Ep 0053 - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - 2nd GIG (2004)

08/04/2004

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This time around we’re discussing another great reason to board the Down with C.I.S. bus, but 2nd GIG

Content warnings for this episode: police violence, sexualization, cults, state violence, violence against women, severe body horror related to skin, serial killing, surveillance/stalking, abuse of the disabled, gun violence, physical violence, memory manipulation/brainwashing, mechanical body horror, terrorism.

Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor on Pixabay. Other sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use or commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on the sampled audio.

Mechs Discussed

Shells

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Tachikoma

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Think Tank

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Armored Suits

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Cool Factor(tm) Score

Check back for Part 2 for scores!

Alice

Brian

Niko

Other Images of Things Discussed

aura farming section 9
average japanese c-suite
the drop~
this bob is hilarious
hot girl shit
undercover sex perverts
they're running cable
women in tubes
the pile of android waifus
after a successful heist
"GET BACK TO WORK!!"
secretary robots are always cute
FLIR target acq
ominous
gunpla but not cool robots??
STEALTH SNIPING
jigabachi v. tachikoma
right in the major's trap
themes
the refugee district be like
mobile command for season 2
glorious steel
OH HI SKULL FACE
they're on a hike omg
STEALTH ASSASSIN!
modern v traditional combat doctrines
it's a lens, nothing more
chernobyl on hbo
tachikomas brain diving any random brain they find still
the extraction, blkess the tachikomas
let's drive into this obvious ambush
working lunch so they got panera
THE CYBER RAPPER HIMSELF
tachikomas have entered the chat
oh shit is that Motoko's ex?
oh shit it's he from the manga
cute little robot :)
SLIDE HACK
chroma has entered the chat
chroma VERSUS
skullface
android bomb tooth
look at the jameson robot judges
what's this ball
oh no im in a simulation
unplugged router
the cutest shop
they seem too young to drive
the memory store
a human hand can fold
many cranes
but she was full prosthetic
and she couldn't
fold cranes :(
"you see that was your childhood, and the boy is the main antoganist. can you fold cranes yet so you can fight him?"
world peace
normal people meeting
section 9, en route
oh wow i wonder what they're doing up the-
bad dive
creepy subplot
fighting urself, aren't we all?

Transmission

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