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 ====== Appleseed ======
+{{ img:b:r:appleseed.png?460 }}
 **アップルシード**(AppleSeed) is the other work by the author of [[lb:gits]], Masamune Shirow.\\
 Generally, it's set in a utopia which was built following a massive war which...somehow...is still going on in some parts of the world.
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 ===== Reviews =====
 ==== 1988 OVA ====
+[{{ img:gus.png?160|The fearsome ‘gus’ grenade.}}]
 I'm assuming this OVA assumes the audience had read the manga, because it felt like a side-story (1) and it also seemed like it assumed the audience was familiar with the subject-matter.
 However, there is something I noticed that I find notable: the antagonist is right and...I don't think it's intentional? It doesn't feel intentional because he's portrayed as the bad guy, but he's clearly correct.\\
+{{img:keyboard.png?160 |Unusual Layout}}
 His observation is that living in Olympus is kinda suffocating for humans. Bioroids are, like, 60% of the population and, consequently, the city is designed in such a way as to assume people are acting like Bioroids. And, I mean...yeah? The entire administration is Bioroid too. So the city does actually just come off as a sorta Zoo for humans. Though the fact it's being said so openly suggests it //is// intentional? Masamune Shirow doesn't exactly have the best [[lb:gits|track record]] when it comes to making a story with a theme that isn't discordant with the story being told...but this is still kinda weird.
 Also, there are a lot of spelling mistakes in this one.
 ==== 2004 Movie ====
+{{img:disc-thing.png?80 |Weird disc}}
 I think this film is good, though I don't know what I could really say about it. By modern standards, the animation isn't great...but I think the action holds up. The story is a bit meh.
+==== Ex Machina ====
+Ex Machina is the sequel to the 2004 movie and...well, I thought it was better than the first one. Basically just a straight upgrade.\\
+Except that the second part of the film just turns into a zombie apocalypse, which is kinda lame.
+Interestingly, you could interpret the apocalypse as being a direct result of Olympus’ hubris. If so, that's very Greek Mythology.
+{{ img:waifu.png?160|Poseidon Waifu}}
+Also, one of the characters (the representative of Poseidon) is pretty hot. She is single-handedly one of the reasons you may want to watch this film. Unfortunately, she only appears like 3 times in the whole film.
 ===== Trivilinks =====
   * [[anidb>166|1988 OVA]]
   * [[anidb>1312|2004 Movie]]
+  * Yes, I added images before I created banners for Appleseed.