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I am JaiChai.
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"Alita:Battle Angel"
Alita: Battle Angel is a 2019 American cyberpunk-action film based on Japanese manga artist Yukito Kishiro's 1990s series Gunnm and its 1993 original video animation adaptation, Battle Angel.
In 2563, 300 years after Earth was devastated by a catastrophic war known as "The Fall", scientist Dr. Dyson Ido discovers a disembodied female cyborg with an intact human brain while scavenging for parts in the massive scrapyard of Iron City.
Ido attaches a new cyborg body to the brain and names her "Alita" after his deceased daughter.
...[Alita] awakens in a new body with no memory of her past and sets out to uncover her destiny.
Alita: Batlle Angel - My Thoughts
In true cyberpunk tradition, Alita is thrust into a post-apocalyptic setting where the oppressed poor live in squalor, while the controlling elite live in a floating paradise.
I particularly liked the portrayal of cyborgs in society - a commonplace, but marginalized species of humans.
Akin to our real life, historical "racisim", "specie-ism" was rampant.
Cyborgs like Alita were both envied and feared for their superhuman abilities; leading to a thriving black market for the tech behind those abilities.
The movie has easily recognizable archetypes for all viewers to personally identify with (e.g., a badass warrior hero, an all-powerful villain with his minions, an empathetic father figure, an estranged mother with a latent maternal instinct, a conflicted romantic interest, etc.).
With James Cameron as the producer and the advanced special effects technology from "Avatar", it's no surprise that the movie production and CGI was first rate.
I give a strong "Thumbs-Up" and recommend "Alita: Battle Angel" for multi-genre audiences of all ages.
P.S.
Last year, James Cameron stated that future "Alita" movies were on the way.
He wasn't kidding.
Checkout this trailer concept for "Alita 2"
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About the Author:
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Believing that school was too boring, he dropped out of High School early; only to earn an AA, BS and MBA in less than 4 years much later in life – while working full-time as a Navy/Marine Corps Medic.
In spite of a fear of heights and deep water, he performed high altitude, free-fall parachute jumps and hazardous diving ops in deep, open ocean water.
After 24 years of active duty, he retired in Asia.
Since then, he's been a full-time, single papa and actively pursuing his varied passions (Writing, Disruptive Technology, Computer Science and Cryptocurrency - plus more hobbies too boring or bizarre for most folk).
He lives on an island paradise with his girlfriend, teenage daughter and two dogs.
