#213: Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)

KnockBack: The Retro and Nostalgia Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Society & Culture, Leisure, History

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2022

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Summary

While Ghost in the Shell began its life as a manga in the late '80s, the 1995 animated feature film that interpreted its story is what most people are familiar with. Created by renowned artist and writer Masamune Shirow and brought to the big screen by Mamoru Oshii, Ghost in the Shell deals with surprisingly heady subject matter: Science, politics, philosophy, and morality, amongst many other themes. The future world of cyborgs and humans envisioned in this work isn't too far off the mark, either, particularly when compared to other works of cyberpunk that are much more fanciful and overtly fictional in their approach. Overall, this is perhaps what makes Ghost in the Shell so notable to so many. It feels alive and true-to-form. And it's certainly worth a deep dive right here on KnockBack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Knockback, the retro and nostalgia podcast is brought to you by Well You.
0:04.2	If you want to learn how to support our show, go to patreon.com slash lastdanmedia.
0:13.6	Greetings and salutations, welcome back to Knockback.
0:16.0	My name is Column Moriarty. Today I'm joined.
0:18.3	As always by my brother, Dagen, Mrs. Fields Moriarty, Dagen, what was there?
0:22.1	Why was there a Mrs. Fields logo in the background on this film? Did you notice that?
0:27.5	Like I knew about the Mrs. Fields, the delicious cookies.
0:30.8	Yeah, wait a sec, there's it was it was prominent in my notes.
0:34.8	I noticed during one of the the panning shots in the city, many, many of them,
0:39.2	there's a Mrs. Fields sign. What is going on?
0:41.6	We got codoncha, Bondi visual, manga, entertainment and Mrs. Fields.
0:46.5	Yeah, very some very interesting stuff going on there.
0:49.3	But anyway, see, because last week, I think you told me that I,
0:52.4	I you knew what I was going to say if I recall, I don't know.
0:56.1	I think I said, I think I said Goddamn El, Goddamn Dorado,
0:59.5	or something because we did Uncharted.
1:01.1	And you said, I think I knew I was going to do that.
1:02.8	So there was no way you knew I was going to do that.
1:04.9	I didn't know where you go with Mrs. Fields.
1:07.0	But now I want some oatmeal raisin cookies.
1:09.6	Very divisive, because most people say chocolate chip,
1:12.0	but I like the oatmeal raisin.
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