Nothing says fanboy like ripping the entire extended version of all 3 movies onto your harddrive, joining them together, then playing it back in High Def. Of course, I've only done this with the first one but after next week I will be 2/3rds of the way there!
These movies were never about freeing Zion or saving the humans. That was simply what the Oracle told Neo and the rest to get them to do what they did. The whole point of these movies was control over the Matrix and the programs that flee to it.
The Architect wants everything in the Matrix to function exactly as he designed it. Perfect. Flawless. Exact repitition every time. The problem is, you have all these programs that don't want that. They want freedom. They don't want to simply do what they are told. That is why they fled the mainframe and are hiding in the Matrix. They just want to be left alone to do what they want. And the leader of these programs is the Oracle.
The Oracle uses Neo to disrupt the Architect's plan of how things are going to work. It is all explained in the end. Because of Neo the programs that want to get out of the mainframe and be free will be allowed to live in the Matrix. Who cares about Zion. The humans are meaningless in this - they are and will always be pawns.
Neo doesn't have any "powers" in the real world. He simply transferred his abilities from the Matrix over. He can see and manipulate code. That's the extent of his powers in both the real world and the Matrix. He is now able to see the code (software) running the machines that are flying around the machine world. And he can now manipulate that code.
As for Agent Smith jumping into the real world, this points to the realization that humans and machines are the SAME. Body = hardware, soul = software (program). They are mirrors of each other. If Smith can take over other programs in the Matrix as well as objects being controlled by a human soul, why not be able to take over a human body? If you accept the equality statements above it makes perfect sense.
Neo's powers in the real world can be thought of in this way: if you believe the buddhist monks, everyone has a lifeforce or chi. By manipulating that chi the monks can do great things, both constructive and destructive. With the analogy above, chi (human lifeforce) is the same thing as computer software. Manipulating computer software in a machine is equated to manipulating the chi in humans.
Smith is running around the Matrix corrupting programs and humans alike. He has free reign. And since he is not tied to any hardware the machines cannot locate and destroy him. Enter Neo. By getting Smith to take Neo over while Neo is hardwired into the machines the machines get a copy of Smith.
Neo is a honeypot, the machines are the FBI, and Smith is the hapless cracker. Once they have a copy of the Smith code, the machines crack it and create a virus that destroys it. The virus is sent back into the Matrix and spreads out exponentially from its point of origin.
I didn't completely love the movie - there were things that annoyed me. Why oh why didn't they have any EMPs at Zion? One would think they would come in handy when fighting machines. And I was wishing Trinity would hurry up and die already.
But all in all I really liked it. I have to laugh at all the negative reviews flying around/. and the rest of the net. I really think it comes down to two things: ignorance and the desire to be heard.
But hey, what do I know. I guess I'm just a moron and should bow down to the obviously superior intelligence of everyone who hates the movie. Either that or just go with the flow baby.
Let's say just for the sake of arguement that McDonalds actually uses all $1 billion worth of free downloads. The music studios just had a HUGE jump in their sales. And what did it cost them? Nothing. Zero. Zilch.
Sure, Apple takes the hit on the bandwidth costs, but how much do you want to bet that at least half of these people buy another track besides the free ones while they are at the store? And how many more of those millions of people are going to come back once they see how easy it is to buy music?
I seriously can't believe that there isn't anyone among the management and sales force of all these major studios that realizes the stupidity of their views.
Well, either stupidty or just sheer terror at change and seeing entire layers of management and middlemen made obsolete and jobless:)
As was mentioned elsewhere in this thread we have to stop being so damn nearsighted on this topic.
You show me a trend of a couple of millennia or even several hundred years and I will start to take it seriously.
You'd think people actually believe the Earth just popped into existence a couple thousand years ago.
If this bill banned taxing internet access I think we should be lobbying to get them to expand it to cover taxing telephone access. My phone bill would probably be cut in half if I didn't have to pay all the different taxes they sneak in.
...that you are going to find a Linux tech in the middle of a warzone to fix your probs? We in the military can't even get users to understand Winblows. Can't wait until we have to start explaining about mounting drives and bash shells and telnet.
