The Most Profound Moment in the History of Animated Film

Next time somebody says that animated films and TV shows are lesser than live-action... that they aren't "high-art"... show them this video.
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[@maxderrat]

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[@dlbyrd-gasca2730]

Thanks Max!👍

[@nickcurrant2254]

You know, I fucking hate anime, but I liked Ghost in the Shell. I think it's literally the only Japanese anime show I actually like. Aside from the squeaky robot voices (from their helpers), none of the superficial, 'anime' qualities I hate are here--just good writing and Japanese style--which is why I was not at all surprised to see it mentioned here. There's enough psychology and detective work to make Batman get a hard on.

[@gozinta82]

I'm glad you brought up both Akira and Ghost in the Shell. The second movie does an amazing job at making you question what is real and what isn't. I tripped out the first time I saw that in college, and it's stuck with me since. Animatrix also does a great job at displaying this. I sometimes have the feeling like we are all the universe focusing in on itself though filters and limitations in order for it to happen. In that sense, it is the Oroburo eating it's own tail, or watching itself, metaphorically. We are all the universe looking at ourselves through an imperfect lens.

[@datzfatz2368]

@@nickcurrant2254 I feel like there are a lot more Anime out there that you would really like if you gave them a chance, Ghost in the Shell is by far not the only one that is serious, has brilliant writing and thoughtprovoking, deep philosophical themes and storys as well as (sometimes) gorgeous animation (Stuff like NGE, Monster, Ergo Proxy, AoT, Violet Evergarden, anything by Satoshi Kon, etc. etc. come to my mind immediatly for example (those are my favorites in that direction obviously, anyone is free to disagree and call my taste bad^^)). I dont mean to tell you what to do and what to like, but everytime i see someone say the "hate Anime" i cant help but think thats kind of an ignorant statement because to me it sounds like someone saying "i hate all movies", because Anime isnt a genre, its a medium just like film and books. You cant genealize "Anime" like that because thats not how it is, Anime is as diverse and nuanced as any other storytelling medium. I think what you really hate is the typical "Anime" marketing bullshit, right? And yeah true, most of the shows and movies out there are just mindless pandering bullshit made for pure marketing purposes or pure escapism. But in that giant pile of mass produced trash and mediocrity there are some true artistic masterpieces that are worth anyones time who likes good art. Just consider giving some stuff a chance, you might be surprised what you have been missing out on.

[@nickcurrant2254]

@@datzfatz2368 Thumbs-uped your reply because you're being so polite in response to my rhetoric. Yeah, when I say 'I fucking hate anime' I am generalizing in conjunction with my own experience. It's kind of like someone saying they hate a genre of music, but really there are aspects or iterations of it they would enjoy--it's just that their experience has generally been granted things they don't like. I have had a number of recommendations over the years, precisely due to my bombastic outlook on anime, and I have found other things I like. Princess Mononoke, for example, didn't blow me away, but I liked it. On the other hand, Howl's Moving Castle was a wonderful piece of imagination, until it went full 'anime' and he turned into an angel love story. I know there are other good things in anime, so I am aware that my opinion is like saying 'I hate sandwiches', even though a sandwich could contain just about everything, but on the whole, I find the stuff that gets pushed Stateside is middle-school level rubbish. And that's not even getting into the tropes and cliches that I hate, much like the problems with modern American 'cinema'.

[@kittykatturi]

"Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known."

[@charlesbogle6544]

But you are original because all of these others flowing through your life have made something very unique... If only society would finally learn a deep respect for everyone's unique individuality and very special creativity which is no doubt at least a little original... Many things come down to how our language is limited in its ability to really explain what mysteries we sense happening all around us🌌

[@Trollificusv2]

@@charlesbogle6544 +1, perceptive Better to be unique than "original". WTF would that even mean wrt a human being? Made of balogna? 32 eyes?

[@mehboob9101]

every new painting is made of colours that exist and provided by the nature so Does that mean the Picture that anyone Draws isnt original...i dont think so

[@42Mrgreenman]

@@mehboob9101 But it's only original because we are beings limited by capacity and time. Originality and uniqueness are conceptual constructs of the mind to define an occurrence in time that only happens once in the perceptual frame. There are really two scenarios depending on the nature of the universe. If entropy always increases, there can be a certain uniqueness in that, in the process toward the heat death of the universe by particles spreading so far that they can no longer interact, there may be configurations of the universe that only happen at a single point in time. But much like the painter who is inspired and creates a painting, the nature of the paint is not unique, the nature of the painters inspiration is not unique, the atoms that make up the painter are not unique, they are all pre-existing, but the instant of creation of the painting may be unique. The uniqueness comes from the universal state in which atoms and whatever other quantifiable aspects are arranged in a specific pattern. That pattern may be unique if entropy holds. But once you get into infinite multi-versal territory, all occurrences recur infinitely, so there is no uniqueness. Aside from that, my beef has always been humanity's inability to accept the mechanistic nature of the universe. For if the universe were, as far as our perceptions can tell (It's really the only benchmark we have) not mechanistic, machines would not function and science could not use repeatable experiments to prove hypothesis. I know it gets funky when you throw the quantum into the mix. But that seems more to me to be a scale perception issue than an non-quantifiable state... (I'm a layman BTW, but have been a techno-philosophy nerd as long as I can remember. Any actual scientists who can flesh out the ideas and make corrections, I'm all ears...)

[@martinjenkins5077]

Well, then you are a unique manifestation of all those beings. At any point along the way. You may have never been. You, all of us are miracles.

[@brandonthomas6602]

What about when Squidward threw the pizza at that guys face and then told Spongebob that the guy ate the whole thing just to make Spongebob feel better?

[@visicircle]

;_; such beauty...

[@cdogthehedgehog6923]

Gives me chills to this very day.

[@Kyndral22]

THIS ONES ON THE HOUSE! *assaulted with a pizza* Yup, ate the whole thing in one bite

[@massimothetrog7111]

Or that that time Spongebob and Patrick experienced the horror of war defending the Krusty krab?

[@TheHiveMecha]

Spongebob is already a mindf**k considering that they live in a a place called "Bikini Bottom" which is a direct reference to the point where nuclear bombs were first used... Hence all the nukes that go off in the show.

[@crazioma6648]

As a person who's struggled with a frail, severely asthmatic body for 65 years, I was seriously impressed at the notion of becoming partly or fully cybernetic when I first watched the GITS original movie. It seemed a dream come true. No fears of being hacked as I would choose to not have the brain external connectivity. After watching the entire Stand Alone Complex series seasons one and two, however, I began to think that I would lose so much of what has made me who I am. My compassion for others, my understanding of human limitations, even my choice of work and recreation - those things that make me who I am would be gone. With a perfect body, capable of all I've ever dreamed of doing I might be a wholly different person and have developed very different philosophical ideas. So, despite my limitations, pain and occasional suffering I think I will stick to what I've got. A shorter warranty certainly, but at least I am me.

[@giovanniprovost]

Well said, and a fantastic perspective to have.. Applauds to you lady.

[@RoshDroz]

I second the reply above mine. You have a great perspective

[@drumeshopeth]

I very much validate our inability to question who we have become as a direct result of our life experience. I also do not summarily disregard our potential absent same. I literally cannot fathom my affect outside my choice and circumstance, nor can I dismiss my capacity beyond them. The lack of choice does not merit admiration outcome.

[@giovanniprovost]

@Luke Skywalker You can make your own and also make it mostly positive. Any 100% positive outlook is doomed to failure, but as someone who was a horrible cynic most of his life I can say the other side is just as bad. Life sucks, but you rule, and you have a body and brain that are insane bio machines.. You're better than an android, you're human.

[@redcherry8137]

Youre a beautiful super nova 🥺😳never change please

[@nazz2406]

This is exactly why I love Ghost in the Shell. It's my favorite anime. It's very deep and I think really describes accurately and in great detail where humanity will inevitably go. It asks and answers some questions that we would have if we decided to take the next step. Either machines will take over or we accept them completely and merge them into us, evolving what humanity is as a whole. I love how the advantages and disadvantages of this are considered in the movies and the series. The latest iteration of the series is sadly very watered down in my opinion.

