Mechamaniac Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 I'm not a Matrix fan, but I know a bunch of you d00d5 are... Hey, if you're not a fan, but know someone, and want a good HallowThankMas present... http://www.woot.com/ There ya go... Quote
Noriko Takaya Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 d00d, you are about a year late. But you aren't a Matrix fan, so you are excused. Quote
slideshot Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 I thnk he posted it moreso for the price - Doesn't that set go for like around $100 dollars? Doesn't matter to me, I have the Matrix and the Animatrix, the only two good things to come out the entire debacle of a franchise. Quote
myk Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 Years later I still don't understand any gripes about the last two Matrix films; they continue and conclude the story of Neo and the neophytes to a logical, predictable conclusion in typical fashion. Well, MY only problem with the entire series is Carrie Moss-that's not a WOMAN that's a MAN baby... Quote
Mechamaniac Posted November 14, 2005 Author Posted November 14, 2005 Yeah, I posted it for the price. Even for non Matrix fans like myself, that's a pretty tempting deal. All the movies, extra DVD's and a little Keanu statue I could plink at with my .22. I'm one in the minority I'm sure, that thinks that the series would have been much better if they didn't have [whoa] Keanu [/whoa] in them. The only Keanu film I like is Point Break, and that's because he is ok at portraying a pothead surfer type. Quote
myk Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 Point Break was, as far as I'm concerned, the best example of work for both Keanu and Patrick Swayze...Maybe for Anthony Kiedis as well? Nah, I'm just kidding... Quote
Mechamaniac Posted November 14, 2005 Author Posted November 14, 2005 Point Break was, as far as I'm concerned, the best example of work for both Keanu and Patrick Swayze...Maybe for Anthony Kiedis as well? Nah, I'm just kidding... 344671[/snapback] Dude, all things considered, I'd rather see Anthony Keidis follow in his father's footsteps, and go into acting, cuz that is one tone deaf, non-singing mofo. Quote
Skull Leader Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 I thought he was perfect for the role of Anderson/Neo. It's just a damn shame that the last two scripts were so full of gayness. Still, I hear that the new PS2 game "Path of Neo" is supposed to have a re-written ending for the whole series (maybe a "happily ever-after" for Neo and Trinity? I don't know) Quote
bsu legato Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 I hear that the ending for the new Path of Neo game is like a big, warm bukake in the face of the fans. Quote
Agent ONE Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 I hear that the ending for the new Path of Neo game is like a big, warm bukake in the face of the fans. 344795[/snapback] Which would be fitting considering the last movie. Quote
Skull Leader Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 Seriously, it couldn't have gotten any worse, so I don't see that doing a different ending could make things any more retarded than they already are. Honestly? The only direction it could go is "up". Quote
bsu legato Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 Seriously, it couldn't have gotten any worse, so I don't see that doing a different ending could make things any more retarded than they already are.Honestly? The only direction it could go is "up". 344806[/snapback] Oh really? I'll ask my buddy who's playing PoN to get me a screenshot of "Smithzilla." Quote
Skull Leader Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 Seriously, it couldn't have gotten any worse, so I don't see that doing a different ending could make things any more retarded than they already are.Honestly? The only direction it could go is "up". 344806[/snapback] Oh really? I'll ask my buddy who's playing PoN to get me a screenshot of "Smithzilla." 344807[/snapback] ... I was wrong. Just the name of what you implied means they've not only hit rock-bottom, but have now begun to dig their way to China... Quote
Wes Posted November 15, 2005 Posted November 15, 2005 Still, I hear that the new PS2 game "Path of Neo" is supposed to have a re-written ending for the whole series (maybe a "happily ever-after" for Neo and Trinity? I don't know) 344725[/snapback] More like a "The Most Rewarding Part is When They (the fans) Hand Me the Money!" ending. Quote
Noriko Takaya Posted November 15, 2005 Posted November 15, 2005 (edited) One man's take on how the Matrix should have ended. Edited November 15, 2005 by Noriko Takaya Quote
areaseven Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loinY8MmVq8 Quote
taksraven Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 Cute, but he didn't get to mention the word "virus"..... Quote
terry the lone wolf Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 Matrix is dead to me... Just like Babylon 5.. Quote
Knight26 Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 I can agree with the Matrix being dead to you, but B5 come on, it might not have ended on a high note, TNT's S5, but at least the story was good, better than what the Matrix devolved into Quote
TehPW Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 i have to admit, it was a clever commerial, the new GE-Matrix tie-in... Quote
electric indigo Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 Yeah, but on the other side I learned that in hospitals without the GE software, the personnel has no idea where the ultrasound device is at the moment. Quote
