Saw the movie last night. It surprised me just how many sequences were more or less recreated from the 90s theatrical anime. Of course, the circumstances for these scenes were usually different, but I went in expecting that. Shirow himself reconsidered certain elements for his follow-up manga series and composed a forward basically saying, "The situations here don't necessarily mesh seamlessly with the events of the previous narrative." Shoot, in the original "Dominion: Tank Police", the infamous Puma Sisters rocketed into space with Buaku at the conclusion, seemingly never to return. But in the follow-up manga collection, the gynoid cat-girls are back with no adequate rationale other than Shirow noting, "Meh, never mind that other ending."

So, if Shirow himself substantially reworked his material, can we fault other adaptations for doing so?

Point being, I liked it.

Sincerely,

Bill

Tempt the Hand of Fate and it'll give you the "finger"!