The Matrix - POST ALL MATRIX-RELATED DISCUSSION HERE

Adamski · Sun 25/05/2003 23:36:57

Right.
Bloody hell folks.
I've just come back from watching Reloaded.
After reading all the dirge about it, I went in skeptical, and came out a very, very surprised person. I am not afraid to let everyone know that I thought the film was freaking amazing. I guess that makes me a moron who expects little from films... or something...
Oh, you all caught the part about no one ever actually leaving the matrix, and the 'real world' and Zion just being a syphoned off area of it to accomidate for those 1% that reject the program? Good.

Nacho · Sun 25/05/2003 23:47:13

Dark Stalkey, all deppends on the expectatives you have. If you expect that the films itÂ´s going to amaze you, it will probably dissapoint you, and if you expect rubbish, youÂ´ll probably be glad of the final result.

Evil · Sun 25/05/2003 23:48:06

DS = muah muah, muah muah, muah muuuahh...

Trapezoid · Sun 25/05/2003 23:52:30

Farlander, it's not always. Quite often if someone watches a film and they're just sure they're going to hate it, there's no way they possibly could.

remixor · Mon 26/05/2003 00:00:30

Quote from: Dark Stalkey on Sun 25/05/2003 23:36:57
Oh, you all caught the part about no one ever actually leaving the matrix, and the 'real world' and Zion just being a syphoned off area of it to accomidate for those 1% that reject the program.

Yep. It caused eye-rolling on my part.

Pumaman · Mon 26/05/2003 00:30:09

Quote from: Dark Stalkey on Sun 25/05/2003 23:36:57
Oh, you all caught the part about no one ever actually leaving the matrix, and the 'real world' and Zion just being a syphoned off area of it to accomidate for those 1% that reject the program? Good.

I did like the twist at the end, sets things up well for the final film - is it, as you say, that Zion and the 'real world' are in fact part of the matrix too, or are they really on the outside? We shall see.

DGMacphee · Mon 26/05/2003 05:22:17

Shattered Sponge: Wasn't Cameron also going to do a live action Akira, but the deal fell through?

remixor · Mon 26/05/2003 09:04:20

Quote from: DGMacphee on Mon 26/05/2003 05:22:17
Shattered Sponge: Wasn't Cameron also going to do a live action Akira, but the deal fell through?

Geez, does that guy have a one-track mind or what?

TheYak · Mon 26/05/2003 10:27:40

DGMc - You're confused. The ACTOR who will play Akira in the live action is Kirk Cameron.

All - I'm glad we all correctly figured out which actor played the Terminator. Of course, it was Arnold. However, I'm sure very few of you would know the name of the liquid metal guy from T2.

Spoiler

Eric Kafka

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DGMacphee · Mon 26/05/2003 11:05:37

I thought it was Eric Colossal!

Barcik · Mon 26/05/2003 11:44:13

Quote from: Dark Stalkey on Sun 25/05/2003 23:36:57
Right.
Bloody hell folks.
I've just come back from watching Reloaded.
After reading all the dirge about it, I went in skeptical, and came out a very, very surprised person. I am not afraid to let everyone know that I thought the film was freaking amazing. I guess that makes me a moron who expects little from films... or something...
Oh, you all caught the part about no one ever actually leaving the matrix, and the 'real world' and Zion just being a syphoned off area of it to accomidate for those 1% that reject the program? Good.

Just wondering, Darkey, did you expect to see an entertaining movie or an epic tale?

Adamski · Mon 26/05/2003 12:00:38

Neither, i think... I just went in expecting to see a movie.

SSH · Mon 26/05/2003 13:44:07

Quote from: CJ on Mon 26/05/2003 00:30:09
I did like the twist at the end, sets things up well for the final film - is it, as you say, that Zion and the 'real world' are in fact part of the matrix too, or are they really on the outside? We shall see.

But this has been done before by Existenz and the 13th floor, how unoriginal. Of course, no one can ever really tell that they are in a "Matrix" unless the Matrix or someone outside the Matrix wants them to... go and read Jostein Gaardner's Sophie's World

Shattered Sponge · Mon 26/05/2003 14:27:33

Quote from: DGMacphee on Mon 26/05/2003 05:22:17
Shattered Sponge: Wasn't Cameron also going to do a live action Akira, but the deal fell through?

As I understand it, Stephen Norrington (Blade) is still intending to make it; one can only hope he won't screw it up as much as the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen trailer implies he has Alan Moore's great comic, but that's wishful thinking for you.

DGMacphee · Mon 26/05/2003 14:33:30

Why can't those fuckers leave anime alone?

I even heard they were going to a Sailor Moon movie with Sarah Michelle Geller.

The worst part is, she might get the producers to cast Freddie Prinze Jr as Tuxedo Mask.

* DGMacphee looks around.

What??

What's wrong with watching Sailor Moon?

It's good stuff, especially if you're toasted on bucket bongs.

Shattered Sponge · Mon 26/05/2003 14:54:55

There was a live-action Sailor Moon; a musical I believe.
Not that I know anything about Sailor Moon, because I don't watch it - unlike you, you big gay-boy; I bet you watch CardCaptor Sakura, as well!

Am I succesfully fooling anybody?

Dmitri · Mon 26/05/2003 14:57:46

let's just hope they don't mess with the truest art of anime

Hamtaro is too brilliant to be turned into a movie.

DGMacphee · Mon 26/05/2003 15:17:16

WHAT'S WRONG WITH CARDCA... I mean, no I haven't watched it!

Eero · Mon 26/05/2003 18:07:15

Now I can remember the scripts from both Matrices exactly...

Jimi · Mon 26/05/2003 21:42:26

Now that I've seen it, I agree with CJ. At first, all the fight scenes were good, but after a while, they just got boring, and repetative. I didn't understand what those 2 white things are, and finally, one of the worst ways to end a film is with "To be continued"