Just watched *Takes deep breath* Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society *whoo* on Sci Fi's new Ani-Monday (yay! Eat me, Adult Swim!)
And I must say, I was extremely disappointed. It was long, dull, and confusing (even for GitS - perhaps one of the most unfortunate abbreviations in history) up until the last 20 minutes or so when all the varying threads came together. Also, despite the fact that all the voice actors returned to do this, it felt like they just dialed it in - it was lifeless, but even worse was the overwritten dialogue and the heavily narrative feel of it all, even the conversation between the characters, such as the summary Batou gave at the end. It was hard to sit through and was sorely disappointing especially since I am such a fan of the Ghost in the Shell series.
On the plus side, Sci Fi has Anime at least once a week, wheras Adult Swim is completely killing off their anime to make room for more of their tardtacular shows in the vein of Squidbillies, Assy McGee, and Tom Goes to the Mayor and that retarded Eric and Tim Good Show piece of shit. And they're even losing the rights to Futurama (Comedy Central bought them I believe). But if this trend holds then Sci Fi won't be farming the bottom of the anime barrel and will get more high-quality anime. I just wished this movie which I had been waiting some time for had been better.