| Urban Decay | 4:46 pm, August 30th, 2010
I used to be hell into Ghost in the Shell, which is an old-ish Japanese cyberpunk anime set in the future. I recently came across this amv on youtube:
….and I totally want to watch the movie again. Is it not the most awesomest video ever? Even after this long, I don’t think I’ve come across an anime as good as GitS. I haven’t even seen much of the tv series but I think I’ll start watching all that now since I’ve kinda stopped watching True Blood and Dexter!
Some of the imagery in GitS actually really reminds me of the walled city in Hong Kong, which is something I find incredibly fascinating. When I see photos and videos of the place, it’s like watching something out of a post apocalyptic sci fi movie, and it’s kinda amazing how recent the place was before it was torn down. I’m sure if it were still there today, it would be incredibly scary to go in:
When we were forced to play Second Life for uni, I think the only thing I was interested in doing in the game was visiting the walled city this guy had created. I went in, and it was cool, but simulating something as amazing as that just isn’t possible. The feel of the place is really intriguing though, and I really wish it were still here today as like a preserved historical monument or something so you could walk around in it and take a look at how they got lighting and the rooftop gardens and stuff like that. It’s so dystopian like and CREEPY inside i think that’s what’s so fascinating about it.
I was also looking at macabre japanese kids art earlier, and as much as I hate stupid/morbid takes on kids fairytales and such, I thought these were pretty cool.
I just really love stuff like THIS- urban decay and grungey imagery especially.
August 30th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
When I have way more time we will go exploring find amazing abandoned places. =]
August 30th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Also I don’t think I will ever understand Twitter…
‘omgogmogmgogmgomgogg OMG 23 mins ago’
Just… what? =\
August 30th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Hope you have fun going urban exploring with your friends this week! ;D
Ahem…I just got a bit overexcited about getting one of my dvds to work. I suppose having a character limit doesn’t help much…rofl. Twitter’s nice for venting really unimportant stuff no one cares about!