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Post by Scary Gary on Apr 24, 2010 14:50:48 GMT -5
Here is another one dear to me.
The Matrix sequels.
I absolutely loved The Matrix, only to have the hope of an awesome pair of sequels stomped to death by Reloaded and Revelations. If you could change the series, how would you do it?
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Post by drivebyluna on Apr 24, 2010 15:32:39 GMT -5
Have them actually be in a second Matrix in the end. How else would Neo have stopped the squids at the end of the first film?
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Post by Scary Gary on Apr 25, 2010 16:10:33 GMT -5
Have them actually be in a second Matrix in the end. How else would Neo have stopped the squids at the end of the first film? I agree 100%. I would have loved the second movie if they went down that path. My theory for were Revelations was going was exactly that. I referred to it as the subroutine. Most people were stuck in the matrix. Just as the original matrix, based on a Utopian model failed, there were a small but significant number of people who rejected the matrix. So the robots created a subroutine that allowed these individuals to still be trapped in the matrix but think they were outside. Up until this point, all the events we have seen have been in this faux reality. In the third film, Neo truly frees himself from the matrix and discovers the truth of the real world. At this point, my theory split into many possibilities. I don't recall all that I came up with, but one of them was that there were no robots. It was all based on a few men in a world were resources had been stretched past the breaking point. A world were the uber rich have enslaved the rest of humanity to maintain their well-being. |
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Post by lynn on Apr 25, 2010 17:42:12 GMT -5
ohh, I like the no robots one. And when they go outside there's tame deer and stuff.
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Post by Gilberto on Apr 25, 2010 17:48:17 GMT -5
Mr. Smith should not be in the sequels. That was their first mistake. When characters are popular they bring them back for no reason. That's what happened to Yoda.
There should be a logical reason why Neo is "the One", instead of chalking it up to fantasy movie hoodoo or pretending that the weirdness was because it's an allegory for the gnostic philosophy or some crap. If they're still in the Matrix and Neo is actually a program, that's a pretty good concept to run with. A program to balance out the system would have a logical purpose in the Matrix, because giving the humans hope would keep them pacified. What better way than to convince them they are already in the process of rebellion? It would keep them from pursuing the real truth.
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