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Hi everybody, Dorkman posting. Though the sequels were terrible, horrible, no good, very bad things, the original Matrix was pretty damn good. And on more-or-less the tenth anniversary of its release (in Malaysia), we serve up our thoughts on a movie that, for better or worse, represents a defining moment in cinema history.
First DiF I listened to, and was also able to do so without actually watching the film at the same time. Perfect for those painstakingly long roto jobs. And, for a moment there, I also thought this would be the standard for the upcoming episodes. You know, loving, not hating? 
Very good stuff, guys. Great analysis of the "Rorschach test" of philosophy in the film. It's a really stylish action picture that is, at its core, a rather nonsensical messiah story. Forget the humans-as-batteries conceit; the part that doesn't make sense is the idea of The One.
Last edited by Zarban (2009-12-06 03:48:06)
I noticed that red sweater thing on cypher. I always thought that he had been the captain of the ship and been over run my Morpheus.
Deamon; Nah, it's just a Star Trek reference. Red shirts get killed.
So, I was reading Reddit, and I came across this long ass post giving a perspective on the Matrix I hadn't heard before, and I thought I would share.
Interesting.
I don't have time to puzzle over it, but I read his first two posts, and I like the ideas he's talking about. Not sure if they'd actually hold up to scrutiny.
Paging Dorkman to thread 21.
Those posts... (TL;DR most of it)... but.... okay, it's an intriguing retcon fo' sho', but thinking this was the ACTUAL intent discards, as Trey would have said, Every Other Movie Ever or even The Process of Making Movies.
If he could pry that conclusion from the movies; good for him! It's fun, but, don't believe for a nanosecond that was "planned ahead" in any way/shape/form.
/Z
Funny story; I saw The Formula years before I saw this film (finally viewed it last month). So apart from the references that were obvious even to someone who had never been familiar with the franchise (the scene with the Trek nerds in the alley), I didn't recognize any of the Matrix references as references. So when I finally saw The Matrix, it was like all of the moments that The Formula was referencing were instead references to The Formula.
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