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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.
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.
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)
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!
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.
I'm going to be honest with you. I hate this place.
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.
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.
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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.
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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
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.
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.
My video compression blog
ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI
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.
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.
You see this is were it gets confusing. The animatrix is airing online shorts. (one a month till the movie comes out).the second of which came out at the beginning of the month (the third is due in april). This story is announcing a trailer for the animatrix dvd collection. It's not one of the shorts just a commercial for the dvd coming to stores soon.
I know I'm going to hell, I'm just trying to get good seats.
>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.
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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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