[@minimushrom]

@Tiger rivers People should use more of those glowing stars I and probably you used to have. They are the shit, try it!

[@minimushrom]

@Tiger rivers I know bro, I was just adding to the narrative.

[@brookelynnpaige7828]

@@minimushrom they still make those?

[@777Steinke]

The series is the best Cop show out there. Fleshes out the Team of Section 9.

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

the most profound moment in animated film is a direct rip off of blade runner? ummm okay?

[@deedeedodu]

Ah, the brain studying himself, always a complicated thing.

[@Andytlp]

A brain in a tub of its own juices feeling and seeing the world through a network of nerves that cant be trusted by design. Questioning if the world its processing is real or not. Of course that is questionable. Brains reality is a cramped skull. Everything beyond doesnt really exist if you strip the senses. Strip away every sense a human has and only leave the brain alone for monitoring. Would you then experience true reality? Maybe out of sheer boredom and lack of any external stimuli the brain might create its own delusional reality and declare it real. The difference being is that its the master of its own delusion rather than being fed one from the outside. If this reversal can be done then how do we unravel "reality". Dive into a black hole? Is it death perhaps? is it taking absurd amounts of drugs that completely scramble the senses. All of those questions and more can be answered with some inhumane experiments in due time.

[@SaberBenSalem]

Not the brain, it's counciousness studying the brain. We are part of the ultimate counciousness. Like little boats in a boundless sea. Everyone grasping a little bit on his way drawn by ripples made by himself or not.

[@itsfine5818]

"The brain is the most interesting thing" -The Brain

[@SaberBenSalem]

@@itsfine5818 lol :D vanity is hardwired into us it seems

[@jmcusack]

All while we process our perspective of the universe we're from, helping it to study itself.

[@achronos178]

The second movie is so underrated. The cinematography was so ahead of its time.

[@Mach1Greeble]

a lot of the anmimation choices are pretty garbage though

[@juanmanikings]

@@Mach1Greeble What there is no anime that has surpassed GITS 2 in terms of animation

[@CaedenV]

Ahead of its time sure... but the heavy use of poor quality CG was bad then, and hasn't aged well since. I like the idea of that movie a lot... but it is hot garbage to watch. I would love to have them get another crack at it, but it did sooooo extremely poorly that it almost killed the franchise. Will probably never get another chance.

[@plasticflower]

@@CaedenV Huh, I recently saw a GITS movie or show on Netflix that was truly atrocious to watch. It was full CG and looked like a PS2 or PS3 game or so, because the animations were so stiff. Couldn't stand to watch more than 10 minutes of it. What a shame.

[@DEE_EXX]

briliant film...a worthy sequel

[@A_YouTube_Commenter]

The scene where the puppet master says something along the lines that" for all of your art and science you humans cannot explain what life actually is", blew my mind. I saw it was like "damn".

[@adamburgins441]

We can't even define what a woman is 😀

[@originalprecursor]

@@adamburgins441 An apparent designated arbitrary social role classification.

[@KaizoeAzurum]

It can also be argued that DNA is nothing more than a program designed to preserve itself. Life has become more complex in the overwhelming sea of information. And life, when organized into species, relies upon genes to be its memory system. So man is an individual only because of his intangible memory. But memory cannot be defined, yet it defines mankind. The advent of computers and the subsequent accumulation of incalculable data has given rise to a new system of memory and thought, parallel to your own. Humanity has underestimated the consequences of computerization. [..] And can you offer me proof of your existence? How can you, when neither modern science nor philosophy can explain what life is?

[@KaizoeAzurum]

@@adamburgins441 Featherless bipedal bird.

[@knightforlorn6731]

@@KaizoeAzurum hahaha thats good, plato.

[@postalbyke]

GITS and Akira were the first anime I saw, and they fundamentally changed the way I saw myself, my future, and humanity. The first Dune novel also helped me understand the way that my emotions and my perceptions impact my decisions. I think all three of those (GITS, Akira, Dune) ask us if we're animals subject to our body's whims, or if we can choose to be human, to face our own weaknesses and flaws, and become more ourselves.

[@stevesamson3940]

did you pass the gom-jabbar?

[@postalbyke]

@@stevesamson3940 Not yet, but when life gets a little too real, I try to remember my humanity 😁

[@jimmytran5971]

Have you seen samurai champloo?

[@mbrown7361]

When I saw these as a kid, I didn't know what to think. I was like 8 or 10, and I had no idea cartoons were even allowed to be this way. Profoundly changed little me. A couple years later we got Anime Network and I was flooded with cerebral stuff like this and never looked back

[@RonanStreamkiller]

“Let me know what you would choose.” I want to return to monke

[@derply5692]

Yeah sometimes all this awareness is a little much

[@master_Wizard]

Right!!?

[@noahgettheark]

🦍🦍🦍

[@eduardobetancourt6677]

That's basically equivalent to choosing dolls tho

[@bruhdude8076]

monke happy noises

[@Duplicitousthoughtformentity]

He’s 20 seconds in, talking about profound media and shows a clip from a TOOL music video. Holy based.

[@dlbyrd-gasca2730]

Tool's cool!

[@Mahaveez]

I can't count Tool as profound because its intention is self-referential. It's like saying a house of mirrors is profound.

[@xactruchvalley]

Saw the thumb of Ghost in the shell. Was curious. Saw the tool clip: You SOB, Im in.

[@Duplicitousthoughtformentity]

@@Mahaveez It is a tool for what you see fit, after all. But I mean to say in this instance, TOOL’s actual sound itself is profound from an instrumental or technical perspective, music theory, ya dig?

[@Paraselene_Tao]

My "holy based" moment was when I saw the Android from The Talos Principle at 0:40. That game is profoundly transcendental. If you take the time to: 1, read all of the text files; 2, explore all of the QR codes (and their riddles); 3, listen to all of the doctor's voice recordings; 4, find the many Easter eggs; then The Talos Principle is so utterly transformative that you will never look at life the same way.

[@justinhackney5232]

born in 94. grew up on late night adult swim. Ghost in the shell, Cowboy bebop, Trigun, Blue Gender, lain, manyyy gundam series. I have a strong love for 80's-90's anime and a few modern ones. Ghost in the shell and Cowboy Bebop are ABSOLUTE masterpieces in the anime genre. Nothing comes close in terms of story telling, world building, characters, plots. I will die on this hill and will carry this to my grave.

[@rikospostmodernlife]

That angel scene reminded me of one of Terry Pratchett's quotes "Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape."

[@00HoODBoy]

ghost in the shell still in my top 10 all time favourites.

[@dlbyrd-gasca2730]

Mine too.👍

[@wiredgamez9929]

FUNNY thing Is I've Never actually watch Ghost In a Shell 😭. But heard so Much about it

[@dlbyrd-gasca2730]

@@wiredgamez9929 You should definitely watch it. It's one of the greatest animes of all time! 😃

[@ramzerg]

and to add to being such a good anime, the soundtrack is amazing too

[@cypherphage4294]

what's your top ten?

[@antonvoloshin9833]

The first question is - how our consciousness will react to detaching it from it's biological platform. We often forget how much our biochemistry affects our mind's work, if we will remove it and transfer our "selves" onto a different base - will it become a pure intelligence or it will become completely indifferent to everything what's going on outside?

