NoblePhantaZm said: I liked it aside from 2 key aspects, both of which heavily revolve around the writer mishandling Sibyl.
A) The whole "collective psycho pass" thing seemed extremely pointless. Aside from anyone else that was a modern Frankenstein's monster like Kamui why would that ever be necessary? Sibyl says "Society isn't ready for a collective psycho pass" but why would their society ever need something like that in the first place? It would serve literally no real purpose.
B) Sibyl seemed VERY out of character approaching the end. It simply killed off multiple parts of itself to clear it's own psycho pass without much of a care, and spoke with Akane a little too candidly at the end, like they were best buds or something.
Basically it seemed like the writer didn't have enough grasp on the fundamentals of the Sibyl system and the world of Psycho Pass.
Otherwise it's almost like a popcorn flick, but one you'll probably have to sit through in order to get some back story on new characters and their motives for the upcoming movie. It's enjoyable in it's own way, but not nearly as strong or compelling as the first season.
But might be a bit hard for some people to rack their brain over something like a "dumb sci-fi flick", like a lot of people deem to call it (it´s not that dumb, though I do agree it´s a "sci-fi flick")
To point A)
Does really NO ONE get it? They even said what the Collective Psycho Pass means for the Sybil System and it´s people during the last episode.
Even if everyone in a Collective Psycho Pass is clear, if the group itself is deemed guilty - everyone in the group/organization aka the Collective Psycho Pass is guilty and thus will be judged.
Now, imagine there is a day, when someone judges the Sybil System based on the system it has established. The Sybil System isn´t just those talking brain jars you´ve seen - the politicians and people wokring in the different bureaus of the Sybil System are a part of it as much as the Inspectors and Enforcers.
In other words - and as I said, this was blatantly said during the episode, why did no one get that? - Akane is Crystal Clear, she´s a role model of this society, according to her Psycho Pass.
But if someone were to judge the Sybil System as a whole and deem the "group" as guilty - Akane would be judged as well, even though she is someone who as a single persona would not be target for enforcement.
So not only can people now be judged as a group - which to make a connection to our world, is comparable to the inquisistion, witch hunts, racism and calling every muslim a terrorist, as it means that if the system and it´s soceity deem a group, organization, ethnicity or a country as dangerous, it does not matter if the individual people of those "groups" are innocent - they´ll be judged based on the Collective Psycho Pass they are made a part of.
Which means crime organizations and terroirst or rebellous cells are easier to judge, as well as with the Sybil System now being able to be brought to "justice" by it´s own judgement, it´s "fairer", but on the other hand it now means that this could lead to a lot of unnecessary judgements and outright massacres.
Now in the movie we learn that the Sybil System is being exported to other countries. Now, with the Collective Psycho Pass being a thing - imagine the Sybil System of another country judges the entire population of another country - and deems it as over 300, thus open for execution - every single person who lives in this country or was born in it, is a criminal that can be executed at will.
Now with technology further evolving, as well as that "Assault Dominator" we´ve seen, imgaine they develope drones that can just swipe in and "dominate" people, grenades or even bombs that "judge" cities, even countries as a whole.
This isn´t about "Frankenstein"-people, this is about singular Sybil System judging groups, ethnicities, religions, countries as one giant Psycho Pass, instead of looking at each individual.
This "small decision", this chagne that Kamui enforced could lead to some horrible massacres, war and more than anything - could lead to the downfall of the Sybil System as a whole.
B) No, it´s not. Didn´t you read about the Omnipotence Paradox or at least keep up with the explanation during the season?
If a being can perform any action, then it should be able to create a task which this being is unable to perform; hence, this being cannot perform all actions. Yet, on the other hand, if this being cannot create a task that it is unable to perform, then there exists something it cannot do.
The most famous example is "Can an omnipotent being create a stone so heavy it cannot lift it?"
Now why would that be a paradox? Well, if this being creates as stone so heavy it cannot lift it, it´s not omnipotent anymore aka it´s not almighty anymore.
But if it cannot create a rock that´s too heavy to lift, it also means that it´s not omnipotent anymore, because it cannot create everything and anything.
A lot of "supporters of the god theory" counter those questions by saying that the paradox assumes a wrong definition of omnipotence. Omnipotence, they say, does not mean that God can do anything at all but, rather, that he can do anything that's possible according to his nature. The distinction is important. God cannot perform logical absurdities; he cannot, for instance, make 1+1=3. Likewise, God cannot make a being greater than himself because he is, by definition, the greatest possible being. God is limited in his actions to his nature.
Or as stated in the season of Psycho Pass 2, another solution would be that the omnipotent being creates a stone it cannot lift and that lowers it´s weight so it can lift it. This means even if he cannot lift the stone, he can use his omnipotent powers to make the stone lighter and thus lift it with his powers - a loophole out of the paradox that does not question it´s omnipotence anymore.
On Sybil´s case, the seek the perfect system, that judges and regulates itself in an objective and flawless matter. Kamui showed the system a huge flaw - and the System sought a solution to nullify that flaw.
By judging itself, creating Collective Psycho Passes and getting rid of elements that would "make the stone heavier than it could lift" it got around the paradox and still maintains it´s "near perfection".
It created a stone that is too heavy to lift, by leaving their Collective Psycho Pass over 300, thus target for enforcement, but made the stone lighter so it could lift it, by getting rid of the elements that makes them get a number in the first place.
So it´s a clever way for them to get out of this predicament, but at the same time, it opened up point A) I explained above.
So it´s interesting to see if this path will lead the Sybil System to perfection, making it an omnipotent system or if it´s the first step toward a cliff that will lead to their destruction. |