The plot toInnocence is more cohesive than the first, but Kusanagi is hardly in it ;_; It was interesting though, seeing them take out one of the stories from the first series of GitS manga and stretching it out. I especially loved the bit near the end where they give the girl such a ticking off XD

But yeah, GitS without Motoko is just kinda wrong, I guess that's why I wasn't too keen on it. But then, I didn't like the first film at all; great ideas but it ends halfway through the damn story, and it's too short =S