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Harry Potter with Guns
kauff writes "Slate has recently released a somewhat-inspired article
about what the Matrix was. You have to read it for yourself. Good way to
hype yourself up before Reloaded on May 15th."
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"The Matrix is a sci-fi John Hughes movie, in which a misfit learns that he's actually cool. (Think Harry Potter with guns.)" How is a programmer who sleeps in front of his terminal a misfit around here?
Harry Potter with wire-fights and bullet-time!
Oy Malfoy!
What is it, Potter?
BLAM.
No, but really, does anyone see the resembelance in the most recent matrix trailer at the end where he flies past the castle and hogwarts/quiddich?
Neo: I don't need broomsticks.
Does this mean that MPAA boycatt ends on May 15th???
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
Have things gotten so bad that people have to be explicitly directed to read the article??
The fact that Keanu Reeves might actually go down in history as a great actor. We all know that he is NOT, but many years from now, people will only look at the success of his movies and actually claim that he CAN act.
Harry Potter with Guns
:-p
Ok, so obviously Harry would be Neo and Hermoine would be Trinity, but who would be Morpheus?
My vote's for Dumbledore. Just imagine him in a black trenchcoat with some slick shades.
MPAA exec #1: We need another $2,000,000 to buy this senator his dream home.. which will get us our "dream legislation".. I was thinking it would be funny and ironic if those pirates and thieves on Slush Dot paid for it.
exec #2: You mean Slash Dat. Shall I have my well-paid contacts at the Slash post another pointless article on the Matrix to get them interested? Then they will flock to the movie and we will laugh uproariously as we use their own money against them.
exec #1: Actually, it's Slosh Dot, now that I think about it. Whatever the case, that's a great idea. They are all a bunch of hackers and pirates, so why not let them pay for the law that hangs them!
exec #2: BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! MWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!
exec #1: Still have that bad cough?
exec #2: Yes, whenever I cough it sounds like an evil laugh or something.
exec #1: Weird.
One of these movies... has a future, and one of them does not. Now, I'm going to be as... forthcoming, with you as I can be, Mr. Anderson. You're here because, we need your help. We know that you've acquired the highest karma rating on a certain website, one that calls itself Slashdot. Whatever you think you know about this site is irrelevant, it is considered by many corporate executives to be the most dangerous site on the web. We're willing to wipe the slate clean, give you a fresh start, and all that we're asking in return is your cooperation in bringing known Microsoft bashers to justice.
Um, I'm pretty sure that 6 billions people sitting all day in wired pods produce a hell of a lot of waste... Probably doesn't smell too good, either.
The Mongrel Dogs Who Teach
Personally, what I got out of the movie is that even Ted "Theodore" Logan can use a computer.
The great thing about it was that it appealed on so many levels. The following exchange shows what I mean...
Poster A : See, Neo is forced to question the very fabric of existance. He questions everything that we take for granted and reveals that the truth is vastly different to what we perceive to be true. Its an existential quandry, are we just figments of someone's imagination? How do we know that what we perceive to be "real" is what is actually reality?
Poster B : I like the bit where he fights an agent.
Read the alternative script, it's not too far away.
POKE 36879,8
It could be worse. It could be Matrix II: Attack of the Clones.
I wish people would read comments to read comments without reading into them so much.
Don't think of it as a flame---it's more like an argument that does 3d6 fire damage
He went to a club afterwards and met a girl.
Any sufficiently advanced man is indistinguishable from God
an no I am not a Budhist
No kidding. Most of them know how to spell the name of their religion.
Yes, but Dark City had a wheezy dude.
Matrix just has a guy imitating a block of wood.
No comparison!