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Matrix Reloaded Trailer Released

Posted by chrisd on from the drool-drool-drool dept.

phreak404 writes "The full theatrical trailer for The Matrix Reloaded was released today. Its in Quicktime, 1000px by 540px, and weighs in at about 100MB. Looks awesome and unlike the previous teasers, actually has some of the plot." As soon as someone puts up a bitorrent we'll post it here. Update: 04/11 00:40 GMT by J : And here it is, http://f.scarywater.net/ (includes links to client download, stats, old torrents, fun stuff like that).

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  1. racing the effect by boarder · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, screw bit-torrent... until about halfway through your download about 250,000 other geeks finally notice the new story on /. and start downloading. That's when bit-torrent rocks.k

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    IANAL, but I play one on /.
  2. Re:yeah I'm in a trollish mood by pVoid · · Score: 4, Insightful
    While I agree with you that sci-fi of the west has gone down the drains, I'm not ready to quickly discredit the Matrix.

    I am a fan of Akira and Ghost in the Shell as well, but there is something to be said about the goose bumps you got the first 5 times you watched the matrix and you saw trinity kicking that cops ass in bullet time.

    Heck, I'm getting goose bumps just remembering how I felt the first time I saw Neo dodge the bullets.

    It's all about enjoying what's there: people whine about Jar-Jar Binks, or Keanu's poor acting, but really, in the end, you come out of that theatre thinking "hey, maybe if I try real hard, I can walk on that wall"... which is exactly why I see these movies... because I want them to transport me somewhere that's not real, and just plain feels cool.

    If you're going in there to come back out with the insights you get after watching Apocalypse Now, your priorities might be wrong.

  3. QT Blows by Sialagogue · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well my theory (oh no, wait, this is actually my direct experience) is that Quicktime for Windows has always been a giant dump. To even imply that it's optimized, or a reasonably cross-platform streaming solution is a joke

    I love people trying to find alternatives to Microsquat, but I hate people trying to foist lazy crap down our throats in the name of Freedom. That baby should either be fixed, or thrown out with its bathwater.

    Sorry moderators, I hate it when my actual opinion sounds like a troll or flamebait, but them's the facts as I see them.

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  4. Re:It's an upside world... by Sancho · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It would be really spiffy if bittorrent were expanded to handle mirroring of entire webpages, with a sort of plugin allowing something like this in your web browser:

    bittorrent://mirrorable.site.com/filename.bittor re nt

    That way /. could set up bittorrent files for their stories without actually mirroring, and distribute the story across their users pages.

  5. Re:nice of them to make a movie my kids can't watc by Qender · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Your kids can't see people kissing but they can see people shooting each other? Seeing violence can have a severe impact on the impulses felt when people are angry. Violence can cause a lot of harm to "childhood innocence". But I don't think seeing sexual acts is really a bad thing. Our whole society is really screwed up in that everyone thinks that interpersonal relationships are something to be afraid of and something to be hidden. You're the reason kids are growing up with so many fears and inhibitions. Besides, the matrix is NOT a kids film, there is no way that it should ever be considered so.