It also had to explain that the Major was placed into an artificial body after dying in an accident and not just because she chose to, because female characters having that kind of agency over their bodies is inconceivable.
In most versions of GITS she had the accident as a child, so it makes sense that the agency was taken from her and creates the conflict of whether she actually wanted it or not. Its odd that they decided to change that when it is core to who she is
Maybe I missed it, then. I've only seen the original movie and I never got the impression from the dialogue that her body was anything other than her own choice, but that's only my interpretation. Even so, it didn't spell it out explicitly right away like the Hollywood version did.
She had that kind of conflict in the 1995 movie too. She worries if her memories are real or implants the police put in her to make her more easily controlled. The scene where she's wandering around the city silently is really good, because she spots a person through a window who looks exactly the same as she does. So there are other people with her very same mass produced body.
The 2017 character also seems to have this conflict, but strangely just accepts it and continues working for the cops. The 1995 character rejects her own identity and merged with the puppet master to become digital, because she was detached to the point of no longer trusting anyone except maybe Batou.
It also seemed to deliberately invert the ending of the 1995 movie to instead make a statement I've only been able to interpret as pro-cop propaganda.
It also had to explain that the Major was placed into an artificial body after dying in an accident and not just because she chose to, because female characters having that kind of agency over their bodies is inconceivable.
In most versions of GITS she had the accident as a child, so it makes sense that the agency was taken from her and creates the conflict of whether she actually wanted it or not. Its odd that they decided to change that when it is core to who she is
Maybe I missed it, then. I've only seen the original movie and I never got the impression from the dialogue that her body was anything other than her own choice, but that's only my interpretation. Even so, it didn't spell it out explicitly right away like the Hollywood version did.
She had that kind of conflict in the 1995 movie too. She worries if her memories are real or implants the police put in her to make her more easily controlled. The scene where she's wandering around the city silently is really good, because she spots a person through a window who looks exactly the same as she does. So there are other people with her very same mass produced body.
The 2017 character also seems to have this conflict, but strangely just accepts it and continues working for the cops. The 1995 character rejects her own identity and merged with the puppet master to become digital, because she was detached to the point of no longer trusting anyone except maybe Batou.