Hey everyone, I’m back again for some more live tweeting analysis. I’ll save the explanation of what we’re doing here as we’ve been over this before, but if you want a run down, look here. These tweets were posted for the films we watched between Week 6 through to Week 12 in BCM 325. Let’s get started!

Week 6: Ghost in the Shell

Of all the topics discussed in the Week 6 lecture looking at futurists, the topic that struck me most was that of transhumanism. As technology continues to rapidly evolve, and our dependence on it as well, we have more and more embraced the notion of transhumanism – of humans embracing technology, and entwining it with their very being. It’s a theme that I first really came across playing the Deus Ex video game series mentioned above, in which the player assumes the role of various characters…