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Matrix Reloaded Trailer Released
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).
Am I the only one who doesn't want to see this trailer? The last few years I've gone out of my way to avoid trailers for films I'm interested in. Even for films like Lord of the Rings that I know the story to. The trailer's not going to make me go and watch the movie as I'm already planning to go! All it will do is blunten the impact on the day. I guess I like surprises. Or perhaps I have more important things to talk about over beer with friends.
Could some post a version of the Trailer in something other then .mov format... How about in .mpeg or maybe DivX .avi
I promise double points... and a happy reply
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if you feel like spoiling the movie for yourself, go read the issue of newsweek with the matrix on the cover. be warned: it has many spoilers in it and i was angry with who wrote it for not warning the reader before hand.
You know that the Wachowski brothers based the entire idea of The Matrix on anime, right? That's how they also sold the idea to producers; they showed the guy this anime movie (the producer didn't specify exactly which one in the interview) and said "we want to make a live-action version of this". But they also knew that in order to make the movie they *really* wanted to do (where the protagonist had incredible super powers), they needed to establish a universe where such a thing would be possible. So, The Matrix was written in order to establish that universe, and the subsequent movies will now show the story they originally wanted to tell. Let's hope it's a good one.
I saw more Cadillacs in that trailer than I've seen on the road in the past month
not for me... 9kbps vs 65kbps
BT is saving me a 2 hour wait
My guess is that quicktime isn't very well optimized for the Intel platform. Or, maybe it isn't utilizing all the video hardware that's available.
On my Athlon 700 running Linux and mplayer, it plays smoothly and sharply, but with no sound (not supported).
On my Athlon 950 running Windows 2000, QuickTime plays sound but drops hella frames.
Any explanations?
Its all about kick punch kick, run away, kick punch kick, 3d animation...
And?
Look, I'm going to watch the Hulk when it comes out too, and I won't be watching for political themes, nor will I watch XMEN2 to see a superb ensemble cast.
I, and most SciFi/movie fans are going to the matrix, et all, to see the skill with which the production tools are used. Cameras, Sets, Special effects. If you can appreciate what it takes to film a movie and make it visually appealing, there doesn't need to be a subplot about a frenchman contemplating some existential question.
Just say no to movie snobbery
"Inattention makes clowns of us all" -Bean
Don't buy a 15" tiBook now, wait until they upgrade it to match the 12" and 17" alBooks. If nothing else, the price of the old tiBooks will drop significantly.
It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
Real, internet-wide multicast would make the file easy to grab. They would just multicast the file repeatedly, and you'd hop on, grab bits until you have the whole thing, then drop out of the multicast group. A small file (bittorrent-style) with checksums for each block and the whole file would finish the job. Multiple sources trying to receive the same data at the same time is just what's going on.
The first time I saw the Matrix, I was literally in shock. I sat there thru the credits, then got up and bought a ticket for the next showing.
I doubt any movie will have the same first time effect as Matrix did. Maybe the third of the series at the end of the year, but until then nothing comes close. I dont care about the logic traps, or Keanu's blank stare, the movie rocked.
just something i saw... what's up with that? someone forget something in the render scenes?
This is picky (but hey this is a big budget film), did anyone else notice the gamma on the freeway chase scenes? It's very washed out compared to the other clips. There's also a torn frame at 01:23, whoever edited the trailer together wasn't paying attention very closely...
Anyone else notice that the scene with her falling out the window looks completely fake? Her head moves really weird, in time with each uzi firing a round...her head jumps around or something, really wierd- didn't look right at all.
I wonder how much scruitiny the big fight scene with the 100 Agent Smiths will stand up to...it sure looked good at full speed. Too bad mplayer doesn't have a slow-mo button. Grrrrr. xine does...
Please help metamoderate.
You did a really good job of not answering the question.
You say that "[o]n-screen sex... does something far more permanent and destructive to the mind [than on-screen violence]." You don't say what that is though.
What is weird to me is that you are OK exposing your children to something that if they imitated, you would be horrified. At the same time, you protect them images of things that you probably expect them to do one day.
You also mentioned that no-one in your family will be going to see the movie because of the sexual content. Why? You reason that sexual imagery damages young people in some ill-defined way, and yet you protect yourself as well. Does it damage adults as well? Where is the line drawn? Does watching people kiss cause some kind of harm too? Maybe you'd be better off watching Bollywood movies - I believe the Hindu censors are more in line with what you are comfortable with.
All this talk about studies linking on-screen sex to immorality at home is tedious. Let's be honest - I suspect that you believe that anything of an erotic nature that involves people other than one's husband or wife is strictly forbidden. Thus, anything contrary to this belief is damaging.
I really think you'd be better off just saying this rather than trying to use studies to prove that you are right. You'd be more likely to convince people by saying "This is my belief, take it or leave it," instead of attempting to prove things to people.
I think its disingenuous to claim that my experts have an agenda, but your experts are just straight-forward right-thinking folk. Clearly, you have an agenda - that is to prevent people from having sex outside of marriage. The whole STD/AIDS thing you people harp on so much is just a cover. Do you really expect to convince us that you really just want to save us from disease? Its an obvious scare tactic. Now, I'm sure you believe you are doing the right thing, and maybe you are, but why not just be honest? Why doesn't the truth speak for itself? The STD thing is a side issue - be honest. Admit that the main issue is that sex outside of marriage is a sin, and it doesn't matter what studies come up to prove or disprove that.
So, you're trying to stop people from sinning. Isn't that God's job? I mean, you can only present them with the truth and it is their free-will decision to make to accept or reject it. I presume that God knows what he's doing.
Apparently, STDs are God's way of punishing the sinners, which is why condoms are not encouraged. If one was careful, one could enjoy virtually unlimited sinfulness. The punishment is circumvented. Indeed, God is circumvented! I can see why you'd want to ban them. Apparently sheets of latex are an effective barrier against acts of God.
I propose the following: God doesn't care about which bodily fluids you share with which people, or whether the government issued you a license to do it or not. God cares about whether you are doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. This is the whole of the law.
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OK, not to be nitpicky here, but I went through the trailer frame by frame and am noticing some really terrible stuff going on effects wise.
Specifically, the freeway scene with the motorcycle chase.
See this picture:
floating trucks
Does anyone else see the problem here? The lighting under the truch is all wrong, and the wheels are floating and not giving any sense of weight. I know its really a little detail, but you can honestly see it on a few of the other cars and trucks in this scene as well.
Still, it rocks, just get rid of the floating trucks!