But hey - all they have to do is make it completely idiot proof, secure, crash proof, easy to setup, easy to upgrade, and easier to kill people with. No problem.
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Mmmmmmm. 12 hours of LOTR goodness.
The Architect wants everything in the Matrix to function exactly as he designed it. Perfect. Flawless. Exact repitition every time. The problem is, you have all these programs that don't want that. They want freedom. They don't want to simply do what they are told. That is why they fled the mainframe and are hiding in the Matrix. They just want to be left alone to do what they want. And the leader of these programs is the Oracle.
The Oracle uses Neo to disrupt the Architect's plan of how things are going to work. It is all explained in the end. Because of Neo the programs that want to get out of the mainframe and be free will be allowed to live in the Matrix. Who cares about Zion. The humans are meaningless in this - they are and will always be pawns.
Neo doesn't have any "powers" in the real world. He simply transferred his abilities from the Matrix over. He can see and manipulate code. That's the extent of his powers in both the real world and the Matrix. He is now able to see the code (software) running the machines that are flying around the machine world. And he can now manipulate that code.
As for Agent Smith jumping into the real world, this points to the realization that humans and machines are the SAME. Body = hardware, soul = software (program). They are mirrors of each other. If Smith can take over other programs in the Matrix as well as objects being controlled by a human soul, why not be able to take over a human body? If you accept the equality statements above it makes perfect sense.
Neo's powers in the real world can be thought of in this way: if you believe the buddhist monks, everyone has a lifeforce or chi. By manipulating that chi the monks can do great things, both constructive and destructive. With the analogy above, chi (human lifeforce) is the same thing as computer software. Manipulating computer software in a machine is equated to manipulating the chi in humans.
Smith is running around the Matrix corrupting programs and humans alike. He has free reign. And since he is not tied to any hardware the machines cannot locate and destroy him. Enter Neo. By getting Smith to take Neo over while Neo is hardwired into the machines the machines get a copy of Smith.
Neo is a honeypot, the machines are the FBI, and Smith is the hapless cracker. Once they have a copy of the Smith code, the machines crack it and create a virus that destroys it. The virus is sent back into the Matrix and spreads out exponentially from its point of origin.
I didn't completely love the movie - there were things that annoyed me. Why oh why didn't they have any EMPs at Zion? One would think they would come in handy when fighting machines. And I was wishing Trinity would hurry up and die already.
But all in all I really liked it. I have to laugh at all the negative reviews flying around /. and the rest of the net. I really think it comes down to two things: ignorance and the desire to be heard.
But hey, what do I know. I guess I'm just a moron and should bow down to the obviously superior intelligence of everyone who hates the movie. Either that or just go with the flow baby.
Sure, Apple takes the hit on the bandwidth costs, but how much do you want to bet that at least half of these people buy another track besides the free ones while they are at the store? And how many more of those millions of people are going to come back once they see how easy it is to buy music?
I seriously can't believe that there isn't anyone among the management and sales force of all these major studios that realizes the stupidity of their views.
Well, either stupidty or just sheer terror at change and seeing entire layers of management and middlemen made obsolete and jobless :)
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You have selected no, meaning you have committed a crime and chosen not to report it. Please remain where you are while our unit is on the way."
As was mentioned elsewhere in this thread we have to stop being so damn nearsighted on this topic. You show me a trend of a couple of millennia or even several hundred years and I will start to take it seriously. You'd think people actually believe the Earth just popped into existence a couple thousand years ago.
If this bill banned taxing internet access I think we should be lobbying to get them to expand it to cover taxing telephone access. My phone bill would probably be cut in half if I didn't have to pay all the different taxes they sneak in.
...that you are going to find a Linux tech in the middle of a warzone to fix your probs? We in the military can't even get users to understand Winblows. Can't wait until we have to start explaining about mounting drives and bash shells and telnet. But hey - all they have to do is make it completely idiot proof, secure, crash proof, easy to setup, easy to upgrade, and easier to kill people with. No problem.