Matrix = good or bad?
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- ESKEMA2
Animatrix > Matrix
- sarahfailin2
re: red pill conversation. I just rewatched Total Recall and the main character also gets offered a red pill to "bring him back to reality."
- autoflavour1
everything is a hologram anyway
- because of the decent pills they invented in the 90's.uan
- sted1
I lost it too when morpheus said the magic words.
that philosophical perspective is still alive :D
- uan1
The 1st is the one.
The matrix is a metaphor for the fact that we construct our reality in our minds and can't get around that without some kind of awakening. At that point you can manipulate the source code.
- scarabin0
according to the creators it’s about being trans
- Even though they weren’t trans when they made it. Fascinating.monospaced
- They don’t really give much explanation about how it’s about trans experience. Was kinda hoping for some details on that if it really is the case.monospaced
- well the success paid for a coder to make it happen.uan
- mg33-1
But didn't people really buy into it as a metaphorical thing for how the world actually worked? That's what I'm trying to think back on. I just never paid much attention to it.
For example, Akagiyama, do some people view it as a great story and that's it, or do some people view it as though it has actual merit in being a representation of the real world?
Obviously, there isn't a matrix, but I feel like some out there treated the movie as some kind of scripture that it was possible or real.
- Right, so what are you actually asking?
If it's good or bad = it's good.grafician - And it's good because you can't really tell for sure if "obviously, there isn't a matrix"grafician
- what do you mean “obviously there isn’t a matrix?” ;)monospaced
- It’s fun to think about. And they presented it really well in a tremendously unique way.monospaced
- Can't answer for anyone else, but I personally viewed it as a great movie with a (at the time) fresh perspective on "is this real life?".Akagiyama
- Mainly that it was kick ass, great SFX, music, and action. :)Akagiyama
- yupmonospaced
- Right, so what are you actually asking?
- babydick1
Bring it on, sisters!
- garbage1
I'll philosophically nerd out:
The first one is actually pretty dense, drawing heavily from the Baha'i faith.
Excerpt from Abdu’l-Bahá writings, on the Lord of Lords:
"Know thou that the Kingdom is the real world, and this nether place is only its shadow stretching out. A shadow hath no life of its own; its existence is only a fantasy, and nothing more; it is but images reflected in water, and seeming as pictures to the eye."
It's just that the Lord of Lords is an AI, and the whole thing is smeared in shades, leather and dated kung-fu. The shades have a point though.
- AQUTE-2
only a tranny could have done this and got away with it
- TERF them into a boeing engine.Brabo_Brabo
- Fuck off bobomonospaced
- sarahfailin0
The Matrix wasn't intended to be a Trilogy. As a standalone movie, it was great. It also had a lot of special effects innovations that were cool. Don't bother with the sequels.
- mort_0
It drew some ideas from eastern philosophies that go back 3000 years and hint at the nature of reality being not what we perceive. Add in a superhero, special effects, some baddies and you have entertainment.
- canoe0
good
- pango0
Feels rushed.
Feels cheap.
Feels like the director has a bone to pick with WB