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Based on real world experiences, a human without emotions does not become a perfect, logical, rational machine. Quite the opposite, in fact: This doctor Antonio Damasio treated a patient who lost the ability to "feel" emotions after a brain surgery. This man lost his job, his family, most of his life savings, and his home, and he didn't seem to care at all. The man was perfectly normal, his reasoning was good, his memory was great, and he showed no signs of depression or anxiety. In fact, he showed Zen-like calm after a lot of misfortunes caused by his own negligence. After the surgery, this man stopped caring about his job, his family, his life savings that he lost to a con artist, until he was effectively homeless and his brother took care of him. It was obvious that "something" changed after the surgery, and after visiting many doctors who couldn't find anything wrong with him, this doctor Damasio measured his ability to _feel_ instead of thinking. After talking to him and hearing him explain the rationale behind all of his mistakes (missing an investor's meeting to buy a new stapler, for example), one of Damasio's colleagues showed him several gruesome pictures of burn victims, starving children, accidents, etc. The man was actually surprised at how he didn't feel anything after seeing pictures that would make any other person look away in shock and horror. He admitted that he _should_ have turned away in disgust, but he felt nothing. So this puzzled the doctors, because at points we wish we didn't have emotions. Emotions drive us to do stupid shit we later regret... But there was this man, devoid of emotions, and his life was a dumpster fire. Doctors asked themselves: Why the fuck, if his reasoning was intact, didn't he figure that meeting his job and family obligations was the most logical thing to do? Even sociopaths figure that out, but he couldn't do it. To him, a school recital invoked the same joy and fatherly pride as buying a pair of socks, losing $1M in savings felt the same as pumping gas... So, doctors figured that we need emotions to strive for "something better". If our brain was a car, the driver wouldn't be our "logical mind" it would be our emotions, while our "thinking mind" is the GPS, only suggesting a course of action, but is ultimately our emotions the ones deciding where are we going. So, I think that without emotions, we would all die of indifference no matter how "logical" and "rational" we think we are, as they are the driving force of our lives, and if they have a biochemical basis, which is the most likely, detaching ourselves from it without a form to replicate them, will harm our psyche as a whole...

[@sombraarthur]

@@DonVigaDeFierro "So, doctors figured that we need emotions to strive for "something better". If our brain was a car, the driver wouldn't be our "logical mind" it would be our emotions, while our "thinking mind" is the GPS, only suggesting a course of action, but is ultimately our emotions the ones deciding where are we going." Here. This sentence resumed what Jung took BOOKS to describe as "Conscience" and "Unconscience".

[@Screenagger]

@@DonVigaDeFierro Yes! I think we are more our bodies than we like to admit. Human consciousness is more than the ability to think rationally or the capacity to feel instinctively. It's the combination of these and other factors what makes posible human consciousness and the sense of self.

[@LimeTreePrickly]

The thing is: feelings exist to make us do stuff. If we don't feel anything, what will drive us? It's the same with animals although we often prefer to call their feelings "instinct". The wolf will howl in order to find it's peers or tell strange worlfs to stay off it's territory. Finding peers is a necessity to survive, that is driven by a need, some sort of desire, which we refer to as instinct in non human animals but when we are talking about humans we call it a feeling, a desire not to be lonesome. Feelings exist to drive us, to do make us do things.

[@antonvoloshin9833]

@@DonVigaDeFierro Interesting, looks like a perfect depression to me, that state when everything just loses it's meaning and you just stop care... If even digital mind won't save us from this, then I don't know. It was good to believe that there is a hope

[@clostridiumtetani9947]

Apparently they made another GITS manga after abandoning the manga timeline for decades. It takes place after the Major merged with the puppetmaster but before she resurfaces, and it's about section 9 investigating an anti-cyborg cult while also experiencing growing pains from bringing a "psychic channeler" into the group. It's honestly incredible seeing the series' usual take on spirituality from the opposite perspective, with a spiritual character as a permanent member of section 9 and how the other members grow to accept her and come to rely on her skills when dealing with the cult, especially when she's subtlety meant as a counterpart to the Major.

[@Nipah.Auauau]

Does it have a specific title?

[@michaelhoule2134]

There's also 1.5 human interface error. Which is after mokoto left but before gits 2.0 it's a fun little romp.

[@lebowskiunderachiever3591]

@@michaelhoule2134 Holy 🐮. I had no idea 1.5 existed ! Thanks

[@foras592]

What's the name of the manga?

[@corgibuttes]

for those who want the title, it's The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm

[@ImaginationUser]

The "ego" isn't a collection of memories, but instead the very presence of the proces of thinking.

[@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty]

Ghost in the shell and Akira are fantastic movies, but can I just mention the train scene in spirited away? That's the most profound for me. Not one bit of dialogue but it says so much. Really impacted me at only 7 years old.

[@kacperwoch4368]

The one in the train?

[@iDopeyHD]

Perfect blue is an amazing film aswell

[@raidermaxx2324]

as a 7 year old, could you really grasp the true emotional weight of profound, or existing in said state?

[@WheelChair-yy1ji]

@@raidermaxx2324 yes

[@raidermaxx2324]

@@WheelChair-yy1ji Really? wow. .You must have been reincarnated and remember your past life, to be able to possess the knowledge and wisdom one would need to possess,(acquired from experiences and lesssons learned during life) to be able to realize the profound and existential meaning that this movie explores.. Or are you a super genius or something? help me understand who you are...

[@RonErazo]

Saw the first GITS as a teen, and it was such a mind blowing experience. Was raised catholic and never questioned much of anything, but as the movie went on a bunch of questions kept popping up in my head, by the end I was in shock on how good it was and that somehow I was changed by the concepts it presented and the stuff I just didn’t have an answer to. One of the best films I’ve ever seen.

[@petewerehere]

Before speaking definitively about Buddhism, please be willing to investigate it with the kind of rigor and reverence you have with works such as Aion. "Separation of mind from body in order to achieve true enlightenment", or anything that could be derived as such, isn't found in the texts. Worse, it's completely refuted. In Buddhism, there are realms of existence in which the mind exists without a body. These are the formless, or Brahma, realms. The problem with these realms is that, even though they are a higher realm and a very nice place to be, they are still within samsara. The cycle of death and rebirth will still occur there, and a being will eventually be reborn in lower realms where dukkha (suffering or unsatisfactoriness) is worse. Enlightenment is the ceasing of this cycle of death and rebirth within samsara and everything that perpetuates the cycle (see: The Four Noble Truths). Therefore, even a being with bodiless-mind, if still within samsara, cannot be enlightened. I, of course, don't expect everyone to know this; but, for a channel that seemingly treats profound religious ideas with care, it's just unfortunate to hear something so misguided. Still, I did enjoy the video as a whole and appreciate your insight.

[@maskednil]

Yeah, a Hindu, I find it funny that Westerners or the layman think that being enlightenment is to just simply transcend the current plane, instead of escaping the cycle.

[@matiastorres1510]

Don't bother this guy cares more about looking smart than actually understanding anything.

[@Dagdagandag]

@@matiastorres1510 hey, mistakes happen, don't hate on him. He made great Jung analyis'.

[@Dagdagandag]

I like how kind you phrased your critique. And it seemed to open my mind even further. Alot of people here in the west get stuck with the western interpretations and mix ups of zen. For example Eckhart Tolle or Alan watts. Could u offer a good introduction to enter into the correct buddhistic worldviews? Thx, cheers

[@thorr18BEM]

"This notion of separating the body from the mind in order to achieve true enlightenment" "The aim is to reject the illusion of the material world" are the relevant quotes from the video. It seems to me that the concept of some bodiless minds still being within the cycle of death while other bodiless minds have escaped the cycle of death is just additional detail not really in conflict with the point he was trying to make which was that he sees a connection between this concept and an ancient philosophy.

[@DonCDXX]

For me, the most profound moment in anime is from Berserk (1998). The bonfire of dreams monologue. The level of isolation he expresses and the reasoning is something I related to so strongly, in some ways I still do. It's partially the alone in a crowd mentality explained mixed with the absence of aspirations experienced by many of those abused as children. The feels are strong, the insights are deep, and the music toys with your soul.

[@fighthighlights2201]

Totally agree. I never forgot that moment in Berserk.

[@tylertyler6418]

Very true! It’s extremely deep!

