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Sh0wdown | 03-15-13, 4:08 PM
Good review on Lain, I was about to write it before i read it, thanks for doing the job.
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potida | 01-03-12, 11:46 PM
I liked you review of Lain. Couldn't say it better. I am halfway through it and can't help but agree that it is too overrated.
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MrShepherd | 06-27-09, 3:26 PM
Gotcha.
I haven't heard or read anything that indicates SAC influence on the Animatrix/sequels, though. It would have been curious to see Kamiyama direct a segment of the Animatrix..
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MrShepherd | 06-24-09, 8:18 PM
From your review of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex:
"This is the anime series that the Wachowski's were inspired by when they were designing the Matrix universe."
Actually, that's incorrect. They were influenced by Mamoru Oshii's brilliant masterpiece Ghost in the Shell (1995), which also helped influence the look of the SAC series. This has been stated by both the brothers themselves and their producer Joel Silver.
The SAC series was made three years after the first Matrix film and shares not the slightest similarity with it.
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I completely agree with your review of 'Hotel', it should definitely be the top rated review.
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Adanishdude | 12-10-08, 5:04 AM
Hi, liked your reviews on GITS:SAC 2nd gig, interesting points and i agree with them actuly!
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midori- | 08-12-08, 4:28 PM
lol thx for lain review, i saw 2eps and i dun wanna watch it anymore.. justboring.
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"GITS was based on a manga (which I've read a bit of); the mangaka by his own admission was a philsopher and artist, not an engineer, scientist, or anyone who had more than a casual exposure to these topics. Based on the notes he wrote, his series was not meant to be hard sci-fi, but rather an exploration of the ethical implications of potential future technologies. He started with the assumption that these technologies could exist, and based on this assumption, worked out a detailed plot line and spiral of unforeseen moral consequences. The actual technology itself was never meant to be the primary focus, and it shows. To pretend that the series has any more than a shallow layer of scientific backing is really just stretching it."
You hit the nail on the head. Most of us don't really care(well i personally don't) that the mangaka isn't as technically accurate/detailed as Chrichton(it's a manga vs a sci fi novel..), but his descriptions(off firewall) are sufficient enough to convey to me his idea's and the story/world hes trying to build. To argue over semantics is as you say, missing the bigger picture(the philosophical aspects of it), and why i think your review was slightly over critical/harsh.
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I agree with you that in our current reality, it simply wouldn't be possible. But that's what sci-fi is isnt it? fiction.. you cant expect them to make everything based on reality, otherwise there wouldnt be 'smart AI' either, because the technology simply does not exist.. right now, like cloaking technology. But who is to say that such 'smart ai' and 'smart/offensive firewalls' cannot exist in the future? I think it is a testiment to the writers/series itself that we are even arguing over such a small point, because for the most part everything else is pretty amazing and accurate :)
However, if you are arguing merely over semantics, as in firewalls should be purely defensive, then i guess that's also a good point, and whether the usage of the word offensive firewall is appropriate or not isnt that important to me, because it conveyed the idea succinctly enough to me. It's just nitpicking, like saying oh, trinity used nmap in matrix but even though she didnt identify the OS, the exploit she ran still rooted the box in the first go.. :p
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Offensive firewall = I always thought of it as a normal firewall, but its written to launch a counter attack at the person/IP as soon as it detects or triggers whatever rules are programmed into it, but with a smart AI behind it too, who can reprogram itself and 'learn'. It's like if you try to dos it, it's not just gonna sit there and keep refusing packets. It's going to hunt you down, and dos you back :p
Think of it as kind of an intelligent firewall. If they have advanced A.I and all that, its entirely possible for them to have 'smart firewalls', which is entirely in context with the series.. i think you may have missed or not fully grasped the concept behind it.
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selective_yellow | 05-31-08, 8:59 PM
Ah, I've also come here to congratulate you for writing such a spectacular review of Lain. It was well written and said basically everything I had to say about it.
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OmegaRed | 05-28-08, 5:56 PM
I agree with your analysis of my firewall idea. I thought I was pushing the semantics a little too far.
As for the encryption I have to agree with you again. After sending you the message I discovered that Steganography ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography) is the official name of what I was referring too. I had always really just considered Steganography a part of Cryptography. Also, in hindsight I don't think that my example of the bird call is really a suitable example of Steganography either (lol).
Interesting conversation. Thanks!
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OmegaRed | 05-27-08, 2:21 PM
I appreciate your GITS2 review. Having a good review is always nicely complemented by a harsh review.
I did want to discuss a matter with you though. You say there is no such thing as an "offensive firewall" and I think you are correct; however, say you took over another person's system and implemented a firewall around parts of their own system. Although a firewall is defensive in nature, in this case it is being used offensively to deny a person access to their own system. Perhaps this could be called an "offensive firewall".
Also, you say the encryption can not mask a signal. Normally, this is true unless you encrypt your signal with a sort of camouflage such as make it appear as though it is random background noise, that monitoring AI and persons would not notice. Think about encrypting the words, "DANGER" into a bird call. Assuming your buddies know what the bird call means you have essentially used encryption to mask your signal.
In both case, I am not sure if this is what is actually happening, but I thought it that you might find those takes interesting. Let me know what you think.
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midori- | 03-30-08, 5:55 AM
I wrote a review for Gankutsuou, I was wondering what you thinksince you rated it similarly...
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