The art that is used to create the asthetics that is used in advanced technology is often interesting in itself as well.
I think part of the reason that people, humans, find it so interesting when their is a highly advanced technological element in a story is because we see parts of that advancement in our own world. We are able to compare how far we have come along in our own "real" technological world, and then possibly even hope for what we may see in the future. It is interesting because even though most of us know that we are rapidly becoming more technologically advanced, we still like to see how far things can be pushed in these animes. In Akira, the goverment uses complete control over technology and is able to monitor and check almost everything that is going on. Maybe another reason we find situations like that interesting is because some of us are maybe even scared of what our rapid advancement of technology will bring in the future. The argument can then be made whether or not technology is truly helping us or hurting us. There are other movies that use the idea of technology becoming overpowered and taking over as well. Movies like Eagle Eye, and iRobot, which are two personal favorites.
The way Mima's life is being stalked all using technology is something that is already seen today. When that film was made, we may not have been as advanced as we are now, which also shows the rate we are going. Even in everyone's personal lives, most of us are somehow connected throughout the internet in some way. As this seems like a good thing, and extremely useful, it could quite possibly result in a large downfall in the distant, or maybe near future.
The use of the technology in Ghost in the Shell is stunning. The way the artists portray technology artistically is just mind blowing. The detail they put into every scene must have taken forever to draw out. I like the point you made that we as humans sympathize with movies about advanced technology because it is something that is in the near future for us. With more and more technologies being created every day, it has become so easy for the government to monitor our movements. In the future, who knows what kind of crazy invention they will come up with that will be able to monitor our every movie. It’s extremely scary to think about. We give the government all of our trust and almost unlimited power. It’s inevitable that soon that power will be taken advantage off. When will people finally stand up for themselves? When we do it might be too late.
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