Since the 16th, I’ve posted 3 times. Guess I haven’t had a whole lot to say that I haven’t said to people individually. I know, me, not talkative. The world will end.
I popped in the Matrix for the first time in quite awhile. It’s such a fun movie, considering the dialogue is so. totally. bad. Hugo Weaving and Laurence Fishburne are definitely the acting stars, and the betrayal dude doesn’t do bad either (he’s rather well known, but his name escapes me).
I find myself wishing the blonde woman had lasted long enough for me to actually get a feel for her character. It’s annoying, having someone in a team who has no definition. She doesn’t even really have any speaking parts on the ship.
Unrelatedly, I’m now off to see mum and eat fabulous amounts of turkey, stuffing (she has the bestest, moistest sausage stuffing ever), tatos, etc etc. K.T. is probably stopping by after her own family meal, which is teh awesome.
I’m missing all those of my family that I don’t get to see today. Heather, Melinda, Lucy, Autumn, Dave, Debra, Kat, Carrie, Cheryl, Amy … shit, I could go on all day, and miss the feast! I miss all you guys. I might throw another birthday party in January, just as an excuse to see as many of you as possible.
Loves,
(and happy turkey day)
I think one of the things that made the Matrix good were the fanfics, the backstories, all of that. There’s a huge world of potential for storytelling and creativity. The blonde’s name was Switch, IIRC. She’s one of those characters who could potential be explored in fanfic… but I agree, she was kind of nifty, and looked like she may have some pretty sweet backstory…I mean, why did she always wear white? (the easy way out is just to say that she was albino, so that’s her ‘style’, but I don’t dig that).
Some of the Animatrix videos were so well done… it’s sad when a movie or some media comes out, and the fanfics people write from inspiration end up being better that the original work :P
I really loved Switch, and I thought her last line was terrific, and I was really disappointed. In fact, that was my problem with the next two movies, is that everyone was so grave and stuffy, and no one was irritated or funny or anything. Without Mouse and Switch and Dozer and Tank’s fun attitude, we were stuck in the Too Many Jedi Syndrome, where everyone is calm and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
yeah, it kind of lost its mystery and character depth in 2 and 3; the only thing that really kept me watching and enjoying at that point was the scifi aspect, special effects, action… Matrix 1 really was the groundbreaker and the other two fell far short.
Where I finally said “that’s IT” was at the end of Matrix 3. I actually kind of enjoyed part 2, honestly, but by the end of 3 I was so angry I wanted to throw things at the screen.
When Neo addressed the giant floating voice of the system, I nearly jumped up. It was such a great idea, to have it form out of other, smaller things, but then the voice itself sounded stupid, and, much worse, it spoke…like a human would. It was irritated, the questions it asked were very human-like, and it was concerned with human things, and I was just so pissed off. I would have rather heard the voice of all of the machines…acting like a machine.
Whew! sorry for ranting.
haha s’all good. I didn’t mind it so much, because after all, the Matrix attempted to understand humanity; it could mimic it nearly flawlessly within the system. So when it spoke to Neo, it seemed acceptable to me because it was interacting with a human. And like any machine in typical sci-fi, it would choose a form ‘most pleasing’ or recognizable to a human when interacting with one. IMO, it was fine… I actually liked 3 better than 2. Perhaps because virtual reality is something I love, and the more powerful both Neo and Smith got, the more I was riveted to the edge of my seat as they tore up the virtual world they’d both transcended. I personally liked it :) but it still didn’t have the same feel and mystery as #1.
Much like Halo 1 compared to Halo 2. hehe
I just wished with all of my cinema-going heart that it would simply cut through its mimicry and reveal the heart of the machine, completely foreign to a human, and I was so tremendously disappointed that it seemed irritated at points. I completely see your point (and I got into a long debate with someone about the very same thing), but at the same time I wanted it to throw aside all notions of humanity and simply reveal its binary code-core.
aye, point taken. It’s definitely a great philosophical topic. The humanity of machines :) I’ve been in some myself back in the ilovebees age in dealing with the AI Melissa/Durga, and whether she should be afforded the same rights as a real, live human being. Fun stuff XD
*hugs*
*loves*
JOEY PANTS! HOW CAN YOU FORGET JOEY PANTS! he was in Memento and The Sopranos and this really horribly cheesey horror movie i saw with Colleen. much love to the Joey Pants!