[@ricardofilho2626]

Berserk is a masterpiece. I always think unironically that the Shinji and Asuka polemic scene in End of Evangelion is one of the most profound scenes in any medium. FLCL, Lain and Guntz are also very deep in their commentary on the human condition.

[@fighthighlights2201]

@@ricardofilho2626 You totally got that right

[@vladimirroman4011]

There are many great and profound animes, but for me the berserk stands above the rest.

[@Devar]

I'm a simple man, I see Ghost In The Shell, I click. So many profound moments in these shows.

[@Hoonters-goona-Hoont]

I hardly remember the movie at all, but what I'll never forget are the hacking loop and that ethereal parade scene. It's like these two scenes have codified the deeper message of the film so that the rest could be defragmented from my conscious memory.

[@grantsabadish9114]

Nice username, high 5.

[@DEE_EXX]

lol....at least you remember something

[@goldentopaz]

glad i found this; i watched this movie when it first came out when i was 8 years old. that set me down a path of reading and constant need to understand nostalgia and why people interacted a certain way towards others and how they percieve the world around them and how they evolve, what makes people exist overall in a sense. im not sure but i never percieved the way i thought after watching this and another anime titled "akira" from that time was influential in my upbringing animation films have always made a place for me, thanks for sharing.

[@BlackKara]

I don't know that removing consciousness from a human meaty brain to an electronic brain really changes the level of fallibility. The nature of existence is what one perceives, which is always subjective. There is no objective consciousness, I would argue. Even just a camera filming something, it is limited in what it can perceive and is still fallible. Love your stuff, thank you so much for this video.

[@LARESCIV]

What you described as subjective consciousness is what many religions refer to as the "soul".

[@pixelpuppy]

objective consciousness would require us to understand absolutely everything, which would mean enlightenment and/or becoming god. Even if we all got absorbed into LCL, our collective consciousness is limited to what all humans have perceived. Just like current AI systems like ChatGPT, its understanding of the universe is limited by what we feed it, so human understanding.

[@zpettigrew]

It is impossible to "transfer" or reproduce Human Consciousness from the "meaty" human brain. I'm a Neuroscientist and Complex Systems Scientist. We have demonstrated this mathematically. The human brain is what we call "Irreducibly Complex". That is - the internal complexity of it's structure is the computational limit for it's own understanding and replication. GITS is my favorite Anime and Manga though. Incredibly genius thought experiments. I suggest EVERYONE READ IT! Should be mandatory reading in high-school curriculum. No joke. It inspired me to commit to my careers in both Neuroscience and Art.

[@davidmoreu3015]

@@zpettigrew Hey! Do you have any books, articles, videos or information about what you said? (Not being able to transfer human consciousness and all of that) I want to know more about it, I think is pretty interesting, thank you.

[@narcolepticartist-paigevol4858]

@@davidmoreu3015 Start at reading or listen to: "The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed." by Christof Koch. He does a rigorous dissection. You can also just look at the computational limits of circuitry alone and how much energy/natural resources would be required. Look into Complex Systems Science, reductionism, and irreducible complexity. An intro to Chaos Theory may be helpful as well. Not just that - but its fairly obvious "simulations" are NOT material reality. Material reality is preeminent. Always and forever.

[@hellogoodbye3786]

Serial experiments lain has many great moments, I recommend it to anyone wanting a more cerebral, and profound experience.

[@hellogoodbye3786]

@CrazyMiles I’m doin ok.

[@Animebryan2]

@@hellogoodbye3786 He's either a bible humping lunatic or possibly a bot. As for Serial Experiments Lain, I found episode 9 to be my favorite, because of the documentary scenes. Very enlightening.

[@hellogoodbye3786]

@@Animebryan2 bots these days, kinda crazy. I still gotta watch episode 13, but 9 is also my favorite, with 12 being not far behind.

[@michaelwolf8690]

Gate had a weirdly deep second when Rory Mercury was addressing the Diet and she corrected the congresswoman that the people who died from the Defense Force's mishandling of a threat weren't relevant. That those people would have died for their lack of involvement. The Defense Force's intervention actually created lives that were destined to die otherwise. It kind of impacted me that we're quick to criticism militaries that intervene without ever thinking about the outcome had they not intervened. It was all the more appropriate that the lesson of mortality was delivered by an avatar of death. Anime has a lot of hot garbage philosophy but occasionally they land on some highly profound ideas.

[@hurtmywrist]

Hell yeah bro top 5 anime for me

[@liamknightus8123]

Full quote: dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum ("I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am")

[@WXSTANG]

Well done, well thought out, and well explained video. Truly love listening to your take and insight on your videos. Keep up the good work!

[@InterpretingYou]

I haven't liked (pressing the button) any videos in years. Your refreshment on effect of this made me rethink some of my choices. Love your content.

[@davidagudelo2435]

Max, this is, indeed, a really impactful moment. However, in regards to the Ghost in the Shell Universe I would have to admit I was deeply impacted by the 2nd season of S.A.C: Ghost in the Shell S.A.C: 2Gig. When Kuze explains his project as a revolutionary. I think it does encapsule the current political situations that dominate contemporary geopolitics. I think that whole season is criminally underrated. I hope you can check it out. Gret vid btw.

[@maxderrat]

I do intend to do videos on S.A.C. Just currently going through other animes at the moment with my lady. Recently finished Cowboy Bebop and Terror in Resonance. Going through Wolf's Rain at the moment. After that, it's either going to be S.A.C. or Neon Genesis: Evangelion. Believe me when I say that there are moments from S.A.C. (1st and 2nd season) that I think would make for great content on my channel.

[@dlbyrd-gasca2730]

@@maxderrat Cowboy Bebop's one of my favorites.

[@limecat7996]

@@maxderrat you should also check out Psycho-pass, i thought that had some profound moments perfect for you to talk about. Great work as always

[@raioh4747]

I always loved the movie but I slept on the series until last year, and wow, was I impressed. Every Single episode, amazing. The entire Kuze plotline was riveting, what a show. So much to think about

[@TheFaqvideos]

@@maxderrat Please watch Evangelion, it's right up your alley, and also watch the movie End of Evangelion too, it's a cinematic masterpiece.

[@burningdowntheworld]

Amazing video! I could watch your stuff on repeat. I think the icing on the cake was when they first find Kim, a gold hologram appears stating his last wishes. Batou correctly guesses it's a trick. Later on, Kim dies from the lethal countermeasures while he's hacking the submarine factory. Togusa barely disconnects in time to see the room fill with the same gold holograms. This time, evidently, is not for show. A small story detail to throw in, but so amazing considering everything that has happened.

[@komurokaede122]

This video has opened up a lot more symbolism for me within the two movies. I never caught the "doll" philosophy, and the symbolism in the first film at the end with Motoko inhabiting the shell of a little girl, demonstrates this idea with excellence.

[@excell211]

Funny how a youtuber can understand Ghost in The Shell more than a multimillionaire studio

[@dlbyrd-gasca2730]

That Scarlett Johansson movie? 🤭

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Just shows that, apart from the underappreciated writers, Hollywood people aren't really smart...

[@animeboitiddies6146]

its not that they dont understand, its that they dont care. all financial interests benefit from the stupification of media.

[@TheAsylumCat]

@@animeboitiddies6146 yup.

[@EliosMoonElios]

Hollywood is a business, they don't give a fuck about art they only care about money.

[@arthurathanassiou3948]

There are a few episodes in the series where the "Tashkomas" ( mini tanks ) start to become self-aware. The humans notice this and decide to take them all for a system complete wipe and re-boot. I have to say I felt some sadness in this action .... to destroy these burgeoning feelings of awareness. This is one of my most favoured ANIME shows for all the reasons you mention and more.

[@lucyskye7229]

*tachikoma

[@javvieh]

I found the tachikomas annoying at first due to their shrill, unreasonably high voices, but came to appreciate them over time as I came to see their value. I would probably feel differently about their memory wipe now.

