Netizens react to official ‘Ghost in the Shell’ trailer

INQUIRER.net / 02:09 PM November 14, 2016

An official trailer has finally been released and while many of the reactions appear to be positive, there are still those who found what they saw to be the final nail on the coffin of this anime adaptation. Image YouTube/Paramount Pictures

After a series of six 15-second teasers, a full-length trailer has finally been released for the anticipated live-action adaptation of “Ghost in the Shell.”

From Paramount Pictures’ official channel, the reactions are surprisingly mostly positive or at least are now willing to give the movie a chance. There are still some detractors who refer to Hollywood “whitewashing” and make mention of their preferred actress of Japanese ethnicity.

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Some fans of the Ghost in the Shell franchise would then counter that Motoko Kusanagi, or ‘The Major’ in the adaptation, is implied to be of foreign descent in the original source material. At the very least some would argue that she was a cyborg in the first place and could be made to look whatever in the future where technology allows humans to look however they want.

Below is the trailer and some of the comments posted on Paramount’s channel. More fiery opinions could be posted elsewhere where the trailer will be shared. In the end, whether the movie will be a success or a failure will depend on reviews after it has hit theaters in 2017. Alfred Bayle