https://www.whaliam.com/recommendations/ Recent content in Recommendations on Whaliams Wall Hugo en-us (C) 2026, All Rights Reserved Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:55:11 -0700 https://www.whaliam.com/recommendations/ghost-in-the-shell-2026/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:55:11 -0700 https://www.whaliam.com/recommendations/ghost-in-the-shell-2026/ <p>Oh man, I had really high hopes from the trailer. I <em>had</em> high hopes.</p> <p>The opening text went by at <em>blink and yuou miss it</em> speed. Luckily, it was faithfuilly pulled from the original manga, which was sitting on the bookshelf next to me. And that was the tone throughout. On one had you get a highly faithful rendering of the source material, while simultaneously it is being warped in odd ways that I did not care for. Muted color space and textures on a gritty realistic background, but saturated and vibrant color on characters who art style would seemlessly ramp from 1990s anime to (what I think of as) <em>Rick and Morty</em> and back again. It was jarring and made it impossible to fully sit in the material and enjoy the show.</p>