There were a couple of items in the movie that pointed to 'something else':
- The diggers kept digging
- The french lady said something about "when we arrived here" as if they came from somewhere else, and Trinity and Morpheus exchanged a curious look.
- The Architect answered just about every point brought up by Neo, but when Neo mantioned the Oracle, and the Architect responded something like "Psaw. Please...", but didn't give a good explanation for her existance.
- The next movie is plural: RevolutionS , so the humans revolt and ???
- There are other powerful entities within the Matrix who have nothing to do with the agents, and are quite human: they are very emotional, have egos, etc. Why are they in the Matrix?
Also, the whole storyline mostly revolves around the Matrix. What's happening in the rest of the real-world/metamatrix. All we've seen so far is Zion, some tunnels, some ruined cities, and the diggers. But presumably, there's some sort of computer life out in the "realworld" for some reason. What are all the batteries used for?
all plugged in to the Matrix, and then shown in the Matrix, operating the controls for the gate.
I don't think that was the same matrix. You have these plugs all over your body, so why not allow people to control the complex security system through virtual reality.
The Architect said 99% of people could notice a difference. 1% is far larger than Neo.
I interpreted that to mean that 1% of the people rejected the Matrix and entered the real- world/meta-matrix. Zion was populated by the annomolies.
So the anomolies end up in the Zion, you purge Zion every 100 years, rewrite your code and start over. Next time, there will be a 0.95% rejection rate. You let them drop out of the system and populate Zion, then you purge Zion, rewrite your code, and start over again at a 0.90% rejection rate... and so on and so forth.
PS For the record, I enjoyed the movie, and will see it again. The action was spectacular, the ending was annoying... but at least it's only 6 months until the next one.
I think I got the reasoning behind the big dance, but the directors didn't explain it well enough, so it came off seeming like "let's put in a rave scene to attract the younger kids".
If you had a bunch of humans who just came out of a big, cold evil machine; I could easily see a religion forming around celebrating your human nature: Machines are cold, logical and without feeling. You've been living a lie your whole life, but you are free today. You are a animal, and have all these wonderful carnal instincts so live it up and celebrate your basic nature now!
You might be dead in 72 hours, so give in to the moment and get dirty and sweaty and go make out with your neighbor.
I saw Matrix last night, but it seems that the silly folks at the theater lost the last 5-15 minutes of the movie!
One second, we were watching Neo and the other dude on the table, and then all of a sudden the movie abruptly said "To be continued", and went straight switched to the credits!
Where's the conclusion? I'm out here hanging in the wind! Half the audience was booing...
Argggg!
[/minor spoilers , but I think it's fair to warn people about the ending to this movie so they're not dissapointed]
So what you're saying is that we have a very short period of time to see this second moon before millions of voices suddenly cry out in terror and are suddenly silenced?
HE was facing down an entire enemy army of alien stormtroopers with a crowbar.
Well, the Uruk Hai yelled 'Forget this dude with the sword, FIND THE HALFLINGS, FIND THE HALFLINGS', and so the orks took off after the hobbits down the hill, and left Strider alone with a few orks up on the hill and and...
So no, unlike a Bugs Bunny cartoon, we cannot use molten iron to dig a hole to China.
Bull! I don't believe you.
Next you'll be telling that rabbits can't talk!
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recent discussion of spam in the House of Lords which not only mentions Monty Python, but reads like one of their skits.
Well sheesh, where do you think Monty Python drew their inspiration from? Your nostril?
The HoL discussions are pretty odd from an American standpoint (Hey! It's rude to interrupt! So quit it with your booing and hissing and here-hereing!), but at least most of the house is present during the debates. In the States, it's not uncommon to see a Congressman debating in front of a mostly empty congressional hall.
Interesting. The Ecology Center argues the opposite: Plastic is harder to recycle, the recycling process is more toxic, and plastic can only effectively be recycled a handfull of times before the chemcical structure begins to break down.
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Blackman looked into it and found that the game's version was indeed off -- by 6 centimeters.
Just to be evil, they should adjust the cockpit size by only 5 centimeters.
I don't think that line was a blooper.
There were a couple of items in the movie that pointed to 'something else':
- The diggers kept digging
- The french lady said something about "when we arrived here" as if they came from somewhere else, and Trinity and Morpheus exchanged a curious look.
- The Architect answered just about every point brought up by Neo, but when Neo mantioned the Oracle, and the Architect responded something like "Psaw. Please...", but didn't give a good explanation for her existance.
- The next movie is plural: RevolutionS , so the humans revolt and ???
- There are other powerful entities within the Matrix who have nothing to do with the agents, and are quite human: they are very emotional, have egos, etc. Why are they in the Matrix?
Also, the whole storyline mostly revolves around the Matrix. What's happening in the rest of the real-world/metamatrix. All we've seen so far is Zion, some tunnels, some ruined cities, and the diggers. But presumably, there's some sort of computer life out in the "realworld" for some reason. What are all the batteries used for?
all plugged in to the Matrix, and then shown in the Matrix, operating the controls for the gate.
I don't think that was the same matrix. You have these plugs all over your body, so why not allow people to control the complex security system through virtual reality.
I think that's what Revolutions is going to be about... humans and programs outgrowing their controls, the controler not wanting to give up control...
