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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).

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  1. Warning.. ultra high res needs a fast machine by James_G · · Score: 5, Informative
    The 1000 pixel one needs a fast machine to play it. My P3-800 at work couldn't manage it. They recommend at least a 1GHz machine for it.

    Alternatively, you can download the small, medium or Large versions.

  2. Patience is a virtue! by Malc · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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.

    1. Re:Patience is a virtue! by FyRE666 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Or perhaps I have more important things to talk about over beer with friends.

      Which topic of conversation could be more important than Carrie-Anne Moss in a tight leather catsuit?

    2. Re:Patience is a virtue! by Skyshadow · · Score: 5, Funny
      Which topic of conversation could be more important than Carrie-Anne Moss in a tight leather catsuit?

      I'll bite: Carrie-Anne Moss without a tight leather catsuit, perhaps?

      (smiles, sighs)

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    3. Re:Patience is a virtue! by UberLord · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'll bite: Carrie-Anne Moss without a tight leather catsuit, perhaps?

      I'll just bite Carrie-Anne Moss with or without the tight leather catsuit ;)

  3. I'm ready.... by jonny-mt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Personally, between The Animatrix, Enter the Matrix, and the Matrix Reloaded, I'm about ready to take the red pill.

    Long as I get some of those cool sunglasses, I'll be okay....

  4. The Matrix by osPDAproject · · Score: 5, Funny

    To tell you the truth, I never saw the first one! *GASP* -1 Flamebait :)

  5. All right soldiers.... by soulsteal · · Score: 5, Funny
    Time to begin Operation: AOL Bandwidth Freedom.

    Don't stop until we've "liberated" every last kilobit of bandwidth from AOL.

  6. Summary For Those Without Broadband by Galahad2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.

  7. It's an upside world... by ymgve · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...when the only time slashdot even considers mirroring or give alternative sources to material is when the source is AOL, which has pipes wide enough to max out the lines of all slashdot users at once...

    1. 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.

  8. Re:winzip reports 3% compression by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Informative

    Zip adds error detection though, so you dont get halfway through watching it then have it freeze. It also lets it pass firewalls and prevents browsers from trying to stream it.

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  9. 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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  10. The red pill... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Morpheus: Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain. But you feel it. You've felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is but it's there, like a splinter in your mind driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?

    Taco: The Duplicates?

    Morpheus: Do you want to know what THEY are? The Duplicates are everywhere. They are all around us, even now in this very forum. You can see them when you search for old stories or when you view yesterday's stories. You can read them when you go to work, when you go to user's groups, in the background when you do your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.

    Taco: What truth?

    Morpheus: That you are a slave to techno news & discussion, Taco. Like everyone else you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind.... Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Duplicates are. You have to see them for yourself. This is your last chance. After this there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how many rabbits are in the hole.... Remember, all I'm offering is the truth, nothing more.... Follow me.... Cowboy Neal, are we online?

    Cowboy Neal: Almost.

    Morpheus: Time is always against us. Please, take a seat there.

    Taco: You did all this?

    Trinity: A-huh.

    Morpheus: The pill you took is part of a trace program. It's designed to disrupt your input/output carrier signal so we can find similar inputs.

    Taco: What does that mean?

    Cypher: It means buckle your seatbelt, Dorothy, because Kansas is going bye-bye.

    Taco: Did you...

    Morpheus: Have you ever read a story, Taco, that you were so sure was original. What if you were unable to tell the difference. How would you know the difference between the original story and the duplicate?

    Taco: This can't be...

    Morpheus: Be what? A duplicate?

    Trinity: It's going into replication.

    Morpheus: Cowboy Neal?

    Cowboy Neal: Still nothing.

    Taco: It's old. It's old.

    Morpheus: Tank, we're going to need a signal soon.

    Trinity: We've got duplication.

    Morpheus: Cowboy Neal, location.

    Cowboy Neal: Targeting almost there.

    Trinity: It's going into the home page.

    Cowboy Neal: Lock, I've got him.

    Morpheus: Now, Tank. Now.

  11. Re:Advertising by TheHandlessKing · · Score: 5, Informative

    Cadillac "donated" 300 of their cars to the film. Apparently they were able to destroy every single one. TheHandlessKing