Don’t get yer panties in a bunch - this has nothing to do with Stephen Spielberg’s proposed Ghost in the Shell film…but last night I was lying on the couch like a beached whale watching Neil Marshall’s Doomsday on Time Warner Pay-per-View, and it struck me how similar Rhona Mitra’s character was to our favorite cyborg spec-ops hottie, Major Kusanagi.

Mitra’s character, though she has a proper name, is referred to simply as ‘Major’ for the entirety of the film, and has nearly the exact haircut as Kusanagi, minus the purple tint. Add a minor cybernetic enhancement (a removeable right eye which she can use as a surveillance camera) and some serious military hardware - and I think you know where I’m going with this. If they go with caucasian actors for the GitS film (and let’s face it - they probably will), I think they could certainly do far worse than Ms. Mitra.

As for the film itself, it is stupendously retarded - and yet incredibly entertaining. I may actually spring for the DVD…