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1st Episode Of Animatrix Released

Posted by timothy on from the there-isn't-one dept.

Devistater writes "The official Matrix page has word of the first officially released widescreen Anime episode of the Animatrix for download (in quicktime format). This is the first of 4 free episodes that will be released on the web. A total of 9 episodes will be availible for purchase on DVD within the next few months. The feature-quality anime shorts range in length from 6 minutes to 16 minutes. There's a trailer availible if you want to get a taste for what they will be like."

11 of 285 comments (clear)

  1. I don't get it... by al_fruitbat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why do robots need to wear safety construction helmets? ;-)

  2. Download link... by Corrupt+System · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here it is: The Second Renaissance Part 1

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  3. wget + $this.url(); by danalien · · Score: 5, Informative

    eeyy.

    for lame masterl, simply do: wget http://progressive.stream.aol.com/wb/gl/wbonline/p rogressive/thematrix/us/med/animatrixlgfinal_dl.mo v

    !note it's mov not mo v :P

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  4. Two more links... by Corrupt+System · · Score: 5, Informative

    And the other resolutions:

    320x136
    480x204
    640x272

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  5. Matrix 3 by ag3n7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can just see it now...

    Morpheus: Neo, we now have the ultimate weapon against the machines... a weapon so powerful that our victory is insured...

    neo just stands there with his mouth hanging open

    Morpheus: The Slashdot effect. Named after cyber attack (per the DMCA in the early 2000s), it harnests the power of millions of overweight single geeks checking out the newest movie clip at the same time. This will allow us destroy the machines once and for all.

    Neo: whoa
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  6. This is ANOTHER DUPE. Just ignore the story. by SensitiveMale · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dammit, I can't download the file.

    I gotta stop others from leeching until I can get the file.

  7. Re:Adapting anime for a new feminist millennium by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wow. I have seen ignorance on /. before, but this is just crazy. Anyone who can call the works of Tezuka Osamu or Miyazaki Hayao "no better than pornography" should probably educate themselves before posting. Yes, there is a lot of anime with sex and/or nudity in it. So do American movies and TV. But there is also anime with significantly better feminist messages than just about any Disney film (see any film by Miyazaki, Matsumoto Leiji, etc.), anime which raises interesting questions of gender roles (Shoujo Kakumei Utena, Versailles no Bara), and countless titles which no one could possibly find offensive.
    So before you make blanket comments (especially about something as varied as anime), try to have some clue what you're talking about. Or at least give evidence.

  8. Re:Matrix: another film by Hollywood Luddites Asso by tbmaddux · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I don't get why such a blatantly anti-technology movie is so popular with the technology crowd, other than appreciation for the work that went into the special effects.
    Exploring the consequences of an increasing dependence upon technology is one of the classic themes of science fiction -- man builds computers or robots (take your pick), computers/robots become self-aware and decide to turn on their creator, man must fight for his freedom. It's right up there with time travel and means of transporting people/stuff faster than the speed of light.

    These things are all MacGuffins. Don't let them distract you from the storytelling.

    What makes science fiction interesting is not the idea of self-aware computers that want to kill us, or time travel, but the implications of those things for future societies... how people respond to them. Dan Simmons wrote one of the best S.F. stories I've ever read in "Hyperion" and its follow-ups and I'm pretty sure he used all three of those MacGuffins, maybe more. Alfred Bester wrote two incredible novels that, using your analysis, were "anti-telepathy" or "anti-teleportation," but in fact they were much more.

    There are lots of bad S.F. books and films out there as well that explore (or try, or maybe don't even try) the same themes. "The Matrix" and the first two "Terminator" movies certainly were not bad. You might argue that one or more (or all) of those episodes of ST:TOS where Kirk blows up the evil computer controlling a society, or his ship, are better examples of how not to do it.

    So, to sum up, it's not only Hollywood, it's not really Luddism, and if done right can be really interesting and enjoyable.

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  9. Oh, come on. by Fantastic+Lad · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The problem with The Matrix was its message: technology is inherently bad. The dialog places the blame of the whole Matrix world being due to "scientists messing with things they shouldn't" (paraphrased). Other movies, like the Terminator series, are just as bad. I don't get why such a blatantly anti-technology movie is so popular with the technology crowd, other than appreciation for the work that went into the special effects.


    Don't be silly. The insistence that people must belong to one camp or another is tiresome in the extreme.

    Technology is just technology. It's not something to be For or Against. All it represents is the ability to use the natural elements of the Universe around us. What bothers people is the total lack of regard and responsibility displayed by those who make big, messy displays as they use Technology; as they interact with the Universe in destructive, dirty and dangerous ways which affect the world and everybody around them whether we like it or not. Technology isn't ruining the world. It's the greedy morons who are using technology in the negative who are ruining the world.

    Films like The Matrix and Terminator aren't anti-technology. Heck, Frankenstein, the grand daddy of Luddite-style thinking, isn't anti-technology, even if Mary Shelly thought that it was, (and I'm not at all convinced that English professors are correct in their claim that she did!). These are messages which address the very real concerns that technology placed in the hands of greedy assholes is, in no uncertain terms, bloody dangerous!

    I don't see anything wrong or misplaced in these concerns, or in being interested in the issues raised by those concerns. And in any case, The Matrix and Terminator were entertaining for more than just their sociological and special effects values. They were exciting films, for flip's sake! Change out of your camp tee-shirt, get on the bus, and come back to reality.


    -Fantastic Lad --"Ain't no flies on us!"

  10. The DRMA, of course... by Corrupt+System · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because it doesn't have a license to decode the signal. The same reason it's illegal to watch DVDs on Linux. Plus the additional restrictions introduced in the Digital Rights Management Act of 2005. You know, the one the MPAA demanded passed before making HDDVDs.

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  11. Do you people realize what this is? by vidnet · · Score: 5, Interesting
    They've listened to your "If I could try it for free [from a fast server/in good quality/in a non-drm format], I'd be more likely to buy it" comments!

    I've always thought people said that to justify their copyright violations.. well, now's your chance to prove me, and more importantly WB, wrong.