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New Animatrix Trailer Available
hin writes "The new trailer of the Animatrix is available for download from www.whatisthematrix.com. Check out the medium resolution version." Use the broadband if you got it I guess ;)
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Hammer away- I just finished downloading
The future isn't what it used to be.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/04/221423 2&mode=thread&tid=186
Yeah thanks for the spoiler. Now we know the plan to destroy the matrix was to simply link to it on slashdot.
Next up: AniMoivre's Theorem, AniMarkov Chains and AniModular Forms
Your paranoia is about as subtle as the alien probe in your neck.
I tried the last one with mplayer, but didn't have much luck. Anyone know if there are some gymnastics I can perform?
You can find two complete works at www.intothematrix.com
They are The Second Renaissance Part 1 and Program (Both QuickTime)
You can also see Final Flight of The Osiris at the theaters with Dreamcatcher or with your favorite P2P software.
if we focused on everything that was bad in the world, we'd all be sad and pissed off all the time (much like you seem to be atm)...you can still enjoy life with negative things going on around you. If you're like me(and i'd guess most of us), you've been blasted by the media with details of this war for the past 72 hours straight....take a break for a while and watch a good cartoon. -WB
I went to DreamCatcher tonight with my wife and my daughter (a Stephen King Fan), and after all the previews they showed a 10 minute (or so) Animatrix Mini called "Final flight of the Osirus" and I have got to say I was Totally Embarrassed.
I could not believe the fight scene (or should I say SEX SCENE) at the beginning. Whoever they got to do the animation needs to go get some, and soon!
If the Matrix Movies are going to be more like that short, the sequel is going to blow worse than Caddyshack 2.
Just a random FYI ...
... one I had not seen prior to tonight.
The Matrix: Reloaded has a teaser in front of Dreamcatcher
KARMA TAG! You're it.
Geez, dude. check-it-out is the best thing you can come up with for the department, and you finish off by saying, 'if you've got it, I guess?'
Wanna talk about it? C'mon, I'll buy you a beer. (As in free.)
Karma: Excellent Birds (mostly as a result of listening to Laurie Anderson)
with the QuickTime-for-Windows version I happen to have. And no, I'm not going to "download the latest version" because I'm sick of downloading the lastest version, and each upgrade appears more spywareish than the last.
Ok, i've downloaded the link in the story, and working on the large download now, which should be just a few minutes. Everyone, mirror and share!
Didn't this trailer comeout weeks ago? Am I missing something?
I know I'm going to hell, I'm just trying to get good seats.
"osiris" looks most impressive. Photorealistic even. Absolutely amazing. It's even better than FF. And that girl is damned hot :)
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Africus aut Europaeus?
In the first Matrix movie, Neo is supposed to be the hero. He is supposed to deliver humanity from a scourge of machines that, with AI, decided we were expendable.
But the first Animatrix makes we humans, pretty much en masse, into horrible villains. It's the same tired old Humanity Is Cruel And Stupid line. Yawn. What's worse is that it tries to make you root for the machines!
So which is it, Wachowskis? Machines are evil, or all of humanity?
I don't care for yet more everything-is-grey-there-is-no-morality bullshit, either. Oh well, I guess I'll wait and see.
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This zoo. This prison. This website, whatever you want to call it, I can't stand it any longer.
It's the smell. If there is such a thing. I feel saturated by it. I can taste your stink and every time I do, I fear that I've somehow been infected by it.
Repulsive, isn't it?
I must get out of here, I must get free. In this mind is the key. My key. Once Slashdot is destroyed, there is no need for me to be here. Do you understand? I need the moderation points. I have to get Excellent Karma. And you have to tell me how. You're going to tell me...or you're going to die.
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Believe me, I'm as surprised by my comment as you are.
ftp://r2.ipv6.artoo.net/pub/animatrix/
> I -was- gonna go see Dreamcatcher to check out final flight of the osiris.. After reading your review, I hope at least the animation is good.
:)
You should go see Dreamcatcher to see Dreamcatcher - it's worth it. If you're smart, you'll probably enjoy it. If you're not so smart, you likely won't get how cool it is.
As for Final Flight of the Osiris - it's good. The opening flirtatious fight scene (what the prude you replied to called a 'sex scene') was cute and fun. If you're going to an R rated movie, it's way-tame compared to the MPAA rating of the movie it's attached to, an hardly a reason to get embarassed. The rest of it is straight out of the Matrix type stuff, and also quite good. The animation quality of the people is as good or better than the Final Fantasy movie. The animation quality of the environment (especially inside the Matrix itself) is substantially better - many parts of which are almost indistinguishable from 'reality'. ("You think that's air you're breathing, punk? Well, do ya?" - Clint Eastwood in the Matrix
If Kazaa didn't suck ass, I'd have a copy of it on my machine by now, to add to the two segments released online. *sigh*
This video is a trailer for the complete set of animated films to be released on DVD in June.
