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  1. 07-07-2016, 09:06 AM #1
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    Default Japanese Star Kaori Momoi to Play Mother of Johansson's "Ghost in the Shell" Character

    The "Memoirs of a Geisha" star joined "Ghost in the Shell" as the mother of Major Motoko Kusanagi, Scarlett Johansson's character.


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  2. 07-07-2016, 09:42 AM #2
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    This is just funny for all the wrong reasons.

    It's like, "I know... we'll make it all better, we'll give her a Japanese mother! That'll work."

    Wowee, wow, wow.

    I shouldn't be complaining though, I'm not going to go see it.

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  3. 07-07-2016, 09:52 AM #3
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    Things get weirder and weirder.

    I guess this means the in-universe explanation really will be that the Major is Japanese but downloaded herself into a Caucasian cyber body?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Robotech Master View Post
    Things get weirder and weirder.

    I guess this means the in-universe explanation really will be that the Major is Japanese but downloaded herself into a Caucasian cyber body?
    Isn't that pretty much what happened in the ORIGINAL story?
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    They definitely could make it a point with the Major about losing her original identity to technology, IMO.
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    Mother?
    Why are they wasting time on this?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ambaryerno View Post
    Isn't that pretty much what happened in the ORIGINAL story?
    Clearly the only people that have a problem with this are forty year old neckbeards who still live in their mother's basements and should get friends and can't understand how their nostalgia blinds them to something that isn't aimed at them but to a new generation.

    Or whatever this week's go-to Ghostbusters defense is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ambaryerno View Post
    Isn't that pretty much what happened in the ORIGINAL story?
    Basically.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sighphi View Post
    Mother?
    Why are they wasting time on this?
    Because this entire project has been a PR nightmare so far and they're now trying to highlight actual Asians being involved?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ambaryerno View Post
    Isn't that pretty much what happened in the ORIGINAL story?
    She was downloaded into a cybernetic body after a plane accident (at least in SIC; I don't know if it's the same in all versions) but I don't believe it was ever specified she was put into a white girl's body.
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  10. 07-08-2016, 12:17 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ambaryerno View Post
    Isn't that pretty much what happened in the ORIGINAL story?
    I don't recall her artificial body being noted as a caucasian model.
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  11. 07-08-2016, 12:22 AM #11
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    Can honestly say if I had a choice between living in an artificial replica of my body or ScarJo's, I know which one I would pick.
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