[@microvvaveoven]

@@javvieh I cried like a b*tch when they sacrificed themselves in the end of second season

[@FirstLast_Nba]

Exactly, I can't help thinking of Huxley's "Brave new world", because if EVERYONE WAS INTELEGENT then no menial boring and repetitive important jobs or tasks would ever get done! soooo they created the "Gama" and even "Epsilon minus" Embryo's that inevitably grew into very simple people "Semi morons" so things could get done. Evil? Absolutely. That's why u did and I hope many others realized how wrong/abusive and inhuman that cold/evil decision really was. I even get Echo's of that in today's American Black Getto population, it's just too much of a close coincidence to be an accidental behavior and with such low IQ's and self awareness. Deliberate? without awareness and an internal voice for self reflection what is left but a machine.

[@stevesamson3940]

@@javvieh I think you're supposed to hate them at first , then get attached to them, then get rekd when they get wiped.I'm pretty sure it's deliberate.

[@DreamingSnorlax]

Just started the vid and the fact you included Tool - Parabola in there was freakin top notch. I love that vid!

[@suuuperanime]

The algorithm served me up this video and I have to say I’m glad it did. GITS is my top 3 anime. Great analysis and indeed the concept of perception and reality is indeed a profound moment and food for thought regarding future human cyborg advances.

[@sieyk]

I opened this video a few days ago in a new tab and hadn't watched it. Yesterday I watched the Lex podcast with S.Harris, coming to the conclusion that, indeed, our thoughts and feelings are not a conscious request. The role our conscious part of the brain plays is simply rationalisation and temporal consistency assurance. The unconscious parts of our brain feed our conscious part sensory information, context, and attributed emotion and we as conscious beings simply work with the information we are given. Although you could argue that rationalisation is also unconscious since it is discrete from consciousness as demonstrated in dreams; leaving us with consciousness just being something that experiences, nothing else. Kind of surreal to see this after realising all that, considering it has been sitting there all this time!

[@SwainBjornstrandt]

Innocence will forever be my favourite movie. Thanks for this upload. You gave me goosebumps all the way.

[@1whospeaks]

The Animatrix hit me especially hard regarding human will and what it means to have limits, and if they are breakable, or reachable, or if they even exist. Also kind of funny that humans, after being predictably merciless, ask or expect any kind of mercy.

[@vangelisgru7271]

Theory: it may be as we perceive the storage and transference of data or memory into hard material or resistant shell( brain case) and may be what we do to super computers to add a thermal sink or putting the processor into near zero or sub zero. Law of thermal dynamics. Is there really a soul ? Also with how tohgusa sees a change in reality, how would you know when it does. Is it thinking or is it something else.

[@zpettigrew]

The whole Matrix franchise was inspired by and massively influenced by GITS. Wichowski Bros said that was the main driver for their work.

[@DaedalusR]

@@vangelisgru7271reiterate or elaborate that because i’m bit confused about what your trying to say

[@BicheTordue]

thanks it's been a while since i wanted to see this film and i needed this little push to actually do it

[@PavltheRobot]

Damn, really sad that KZbin removed community subtitles. Would love to translate a video like this.

[@majorgnu]

It can still happen, it just requires using external tools and cooperation with the uploader.

[@bryanchristian3316]

Great Max, It is not describible how important is your work. It's totally perfect to claim that your perceptions about philosophy and art are the most precise and meaningful on the whole KZbin.... I really must say: We need to have you talking about Naoki Urasawa's "Monster". This animation deserves to be analysed by your perspective, indeed!! For me, the most profound animation of all time! It's implications, alongside a very dense atmosphere, surrounded by so many questions that humanity has are tremendous! I assure that Johan will be one of the greatest characters that you will ever see in your life...He gives me goosebmps just by thinking in his quotes... Godlike video, as always....

[@Pizzifrizzo]

I think Innocence is one of the most profound films ever made, animated or otherwise. The whole thing deserves to be analysed in its entirety. It deals not only with how we create and elaborate our selves, but also with how it interacts with the world, how we try to affirm our presence by anchoring our selves in the world around us. It challenges our preconceived notions of selflessness and egotism by asking why we're so fixated on reproducing, always replicating our forms and thoughts through the environment we live in. The final scene is one of the most beautiful and complex moments in animation history. I'm glad you've talked about this film, it's a pity it is so ignored compared to the first one

[@uro13]

Kims mansion is one of my favorite scenes from the dialogue and scene setting to the accompanying music.

[@burtbiggum499]

Having you interpret that scene really brought home what l watched. I’ll have to watch it again because this video made my brain literally vibrate

[@stephenlanuto5993]

That speech matoko makes on the boat in the first movie was just amazing

[@cc_par]

I come back to this video alot when im really struggling with the meaning in my life and what its all for. thank you for this.

[@WardenCommander.]

Tremendous analysis! One of the best videos I've seen in quite a while.

[@KidMangaX]

5 of the most profound moments in anime history (IMHO): 1 - "The Last 2 Episodes" (Evangelion TV series) 2 - "The Egg Breaks Open" (Angel's Egg) [The whole movie may itself occupy this spot, if you wish.] 3 - "Death of Riikishi Tohru" (Ashita no Joe) 4 - "Reinhardt von Lohengramm and Yang Wenli Meet" (Legends of the Galactic Heroes) 5 - "Revvy's 'These are Things' Speech" (Black Lagoon, episode 5)// "Rock's Breakdown" (Black Lagoon, episode 15) So many other moments belong on this list but, alas, there are only five spots.

[@christianclark347]

+1 for Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It would be hard for me to pick a single scene from that massive masterpiece but that meeting and their discussion of republicanism vs dictatorships was very thought-provoking.

[@nathanbell6962]

Patlabor 2

[@tomemeornottomeme1864]

As someone who loves NGE's original ending, I think the End of Evangelion comes across as more profound, or at least more interpretive and self-reflective.

[@meansbentnose6281]

This gets even more fun when you know of splitbrain theory, CCP Grey did a great video on that. In short, there is the talking you, and the silent you, each one of you half of the brain that makes up your mind, each working together to run the whole meatsuit that is you. One can talk, one cannot, but both are so used to working together you don't notice them. Sever that link between the two hemispheres of the brain though and things get weird.

[@sanghelian]

... Are you talking about the bicameral mind?

[@BLOOM604YVR]

Damn dude, what a mission statement at the beginning. Excellent work here. Thanks for your work.

[@MattMcT]

Excellent work, and thank you

[@elfuego3490]

Still can’t wait for a Max Derrat “Lost” analysis. Absolutely one of my favorite shows ever and one of the most complex and profound shows I’ve seen. IMO I don’t even mind the ending of the show and it made my speculation and digging feel very worthwhile. Awesome video again Max.

[@mikkosha]

The first Ghost In The Shell movie was actually my reason to learn English... the German Synchronisation sucks and didn’t make sense. So I sat there dissecting the movie. I watched it over 44 times before I could understand everything that was being said. It’s also what sparked my interest in philosophy. That was 18 years ago... I still enjoy watching the movies and the series.

[@user-vk8ly9yy4v]

Rewatching this for my assignment in a class. The idea in this video was in my head for a very long time and I'm happy that I can bring up this topic for discussion.

[@AmbientWalking]

Thanks for this!

[@CNNBlackmailSupport]

"I have a love of the profound" Shows footage of Tool video Fact check: True.

[@Fiveash-Art]

Nothing 'profound' about tool .. Insanely overrated band

[@anndr01d65]

YES

[@anndr01d65]

@@Fiveash-Art Blasphemy

[@crgo1008]

@@Fiveash-Art if tool isn't profound then what band is?

[@Fiveash-Art]

@@crgo1008 As far as 'prog rock' goes, I'd definitely put tool at the bottom tier ... I don't know if anything in that genre is what I'd call 'profound', but there are a few that come to mind. Mr, Bungle, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Cardiacs, 'Old Genesis' with Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, Yes... all run circles around that band in my view. It's all subjective though, .. there are a few songs in Tool's catalog that I really like ... but really, everything they ever did, the best bits could've been dumped on one record and that would've been plenty for me. They're just too repetitive and not THAT interesting ... to each their own. 'woah man, listen to that odd time signature, the universe is fractals and mathematics ... woah dude!' ... I don't care much for Alex Grey either .. ha ha shit looks like it belongs airbrushed on the side of a van.

