“A puppet resembling Warren Ellis appears throughout “Captured Ghosts””

The scribe insists that he is not a cynic, but rather a frustrated optimist. The characters in his work are endlessly trying to create a better world but are stopped by those who do not want that kind of place.

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Also shown was a clip of a puppet looking startlingly like Ellis, with the beard, hat, cigarettes and all, but voiced by Ellis. At this point a puppeteer appeared with the prop from the film, the puppet clutching a can of Red Bull, of course.