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Matrix Online Ship Date Announced
B1-66ER writes "Matrixfans.net has a report on the launch of TMO. 'Sega of America's new massively multi-player online game, Matrix Online, now has a ship date set. That date is January 18, 2005. The release date change from November is to coordinate the US launch with the European publisher.'"
Some of this is reported directly within the three films, the entire story is unambiguously explained in peripheral films such as the Animatrix. So while you might initially think that the film is about machines who enslave the human race, you're starting with a premise that isn't the whole story.
Specifically, the machines want peace. By the end of the third film, that is obvious.
Smith is a threat to both the humans and the machines, two warring groups neither of whom are, by themselves, "evil". So, yes, Smith is the greater evil. And Neo isn't just saving the machines, he's saving humanity, most of the remnants of which are hooked up to The Matrix and likely to be destroyed by Smith.In essense, you believe the series is dumb essentially because you didn't understand it. That's fine, people don't, the deeper (or is it pseudo-) theological and philosophical aspects of it are, for the most part, beyond me too. However, you're making a mistake in what you criticise about the film - a master story teller would have told the same story better, not told a better story.
What you probably need to do is view the following anime films that tell the rest of the story, if you're actually interested. Neither of them were made by the Wachowskis (though the story, obviously, was written and approved by them), so, as you might expect, they're actually quite a bit better:
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
Let's also pretend I'm currently in beta. I'm not saying I am or not. I'm not sure WHY (if I played it) to be so great considering the movies were filmed years ago. I mean, if I saw a something like the graphics in the game (if I saw them) I would think I'm playing a combination of movies, and REAL LIFE! Because that's about where I'd place them. On an ATI Radeon 9800 pro. AI, AI more AI, wonderful WONDERFUL framerate (if you're are so great, how did they manage to raise the framerate so high? It's supposed to be sci-fi not magic and swords), but didn't they use swords, mental magic in the movies?. Natural gameplay, issues that need to be slightly tweaked, and a tank load of other things (that could or could not be in the game at this moment). Unless they quit taking their magic pilsl THEY were taking to whip this game up to speed in the time span of 4 months, this game will be a huge success! Credentials (games I've played/playing) - Anarchy Online - Neocron - Rubies of Eventide - World of Warcraft - SWG - DAOC - Ultima Online - Shadowbane - etc, etc, etc If I knew anything about betas and tried it out for a full week and then uninstalled it, I'd say I was a moron. Looks to me (IMHO) like Warner Bros are the only people out there without their head up their ass in terms of realizing people are pretty sick of the bullshit and unfinished games most MMORPG companies have been piling on. Latest release of Anarchy Online expansion was a TOTAL waste considering nothing was actually AVAILABLE upon release (and some stuff STILL isn't). ***It's in Beta, of course it isn't finished yet. Don't play a game that still has 4 months of work left on it and expect it to be a finished product.