Kyp Durron Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 (edited) Matrix is dead to me... Just like Babylon 5.. Not to me, I just pretend that first Matrix movie was the only one made and how it all ends is left up to our imagination. -Kyp Edited April 30, 2013 by Kyp Durron Quote
Graham Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 But honestly, is Agent Smith, the enforcement agent for a machine race that puts humans into comas to suck out their energy as living batteries really the best reprsentative a for medical care system!!!!????? If I went into one of those hospitals with a GE system I'd be worried about coming out again........hahaha. Graham Quote
Dynaman Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 But honestly, is Agent Smith, the enforcement agent for a machine race that puts humans into comas to suck out their energy as living batteries really the best reprsentative a for medical care system!!!!????? Sounds spot on if you ask me... Quote
Mommar Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 I can agree with the Matrix being dead to you, but B5 come on, it might not have ended on a high note, TNT's S5, but at least the story was good, better than what the Matrix devolved into I agree, B5 had a good story that wasn't allowed to be told. The Matrix was ruined by it's own creators. Quote
sketchley Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 The Matrix was ruined by it's own creators.I think the fans have to be added into the mix - or at least the desire to satisfy certain segments of the fandom (looking at the needlessly complicated and wordy dialogue that sounded deep but ultimately meant nothing). Nevertheless, the second movie held promise (aside from the stupid crap about Agent upgrades). It was the third that was the let down. I mean, wouldn't it have been much cooler if it was a matrix inside of a matrix inside of a matrix, and the machines were prisoners just as much as the humans? Quote
Dynaman Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 I think the fans have to be added into the mix - or at least the desire to satisfy certain segments of the fandom (looking at the needlessly complicated and wordy dialogue that sounded deep but ultimately meant nothing). Nevertheless, the second movie held promise (aside from the stupid crap about Agent upgrades). It was the third that was the let down. I mean, wouldn't it have been much cooler if it was a matrix inside of a matrix inside of a matrix, and the machines were prisoners just as much as the humans? My opinion is that people made WAY WAY too much of the first movie, it was a great action popcorn flick and it got lucky in striking a chord with audiences. The second two tried to add more meta-physical mumbo jumbo on top the VERY thin veneer the first one had - and since the series really didn't have anything profound to say the whole thing fell in upon itself. That, plus the first move really left nothing to be follow up on. Quote
Knight26 Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 The Matrix is one of those movie(s) that gets worse the more you think about it, the logic is horrid, and the multi-level matrix idea would have made everything make much more sense then the garbage that was finally delivered to teh screen. Quote
Mommar Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 Well, from what I've read I'm inclined to believe the women who claims to have actually conceived of the idea for the movie, presented it to the Wachowski's and then they went ahead and ripped it off. As it appears they didn't understand her original intent the first movie largely got it. The next two were made purely by profit and ego, and it shows. The first one was fine the way it was. Just enough plot and style to be really fun and engaging. The next two were horrible lessons in masturbation. Quote
electric indigo Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 Well, from what I've read I'm inclined to believe the women who claims to have actually conceived of the idea for the movie, presented it to the Wachowski's and then they went ahead and ripped it off. So she was the one who ripped the concept from "Simulacron 3"? Quote
EXO Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 My opinion is that people made WAY WAY too much of the first movie, it was a great action popcorn flick and it got lucky in striking a chord with audiences. The second two tried to add more meta-physical mumbo jumbo on top the VERY thin veneer the first one had - and since the series really didn't have anything profound to say the whole thing fell in upon itself. That, plus the first move really left nothing to be follow up on. Haha. That's what I was telling my friends when we first saw it and they were telling that I was crazy and this was the Terminator or Aliens of the 90s. Bullet time wasn't that impressive either since it was just a small step above the Jump and Jive Gap commercials. Quote
taksraven Posted May 2, 2013 Posted May 2, 2013 I think that the first one worked really well. Wasn't so impressed the first time I saw it in the cinema but it grew on me. The *trailer* for the second one was really good and then it all fell apart. It has been argued that "Lana" Wachowski was really distracted during the making of the second and third films, and I have heard other excuses as to what went wrong. At the end of the day it probably would have worked better if the second and third ones hadn't been made. Quote
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