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"The Matrix" Website Updated

Posted by chrisd on from the early-saturday-diversions dept.

feelafel writes: "Corona's Upcoming Films movie news site reports that the official Matrix website, www.whatisthematrix.com, has been "reloaded" today. Click on the keyboard twice, and enter the password "reload" to get to the new material. There's QuickTime VRs, on the set shots and most likely a slew of new hidden stuff. Happy searching."

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  1. Navigation? by UM_Maverick · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wow...I'm the first to admit that it's a pretty site, and there's probably a lot of fun stuff to do, but there's also something to be said for usable navigation. I wish I had time to click every single little screen to try to find some of the good stuff...

    Has anybody else noticed the lack of easily-navigated sites out there today? People seem to have forgotten the old "just because we can doesn't mean we should" motto..

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    Juiced? Or Not?
    1. Re:Navigation? by tomstdenis · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Try sitting in a "web design" college class. Where the motto is "if it loads in under a day its incomplete".

      For example, in one lab we had to use CSS stuff. Which is all good [of course I've completely forgotten how todo them now since I never use em]... anyways. I did a rather plain webpage that did use CSS styles and anyways the teacher said I didn't work "hard enough" on it.

      Most people in my class think that "flash animations" are stndard HTML elements and no site is complete without them.

      Oh more on point, WTF, what's up with the stupid movie? When is it comming out?

      Tom

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      Someday, I'll have a real sig.
    2. Re:Navigation? by zsmooth · · Score: 5, Informative

      Coming Summer 2003... They had to reshoot all the shots that had Aaliyah with Jada Pinckett-Smith, and plus the Oracle died (dunno what they're doing about that...)

    3. Re:Navigation? by ender81b · · Score: 3

      So sadly true. The worst part is half the time they want you to use some P.O.S. WYSIWYG editor like front page or dreamweaver. Sad.. very, very, very sad.

      I dropped the class I was in after they refused to not make me use either dreamweaver/frontpage and I insited on not only coding it by hand but *shock* validating my HTML with the W3C's validator. The teacher was none too happy when I pointed out that most of hte crap he was teaching wasn' valid HTML standards and shouldn't be used. Oh well. Hooray for college education.

  2. Matrix III by SkewlD00d · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet the /. effect overloads the matrix and frees humanity. Oops, did i spoil the ending?

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    The biggest trick the devil pulled was letting lawyers become politicians so they can write the laws.
  3. It sure is pretty but... by beowulf_26 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "If I could choose the real world or the Matrix, I'd choose" the real world cause it doesn't make me gag on it's plugins.

    Be forewarned, this page is plugin hell. In two minutes of browsing I've run into Flash, Quicktime VR, RealPlayer. The Matrix is a highly complicated thing I guess...

    Doesn't matter, I'll still pay through the nose to go to any sneak peak and I'll probably see it in theaters at least 3 times as well.

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    --I hate big sigs.
  4. How to Hack the Matrix by SkewlD00d · · Score: 5, Informative
    Valid commands:
    • geof
    • skroce
    • darrow
    • wrong number
    • guns
    • morpheus
    • trinity
    • deja vu
    • steak
    • agent bullet time
    • crash
    • keanu
    • carrie
    • laurence
    • tokyo
    • lobby
    • mirror mirror
    • sentinal
    • nebuchadnezzar
    • site credits
    • owen
    • page168
    • page212
    • page98
    • page78
    • b ill
    • redpill
    • classic
    • reload

    I didn't try them all, so play w/ em! It's sorta cool, I guess.
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    The biggest trick the devil pulled was letting lawyers become politicians so they can write the laws.
  5. Matrix book preview by prototype · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you picked up the Matrix redux DVD, it contains a TON of material on the movie and previews of the upcoming ones.

    On the site play the shockwave game and once you get through the various stages you're given a password to access the Matrix book preview (which they discuss on the DVD). The book contains tons of pics and stuff from the movies, the anime shorts, storyboards and other great stuff.

    You can access the book preview URL directly here:
    http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/cmp/bookprev iew.html

    Enjoy!

    liB

    1. Re:Matrix book preview by filtersweep · · Score: 4, Informative

      That Matrix Revisited DVD is a trip... they licensed four tracks of my music and hearing Keanu doing a voice-over on one of them is downright freaky (in his wooden monotone).

      Believe it or not, that movie has a real cult following.

      Oh, and I had been using the name "Simulacra" long before Matrix came out...

      Realistically, you would have to be quite a fan to appreciate "Revisited."

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      Those that suggest you "dance like no one is watching" really want to see you make a complete fool of yourself.
  6. It's ingenious... by Mahtar · · Score: 3, Funny

    With the current catch-22 bandwidth dilemma most sites are having, this navigation scheme is absolutely ingenious.

    Someone visits the site, realizes how pretty/cool/etc. it is, can't find their way around, ands leaves. So they get all the praise, without all the bandwidth!

