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mal - Nov 7, 2003

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  mal Nov 7, 2003
Is everyone giving it a miss after seeing Reloaded?

I haven't been able to see it yet because of work, but I'm going when I'm free (Tuesday).

It's no big deal, I'm just a little suprised no one has brought it up yet. *shrug*

 Shitface Nov 7, 2003
There will probobly be more talk about it about a week or two after its release. Thats what happen when I asked about the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

 CrazyGoon Nov 7, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by mal@Nov 7, 2003 @ 05:56 AM



 Is everyone giving it a miss after seeing Reloaded?



I haven't been able to see it yet because of work, but I'm going when I'm free (Tuesday). 



It's no big deal, I'm just a little suprised no one has brought it up yet. *shrug*


From what I heard, revolutions makes up for reloaded three-fold.

 vbt Nov 7, 2003
Unfortunatly I missed Matrix Reloaded and waited for the DVD release before seeing Matrix 3. But Matrix 3 is already available . It means I won't go to see the 3 at the cinema too (not before the 2). I'll wait for the DVD pack if they decide to produce one.

 MasterAkumaMatata Nov 7, 2003
I'm going to watch it tonight.

 IceDigger Nov 7, 2003
It was really slow in the beginning and the last fight was dragged out waaaay to long. Other then that it was great.

 Scared0o0Rabbit Nov 7, 2003
I've heard from quite a few people that it was actually worse than the second one. In any case, I already wish I had the $9 I spent on teh ticket and 2 hours of my life back from watching the 2nd one, I won't be risking my time or money on the third one.

 racketboy Nov 7, 2003
I haven't seen the 2nd one yet.

Don't shoot me.

I just watched half of the Animatrix last night.

Great animation, but some of it is pretty depressing (primarily "The Second Renaissance ")

 it290 Nov 7, 2003
Yeah, I tried to scam a ticket off my buddy for $3, but unfortunately it was a no go. I think I'll wait for the dvd. The Animatrix was cool though.. although you have to wonder, with that one cartoon where that kid was so freaking cool when escaping the agents, why did he suck so badly in the real world?

 Tagrineth Nov 7, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Scared0o0Rabbit@Nov 7, 2003 @ 01:26 PM



 I've heard from quite a few people that it was actually worse than the second one. In any case, I already wish I had the $9 I spent on teh ticket and 2 hours of my life back from watching the 2nd one, I won't be risking my time or money on the third one.


Pay attention next time you watch a movie.

I loved Revolutions. I loved the whole trilogy.

When the inevitable DVD box set appears, I am so fscking buying it.

 Jurai Nov 7, 2003
they should've stopped after the first one, 2 and 3 are

 Shitface Nov 7, 2003
I don't know what ya'll are talkin' 'bout. 2 was a great movie. As was one. Many people say they talk to much in the second one, but if they didn't talk, there would be no story development, character growth, and now way to understand whats happening at all. I took the dvd of Reloaded to my friends house and all he could say was... "damn... stop talking already and fight!". But then he didn't understand a damn thing that was going on and i had to explain it all to him.

 chubbito666 Nov 7, 2003
I think that Revolutions makes Reloaded seem as good as the first one. It had its moments, but seemed like a piss poor effort to me. Extremely dissapointing.

 ratfish Nov 8, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Jurai@Nov 7, 2003 @ 02:28 PM



 they should've stopped after the first one, 2 and 3 are [poopy -ed.]


I agree.

I was one of the few fans of the first movie who were disappointed after seeing the second and third iterations.

-SPOILER-

Reloaded was alright (my main gripe was having to see Neo's ass, with the whole raving/fucking scene not being a necessity, while they could have spent that time refining the plot or something).

Revolutions turned out to be a disappointment in its own way. There were too many things that were left unexplained that could have been been elaborated (how Neo could separate his body from his mind, unconsciously jacking in, how he defeated Smith, what exactly he was seeing in flames (light patterns), etc.). Some of the fight scenes (the diggers at Zion especially) were long and could have been shortened for the final cut where more story/explanation could have been put in. I found myself leaving a lot to my imagination because of the loose (if any) explanations offered by the story.

I wouldn't have been angry if they had decided to postpone the 3rd movie for another year to work on it in depth, refining some vital points here and there, editing and such.

Otherwise, it was worth $8.25.

 Tagrineth Nov 8, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Revolutions turned out to be a disappointment in its own way. There were too many things that were left unexplained that could have been been elaborated (how Neo could separate his body from his mind, unconsciously jacking in


It's because he's The One, they said so in the movie. And he didn't actually ENTER the matrix on his own, he was stuck halfway, in the Train Station - which if you think about it is a paradox in and of itself, how can you have a place halfway between simulation and real world?


  
	
	

		
		

			how he defeated Smith


There are two possibilities.

1. Neo and Smith were, as Oracle said, two halves of a balanced equation. My friend Jon thinks that when Smith absorbed Neo, the equation was completed, thus resulting in no more need for either half to exist.

or

2. Neo was jacked DIRECTLY into a Machine terminal, controlled by the Deus Ex Machina. Most tend to think that when Smith absorbed Neo, the DEM gained direct access to Smith's core code, and was then able to analyse it and introduce a 100% perfect counter-virus against him.


  
	
	

		
		

			what exactly he was seeing in flames (light patterns), etc.).


This one was less obvious.

He seemed to have some innate sense for Machine code being executed. Anything controlled by the Machine AI was visible to Neo. It IS weird, but can you come up with anything better?


  
	
	

		
		

			Some of the fight scenes (the diggers at Zion especially) were long and could have been shortened for the final cut where more story/explanation could have been put in. I found myself leaving a lot to my imagination because of the loose (if any) explanations offered by the story.


That was intentional. The Brothers, just like in the previous two movies, wanted to leave some things open to interpretation. If everything was explained in black and white terms, we wouldn't be having this discussion right now, ne?

 ratfish Nov 8, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Tagrineth+Nov 8, 2003 @ 11:45 AM-->
QUOTE(Tagrineth @ Nov 8, 2003 @ 11:45 AM)
It's because he's The One, they said so in the movie. And he didn't actually ENTER the matrix on his own, he was stuck halfway, in the Train Station - which if you think about it is a paradox in and of itself, how can you have a place halfway between simulation and real world?[/b]



There must be more than just our world and the computer world. There's an intangible link somewhere between the two or something.


  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Tagrineth@Nov 8, 2003 @ 11:45 AM



He seemed to have some innate sense for Machine code being executed. Anything controlled by the Machine AI was visible to Neo. It IS weird, but can you come up with anything better?


Neo must have had a seventh sense. I've heard that when a person loses one of their senses, usually their other senses improve a little bit.