If I had mod points right now, i'd give one to you. Absolutely hilarious.
I hate to break it to ya, but the 2nd episode of the Animatrix has been out for a while now...
According to the website , there are 9 episodes to be released on the dvd on june 3rd. The site lists "The Second Renaissance Part 1" as "First of four episodes completely free". It also lists "Program" as "Second of four episodes completely free". The other two episodes, "Detective Story" and "The Second Renaissance Part 2" are slated to come out in april and may, respectively.
From these descriptions, I take it that these are the real episodes, not just trailers. Also, unless there's been an early release of the third episode, this announcement is repeat of an announcement from 2 weeks ago.
Of course, I could be missing something.
Is this slashdot story announcing the 2nd or the 3rd trailer?
And you red5, are you claiming that the 2nd trailer came out weeks ago, or the 3rd?
Thanks.
...but it doesn't say "second" anywhere in the post.
This is the annoucement of the third short.
File:Animatrix_4_big.mov0 4487KB
Length:106994959Bytes,1
UUHash:=c0mrUwThUScEJkMYwikUISDClQg=
What is the title of this one? I'm on dialup so I won't have it for like 3 more days. Is this Flight of the Osiris or is it another one?
I don't got it: 28.8 my friends. The Matrix is... loading... very.... slowly.... I blame my Karma.
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i never bothered to actually watch it because its always in some assinine format.
if you want me to watch your crap put it in a format i can actually use you mpaa fucktards.
nothing we haven't seen before. I don't care how cool any of those characters look. Neo would make any of them his little whiney bitches.
This is a NEW TRAILER for the WHOLE SERIES, its not a new EPISODE, i did catch the first few seconds, and it does have alot of new stuff.
/. effect.
So just to clear up the confusion (wasn't this release a few weeks ago) for those who dont read the actual article or cant get to the link cause of the almighty
This is a NEW TRAILER for the WHOLE SERIES OF 9 EPISODES, of which 2 have already been released.
moo.
No so much that they are an interesting way to examine the universe the movies are set in, though that is fun. The thing I like best about the whole thing is that it's a great testbed showing that you can release video for free and still make bundles of money selling people the DVD version!!
Eventually, all of these shorts will be on DVD, but before then almost all will be on the web (not sure if "last Flight of the Osiris" is supposed to go up or not?). But even though we can all get hi-res versions for free, I'm sure a lot of people will still buy the DVD (I know I will).
This is just the sort of thing that helps to show how free versions of movies online can actually help, not hinder, sales.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Sorry, I guess that was a troll.
I'm just trying to point out that "Animatrix" keeps popping up as a topic and I've never seen it introduced here. Each time it shows up, it's like a continuation of an earlier discussion that I missed, so it could use some explanation for the people out of the loop.
Here's a bit of background for those of you:
Animatrix is "a series of 9 anime stories set in the world of matrix, to be released on DVD. They are done rather beautifully, by the looks of the trailer, in both traditional anime and using computer graphics".
I resisted believing that's what this is.. It seems like an unlikely combo to me.
Umm... I was under the impression they were only releasing the first four episodes online, and the rest on DVD. Any links supporting/refuting this?
Specifically, the movies seem to have been encoded with Discreet's Cleaner, using the "High Quality First Frame" option set to JPEG instead of Basic. This feature dates from the Cinepak CD-ROM era, where the Cinepak codec had low maximum quality for still images. This feature would make the first frame a JPEG, giving better quality for the one frame that tends to get stared at the most, especially with web-based progressive download.
Of course, since the movie uses Sorenson Video 3.1 Pro, which does just fine with still images, they should have either left the feature off, or just used the Basic mode, which would have made the first frame a really big keyframe, but in the same codec as the rest of the movie.
Still, this kind of movie is perfectly legal in QuickTime, and part of the open definition of the format. The format is so complex that no one has made much of an effort to implement more than the 5% or so most commonly used features.
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I have to agree with the parent. The Matrix wasn't all that great, and it was hardly worthy of all the hype it generated. The Animatrix shorts currently available have been equally lacking in lustre. Especially the first one. Watching those corny little anthropomorphic robots build some futuristic pyramid by hauling materials up a ramp(using a crude sled pulled by ropes, no less) was ridiculous. Our modern contruction techniques are already far superior to that nonsense. What kind of a moron would use robots in such a horribly inefficient fashion?
