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The MAtrix is a classic and Reloaded is fun enough. Revolutions sucks really bad. Thanks for reading
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Not only is the matrix a very well edited and well paced action film with a solid premise, it's also an allegory for gender dysphoria and transitioning, which makes it even more awesome in my humble opinion
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Artsygrrl posted:The MST3K episode Overdrawn at the Memory Bank felt a lot like a proto-Matrix movie with the bad special effects, low budget, and terrible technical jargon. You had a bored guy who somehow wound up inside the system, and then he eventually figured out how to disrupt it from within. Although you didn't need to be Classic movie.
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SciFiDownBeat posted:Not only is the matrix a very well edited and well paced action film with a solid premise, it's also an allegory for gender dysphoria and transitioning, which makes it even more awesome in my humble opinion This movie is an allegory for literally anything you want it to be because it has a vague story and you have to imagine deep subtext everywhere for it to not suck
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SciFiDownBeat posted:Not only is the matrix a very well edited and well paced action film with a solid premise, it's also an allegory for gender dysphoria and transitioning, which makes it even more awesome in my humble opinion Its actually not any of this dumb poo poo tho
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Larry Parrish posted:This movie is an allegory for literally anything you want it to be because it has a vague story and you have to imagine deep subtext everywhere for it to not suck banned from Starbucks posted:Its actually not any of this dumb poo poo tho Victims of the -Neo accepts a "trace program" in the form of, peculiarly, a pill, so that Morpheus and the others can find his real body. Many trans individuals take medication in the form of pills to begin the transitioning process. -The character of Switch was originally cast as a woman in reality and as a man in the matrix, explained via dialogue as a "glitch," before studio meddling put a stop to it. The Wachowskis then intentionally cast an androgynous looking actor in the role. Her dying words, "Not like this," make a lot more sense with this specific context. -Smith attempts to kill Neo by having a train run over them both, addressing him with "Goodbye, Mr. Anderson." Lana Wachowski shared an anecdote in an interview where she once stood on train tracks and almost let herself be hit by an oncoming train, before getting out of the way at the last moment because she believed she could learn to accept her true self. "My name... is Neo!" There are other minor examples also, sprinkled throughout the film from beginning to end. To my knowledge, the Wachowskis never overtly confirmed the story is specifically about transgendered people, but they haven't denied the influence of their personal experience on elements in the film. And of course, the film can be read as a more general story of self-actualization and breaking free from systems of oppression. But I think it takes on a lot more interesting and powerful meaning this way. The sequels are still trash though
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Larry Parrish posted:This movie is an allegory for literally anything you want it to be because it has a vague story and you have to imagine deep subtext everywhere for it to not suck Nah, it's really really obvious
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Jul 18, 2018 23:00
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SciFiDownBeat posted:Victims of the
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Zane posted:the deeper structure of meaning is far more universal -- out of which all sorts of more particular readings are possible. Sure, but some of the imagery and even some of the dialogue calls to mind the very particular experience of being transgender which the Wachowskis very likely drew from in their direction. It's obviously made to be able to support a more general reading, but I think the message hits more powerfully with this specific context.
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I know serious posting in BV is rather gauche so here's a hearty old meme to balance out the thread's chi energy
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The original is great and the sequels... don't seem so bad compared to some of the poo poo they inspired (Resident Evil, Underworld.)
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it was cool in the animatrix when the robot was like "hand over your flesh. we demand it." then nuked everyone and that dude that ran so hard he broke into the matrix
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The runner segment was very good they should do a Matrix anthology series that's just stories about randos like the animatrix
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Improbable Lobster posted:The runner segment was very good that would make a great show
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I watched this again recently with the gf who's never seen it and she liked it despite it being "old" Never watched the sequels
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Someone post the horrid architect scenes
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Glenn Quebec posted:Someone post the horrid architect scenes the architect scene is the best scene in reloaded.
