For some reason, lots of my early adopter friends have been re-watching Anime feature lengths such as Ghost In the Shell and Akira.
Perhaps the radiation seeping from Japan’s nuclear power plant has re-awakened us to the thought of technological apocalypse, or perhaps our fear of super-computers becoming our overlords has been re-sparked by Watson’s triumphant victory over human intelligence on Jeopardy.
Science fiction always looks good at about 20 years, but smart after 20 years? Only the Japanese can do that, and in these two films they do it with stunning visuals, great music, and advanced scientific and philosophical ideas.