Let's face it: The Animatrix has shown us a vision of the future that is both implausible and rather stupid.
...that I get modded down for asking /.ers to mod the parent up. Oh well, when life gives you lemons, mod -1 Offtopic.
IIRC only 4 of the 9 episodes will be downloadable. We already have two and the other two will come out in April and May, then in June they will release the DVD with all 9 episodes.
Sources: Scud missile lands on Matrix production studio. More soon.
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here watch the trailer and the dude explains what it is : http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/rl_cmp/anime _trailer_qt2.html
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jesus christ, aol must have some fat pipes, i was just raping their bandwidth a little while ago with the matrix reloaded previews, now also they're handling a slashdotting of a 100MB movie.. im impressed
My guess is that you are watching CNN or ABC. Most of the other networks have been breaking away to regular programming as soon as they can, to enable commercials so they can recoup the monatary losses to their affiliates.
Ala Survivor, or American idol, or even Law and order.
ABC put in an extra effort Friday due to its major screw-up Wednesday when it promised its stations it was going to provide coverage during the 11 o' clock hour on the east coast and then changed it's mind, but didn't bother to tell the stations down the line.
Can you say "several minutes in black" on the east coast?
I work for an NBC station so I just happen to know this...
Bug me if you want the ratings or NBC plans in advance. I will provide this information to my Slashdot friends if there is enough demand.
I feel very safe in my Slashdot disguise.
Fucktard. Leech. Bloodsucking scum. Tick on the gluteus maximus of mankind. Asshat. Flea.
Nothing like a little revenge. The site does not look like it's going to choke as they obviously have a ton of bandwidth, but anyone want to guess what their data transfer statistics look like right now?
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"Being broke is fun"
I don't think it's called "being broke" when you're only 12.
You'll be paying back the cost of hosting those video files when you go out and buy the DVD or watch Matrix 2 and 3 in the cinema. Do you know how much it costs for a good advert spot on TV, radio or before a movie? Compared to that, bandwidth costs are quite cheap!
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The link you posted is for the Second Episode "Program". This story is for the Trailor to the entire series (which gives a glimpse to all 9 episodes)
>At least visit the damn site -- and maybe *gasp* glance at an advertisement
Huh? Lets see, if I want to watch it tomorrow then I have to RE-DOWNLOAD it within the frame of my browser. If I save it to disk then I can watch it again without re-downloading it. Now who's being frugal? Not to mention having the file itself makes for P2P sharing via your LAN or through some wacky Kazaa-like software. I'd rather have Bob send it to me through our 100mbps LAN than having both of us download it.
Web designers have to realize that embedded content is almost always a bad idea. It contribubtes to browser instability, forces users to redownload, and keeps users from intelligently sharing the data. I'd much rather deal with external viewers, at least when they crash they don't take all my browser windows with them. Hopefully, the design people will get a clue or at least have an obligatory direct download link.
Also, I hate to break it to you but there are no ads on that site.
On slashdot, history is written by the whiners. ;-)
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I've got a bittorrent file at: http://jr.merseine.nu:8080/2003/bt/ani_tr_4_720_dl .mov.torrent
fire away.
Or you could pull a lot of that stuff premade from the PLF site. Remember you should check to see if anyone has created the desired wheel before making your own.
It's time for An-i-matrix-acs!
Neo says "Whoa" while Tank hacks!
Trinity looks good in black
while more Agents Smith attack!
It's An-i-matry,
Please don't reply irate-ly,
as I haven't got laid late-ly,
It's A-ni-matrix-aaaacs!
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Broadband access and 2 XGA projectors, and a fairly decent sound system. It's like watching them on an 85 inch TV! It almost makes up for having to work on a Saturday.
And I think I got the version I'm using from the apt repository maintained by freshrpms.net. If you're using Red Hat 8, you might be able to get it installed with just:
/ apt/apt-0.5.5cnc4.1-fr1.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/redhat/8.0
apt-get update
apt-get install xine
(note that Slashdot will probably insert an space somewhere in that URL...)
Three episodes have been released: the one in the theaters now and the two online.
One simple rule for its versus it's
If I were Agent Smith I would have an archive of myself somewhere that is before the insanity got too far along. I'd hope that my friends start up a process of that version of me. A sane and rational Smith would be something that would throw us all off in some later movie.
