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Philosophy, Reality and The Matrix
securitas writes "The NYT discusses The Matrix as a reflection of American society, the 'war on terror', political allegory and the impact of The Matrix on contemporary philosophy. NPR provides streaming audio conversations with Matrix thinkers, including Jake Horsley, author of 'Matrix Warrior: Being the One'; Prof. Frances Flannery Dailey on violence in the Matrix; and Prof. Greg Garrett, co-author of 'The Gospels Reloaded' and why he doesn't like the kind of hero that Neo has become. Finally, the CSM follows up its The Gospel According to Neo with an online chat transcript with Josh Burek, the author of the essay."
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I'm really tired of people equating the Matrix with christianity. I think it's a disservice to the movie to compare it with a thousand pages of confused hallucinogenic gibberish.
I cant believe how much credit people give the Matrix series.
Matrix Reloaded was just a movie where a thick layer of bullshit gets wrapped around special effects and whizbang cinematics.
Yeah, but since the Matrix is just a stupid ill-considered piece of trash, you try to make the best of it!
In case they don't know their asses from a hole in the ground (and the odds are good), let me explain my issue with this war on terror allegory.
Fact of the matter is, The Brothers had this entire trilogy mapped out well ahead of 9/11. Matter of fact, they had it mapped out before the first movie came out. They have had it more or less mapped since they originally sat down to write the first one.
It's just another way to tie anything and everything you can to the "war on terror". Which is quickly becoming a self-perpetuating war on the ground that nobody "in charge" wants to let go. For the media guys it is the easy out for the slow news days, requires the most scant journalistic skills to "cover", the gov. loves it because it's a universal reason for damn near anything, even if it makes no sense, they just append that "helps the war on terror" label to the end and viola, suddenly your burning flags and killing babies if you disagree.
And for the record I didn't oppose the war in Iraq, I think peace protesters are retarded, and I think both GW and Gore are about the worst possible choices for president. I'm not left or right or green or indy on this topic. I don't like stupidity, I don't trust the gov. (with very good reason).
"The saddest words of mice and men, are not those which were, but should have been."
Funny--I thought it was a didactic series of bad monologues with some great fight scenes inbetween, which caused me not to care too much that "meaning" had been installed in the franchise like an easter egg on a Doom III level.