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Did anyone else think that 'future Japan' looked a little quiet?

posted 6 years ago by AndyKing (300)
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If you look at films like Blade Runner, Elysium or Total Recall (2012), you get a real sense of claustrophobia from over population, however, I noticed that in GITS there were no traffic jams and not that many people walking around.

[–] joegerardi (376) 6 years ago

It's after a world war. No telling how many billions were killed in that conflict.

Nothing like a good war to take care of overpopulation.

..Joe

[–] AndyKing (300) 6 years ago

Thanks for clearing that up for me Joe. I haven’t read or seen the original source material, so that explains everything.

See folks, these threads can be pleasant and helpful too.

[–] joegerardi (376) 6 years ago

Any time. IIRC, the death toll was over 3 billion, but I haven't watched the original movie in a while.

..Joe

[–] actionkamen (23176) 6 years ago

Those movies were made before the dawn of online shopping. This one is relatively new. I think in the far future most people don't even bother to go out of their houses. They do everything via teh internetz.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

What if their internet connections go down?

[–] actionkamen (23176) 6 years ago

They moan and whine.