised how much this has stayed true, right down to the Kenji Kawaii music. If Making of a Cyborg plays in that movie trust me the movie will go up 5 points form me.
Yet, that scene highlights a problem I may have. In the anime it ends with a shot of her mundane, personality-less life. Which to me is kind of the point of the first GitS movie. Struggling to understand identity in ever growing technological world. Highlighted by a cyborg woman and a thing perhaps born from the internet. I mean in the end it's a story where the case the Major is on just happens to highlight her own issues, it's not about her.
My problem is that I fear this movie will lose some of that subtle characterization and storytelling. Be a straight up origin story. Hearing things like "You're the first of your kind" and "they didn't save you, they took it away from you" highlight something that may miss the point of the first movie. Even Stand Alone doesn't go full blown origin story. Obviously 2nd Gig has hints and allusions, but even then it's not about that.
Still, it could tell it's own interesting story, but I feel GiTS is the perfect place to tell how technology effects and shapes life. One of my favorite little episodes in the first season of SAC is the episode where the guy put his brain in a tank. It's a small episode, not even anything deep. But still a cool little tale about inputting living will through technology.
Still, honestly this is probably the first major adaptation of something I really care about and probably shaped my entertainment worldview. Sure I loved things like Power Rangers and Transformers as a kid, but I don't have real nostalgia or dullsions that these things were anything that they weren't(except for Beast Wars). Even anime like Gundam Wing and Rahxephon I look back with admiration, but also a realization of their silly aspects. Things like Ghost in the Shell, Akira, and Evangelion though have had a profound and everlasting impact on me. They are why I got into anime, they shaped the kind of aesthetics I like, formed my taste, and much more. So I do really care about how they are shown.
But I do want American Adaptations, because I want these things introduced to as many people as possible. I think Scar Jo is honestly a great choice. I think the look of the movie is great. I just hope it is good.