[@USAM672]

Dude this is seriously top notch work! I love GITS and next to Cowboy Bebop it’s my favorite anime. You seriously took the philosophical tinge that imbued it’s work and brought it to light in a fascinating way! Kudos to you!! I wish more people would watch GITS it’s like the Eastern version of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.

[@TheMetalGaia]

I need to go back and watch Stand Alone Complex again.

[@USAM672]

@@TheMetalGaia That moment when Oriaga’s Inner Universe kicks in. It’s totally worth it.

[@marksmith9697]

There is a third option - reject both of those options & retain your organic & natural humanity like Togusa

[@pookienumnums]

Thank you for making this video. GITS is my favorite series/film/anime franchise. Ever. By far. By a long mile. All of the films. All of the series. Theyre all really freaking good, deep, thought provoking, beautifully animated, wonderful character dynamics.

[@brunodesouza8032]

Ideas and thoughts come and go. Therefore, we are not our thoughts. We are the place that receives them. We are the knowing, not the knowledge

[@racookster]

We are the Awareness. I doubt that It even thinks or has a memory. During life, It identifies with a brain that does, but that brain will become dust. The Awareness might go on. Most people believe It does. If It does, however, it isn't what most people think of as "I." It has no name, no identity. It just experiences the now.

[@alexradice8163]

Ever hear of a "memory"? You're wrong

[@B2GaMeR62]

This right here. AUM.

[@racookster]

Ever hear of Alzheimer's, @@alexradice8163? You can lose your memory before you even die. You can lose your ability to think. You can lose your personality. You can lose everything that makes you "you." That suggests that every bit of it originates in the brain and dies with the body - except, perhaps, the Awareness.

[@alexradice8163]

@@racookster once that happens then the person is dead

[@harevalkyrie5373]

Having a mind anchored to a material form makes me sad on a very deep level.

[@spjr99]

Consider that your body has allowed your mind to exist. If you sat in one spot in a dark room forever you would have no thoughts

[@spjr99]

Not no thoughts but your mind would be mush

[@blindsniper35]

I'm so glad that the KZbin algorithm recommended this to me. I knew immediately what you were talking about from the thumbnail. I had this conversation with one of my friends after this scene. Which somehow turned into a philosophical conversation on consciousness and the perception of reality. Almost everyone else has seemed to miss the importance and/or not really care for some reason. It may also help that we were both familiar with the philosophies being referenced. We are also able to identify a bunch of references and nods to other literature. Interesting that the two massive nerds were the only people to pick up on the meaning and importance. Even by nerd standards, we went into physics engineering and computer engineering respectively. Also both worked on AI/ML/CV in the early 2010s, lost contact not sure what he's doing now. Interestingly enough ever since I was a kid this is what has fascinated me about hallucinogens. The fact that a simple molecule can fundamentally change our perception of reality is absolutely fascinating and terrifying at the exact same time. Also by the way it's a bad idea to start scientifically interrogating somebody on hallucinogens. They tend to get annoyed, especially if they weren't expecting it. Then again what did I expect trying to question a kandi raver when they came back to the dorm from a show. Start talking to the high level math and physics people and you end up with whole another set of existentially concerning questions.(some in this vein as well) Also a serial experiment in Lain is another good one if you like this sort of contemplation. Psycho-pass has some interesting takes on human behavior. Far less profound, But somehow more concerning. (Kind of in a 1984 way)

[@massa6784]

Superb. Thank you!

[@MegakeepWorks]

The biggest problem I see in digitized consciousness is that it has to be stored somewhere physically regardless of body. If all storage of it would somehow be destroyed or rendered unfunctional then that consciousness would no longer exist. I think the sacrifice of the Tachikomas is a good example.

[@kaytlinjustis5643]

Nowadays, this idea of Cyberbrains seems even more in the realm of sci-fi than it was before. You can put all your memories on a thumbdrive and put it into a mechanical being, but it would still be a copy of you, NOT you as a person. This copy could think like you and act like you but it will not BE you. That I believe is where souls come in. You cannot remove such a thing unless you body is unable to take care of it anymore. The moment of death is the moment the soul leaves.

[@TehCakeIzALie1]

@@kaytlinjustis5643 The brain replaces its own cells constantly. By age 50 or so, the part of the brain that stores memory - that stores 'you' - has been completely replaced. What makes one copy sacred, and another false?

[@ansonburgdorf3940]

@@TehCakeIzALie1 is the internet tangable? Arent websites just recycled electrical signals over and over, is the same current ever the same except the moment it is observed. Learn quantum my friend and you will see.

[@kaytlinjustis5643]

@@TehCakeIzALie1 Memories, are like data stored in a Motherboard. They are often altered or hidden away due to aging or trauma. The Soul is all that you are; memory, emotions, ideals, faith, etc. It grows with you, which is why as our memories change, we change as people do. The reason I believe that the 'memories left behind' is from one episode of CSI, is the fact these scientists created their own AI doubles (a mechanical figurehead) that looks and acts like the person they are copied from. It isn't a perfect process, because one of the AI's belonged to the murder victim of that episode, and the 'memories' were incomplete because the REAL person wasn't able to download the remaining information before death. The AI was also incapable of thinking for itself; you can ask it a question from that person's past and it will answer and 'remember' except for the victim's death.

[@deskgamer8029]

@@ansonburgdorf3940 how soul enters the body? let's say the soul is present somewhere(in higher dimension that can't be percieved) in the universe before you are born then what kind of signal is created to bring your soul to a body. if you manage to recreate that same signal you can access your soul back in new body or computer.

[@sprtsfanatic1]

I remember my final for my Philosophy class asked one question: Does a brain in a vat/jar still retain consciousness? Does it retain memories? Does it create new ones? How would a soul fit into that understanding? I had to utilize at least 3-5 of the philosophers’ teachings that we studied, and incorporate them into the essay. I immediately thought of watching Ghost in the Shell on AdultSwim, as a kid, and did my best to incorporate the ethos of the anime into the paper. On another note, if you haven’t already, you should watch and discuss Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. It’s regarded as one of the best anime of all time and delves into many profound questions about humanity, the soul, God, religion, geopolitics, family, and the military. Incredible series

[@l0kumidit641]

What was your grade for your final?

[@sprtsfanatic1]

@@l0kumidit641 Shit man, wish I knew. Was a while ago. As my class had almost 500 students, my professor didn’t post final exam grades, just final grades. I ended up with an A in the class but I don’t know what my actual grade was on the final exam. Must have been decent tho 🤣

[@iverson25allen]

I’m so enthralled with your concept, Connor, how did you write the paper? What did you say to substantiate it?

[@josedorsaith5261]

Which philosophers did you refer to on the paper? Sounds like a great way to bring in self defined by empirical observation Vs self as defined by a thoughts / forms

[@huhwhat6887]

Thank you for this video. Made my mind think.

[@devinguy]

This hurts my brain and I love it. Great work!

[@JoshMott17]

i've spent a lot of time thinking endlessly about concepts just like these. had no idea 'ghost in the shell' was like this. i know what series i'm watching next! thank you.

[@aaronbaron6468]

the most profound moment in animation history is the final scene in end of evangelion, and also in berserk when griffith says i sacrifice, rip kentaro miura :(

[@official_moron_frog]

I don't really know if there is a "most profound" moment, so yeah this video was good, and I'm really happy I watched it because I couldn't understand much of that repeating scene in Ghost in the Shell 2... but was it really the most profound? I guess it's just to attract viewers, but "one of the most profound" would have worked too man... I did also thought of Berserk when I read the title first, but I think it is actually really subjective, some of these moments will impact us more than others. Personally I'm a sucker for the Sibyl System in Psycho-Pass X)) , so it's true discovery by the end of season one really shook me, and there is a LOT to think about it, but then again, same as in Berserk, NGE, Black Lagoon, Monsters, Parasyte (a lot of animes from old seinens in general)...

