Feature-Length Matrix Spoof to be Released Soon

CrazyMFW writes "'The Helix Loaded', a feature length spoof of the Matrix, has been unveiled to coincide with the general release of The Matrix Revolutions. At LA screenings of the third matrix installment, customers are being handed CD-ROMS shaped like a Red Pill or a Blue Pill. The CD-ROM includes a teaser trailer as a quicktime movie, and directs users to the web site for The Helix. The teaser trailers can also be downloaded from the site. No release date is mentioned for the film, but it does promise several further teaser installments at 2 week intervals - so we should learn more in the next couple of months. From the brief clips it looks like they've done a good job imitating the Matrix CGI on a low-budget."

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This might've been better received after 1 or 2

[Sheetrock]

But the third Matrix, while not quite a cinematic flop, finally broke any tie the series had with the mainstream. As with most anime, if you aren't a hardcore fan of the genre you're unlikely to mentally fill in enough the plot gaps to leave satisfied.

Parodies only really work if the stuff is popular. But with the three episodes of the Matrix as well as that Animatrix DVD I think most people have had their fill already. It's no Star Wars.

What CGI Graphics?

[Qweezle]

Done a good job of imitating the CGI Graphics of the Matrix on a low budget? Maybe the original Matrix was superb, but look at the second one--for example, the fight scene involving Neo rising up with many Agent Smiths around him--this is one of the (many) scenes in Reloaded where they actually used modified graphics from the video game, and thus the graphics were terrible in some parts of the movie.

I certainly hope that they'll do better CGI work in Revolutions which I haven't seen, because it seems like they rushed it to market just to take advantage of the first two's success.

And, I bet you, these Waichovski, or whatever they are, these guys are in it to make moolah--soon we will be hearing about "The Matrix Beginnings" and some story will come out to precede the original story of the Matrix. Just watch, it'll happen. They're doing it with LOTR, the Hobbit will be released after the Trilogy is complete, and then from there they may release further titles, and even I've heard rumors of fan-fiction based movies being released.

Same thing will happen to the Matrix saga, and it will become a giant, commercialized, consumerist-mushy mess.

Computer Boy!

[captaineo]

If you are a Matrix fan then "Computer Boy" is a must-see:

http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=115368
the main site: http://www.geocities.com/cobweb_films/

It's a bit lengthy but the humor is precious.

"Do you know who this is, Neo?"
"Mom?"
"Guess again Neo."
"... Mom?"

"Can you drive that thing?"
"Not yet... Operator! I need a program for an '82 Subaru Swift!"

Re:Computer Boy!

[frohike]

Yeah, but did your company actually spend a "company lunch" ignoring incoming phone calls to watch Computer Boy? Yeeaaauuh dotcom :)

Am I the only one who burned that Oom-pa-pa song to CD and played it in the car? The artist used to have it on his mp3.com page, but apparently it got removed... there's apparently a "remix" here.

"It's ... Swedish..."

Matrix Unravelled parody trailer

[DaggerWare]

Another recently released parody trailer is Matrix Unravelled. Some nice special effects shots, and the performance by "Bill" the Architect is just spot-on.

Re:Hi Chris

[SiliconBateman]

I do not understand why this was modded OT as it is an excellent example of kitsch and nihilism. Isn't that what 'The Matrix' was all about, and isn't a spoof of The Matrix an excellent example of kitsch and nihilism that existed in the original 'The MAtrix'... and aren't the poor sequels of 'The Matrix' the ultimate example of kitsch and nihilism?

Re:CGI?! Jesus Christ!!!

[Jaeger]

This is one of the times I wished Slashdot had a (-1: Stupid) or (-1: Wrong) moderation. I'll leave it to the other comments to explain why.

Re:Matrix Moo-vie Spoof

[Saeger]

Hey, if you *know* it's propaganda, and you don't agree with it, it can be even more amusing. Just shake your head and dismiss everything with a righteous scoff at the end. :)

I, for one, don't empathize with lower-animals' simple brains operating on instinct (except puppies!), and find their flesh very tasty. Agribiz is a necessary evil which could be nicer to the environment; but there's no going back to family farming.

I'm looking forward to lab-grown meat. I look forward even more to the day when we can molecularly scan a perfect steak (or anything) once, then freely distribute the "blueprint" and manufacture cheap copies by recyling local resources cheaply, easily, and cleanly. (dooo do dooo do ... twighlight zone right).

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