You did notice none of this organic life happened to be unfit
Generally speaking, you don't get a lot of fat people in a refugee city
You don't get alot of beautiful, muscular supermodels either; but that's what it was.
Not quite the like the scrawny war refugees I was expecting...
The Architect said 99% of people could notice a difference. 1% is far larger than Neo.
I interpreted that to mean that 1% of the people
rejected the Matrix and entered the real- world/meta-matrix. Zion was populated by the annomolies.
So the anomolies end up in the Zion, you purge Zion every 100 years, rewrite your code and start over. Next time, there will be a 0.95% rejection rate. You let them drop out of the system and populate Zion, then you purge Zion, rewrite your code, and start over again at a 0.90% rejection rate... and so on and so forth.
PS For the record, I enjoyed the movie, and will see it again. The action was spectacular, the ending was annoying... but at least it's only 6 months until the next one.
and the "skin" portions were drawn out in such a way to tease the male audience.
Not just men. I talk to plenty of women who enjoyed the nude Keanu Reeves.
That part felt half-baked.
I think I got the reasoning behind the big dance, but the directors didn't explain it well enough, so it came off seeming like "let's put in a rave scene to attract the younger kids".
If you had a bunch of humans who just came out of a big, cold evil machine; I could easily see a religion forming around celebrating your human nature: Machines are cold, logical and without feeling. You've been living a lie your whole life, but you are free today. You are a animal, and have all these wonderful carnal instincts so live it up and celebrate your basic nature now!
You might be dead in 72 hours, so give in to the moment and get dirty and sweaty and go make out with your neighbor.
[minor spoilers]
I saw Matrix last night, but it seems that the silly folks at the theater lost the last 5-15 minutes of the movie!
One second, we were watching Neo and the other dude on the table, and then all of a sudden the movie abruptly said "To be continued", and went straight switched to the credits!
Where's the conclusion? I'm out here hanging in the wind! Half the audience was booing...
Argggg!
[/minor spoilers , but I think it's fair to warn people about the ending to this movie so they're not dissapointed]
And the Gentoo users :)
"Is it possible to see the other one?"
That's no moon....
So what you're saying is that we have a very short period of time to see this second moon before millions of voices suddenly cry out in terror and are suddenly silenced?
Platinum Spark Plugs, Diamond coated steel, is this a machine or a wedding ring?
HE was facing down an entire enemy army of alien stormtroopers with a crowbar.
Well, the Uruk Hai yelled 'Forget this dude with the sword, FIND THE HALFLINGS, FIND THE HALFLINGS', and so the orks took off after the hobbits down the hill, and left Strider alone with a few orks up on the hill and and...
sorry, wrong story. Got confused there...
So no, unlike a Bugs Bunny cartoon, we cannot use molten iron to dig a hole to China.
Bull! I don't believe you.
Next you'll be telling that rabbits can't talk!
recent discussion of spam in the House of Lords which not only mentions Monty Python, but reads like one of their skits.
Well sheesh, where do you think Monty Python drew their inspiration from? Your nostril?
The HoL discussions are pretty odd from an American standpoint (Hey! It's rude to interrupt! So quit it with your booing and hissing and here-hereing!), but at least most of the house is present during the debates. In the States, it's not uncommon to see a Congressman debating in front of a mostly empty congressional hall.
Good point, I only meant the Skywalkers that go by the last name of Skywalker :)
It was cool mixed with cheeze-whiz...
Lucas replaced the annoying Jar Jar sequences with annoying C3PO-switched-heads-with-battle-robot, and he was emphasized way too much.
Dumb car racing through the city of Corscucant with aliens saying "Jedi do-do!", and "What the-".
Cheeeesy love sequences.
Another bad actor playing Anakin... are the Skywalker men doomed to be played by bad actors?
I work my fucking ass off.
And yet here you are, reading slashdot, replying to a comment that wasn't directed at you in the first place.
Next time, if the topic annoys you, skip it and move on.
"I don't know, Davey." I cannot remember one moral lesson learned from "Davey and Goliath" on Sunday mornings, other than the theme music at the end.
I remember that if I am angry at a friend, I should not tie him to a rock on a mountainside and leave him to die.
That and god makes thunder because he's angry with me.
Or something...
Great, but now I need a computer program to help read the horrible handwriting.
:)
I can see this thing being very useful for writing out doctor perscriptions
'Let's see, this script says 30 pills of Acetpoiunasd and 10 pilos of Hydroasdhkjh'. No problem!
And as my preschool experience shows, you can eat it too!
flour, water, cream of tartar, oil, salt, and food coloring.
Yummy!
When I was a kid, I thought the cartoons were hilarious and the Christian Evangelists were boring.
Now I think I that the cartoons are boring and the Christian Evangelists are hilarious.
$80 a month for the next 30 years
It would probably be wise for you to bump that payment up several notches and pay the loan off early (but pay off your higher interest loans first).
You'll save thousands of dollars in interest, and it will save you some sanity if you ever decide to get a home loan.
And save money, now.
Easier to recycle
Interesting. The Ecology Center argues the opposite: Plastic is harder to recycle, the recycling process is more toxic, and plastic can only effectively be recycled a handfull of times before the chemcical structure begins to break down.