[@MechThumbs]

interesting that i came to this conclusions why wondering how to write my game. without knowing about niche, or really watching ghost in the shell. now this is opening my mind to start consuming these works to get a better perspective of my thought process on these matters. Thank you Max

[@mansbestanky4017]

Animation is so much more powerful than people realize, Neon genesis evangelion has some of the most profound things ive ever seen within a tv show.

[@__vha]

Animation in western countries is typically seen as a medium specifically catered towards children and children's stories. Animation in Japan is often used to tell stories for all age ranges covering a wide span of topics. Studio Ghibli is family friendly while still being able to capture the nuances of more mature subject matter. Satoshi Kon making some of the best animated thrillers/dramas I've seen.

[@cyborgchicken3502]

@@__vha ironically though even Western Animation has broken the stereotype multiple times and told some really profound stories....take the Avatar shows for example, seems like they're geared towards kids, but if you watch them as a adult, there are so many mature themes centred around prejudice, death, overcoming obstacles, imperialism, capitalism, socialism and so many other themes that just hit you to the core and leave you in deep thought....and in the same vein, it's not like there are no Japanese anime shows that aren't strictly for kids and have nonsensical plot lines that only cater to specific audiences, I can assure, there's absolutely nothing profound and deep about an anime like Hamtaro, or Kill La Kill....as an animator myself it kinda irks me when audiences try to place Western and Eastern animated shows or films into these neat little boxes when both of them have crossed boundaries multiple times....Ghost in the Shell isn't deep because it's anime, it's deep because it's sci fi and many of the themes it explores can be found in Western sources that predate it's release such as the numerous Western sci fi novels from the 60s to the 80s, stories like Blade Runner or Neuromancer, the world of Philip K Dick and William Gibson, all had a profound influence on Ghost in the Shell, but what makes Ghost in the Shell unique and sets it apart from Western sci fi....isn't the fact that it's anime, but that it also incorporates Eastern religious beliefs and philosophy, many of these ideas can also be found in Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism as well which manifest themselves into different sects and belief systems across Asia.

[@iacreamz]

A profound moment for me in animation is the movie “Mind Game”! Such an interesting but bizarre movie.

[@PavltheRobot]

Never heard of it before, can you tell something about it?

[@ServitoreLuceGialla]

Erratic and quite expressionist artstyle. Naif at times but always very emotionally sensitive, bizarre in its narration but still with a very defined and interesting plot. Many visionary scenes including a chat with God itself and trascendent animal like sex. It's great, just great

[@PavltheRobot]

@@ServitoreLuceGialla Sound very captivating, I need to check it out in the free time. Thanks for the short description

[@thegamemaster5500]

I remember watching that movie on toonami, really weird and interesting, I like it

[@ajscrewu]

Dead leaves

[@nocultist7050]

Thinking about merging with a machine while we cant even use the full potential of what we have now... Most people are spectators of their own lives.

[@magic.marmot]

Thank you for this. I've been noodling on the concept of 'I' and whether a virtual being could have an 'I', kind of the Theory of Mind taken into the virtual world. Taking that Descartes - Nietzche track into Ghost in the Shell, and you connected some things in my brain, and now I cant' stop thinkiiiiingggg...

[@Rashel.J]

Love the Silent Hill 3 song you had in here. Excellent video

[@isaidgooddaysir2585]

My favourite line in any film regardless of genre/type: "But no matter how far a jackass may travel, it will never return as a horse" - Batou

[@tychoMX]

Batou's pragmatical philosophy is criminally underrated.

[@williamseipp9691]

@@tychoMX Yeah Batou doesn't strike the viewer as wise because he's the muscle and is more mellow than Motoko. But even Goda is surprised at how thoughtful he is at the end of s2.

[@Jarmister]

Hey Max did you hear about anime Ergo proxy? It is strongly philosophical and would perfectly fit for you.

[@jojipoji2322]

I loved Ergo Proxy, but it need not be analyzed

[@Empty_Space_Full_Of_Dust]

Ergo Proxy is so underrated.

[@lordquaz7154]

Ergo Proxy is fantastic. It's not exceptionally deep, but it's my favourite manglobe show.

[@jojipoji2322]

@@lordquaz7154 Hey Quaz, what is Manglobe!?

[@lordquaz7154]

@@jojipoji2322 The studio that made Ergo Proxy, samurai champloo and dead man wonderland. They went bancrupt a few years back unfortunately.

[@mattthekiller9129]

Late reply, i know, but i just started watching the gits film series, then i found this video and was blown away Bravo sir, excellent points explained well, you gained a new subscriber 👍

[@paulmuaddib451]

Stupendous. Subbed...and going down a rabbit hole of your videos. 😅

[@DougRobertson]

I don't believe the ending of GITS 1 has to do with merging mind, body and technology to achieve godhood. It has to do with merging what is unlimited, infinite and non-local - with what it lacks; limitation, finitude and locality. It is the merger of a locus of experience, with the field of potential experience. It's the great work of alchemy.

[@ZeranZeran]

I think it's about how humans and living creatures have a connection, much like the internet. Among many other things. But something about them hearing the whispers of ghosts in their shells.. it seems to me they are talking about spirits or souls.

[@mitchellzollinger1100]

Not sure what you said but it sounds profound.

[@DougRobertson]

@@mitchellzollinger1100 It's the one thing god lacks: finitude.

[@mitchellzollinger1100]

@@DougRobertson Why would he want it?

[@DougRobertson]

@@mitchellzollinger1100 To be complete. God needs us, and we need god.

[@josephzamer5802]

what a great video man; my uncle is philosopher and have worked in the Washington post and Miami herald as editor, have some books publicized and so on, he saw me once looking anime, in this case the anime in question was Ergo Proxy, and told me "grown man loosing time in child cartoons, what a shame Jose, so much you need to read still", after 2 days I choose the first movie in Ghost in the Shell(my favorite anime of all times), I copied to a pendrive(my blue ray ripoff) and deliver to him, I just said "do this for me and look at", he of course make some excuses and bla bla bla...after one week and some days, when I even didn't remember more about the trade, he came home and told me "we definitely need to talk"

[@dlbyrd-gasca2730]

Cool story... if I understood correctly that is.👍

[@josephzamer5802]

@@CerealKiller is real, and you can't imagine the conversation about games.....he is chaped in old style

[@Deurization]

may i know how long ago this happened?

[@josephzamer5802]

@@Deurization 7 years before, now sadly we live far each other

[@andrew4life362]

Love your channel!

[@alexzabal4785]

Amazing video Thank you

[@vicariousgamer2871]

I've enjoyed cartoons like most as a child in the 70's, it wasn't until the late 90's as a young adult that I was introduced to Japanese anime. I'd like to say that maybe it was Captain Harlock, but I'm not certain as since then I have inundated myself with this particular media. Even today I am still playing catch up with a number of series that I missed due to not having it readily available until relatively recently. Ghost in the shell was the first anime dvd that I purchased. I was mesmerized by the visuals and the story and wondered why american tv couldn't/wouldn't at least try to capture the essence of anime. I figure that they may have thought that the complexity of the stories might have been too much to gain an audience here, or that it was just for kids ? It is [I think] odd that "serious" movie buffs won't even consider watching anime. And this superhero movie craze is sooo overdone and quite redundant, boring actually. And as I was told when I was a kid... "You don't want that ? More for me then".

[@Ogrematic]

Have you seen Starblazers? Very '70s. The Battleship Yamamoto. The Wave Motion Cannon.

[@jacobtaylor7506]

Record of Lodoss war and Tank Police. Tank police the first movie was pretty deep.

