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Pushing the Envelope For Matrix Reloaded SFX
BenTheDewpendent writes "I just read Steve Silberman's article on the Matrix Reloaded over at wired. I was only slightly anxious to see it previous to reading the article but what they are able to do technicaly now will put bullet time to shame."
It's the big intrusive flash animation at wired.com that puts all other pop-up ads to shame.
there is no troll.
...hey, it worked!
The wise follow a damned path, for to know is to be forsaken.
You see, for the last 4 years, I've had to eat everything with a knife and fork.
"There is no spoon" indeed. Bleh. Have you ever tried to eat Grape Nuts with a knife and fork? Or even better, chopsticks???
Karma: Chameleon (mostly due to the fact that you come and go).
If there is a Bullet-time shower scene starring Carrie Anne Moss's boobs then this would be the greatest movie ever. Lets seem ILM do that.
"I am a kernel in the linux army"
it's like cool and stuff...
They're going to have to do better than a lame plot and cheese-bag special effects to reach today's sophisticated viewing public, I'll tell you that much for sure!
Should I eat the Red or the Blue Jellybean?
This time, it takes half an hour for neo to finish saying "whoa".
yes, but you are forgetting the wonders of sporks
Not sure what this is about...topless women in leather pants. (SFW)
What's cooler than a Toyota Matrix, all decked out in racing stickers?
Oh yeah, baby...Matrix, the board game
How about the Matrix folding bike? Before or after
The Vic-20 fans out there might appreciate a look at the Matrix game for that platform.
Flashback to math class! Matrix multiplication!
So you see, taco, you're only limited by your imagination. Of course, that could be like saying your writing is limited by your spelling and grammar but still...maybe someone can help you come up with something better.
Wow. I'm thinking the Wachowskis missed a incredibly opportunity here. Imagine seeing "There is no spork." on thousands of nerd-sites and in thousands of signatures. Ahhhh. It would have been priceless.
No story sullied the first one, so who would notice?
Give the people what they want!
Talented Keanu Reeves (grimacing): I am stuffed inside a coffee shop philosopher's febrile ramblings.
Talented Wachowski #1: Excellent! That's a wrap!
Talented Wachowski #2: What he said.
Laurence Fishburne (as Samuel L. Jackson): I fell down the stairs today. There was one survivor.
Keep your packets off my GNU/Girlfriend!
That movie was "The Slow and the Dimwitted". What a retarted movie. It was like watching something written by 13 year olds for 13 years olds.
Hey! You better watch what you say about that movie!!11!1 It was awesome!!!
Vin Deisal kicks a$$!!11!.. and he's a better actor than.. umm, well.. uhh... he's a better actor than my dog!...oh, umm.. OK, maybe not..
I'm sorry, what were we talking about?
Oh, yea, the Fats and the Furryus! It r0x0rs!
They developed a ton of cool stuff that AGAIN is going to be ripped off by every damned sf-movie, commercial, and friggin Shrek II. Therefore they decided to do both films at once and release them this year. Then they don't have to work so hard to create even better effects in another 4 years from now.
Do really dense people warp space more than others?
from the article:
In the thick of it, Neo is dancing, chucking black-tied bodies skyward, pivoting around the signpost, and using shoulders as stepping-stones over the raging river of whup-ass.
If "raging river of whup-ass" isn't on a t-shirt at ThinkGeek yet, it damn well should be.
Hey, he used three DIFFERENT Expressions in the Matrix... and That is two more than he had used before... ever.
Food not Bombs is a nice platitude but it breaks down when you notice that the Bombees are usually well fed
"Forget the can, visit the source - swim my raging river of whup-ass".
That depends on what 'ya want comin out 'o yer rabbit-hole.
The icon for the matrix is lame.
Take two and call me in the morning.
Because it can't use a spoon?
Rich
They did Star Wars it with so little cash flow compared to what they have this time around. So whose to say that it can't be great again, take another step and but another standard in cinematography. I loved Star Wars, it was one of the few films that kept me really intranced with the movie through all of it. I really hoped that Phantom and EPII would do the same, if not i'll be sad.
Well then why do I feel this huge compelling desire to watch it? You don't know what you're talking about. I'm gonna drag my girlfriend along to this and make her watch it - payback for all those "chick flicks" and "dramas" she makes me watch. Muhaha. Revenge is sweet.
...what they are able to do technicaly now will put bullet time to shame.
Am I the only one hoping for "breast-jiggle time?"