  7. How to rate a lame web site. by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Criminy, that was one of the worst web sites I've seen.

    Marketting seems to have devolved to pretty pictures, and has nothing to do with useful information.

    Well, get a clue - the reason I buy something is because I have some information that makes me believe that my life will be improved in some fashion as a result of the purchase. This site does nothing to give me the information I need to make a purchase decision. And NO, I am NOT going to download 5 plug-ins either!

  8. Not Fast Enough by MattW · · Score: 5, Funny

    Webmaster: "What are you saying? That I can dodge a slashdotting?"

    Morpheus: "No, webmaster, what I'm saying is that when you're ready...well, who are we kidding? You're doomed."

    Slashdot:1, Matrix:0

  9. Another Code by Twiki · · Score: 4, Informative

    On the binary code entry screen, 11000 gets you another hidden interview. Any other binary codes?

    I have no link since it's all Flash, but here's how to get to it:

    - Once you type in 'Reload' to get to the Reloaded area, you must choose Enhanced Version
    - On the top right, there's a little vertical bar with a yellow light. This is the Option bar, click it once to expand.
    - Once expanded, click once on the grey square just to the right of the 'HTML Version' button.
    - Click the green square you just opened up, and the binary entry terminal drops down.

    Enjoy!

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    mySig
  10. DMCA violation? by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Click on the keyboard twice, and enter the password "reload" to get to the new material.

    You just offered to the public a technology that is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access to a copyrighted work.

  11. Animatrix by ink · · Score: 3

    Oh wow!

    http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/rl_img/matri x_anime_preview.gif Matrix anime!
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    The wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead.
  12. List incomplete by Alsee · · Score: 4, Informative

    To "Hack the Matrix" for all "passwords" to try, all you have to do is look at the sourcecode:

    if (a.indexOf('@') != -1 && a.indexOf('.') != -1) (Test for E-mail address!)

    if (a == 'geof'...
    if (a == 'skroce'...
    if (a == 'darrow'...
    if (a == 'wrong number' || a == 'Wrong Number' || a == 'WRONG HUMBER'     (TYPO!) || a == 'Wrongnumber' || a == 'WRONGHUMBER' (TYPO!) || a == 'wrongnumber' || a == 'WRONG #' || a == 'wrong #' || a == 'wrong#' || a == 'WRONG #')...
    if (a == 'guns'...
    if (a == 'morpheus'...
    if (a == 'trinity'...
    if (a == 'deja vu'...
    if (a == 'Steak'...
    if (a == 'agentbullettime'...
    if (a == 'crash'...
    if (a == 'keanu'...
    if (a == 'carrie'...
    if (a == 'laurence'...
    if (a == 'tokyo'...
    if (a == 'lobby'...
    if (a == 'jaw'...
    if (a == 'mirror mirror'...
    if (a == 'neo bullet time'...
    if (a == 'SENTINAL'...
    if (a == 'NEBUCHADNEZZAR'...
    if (a == 'SENTINELLARGE800x600'...
    if (a == 'site credits'...
    if (a == 'owen' || a == 'owen' || a == 'owen')...     (Repetitive *AND* redundant!)
    if (a == 'chrysalis'...
    if (a == 'page168'...
    if (a == 'page212'...
    if (a == 'page98'...
    if (a == 'page78'...
    if (a == 'bill'...
    if (a == 'RED'...
    if (a == 'REDPILL'...
    if (a == 'classic'...
    if (a == 'reload'...

    -

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    - - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
  13. More Hacking by harvardian · · Score: 4, Informative
    Once you get to the flash panel after typing reload into the keyboard, click on the panel pull-out that's on the far right. Click on the small button to the right of "HTML version" twice. You get a panel asking for binary input. Here are the codes:

    • 11011011: a Quicktime VR of something in some ship
    • 10110110: an interview with the stunt coordinator
    • 00011000: an interview with a concept illustrator

    And yes, I did try all 256 codes :-P The interviews are pretty short and the VR totally unrevealing, so this secret was kind of lame.
  14. An Average Slashdot User In The Matrix... by sker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot User: Oh shit, an agent. I'm trapped.

    Tank: OK, I'm loading you up with our latest hand-to-hand combat module

    Slashdot User: Fuck no I'm not going to download a plug-in! This is stupid! Why can't it just be in HTML 3.2??

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    nonsig. unsig. desig.
  15. Miami-Dade Bomb Squad by TellarHK · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Miami-Dade Bomb Squad patch actually has that line on it.

    If you see us running...
    ... Catch up!

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    My own pointless vanity vintage computing page
  16. It's art. by autopr0n · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The movie is art. The website is art.

    When you go to the website you see "cool" art (or so they hope) and it makes you think that the art they are selling as their main product (the film) is of the same quality.

    And the navigation on the site is not anywhere near as bad as some people make it out to be. It only requires a little creativity and intelegence to figure out.

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