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The Matrix: Resolutions
Slappy White writes "For six months, Matrix message boards were aflame with speculation, theories, predictions and outright psychotic guessing about Revolutions. Now the film is here, and this article has a humorous roundup of some of the popular theories, both those that were close and others that were, shall we say, a little off the mark." I still haven't seen this film, so I'll refrain from passing judgment, but I'm ever so happy the matrix-within-a-matrix theories were unfounded. Update: 11/09 02:38 GMT by CN : Some folks who've never seen the Twilight Zone or even the Simpsons' Treehouse of Horrors thought that was a spoiler. If you're one of those people, I'm very sorry.
Unfortunately Carrie-Anne Moss's Restraining order against me extends to all movie theatres and video stores in the Tri State area. Now I'll never know the ending!
Where's the theory that it's all real, the machines wised onto the fact that people were catching on, and modified the Matrix to make the last movie crap and therefore spoil the franchise, ending the crusade for enlightenment?
Well, that's my theory anyway, nothing else makes a lot of sense. Back to sleep, folks.
I guess 4 days was too long to wait to see the movie before slashdot would post spoilers on the front page.
When it comes to X-Men, Matrix or Star Wars, yes 4 days IS too long. You cheap motherfucker. Go catch a Matinee.
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
Neo: Never. I'll never be assimilated. You've failed, Agent Smith. I am the One, like all the ones before me.
Agent Smith: So be it... One.
[rays come out of his hand, electrocuting Neo. One of the Agents turns into the Oracle, she comes, and throws Agent Smith into space, and dies. Oracle dies in Neo's hands...]
[Fade away]
[Drum music in Zion, Zionites having a rave party using Sentinel parts as percusion instruments.]
[Neo burns the body of Trinity, and she appears in yellow vapor form, as well as the Oracle, the Architect and even Tank]
"There is no teacher but the enemy."-Mazer Rackham
If I told you I have a ripe strawberry in my hand, you would have the well founded belief that it is red, because ripe strawberries are red. But if it were blue, it doesn't mean that your belief was unfounded, at least until you saw the strwbrry.
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which alot of the fighting effects came from.
1. The flying scenes.
2. The twins when they power up.
3. Kung fu and the visible impact waves.
4. People crashing through walls.
The only things missing from the film ?
1. Vegita
2. Kama Kama haaa.
3. Spirit Bomb
4. King Kai . Oh wait.....the Oracle...lol.
If DBZ is being made into a movie I recommend the Wachowski brothers.
There is no strawberry.
While some may say reloaded is about reloading the Matrix....note that the Matrix never did get reloaded....but something the architect says makes me think different. And it explains Neo's sudden ability to interact with the machine world outside of the Matrix.
I haven't seen episode three yet, but I'm interested in what you're suggesting... so correct me if this is not what you meant.
Neo visits the Architect and they have a nice chat. The Architect says, "You have a choice," when he really doesn't have a choice; either option leads to reloading the Matrix. Either the Matrix is reloaded "properly" or when Neo walks out the Trinity door, he is essentially reinserted into the Matrix, so after Neo leaves the Architect, the Matrix has already been reloaded; everything the audience sees is now within the realm of the newly reloaded Matrix (thus Neo's supernatural powers in the "real world").
In other words, the beginning of each Matrix is the war between the humans and the machines (as this would make sense considering how the Matrix's origins were described by Morpheus).
But that still implies a multi-levelled Matrix; the "top" level is rebooted, but the lower levels remain intact because the humans do not know about them; thus while Neo has powers in the "real world," and while Zion exists in the "real world," it still seems to imply that there's another "layer" and the humans who think they are free are not, yet a simulated victory against the machines (if that's what happens) would be sufficient to reset the "anomolies."
This would also jive with Morpheus's description of the first "battery" to wake up in the Matrix and lead others to Zion (which must have existed already -- it is far too advanced to be built by so few people).
But is the "The Source" 'Open Source' or 'Closed Source'?
"The world is flat?"
"Yes."
"Then what does the earth rest upon?"
"A snake."
"But surely the snake must also rest upon something else."
"An elephant."
"But what then does the elephant walk on?"
"A turtle."
"And the turtle?"
The respondent thought awhile.
"Just turtles. Turtles all the way down."
The sky is green, the grass is blue.
Movie #1
What if what you think is reality is not real?
How would you be able to tell?
Movie #2
What if the person you think you are is not who you are?
Why do you choose what you choose?
Is there a choice?
Can I choose to have really long fight and rave scenes instead of looking at those questions?
How many useless characters can I fit in one movie?
Movie #3
How about if everyone talks about love and we blow shit up?
What if I focus on visual effects rather than story? Will anyone who matters notice?
If I'm out of ideas, can I rip off other movies?
Can I end a series while still making sure that I have an opening in case I need to make another movie to bring in more cash?
I would put a restraining order on her.
I was hoping that Neo would wake up in bed between Bob Newhart and the woman who played his wife on his first series.
I really wanted to see them introduce two new characters - The Postgres and The MySQL, who team up to defeat The Oracle. Now that a lot of geeks would've been able to relate to.
sic transit gloria mundi
The Lone Gunmen?
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.