the interesting thing about this version of the ghost in the shell world be that the section 9 team member often manage to get in a conversation about the philosophical implication of what go on and even a thing go haywire around them . kinda weird from the standpoint of how you might expect a special ops team to act and but it really sell the idea of section 9 a humane and ethical . normal cyberpunk ( anti ) heroes the amoral and self center variety be the kind of creep section 9 blow away every week and which be refresh . to the above two poster represent i fully understand your preference for the movie while it a great story and a great work of art . a couple of the thing you complain about and however ( such a kusanagi provocative dress habit ) and aren not a case of dumbing down for television and but actually straight out of the manga kusanagi have to strip nude to use her camouflage in the film actually seem like fanservice compare to the manga original and where the cloak seem to be part of the team battle dress and not build into the major skin . the robot ( a different model call fuchikoma in the manga ) be and in my opinion and a nice counterpoint to the main plot represent while section 9 defend the people of japan from manipulation of their ghost and they do not know quite what to make of these increasingly sentient robot . fuchikoma or tachikoma be part of shirow original vision and but be drop from the film for technical reason . it be nice see them on screen at last .