[@christianclark347]

Legend of the Galactic Heroes is a must-see. Sci-fi space warfare with sociological and political philosophy strewn throughout. Serious questions about human nature and psyche on the personal and grand scales alike. It's a masterpiece and well-worth the 110 episode watch time. Just don't get too attached to anyone, hoh boy.

[@NewAgeHeaven]

I watched two of your videos yesterday. Coincidentally I am making my way through the Ghost in the Shell franchise atm. I have never seen Netflix, all I have is a DVD player, so thought about what I’d like to watch, which was the GitS film my friend leant me in University circa 2005. I was surprised to find how intellectual the films and Stand Alone Complex series are. The Laughing Man arc and other episodes discuss ideas I have struck upon though my own musings over the years, which compelled me to buy 2nd Gig also. A film I also enjoyed recently was Surrogates, staring Bruce Willis.

[@ianjacka469]

@Königstiger What about GITS Arise?

[@Krathify]

Innocence is a sleeper that's underrated but... it's pretty heavy and people get lost. Also, to be fair it's quite a character change for Bato and Togusa, but they do address that, in so much to say, without the major Bato was able to rise up from his experiences with the Major and grow as it were... into ceasar. It's just a curious thing but I love the rivalry between Togusa and Bato. Togusa ever the paragon and dependable man of justice and Bato wallowing in his own brutal struggle of earthly existence and the existential concerns of life beyond. Bato's justice is that of a god delivering divine fury upon the people, like that Yakuza scene... he just brings Armageddon to those guys... fucking rocks but also shows how he is a demi god almost in his stride. Very interesting movie for sure.

[@jeffshackleford3152]

It makes sense that he would be considered a demi God. The way some of the characters talk about him, he is apparently a famous/ infamous soldier. It could also be said that when he fights the rangers, they know who he is, so within military circles he is definitely well known.

[@glenmacdonald3477]

Your description of Batou as a Ceaser like demi-god rings true. Interesting to have never heard of him described in this way after all this time but have it still resonate. I appreciate your comment.

[@makucevich]

To think that human beings with all their flaws, pettiness, greed, self importance, etc. will be transformed into super beings is horrifying.

[@justinstout6041]

"If someone asks you if you're a God you say yes!" Winston Zedimore.

[@DEE_EXX]

lol

[@Cangaca777]

A god under construction. : )

[@gamingnero6269]

​@@Cangaca777if you are under construction, you are a building, a creation, not God. God is Eternal, not a building or creation.

[@Cangaca777]

@@gamingnero6269 Well.. we are obviously not THE God. but we all have the divine spark, which also makes us eternal. so in a way, yes - We are gods in construction.

[@tziirkq]

When I was eleven, I became deeply paranoid that I only just started existing, and every memory before that moment was fake. Maybe I wasn't real, maybe I was a robot or something I didn't know existed. I started thinking that the memories of those moments of thinking about being fake were some sort of test by who ever made me. Maybe other people were the same as me. I was completely obsessed. I could never see my own brain, even when someone explained brain scans to me, that's just a computer screen. You might as well be showing me Minesweeper. The years go by, and I never stop having this feeling, and I happen upon GitS. Kusanagi says during the boat scene exactly what I always asked people, "Have you ever seen your own brain?" That's it, this is a message, either from the tester, or someone who wants me to be free. I'll never be sure if I am real or not, or if what I see is real, or if this message I'm typing is just a memory of something that never happened. I don't know what the point of it all is. I don't know what reality means or is, but this is the one I know and that I have to exist in. Maybe I'll stop existing when the experiment is over.

[@thisninja11]

Bro you gotta go back to monke

[@noraliau9670]

It makes no difference whether you are an artificial consciousness that only exists for a moment with fabricated memories in a sophisticated simulation or a human being with a real past in a real world. In the end, what matters is what you do with the moment you exist in.

[@DEE_EXX]

well,the point of existence is to learn from your experiences,and grow closer to the intelligence behind the creation of the universe...to become one with the heart of all reality...which is where the truth can be found

[@nuancecontraire]

It's a question that can't really be answered at the end of the day, which for the type of people that really enjoy shows and concepts on the level of gits only makes the question more interesting and profound. It's poking at the fabric of reality itself, and we shouldn't take that lightly or write it off

[@iamwhoyousayiam6773]

You've disassociated. Get out more and workout.

[@LGBTGROOMSOURCHILDREN]

I have been an avid fan of Mobile armored riot police since the 90s, ghost in the shell was a mind blowing trip to a teen in the middle of struggling with find him self. I really appreciate your take on it all.

[@masakanistriku6203]

Best and simplest to the point essay about GITS 1&2.

[@ZG-qe6ck]

This whole idea pretty much sums up my exact reaction to this scene and the entire GItS series as well as the concept of the technological "ascension" of the human mind. My fear is this exact concept combined with the dilemma presented by Soma. We simply can't know by the very nature of the problem, and thus it is inevitably left to us to "find out," which is still potentially inherently flawed. Ghost in the Shell so perfectly describes this entire thought experiment in every nuance and possible interpretation to a an uncanny degree, and with things like Neurolink paving the way for precisely this sort of future, the question definitely feels more important now than it ever has. Thank you for making these videos. I can't even begin to describe the joy I find in seeing someone explore the intricate realms of thought and philosophy that I find myself mulling over on a daily basis.

[@ZG-qe6ck]

It's much more mature in it's themes than Ghost, but another franchise that asks similar question with regard to identity and human conscious is Murdoc Scramble. Then of course Ergo Proxy, which shares many of the same themes as Ghost in regards to what it means to "transcend" human consciousness. I really need to go back and finish that one!

[@sombraarthur]

Not really, in the process of "finding out" we perhaps can finally prove that mind cannot survive the body, for it needs the inputs of the body to be able to reason, or it could be the other way around completely, and our mind can survive our bodies just fine, while our bodies are not able to perform even the autonomic tasks in order to be kept alive. Thing is, if our minds are dependant on a biological brain to be implanted on a synthetic body, then it is proven that we NEED body to have a mind. If we can simply "download" the brain data, to be implanted on a synth brain, than we have an even bigger situation on our hands, as mind AND body are superfluous, and only the data accumulated on your brain being what we can call "consciousness".

[@jacobpresley7112]

You should watch psycho-pass. It’s something that brings up a lot of philosophy in a futuristic setting like ghost in the shell

[@indigirkia]

Seconded

[@plasticflower]

If by ''brings up" you mean "shoehorns in" then yeah, you're right.

[@allamericanslacker2378]

One thing worth mentioning is that, while it still keeps it ambiguous, the comic suggests that Motoko was never actually human. It's why there's the scene where she's commenting about having never seen her own brain. The comic goes into the creation of a synthetic brain in the first issue, with the allusion being that it was used to make Motoko.

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

Makoto was human. We see glimpses of her childhood in the second anime series, unless that is considered non-canon for some reason. She was cyberized from an early age, but there was a time when she had a human body.

[@allamericanslacker2378]

@@ArawnOfAnnwn You've clearly never read the comics. Everything in the movie and the second series are part of the original comic, and both the movie and the series leave stuff out.

[@pakoti96]

I think the point of the second moment, supported by the fact that Kim is somewhat of a villain, is that one cannot escape the body. At least not a body in some shape or form. You could say that Kim's perception is even more limited in his doll-like form because he is perceiving through "The Net" His material world is limited to what a computer can detect. If he escaped even this, the mind would be in a vacuum without any reality at all.

[@jojipoji2322]

oh my goodness, Max is talking that talk again. Show me the way Sensei Yellow

[@dlbyrd-gasca2730]

He knows da wae. Click click click click click click click click click click!

[@Nivmax]

Thank you for demonstrating why Ghost in the Shell is my favorite anime.

[@bd6912]

"I think, therefore I am." The act of questioning ones existence, proves ones existence.

[@Sequentonal]

good analysis. I've been a huge GitS fan since the first movie was released. i'd recommend the 2022 series "Pantheon" which deals with uploaded intelligence and the implications it brings.