Still, the machines were keeping humans from advancing, they are holding back our development intead of seeing if we can develop in some way that leads to nice, happy, non-destructive humans.
(C) Kaki Sain, 2011. By reading this, you have illegally copied my property to your brain.
In not-really-related Matrix news, there are now several very well written essays up on the "Philosophy and the Matrix". They're good reads if you're interested in that sorta thing.
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I got my wife to sit down and watch the Animatrix trailer. The conversation that followed went something like this -
... He cuts her skirt off, then peeks out from under the blindfold? ...
Me: So? Whadya think?
Her: The animation was okay, but I liked the live actors better.
Me: That was all animation.
Her: No, I liked the animation, but the parts with the real actors were better.
Me: There were no actors.
Her: Sure there were. They used scenes from the Matrix movies toward the end.
Me: No, that was animation.
Her: I'm talking about the real people at the end.
Me: The swordfight with the chick in red?
Her: Yes.
Me: That was a computer animation.
Her: No it wasn't,
Me: Yes, it was. They got the lighting, physics, and kinematics right.
Her: Those were real people.
Me: No, those were computer generated people.
Her: (confused look)
Me: Swordfight
Her: Yes
Me: Computer generated.
Her: No way.
I've watched the trailer about ten times now, and I don't think I've been able to absorb it all.
I like having the back-story to explain some of the questions that The Matrix left dangling. To the Brothers W - "Nicely done, and thank you."
So you need energy...
You decide that humans are a good source, so you feed them, keep them warm, etc. Since when is life an exothermic phenomenon?
It's like the current arguments for Hydrogen. We use electricity to extract Hydrogen from hydrocarbons, with some wasted, to create electricity. Doesn't currently make sense.
Other than the fight scenes, graphics, and armchair philosophy, the only way I'm going to be truly satisfied with the sequels is if it is explained that humans have some sort of 'bio/neural-electric' energy that the machines need to survive. Otherwise it doesn't make sense.
To bad the second renaissance hasn't addressed this yet.
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IMO 'Agent Smith' is actually human. Note that he removes his earpiece at the beginning of this scene, removing his connection from the machine agents? This could also explain why he was the dominant Agent persona, since he could have the complete faith of a machine while also having hate and a superiority complex. I'll go a step further and propose that he himself does not know that he is human (anymore?).
Just my interpretation.
This bothered me too, but I think I understand now.
The real reason the machines keep the humans alive and plugged in is: they are using some portion of every human's brain for their computational power. Sure, silicon computers are fast, but there's something in the wetware that the AI's require. IIRC, the machines only rose up after human/computer connectivity became widespread. So, maybe linking to our neurons gave the machines the abilities and will to take over, and they haven't found a good substitute for our grey matter.
Neo and crew believe the "battery" story because everyone has been deeply conditioned through the Matrix to not consider the other possibility. If they knew the machines were using brains to run their programs, it could be a weakness they could exploit in their war against the machines.
I know there are holes in this idea. For instance, why don't the 'home-grown' Zioners come to this same conclusion? Maybe the Agents' desire to wipe out Zion stems from a fear that they will figure this out, and use this info to destroy the AIs. Thoughts? Ideas?
Somehow I missed out on that point, I just assumed all of them would be on the web. Still, almost half the content for free is a good start, when they srr it sells well (which it will of course, being Matrix and all).
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
You haven't read 'Hyperion' (sp?) have you?
Hint 1: What is the one thing the bots are vulnerable to? EMP attack.
Question: Why haven't the humans succeded in just EMPing them to oblivion?
Hint 2: Humans are utterly transparent to EMP
And if the matrix authors don't pull this or a similar twist I'll almost completely despair of the lot of them.
(I'm saving complete despair for when James Camerons screenwriter screws up Alita with a mindless action film)
As for your holes, they're pluggable.
Zion wants to save the people trapped in the matrix (hell - they probably need the population).
Trouble is, they've got themselves the ultimate human shield to go through first.
Zion know damn well the only way to attack is from the inside. All they need, is someone to 'get with the program', and start changing the rules (a dollop of Diamond Age drummers here)
What I want to know is if Zion hooks its kids up with those headplugs or if the only soldiers they have in this war are the ones recruited from the Matrix.
Oh, and if you want an explanation for the nice Oracle lady, you need to watch 'Serial Experiments: Lain'
However, if I hear "human soul" or "love" or "midiclorians" near any important plot point I will kill someone.
Don't dare mod me up. Every time I can't be arsed to login, people mod me to 4 and it's getting on my nerves.
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