Join us as we discuss Katsuhiro Otomo's cautionary tale, time & place in film, the grunge vibe, lost in the weeds & little direction, the strange locomotion, series v. feature film, neglectful characterization, poorly timed exposition, finding yourself in a singularity, the painful western shift, the amoeba metaphor of transcendence*, worldly unity, the colonel, some symbolism, the carnage & beauty in design, sexy anime girls, Dragon Ball, the visual language, and the score. Please enjoy.
*Just for some clarity, Neo-Tokyo is a symbol for the fear of the effects of modernity, and Tetsuo is the individual painful path one must take to transcend into modern ideals – offering up the idea of when handed powerful tools in abundance the path taken becomes one of subjectivity rather than intersubjectivity. The journey is of ego by nature and is demonstrably destructive by collection.