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this is so early 2000's it made me cry
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I didn't really like the last Matrix movie, but I thought the final fight was amazing and thought it pretty much meant that when we next got a Superman movie, we would finally get an actual Superman level fight on for the first time. The next Superman movie was Superman Returns. We did finally get the fights that I wanted in Man of Steel, but by that point Superhero movie fights of that level and better were all over the place, so the impressiveness on display there couldn't save what I though was another thoroughly disappointing film.
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Ive only seen the first one and refused to see the others based on the verbal diarrhea people I know contracted from seeing them. I tried watching the second one once but turned it off at the orgasm cake.
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The first film: Cult sci-fi classic; lots of new ideas; some great kung-fu; changed cinema forever. The sequels: They're OK to watch on a Sunday afternoon when there's nothing else on. You're probably better off watching the first film again and then watching the animated version of "Ghost in the Shell".
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Dark City was better imo
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I turned on dark city and fell asleep after 10 minutes
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At this point, I see Dark City as Road Warrior and Matrix as Fury Road.
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zjentohlauedy posted:What are the Matrix Rules anyway? You know kung fu
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The architect scene was great! That sex-dance scene was horrible! It took way too long and the music sucked, the dance was also really weird.
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John F Bennett posted:The architect scene was great! I think the point of that scene was to demonstrate that you can't have orgies in the matrix, which is why it needs to be destroyed.
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Old Grasshopper posted:The first film: Cult sci-fi classic; lots of new ideas; some great kung-fu; changed cinema forever. You can’t call something a cult classic when it was the highest selling DVD of all time for like 3-4 years (until Family Guy boxed sets outpaced it lol) The Matrix is a good movie with neat ideas, the Animatrix is the same ideas from different viewpoints, the sequels are studio execs trying to create “lore” to build a following and drive franchising and the Waichovskis are thieves and liars and loving psychos to work for and I’m super grateful for their work but wish they’d just shut up and go away.
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matrix online could of been an awesome game but they really f up that game with dum poo poo other wise the movies ruled defendant revolutionary for its time
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The continuous storyline in the Matrix online was so bad it actively makes the movies worse. Would not recommend. Actually every Matrix video game was basically unplayable Jank
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Bust Rodd posted:The continuous storyline in the Matrix online was so bad it actively makes the movies worse. Would not recommend. You shut your mouth, The Path of Neo rules.
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[qanduote="Bust Rodd" post="494485438"] the Waichovskis are thieves and liars and loving psychos to work for and I’m super grateful for their work but wish they’d just shut up and go away. [/qanduote] how so? kalel fucked around with this message at 12:28 on Apr 25, 2019 |
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You should use a closing qanduote tag to fix your post.
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John F Bennett posted:You should use a closing qanduote tag to fix your post. Fixed, thanks
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SciFiDownBeat posted:I think the point of that scene was to demonstrate that you can't have orgies in the matrix, which is why it needs to be destroyed. “This right here, this scene, never happens in the matrix” is kind of a compelling argument for the matrix.
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Bust Rodd posted:he Waichovskis are thieves and liars and loving psychos to work for and I’m super grateful for their work but wish they’d just shut up and go away. you’re in luck, they recently closed their studio and appear to be done.
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Bust Rodd posted:The continuous storyline in the Matrix online was so bad it actively makes the movies worse. Would not recommend. i read a plot summary once and man does it sound like the dumbest poo poo on earth
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Jiminy Christmas! Shoes! posted:Animatrix Hell yes, the Animatrix rules.
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I'm not trying to speak to the quality or content of these films here, I just really want to know: how the gently caress do people keep track of which one is Revolutions and which one is Reloaded? Also Animatrix is awesome.
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100 degrees Calcium posted:I'm not trying to speak to the quality or content of these films here, I just really want to know: how the gently caress do people keep track of which one is Revolutions and which one is Reloaded? Neo is blind in basically the entirety of revolutions IIRC and is wearing a cloth over his eyes.
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