Going from the bottom first, I think there was a problem specifically with Serial Experiments Lain where, if I'm remembering it right, because I haven't seen it since 1999-2000, but I remember it having a lot to do with how the intrusion of the internet is separating the individual from the traditional cultural institutions that promote a feeling of inclusion and affirm that the individual has a place and purpose in society.
What I don't think he realized, at least, as far as I remember as a 16 year old ha ha suck it Ueda, is that the internet is creating the same schisms in American culture and isolating American individuals in the same ways as Japanese individuals. (Also, I may hate when people tell me "You wouldn't understand." :x)
I think there was an essential misconception on Ueda-sensei's part, while purposefully making these things blatent within the narrative, that American viewers with their purported focus on individual freedom and independence lack similar institutions to promote group cohesion.
Because America is replete with these institutions and is experiencing the schism caused by the internet and other media and their ability to stream unfiltered memes into the individual, destroying shared values in immediate neighborhoods...well, in short, American culture is experiencing the exact same effects as Japanese culture from these intrusions.
The mechanism of attack is so novel in human history that it sort of reveals the similarities of seemingly disparate cultures.
.... apparently I'm having a lot of fun talking with you. Um, I'm going to respond to the other part in a seperate post because this turned into such a wall of text. XD
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Date: 2010-01-22 05:07 pm (UTC)What I don't think he realized, at least, as far as I remember as a 16 year old
ha ha suck it Ueda, is that the internet is creating the same schisms in American culture and isolating American individuals in the same ways as Japanese individuals. (Also, I may hate when people tell me "You wouldn't understand." :x)I think there was an essential misconception on Ueda-sensei's part, while purposefully making these things blatent within the narrative, that American viewers with their purported focus on individual freedom and independence lack similar institutions to promote group cohesion.
Because America is replete with these institutions and is experiencing the schism caused by the internet and other media and their ability to stream unfiltered memes into the individual, destroying shared values in immediate neighborhoods...well, in short, American culture is experiencing the exact same effects as Japanese culture from these intrusions.
The mechanism of attack is so novel in human history that it sort of reveals the similarities of seemingly disparate cultures.
.... apparently I'm having a lot of fun talking with you. Um, I'm going to respond to the other part in a seperate post because this turned into such a wall of text. XD