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Matrix Reloaded Trailer Online
cheinonen writes "Trying to steal away the thunder from the opening of Star Wars, the trailer for The Matrix Reloaded is online now in Quicktime format. Must say I'm looking forward to this far more than I'm looking forward to Episode 3."
I can't wait for Matrix III: The Matrix Diagonalized. ;)
No one can tell you what the matrix is, but a TI-86 can solve for it in seconds.
It's an attempt to squeeze money out of stupid moviegoers who think that contemplating their existence as merely a figment of someone else's contemplation is deep.
It's also a vehicle to hawk toys and other movie-related paraphernalia to these 14-35 year old men.
I have been pwned because my
I've mirrored it at http://helium.denterprises.org/~saveth/MATRIX_SVCD _JH.rar. I will take it down before I go to work in seven hours, so abuse it while you can. :)
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The most recent add for the Twin Towers
Twin towers? Tolkien wrote a book called The Two Towers, as I recall. Or has the movie been renamed as a tribute?
Someone made the smart decision to show Keanu but not play his voice. One can only hope the movie follows a similar path.
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It wasn't part of the file that I downloaded. :-(
For those of you with low bandwidth connections, here is the trailer, in ASCII:
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"THE MATRIX RELOADED"
2003
(and actually, that's pretty much all there is to the trailer)
In any case they seem to have fixed the graphic glitch that causes everything to be slightly green tinted from the last release of The Matrix OS.
Whoa....dude....no way...*confused look*
The Borg assimilated my race & all I got was this lousy T-shirt
cat coke | nose > keyboard
Tsunami -- You can't bring a good wave down!
Gnu/Matrix ... finally, a platform powerful enough for emacs!
I just rebooted into Windows to watch the trailer and then just at the end when it was putting up 2003 it made a long beeeeep then crashed with a Program Exception. These trailers become more inventive all the time!
My take on The Matrix is:
* It sets up a semi-plausible explanation which allows the main characters to exhibit "superpowers". The audience doesn't have to suspend as much disbelief as they do to enjoy Spider Man, for example. (Bitten by a radioactive spider? Yeah, that'll do it..)
* There's a fairly strong anti-establishment message, backed up by powerful metaphor. Humans as batteries ~= humans as dumb consumers/peasants/wage slaves, the matrix representing the entertainment and news media. The message is: you are being used; wake up.
* Ironically, the film has made a lot of money from dumb consumers. Heh heh.
My take on Star Wars is:
* (VI) Death to all ewoks. They should have used Wookies as I have heard was the original intention.
* (IV,V,VI) Luke Skywalker is an incredible wank.
* (I) That Jedi with the long neck stands no chance of surviving his first lightsaber fight.
* (I) Death to Jar-Jar. I mean it. The first few minutes of the film were excellent. Then he turns up and ruins every scene he appears in.
* (I) Annie is a girl's name. No wonder he turned evil. It was that or turn gay and shack up with Jar-Jar.
* (I) Midichlorians are a stupid idea. Annakin's mum doesn't know who his father was. I think the usual explanation for that is most likely.
* (II) I hope the last good act of Annakin Skywalker or the first evil act of Darth Vader is killing Jar Jar.
As you can tell, I don't take Star Wars very seriously.
-- What do you need?
-- Gnus. Lots of Gnus.
that there are groups who want to change the name of the movie because they feel it is a reference to 9-11
Right, that's it, I've now officially lost all hope of the human race ever pulling itself out of the toilet in which it's currently wallowing.
Of course the MPAA is good right now. This is Thursday! We'll hate the MPAA tomorrow.
Oh, that's it? I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
Hey kids, there's only 5 days left 'til Yak Shaving Day!
Nah, it's not that bad- just wave some shiny things (Spiderman, Episode 2) at them and they will all go "ooooooh, aaaahhh!"
Vote monkeys into Congress. They are cheaper and more trustworthy.