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Matrix Reloaded on DVD Before Revolutions
SycloneFX noted that the Matrix Reloaded will be
available
on DVD on Oct 14, just 3 weeks before the release of Revolutions. This is noteworthy because normally there are large time spans between releases of DVDs and Sequels (although LotR had a special edition released only a few weeks before TTT).
This was the plan all along. The reason why the film is coming out at this time is because this is the earliest they could release it. The said that they were doing this because the cliff-hanger at the end of the second movie was so much that they would be killed if they waited the normal amount of time to release the sequel.
"Men lie."
"Yeah, about sleeping with other women, but never about bioluminescent plankton."
-Dan Brown
when you can download prematurely via bit torrent?
Seems like the logical thing to do. Release a DVD of the last movie, getting the Matrix franchise back in people's minds. People can watch Reloaded to refresh their memories on the plot so far before going to see Revolutions. A buzz builds in anticipation of the upcoming theatrical release.
It's just "strategized marketechture" at work.
I have seen Reloaded 3 times in theatres, 4 times in DiVX, converted it to VCD (3 viewings), watched the highrez trailer like 30 times ... now I am going to buy the DVD so I can watch it some more.
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..' shows I have watched ..
.. kind of disturbing really ...
I think I have seen the original Matrix at least 20 times in various formats including 3 times in the theatre, 6 times on DVD (Which I purchased twice - lost it once), 6 times on VCD (before the DVD came out), 3 times on DiVX (before the DVD as well), and 2 times on TV
I have seen the Animatrix 3 times in its entirety on DVD, 2 times on DiVX (before the DVD), watched the online episodes about 4 times each
And I don't even know how many 'special features / the making of
Almost 50 viewings
From Jargon File (4.3.0, 30 APR 2001) :
Matrix n. [FidoNet] 1. What the Opus BBS software and sysops call
FidoNet. 2. Fanciful term for a cyberspace expected to emerge from
current networking experiments (see the network). The name of the
rather good 1999 cypherpunk movie "The Matrix" played on this sense,
which however had been established for years before. 3. The totality of
present-day computer networks (popularized in this sense by John
Quarterman; rare outside academic literature).
This seems like a pretty half-assed DVD to me. We all know the term "Special Edition" has no meaning anymore, but it's pretty obvious they've rushed this out to coincide with the release of Revolutions.
Take a good look at those "bonus features." It's a few featurettes, the kind of vapid press release crap you see on HBO before the movie's released. No commentary. No deleted scenes. Why do they need a second disc for this?
There's already talk of a genuine special edition (scroll to the bottom of the article), after the Wachowskis are done with the Revolutions hoopla. If you're not willing to buy a movie twice, you're going to be kicking yourself later.
No shit...from the theater to DVD in 68 days.
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If you sit through all the closing credits on Matrix Reloaded, there is a small preview of Matrix Revolutions.
"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 deep the rabbit hole goes.... Remember, all I'm offering is the truth, nothing more...."
--Morpheus
Lets take Cynikal's post:
...the red pill was to "wake up" into the real world...
...the blue one was to go back to the dream world...
And then the quote from Morpheus:
You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
...Both meaning you want to exit the matrix. Staying in wonderland is a bit misleading, as it implies the made-up world that is the matrix, but I believe the Wachowski brothers did that intentionally. Morpheus can only show "how deep the rabbit hole goes" if neo steps out of the matrix. The next comparison should cement this point.
Cynikal's post:
And the quote from Morpheus:
You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.
Once again, a bit misleading, since the story ending implies leaving the matrix. However, you can only believe whatever you want to believe if you're still in the matrix.
The clincher is that Neo swallows the red pill in order to exit the matrix.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that the movie more or less tanked in theatres.
Tanked? It's number 19 on the ALL-TIME BOX OFFICE with over $270,000,000, not including overseas. Worldwide, before all is said and done, it'll probably make $600,000,000. Hell, if that's doing terribly, sign me up.
"It's better to have a gun and not need it than need a gun and not have it." ~ Christian Slater, True Romance
In fairness to Hollywood (which I am loath to provide), this is sometimes a distribution problem. T3 is being distributed by no fewer than 8 different companies, each with a slice of the world where they can play. The rights issues are so convoluted that it's a surprise movies like this ever hit screens at all.
Contrast that with Matrix 2, which was distributed by Warner Bros. in almost every country and which hit within a week of the US release in nearly all of them.
Just something to think about. I don't think there's a conspiracy to screw you just because you're (presumably) in Europe.
Or is there...
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Actually, The Matrix runs on XP, as shown at this site.
(English) download links page here.