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Latest Animatrix Short Released

Posted by michael on from the breathe-in-the-sweet-sweet-scent-of-marketing dept.

martyn s writes "The latest animatrix short, The Second Renaissance, Part 2 is finally out. This short is the continuation of The Second Renaissance Part 1. Taken together, these shorts document how, in the matrix universe, 'Man was the architect of his own demise.'" And here's the BitTorrent link.

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  1. Totally sweet...wget -c rocks... by `Sean · · Score: 4, Informative

    wget -c http://progressive1.stream.aol.com/wb/gl/wbonline/ progressive/thematrix/us/med/animatrixlgfinal_dl.m ov

    For those of you who keep getting dropped or get half finished downloads...

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  2. BAD LINKS by ChrisCampbell47 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Those direct links are for the FIRST episode (hence the "Episode1" in the URL). And post the sizes next to the links, these are HUGE (e.g. 140 MB). Better yet, just link to the page, it's really well done and quick.

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  3. wrong links by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The "direct links" are wrong, they point to the episode 1. Here are the correct ones:
    http://progressive1.stream.aol.com/wb/gl/wb online/ progressive/thematrix/us/med/2R2_640_dl.zip
    http: //progressive1.stream.aol.com/wb/gl/wbonline/ progressive/thematrix/us/med/2R2_480_dl.zip
    http: //progressive1.stream.aol.com/wb/gl/wbonline/ progressive/thematrix/us/med/2R2_320_dl.zip

  4. Links might be wrong by Zakabog · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think those links are wrong, I only tried the large one. Here's some new links -

    Large 640x272 - 138 MB
    Medium 480x204 - 87 MB
    Small 320x136 - 31 MB

    Or you can go here.

  5. Animatrix on DVD out soon by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 5, Informative

    The entire series of 9 short CG-Animatrion/Japanese Anime films will soon be available on DVD. Depending on your MPAA stance (and what day of the week it is) follow the white rabbit via one of the links below to pre-order your copy.

    Official web site
    Amazon US: available 3 June
    Amazon UK: available 2 June

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  6. Re:It's AOL! by Spy+Hunter · · Score: 4, Informative

    Oh, and here are the REAL links to the second episode (as I post this, the links in the article still point to the first episode).
    Medium version (recommended for people with non-godly computers, the large version starts skipping frames)
    Large version

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  7. Re:Minor spolier by TeknoHog · · Score: 4, Informative
    This is becoming almost a FAQ, but here goes anyway. AFAIK the initial script used humans in a computing cluster, which would make more sense, but it was considered too difficult for the mundane masses, and it was changed for the final movie.

    I'm not sure if that's true though, might be just a rumour. In fact, using human brains in a Beowulf cluster does present some problems, because people would probably find more hints of the reality through the calculations going on in their subconscious minds.

    On the other hand, it's marginally possible that humans can be used to extract energy from food such as carbohydrates, even if some entropy is increased in the process. Maybe the alternatives for using that particular fuel were not that efficient or practical. Then again, the food had to be produced somehow, and in the absence of sunlight it would have meant even more wasted energy.

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