I can't make it more then 5 minutes into the Matrix before I have to shut it off.Can't really shun you for that. I've seen it precisely once, when it first came out on VHS. I wasn't impressed.
I loved all three, but I'm willing to admit that they were only slightly above average as sci-fi movies go. That being said, I'm a philosophy buff and the underlying ideas that the movies are based on elevated them for me.
I remember a lot of my friends talking about it pretty deeply. I was more impressed with the "gee whiz" factor of the special effects.. lol
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I also have to admit that after playing Hatsune Miku Project Diva F I binged on vocaloid music. I now have very strong opinions on which vocaloids are the most awesome (the Kagamines, esp Rin), and vocaloid music is now my goto music at work.
And my children mock me mercilessly for it.
An example, in case you don't know what I'm talking about.
It's cool to see these ideas put into a high-budget movie, but the Matrices don't really bring anything that new to the table. I mostly agree with Nostalgia Critic on this one—the first one's neat and stuff, but they think they're way smarter than they really re.
It's just nice to see something other than Michael Bay's EXPLOSION:THE MOVIE! Unfortunately, that seems to be the current order of the day.
You really gotta wonder what the trilogy would've been like if Will Smith didn't turn down the role of Neo.
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Eh, if you want a great action movie, go see Mad Max: Fury Road. The Matrix's action isn't what people remember. It's The Matrix's visual effects and ideas that stuck with people. I still like Mad Max better on that front, too, though.
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An example, in case you don't know what I'm talking about.I also have to admit that after playing Hatsune Miku Project Diva F I binged on vocaloid music. I now have very strong opinions on which vocaloids are the most awesome (the Kagamines, esp Rin), and vocaloid music is now my goto music at work.
And my children mock me mercilessly for it.
I need to pick up that game. I rather enjoy the vocaloid music.
It's all actually one big explosion. Unless you mean to tell me you think the "explosions" have anything going on between them.
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Confession? I ******* hate the new Vigilante class. I think it brings nothing to the game and actually detracts from it by taking away from roleplaying opportunities. The only positive aspect of the class is the modular class design, but the mechanics provided are weak at best and awful at worst.
I never liked Larry Elmore's art for earlier D&D editions.
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I don't like David Bowie.
*dives behind a table*
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I never knew who Larry Elmore was.
His work graced the Dragonlance book covers and many, many Dragon Magazine covers and interiors. He's not a bad artist, but I just didn't care much for his style.
Larry Elmore's Nightly Show is Amazing! ;0
Oh, and I don't understand how a machine can be so desperate for power that it will plug millions of people into pods and make them into batteries, while still able to manufacture tens of thousands of super strong, gravity defying, robotic squids?
I mean, one robot squid on a treadmill has got to be good for at least 500kVA/hours, am I right, am I right?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, merely changed from one form to another. You have to power the squid somehow, and that energy comes from somewhere. If that squid were to run on a treadmill, it's not like it would generate more energy than what is used to power it.
Honestly, I suspect that the squids use more than just human powered batteries to get energy. For example, with the polluted and cloudy sky, I bet there's tons of lightning strikes that they can harvest for energy.
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Human metabolism alone uses way more power than the heat we produce. The entire concept was flawed.
Futurama made fun of it a good amount in the episode where you meet Farnsworth's parents.
Page 68 The Divinity Drive, that is where you will find the beginnings of your army of robots
I loved all three, but I'm willing to admit that they were only slightly above average as sci-fi movies go. That being said, I'm a philosophy buff and the underlying ideas that the movies are based on elevated them for me.I can't make it more then 5 minutes into the Matrix before I have to shut it off.Can't really shun you for that. I've seen it precisely once, when it first came out on VHS. I wasn't impressed.
I watched the first Matrix in a religion class, because the professor loves gnosticism. I think I've also been part of philosophical Matrix conversations, but I can't remember any specific themes. What are your favorites?
Fun (Fairly Well-Known) Fact: The original idea for The Matrix was processing power. Executives deemed it too complicated for audiences at the time.
I watched the first Matrix in a religion class, because the professor loves gnosticism. I think I've also been part of philosophical Matrix conversations, but I can't remember any specific themes. What are your favorites?I loved all three, but I'm willing to admit that they were only slightly above average as sci-fi movies go. That being said, I'm a philosophy buff and the underlying ideas that the movies are based on elevated them for me.I can't make it more then 5 minutes into the Matrix before I have to shut it off.Can't really shun you for that. I've seen it precisely once, when it first came out on VHS. I wasn't impressed.
It's interesting to see their treatment of the allegory of the cave. Some of the subtext regarding purpose was also interesting, though I never really bought into it.
