October 03, 2013
The Overton Window of Tech
In amongst his closing thoughts on Gatchaman Crowds Don makes an interesting point I'd missed.
I never saw Dennou Coil, but the difference between Lain and this is jarring. Of course, they are different types of show and Gatchaman Crowds really is unusually upbeat, but I think his trend-line holds up pretty well.
Of course...
......there are exceptions to everything.
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Shifting attitudes toward information technologies can be followed in anime. In 1998′s Serial Experiments Lain, the "wired†is weird, scary and dangerous. In 2007′s Dennou Coil, evolved Google Glass is a lot of fun, though occasionally still dangerous. In Gatchaman Crowds, smart phones and conscious artificial intelligence are taken for granted and are generally benign.
I never saw Dennou Coil, but the difference between Lain and this is jarring. Of course, they are different types of show and Gatchaman Crowds really is unusually upbeat, but I think his trend-line holds up pretty well.
Of course...
......there are exceptions to everything.
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