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Posted by HarryCanyon on 11.08.2010, 05:49 AM:

Are Ghost in The Shell and Matrix the same thing?

That's what i thought when i saw Matrix in theaters when i was 17/18 as i saw GITS 4 years earlier and was reminded of GITS when i saw the movie.

Posted by Saddletank on 11.08.2010, 09:46 AM:

They are not the same thing, no. However GITS did inspire the Wachowski brothers (along with some other anime and a few Kung Fu films) and influenced their ideas when making the Matrix.

The Matrix is really a peek inside the Wachowski brothers heads at everything they are fans of, there's nothing terribly original in there.

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Posted by arren18 on 11.08.2010, 12:21 PM:

There are many differences in plot and concept. And like Saddles says, that also ignores all the other things that The Matrix borrows ideas from; for example, the entire concept of the matrix, including its name, comes from the novel Neuromancer.

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