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'Matrix Revolutions' Opens Today
shelleymonster writes "The Matrix Revolutions was released worldwide at 9 AM EST today. With a running time of 2 hr. 9 min., I'm expecting the /. reviews to start pouring in around 11:30. Since critics are saying things like, "Matrix finale could put you back in a coma," and, "The final episode is a slam-bang, dreary mess," I'm curious to hear some real fans' reactions." Many readers have pointed to the BBC's review; they were not amused. Were you? Update: 11/05 17:17 GMT by T : Read on for one reader's (spoiler-free) first impression.
wickedweasel writes "Just came from one of the first showings of Matrix: Revolutions (Germany, don't know why, but it started 2:30 pm here) and came by to drop some comments (no spoilers). To cut it short: not even close to the first one, and honestly spoken way worse than the second one (which wasn't _that_ bad). The ones looking for cool action will hardly find any, neither will the ones who came for the story (like me) be satisfied. Only a few good scenes in and around Zion, some quite big plot holes and unfinished threads and, most important, an unsatisfying end, to say the least. I guess I'll be flamed for my opinion by the die-hard-fans, but hear this: I once considered myself one too until I saw this."
Except that was a later edit. When the original screened back in '77, that "Episode IV" wasn't there.
Yes, I watched it in 1977. Yes, I'm old. No, I'm not so old that I'm losing my memory.
Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachtani?
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>Except that was a later edit. When the original screened back in '77, that "Episode IV" wasn't there.
Right. Now, laugh with me.
Marxist evolution is just N generations away!
I watched it back then as well, and I distinctly remember the "Episode IV" in the beginning.
I also remember my 10-year old brain at the time generating one parity error after another trying to figure out how I could have possibly missed the three previous films to this one very cool movie - and why the heck could I not find a trace of them nor heard a peep about them previously from my Star Wars fanboy friends.
I tried every decent and legal way I could think of to resolve the issue w/the business before I rented the chicken suit
Sick of gentoo zealots throwing plugs in completely unrelated topics? Me too!
Yes, but have you seen the system requirements for the Matrix?
Quod scripsi, scripsi.
Howard Dean, M.D. for President in '04
If he is an M.D., then his motivation for socialized healthcare is to further the entrenched elitism of the doctor cartel who manipulate the supply of qualified healthcare professionals and help keep prices artificially high. He would also be in a position to help craft loopholes in new legislation to further the greed of pharmaceutical and medical devices companies and the abilities of doctors and insurance companies to avoid all liability.
Healthcare article at Kuro5hin
So what are you saying? The Dean isn't any different than GWB?
On the other hand, that is a bitch of a question to answer.
Anything you might ever need to say about anything has already been said better by Penny Arcade.