I've just seen Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence and I'm thinking about what's happening to us in our world these days, also what fictional work is all about creating future perspecitves.
First of all it came to me, that now we have absolved (or however you can name it) the first decade of this new century, I have a better understanding of how people might have felt in the beginning of the 20th century. We all stick to the past and we all stick to that, what happened in our lives, no matter what history told us. Maybe that's why we learn so hard in an emotional way.
The knowlegde (in maths or phyisics) that is earned by mankind over the centuries, could be given from a generation to the next and the invention of books has given us the oppurtunity to share things a lot more easy.
But the knowledge you have earned emotionally can always be inheritad to a small group of people. Wether it is good or bad. So the evolution of mankind is a slow process.
Seeing Ghost in the Shell 2 made me also think of film history and literature and the use of A.I. fantasies. The first work I can ad to that kind of stories is Frankenstein, the second Pinochio. Since then, many stories were written and many movies were made, that fucked up our minds and let us think of the meaning of human life. If it was Blade Runner or Frankenstein, it was always fascinating thinking of Cyborgs, who are manufactured machines, getting a emotional touch.
When I'm now seeing Ghost in the Shell 2 it makes me think about this correlation more and more. What is, if we, the human mankind are just a step in the evolution and the next step is a machine (like in Matrix)? Is it good, is it bad? Is it either? Maybe it's just what it is, as live always is.
In any way, a movie that has to be seen!

