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RE: Mind Over Matter? Is The New 'The Ghost In The Shell' Movie The Best Philosophical Film Since The Matrix?
No worries. Well, even Mamoru Oshii said that this "scandal" is just a media storm in a tea cup : https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/24/scarlett-johansson-ghost-in-the-shell-director-whitewashing
That is a very interesting opinion; though I'm sure for the amount that Paramount are paying him for the rights to the movie, he'd say anything ;)
such a pity a great story is getting fame for the wrong reasons. They should have used an asian lead for sure though.
I'm not so sure. Mangas are famous for representing supposedly Japanese characters with non-Japanese features. And its interesting that you say "asian lead": a Chinese actress would have been ok to portray Motoko Kusanagi? Now... I'd like to know what Shirow and Oshii would have thought about that.