It is interesting on how GITS 2 speaks on the same domain as my current introspection into the domain of beauty and creation. This post of course comes with my second preview of the movie- Indeed I had made a sort of commentary before on my first preview, but in this post I'll be focusing more on the theories derived than the dynamics.
I do not intend to try to merge either interpretation into the other, I will neither dwell onto which interpretation is more accurate. But on all accounts it is suprising, even to the point of shocking, on how congruent both views are.
Men will not rest until they finally create something with a state of being similar to themselves. This intent to perfection is man's idealistic quest for immortality, and has persisted since the dawn of time from the day he domesticated animals, to the creation of his dolls.
The reasons of such may come from two mutually exclusive, yet similar views. On one hand it was from the sapience of man- an image of God Himself, where man partakes in the laws of creation, above the base state of sustenence. On the other it may be out of fear, of the lack of meaning, that compels him to seek goodness through the goods he has to offer.
From the innate complexity of machines sapience may be formed. But humanity does not rely solely on sapience to distinguish himself from his derivatives. On a metaphysical dimension, infinite beauty has to be incoperated in order to bring out the true allure of the soul. This was shown in the movie from the act of ghost dubbing, or the derivation of beauty from the thermodynamic decomposition of the human soul- in order to elevate the allure of the dolls, human souls were sacrificed to bring across that added metaphysical beauty from within.
From the coupling of goodness and beauty we see that humanity in its fullest is actually a life of self-actualized meaning, in harmony with the objective meaning of goodness. It is interesting that in this respect humanity is not determined by parts, organs, or arbitrary entities. Of course we cannot disregard biology as a complimentary physical state of being to metaphysical beauty. But definitely, full humanity encompasses of both domains, not to any arbitrary standard set by any law, legislation- but rather to the objective standards of meaning and goodness.
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On the production sidenote of GITS, and my current aspirations of RNST, there is also an uncanny similarity of production in nature on the topic of popularity against legacy. Somehow, its evident through history that those who truly leave a legacy never follows the standards of convention, rather it is convention that builds up behind their legacies. And one more thing- many people who say they like movies never liked truly new movies, but rather, they only liked the legacy of previous great movies, and wish that they can see pieces of that legacy reproduced in the subsequent films. This speaks volumes about why good things are never truly appreciated. (we bear in mind that the meaning of all things is goodness, and crude rehashments can never attain the same level of meaning as originals)
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