Wednesday, December 14, 2022

the uncertainty that perhaps something that doesn't appear to be alive, actually is

--- Mamoru Oshii, script of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, around time code 1:06

The speaker is a manikin looking like detective Togusa, animated by the hacker Kim, during Togusa's hallucination.

This is seriously disturbing isn't it? Trust me, I know how you feel. It's the uncertainty that something that appears to be alive, actually isn't. On the other hand, it might be the uncertainty that perhaps something that doesn't appear to be alive, actually is