Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Another Mission
攻殻機動隊ARISE ANOTHER MISSIONThe premise of the story: "Snatch the rebel elements' secret data using the Surface! There is a leak saying that the giant coporation Ishimiya Industry will commit an act of international terrorism, and Motoko Kusanagi and the Armored Riot Police head out to seize the plug data!" (Source: ANN) A short animation for promoting Microsoft's Surface tablet in Japan.
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mertz.madonna - 2015-01-28 02:53:53
Microsoft is an interesting company, sometimes they're in with it. Sometimes they completely miss the mark (Xbox One E3 Reveal). In the case of this short film, they have some how got it together to make the absolute best commercial I've every seen, EVER.
The premise would seem simple, it is after all featuring Section 9, get the data to the cheif without delay. Well it might sound easy but this is a Microsoft product we're talking here, so in order for it to get where it needs to be, it has to endure hell in the process, which includes the tablet getting thrown around aimlessly as if it was some kind of Frisbee; I wouldn't advise you to do as I'm not sure they cover that in the warranty. Anywho the villain in the film is trying to stop them from getting the data, but in end the team sucesfully returns the it to the office without a problem.
Now while I would never think about getting my wallet out for one of these things, even though at some point I was excited for them (even wanted one), this begs the question as to whether or not this was necessary. Was it? I don't know, ask yourself that. But one things for sure, they better have more of these when they come out with the Microsoft HoloLens, cause I'd buy the crap out of THAT thing. Then again, wouldn't it loose all relevance if the HoloLens is augmented reality and cyborgs can already do that?
*QUE INCEPTION NOISE*