Edit: I also liked the conversation in the train station at the beginning of the third. Talking about the difference between words and the thoughts they are meant to convey. I'm going to be picking up a book on general semantics in the near future which goes into greater depth on the subject.
Fun (Fairly Well-Known) Fact: The original idea for The Matrix was processing power. Executives deemed it too complicated for audiences at the time.
Which ought to be hilarious to anyone who read the Hyperion Cantos.
If memory serves, that was the studio's fault. The original explanation for the matrix was processing power, not electrical power.
That makes more sense!
I liked the first movie more.I liked the cartoon shorts more than the second and third movie.
Explosion the movie would have a helicopter crash into an illegal munitions dump for the main explosion. The main character will be left wondering who was behind things. His father had found out he has an awful fatal disease and crashed the copter, making the audience the only ones who were really happy.
Wait.....the matrix was available on VHS?
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sometimes I believe the finger pointing at the moon, IS the moon
what "MOONMOON" how he get o this go way bad wolf
If memory serves, that was the studio's fault. The original explanation for the matrix was processing power, not electrical power.That makes more sense!
I liked the first movie more.
I liked the cartoon shorts more than the second and third movie.
Yes that does make more sense... until those idiotic 2nd and 3rd movies where they wipe out all the humans in the matrix.
sometimes I believe the finger pointing at the moon, IS the moon
Reminded me of this.
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There's no thread to brag on so here goes
When my kids pretend they don't pretend to be power rangers, cops or any other cliche, it's either Goblins, Fey (with Nixies, Leprechauns and Korreds they usual) or Androids, battling killer robots or Otyughs or Astrdaemons or more recently Jabberwocks:-)
Wait.....the matrix was available on VHS?
LOL yes.
I watched the first Matrix in a religion class, because the professor loves gnosticism. I think I've also been part of philosophical Matrix conversations, but I can't remember any specific themes. What are your favorites?I loved all three, but I'm willing to admit that they were only slightly above average as sci-fi movies go. That being said, I'm a philosophy buff and the underlying ideas that the movies are based on elevated them for me.I can't make it more then 5 minutes into the Matrix before I have to shut it off.Can't really shun you for that. I've seen it precisely once, when it first came out on VHS. I wasn't impressed.It's interesting to see their treatment of the allegory of the cave. Some of the subtext regarding purpose was also interesting, though I never really bought into it.
Edit: I also liked the conversation in the train station at the beginning of the third. Talking about the difference between words and the thoughts they are meant to convey. I'm going to be picking up a book on general semantics in the near future which goes into greater depth on the subject.
...Ah yes, I can see the allegory to the allegory of the cave.
Cave = Matrix
Freed Prisoner = Neo
Reflection of Sun in Water = "Stop trying to hit me, and hit me!" (?) "I'm sorry kiddo, but you're not the One." (?)
The Sun Itself = "The spoon isn't really there." (?) Neo's death, resurrection, and Smith-dive?
Well, I can sort of see it, I guess. What's your take on it?
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I don't like David Bowie.
*dives behind a table*
Awwww, man. That just hurts me, physically.
The only positive aspect of the class is the modular class design, but the mechanics provided are weak at best and awful at worst.I think that the weakest aspect of the class is that it's four largely unrelated classes awkwardly shoved onto the same framework.
Confession: I know nothing about the Vigilante, or what's shun-worthy about liking or not liking it.
I don't think that Star Trek V was a bad movie.
I don't think that Star Trek V was a bad movie.
I shun you.
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I don't think that Star Trek V was a bad movie.I shun you.
But it had some of McCoy's best lines ever:
"You really piss me off Jim!"
"I liked him better before he died!"
I don't know which one was Star Trek 5
Also for Star Trek awesomeness, go to YouTube and search for Wrath of Khan opera :-)
Was that the one with Time traveling whales?
Star Trek V was the one Shatner directed, searching for God...
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The search for the wrath of time traveling Spock, God of the Space Whales?
It's just a list of artists across the musical spectrum whose music I don't care for. I do like other artists who are similar to the ones I don't like, but preferences are weird like that.In regards to Imagine, it's just a matter of preference for me. I don't like John Lennon for the same reason I don't like Katy Perry, The Mamas and the Poppas, System of a Down, Beyonce, Dave Matthews Band, Chuck Berry or Cannibal Corpse. Sometimes the message has nothing to do with it.Okay, cool. It's all about the melody/tune/whatever for me, so no judgments here. Though I have no idea what all of those artists have in common.
I can't stand the bulk of Lennon either. Cold Turkey is a lonely exception.