This post contains spoilers for the ending of "Ghost in the Shell."
At least twice throughout its 82-minute runtime, Mamoru Oshii's 1995 anime film adaptation of "Ghost in the Shell" quotes from a biblical passage. On a boat in the fictional New Port City circa 2029, Major Motoko Kusanagi, voiced by Atsuko Tanaka in Japanese and Mimi Woods in the English dubbing, hears a whisper from her "ghost" and says, "For now, we see through a glass, darkly." This same line is referenced in the title of "A Scanner Darkly," with that book's author, Philip K. Dick, having penned the source material for "Blade Runner," a notable influence on "Ghost in the Shell."
Toward the end of the movie, Kusanagi quotes again from the passage in 1 Corinthians more at length, saying, "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child.
At least twice throughout its 82-minute runtime, Mamoru Oshii's 1995 anime film adaptation of "Ghost in the Shell" quotes from a biblical passage. On a boat in the fictional New Port City circa 2029, Major Motoko Kusanagi, voiced by Atsuko Tanaka in Japanese and Mimi Woods in the English dubbing, hears a whisper from her "ghost" and says, "For now, we see through a glass, darkly." This same line is referenced in the title of "A Scanner Darkly," with that book's author, Philip K. Dick, having penned the source material for "Blade Runner," a notable influence on "Ghost in the Shell."
Toward the end of the movie, Kusanagi quotes again from the passage in 1 Corinthians more at length, saying, "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child.
- 2/4/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Doktor Death, the second spin-off in Full Moon’s Puppet Master series, aims low and hits high with its heightened addition to the small-scale horror franchise.
The killer doll genre has been around for decades, but it’s currently in the middle of a Renaissance and there’s never been a better time for the Puppet Master franchise to indulge in wild spin-off experiments. It’s been three years since the release of the last Puppet Master spin-off, Blade: The Iron Cross, and in that time there’s now two seasons of an exceptional Chucky TV series and movies like M3GAN that have pushed horror’s killer doll subgenre to exciting and challenging new places. In some respects these evolutions make something like Puppet Master: Doktor Death feel especially lackluster and irrelevant. That being said, no one who sees Doktor Death is expecting an Annabelle or M3GAN level spectacle.
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The killer doll genre has been around for decades, but it’s currently in the middle of a Renaissance and there’s never been a better time for the Puppet Master franchise to indulge in wild spin-off experiments. It’s been three years since the release of the last Puppet Master spin-off, Blade: The Iron Cross, and in that time there’s now two seasons of an exceptional Chucky TV series and movies like M3GAN that have pushed horror’s killer doll subgenre to exciting and challenging new places. In some respects these evolutions make something like Puppet Master: Doktor Death feel especially lackluster and irrelevant. That being said, no one who sees Doktor Death is expecting an Annabelle or M3GAN level spectacle.
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- 1/18/2023
- by Daniel Kurland
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Jenny Boswell, Emily Sue Bengtson, Melissa Moore, Madeleine Dee, Laura Dennis, Rick Montgomery Jr., Erin Eva Butcher, Ashton Wolf, Jesse Guilmette, Zach Zebrowski, Chad Patterson | Directed by Dave Parker
I have been a Puppet Master fan since the dawn of my VHS renting days, in fact the original Puppet Master film was – along with various incarnations of the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street franchises – one of the first horror films I ever rented… All under the watchful eye of my mother of course! My Puppet Master fandom has lived with me since then, as I’ve gone down various routes of watching and owning the series – from the early days of ex-rental and sell-thru VHS, to numerous DVD iterations (including the huge Puppet Master boxset Full Moon put our years ago) and even multiple copies of the films on Blu-ray – and own numerous pieces of merchandise,...
I have been a Puppet Master fan since the dawn of my VHS renting days, in fact the original Puppet Master film was – along with various incarnations of the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street franchises – one of the first horror films I ever rented… All under the watchful eye of my mother of course! My Puppet Master fandom has lived with me since then, as I’ve gone down various routes of watching and owning the series – from the early days of ex-rental and sell-thru VHS, to numerous DVD iterations (including the huge Puppet Master boxset Full Moon put our years ago) and even multiple copies of the films on Blu-ray – and own numerous pieces of merchandise,...
- 1/17/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Tate Multimedia is excited to announce Voodolls, a four-player online co-op or single-player tower defence game from French indie studio SideRift, will launch on Steam this April.
To celebrate this announcement, Tate Multimedia can also confirm Voodolls’ first closed beta, opening up the multiplayer mayhem from Thursday 19th January at 10am Pst/1pm Est/6pm GMT/7pm Cet and running through until Monday 23rd January at 10am Pst/1pm Est/6pm GMT/7pm Cet. Those interested in getting a slice of the action can sign up here.
Designed to be played online with friends, Voodolls charges players with fighting for their freedom after their souls are trapped in hell. Offered the chance to escape by a mysterious Puppet Master who distils their essence into Voodolls, play takes the form of intense co-op tower defence battles across 12 planetoid stages featuring three difficulty modes and an endless mode, with the goal being...
To celebrate this announcement, Tate Multimedia can also confirm Voodolls’ first closed beta, opening up the multiplayer mayhem from Thursday 19th January at 10am Pst/1pm Est/6pm GMT/7pm Cet and running through until Monday 23rd January at 10am Pst/1pm Est/6pm GMT/7pm Cet. Those interested in getting a slice of the action can sign up here.
Designed to be played online with friends, Voodolls charges players with fighting for their freedom after their souls are trapped in hell. Offered the chance to escape by a mysterious Puppet Master who distils their essence into Voodolls, play takes the form of intense co-op tower defence battles across 12 planetoid stages featuring three difficulty modes and an endless mode, with the goal being...
- 1/17/2023
- by Technology Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Tech
Read More: St. Lawrence International Film Festival Announces 2015 Award Winners The New York No Limits Film Series has announced the full lineup for its 2015 summit. The lineup consists of 18 independent films, both feature-lengths and shorts, from directors around the world. The summit will be held from November 12-14. The full lineup is as follows: Official Selections - Feature Films: "It Had to Be You" - Sasha Gordon "Malady" - Jack James "Pretend We're Kissing" - Matt Sadowski "selectEd" - Kayla McCormick Official Selections - Short Films: "And It Was Good" - Graham Waterston "Chateau Sauvignon" - David Maire "Dance of the Neurons" - Jody Oberfelder & Eric Siegel "Every Day My Dad Dies" - Steven Rico "Girl in the Chair" - M. Louis Gordon "iDeal Wife" - Sylvia Congxin Qi "If I Had A Piano (I'd Play You the Blues)" - Stephanie Gardner "The Lotus...
- 10/26/2015
- by Ryan Anielski
- Indiewire
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