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There was something about The Matrix that I never quite got: was the Matrix an AI in and of itself, or was it just a construct made by other AIs?
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The Matrix was the consensual hallucination programmed by the AIs, an artifical construct built with one purpose: To enslave the human race mentally, and turn them into batteries.
The AIs had previously tried to make the Matrix a paradise for humans, but they apparently didn't have the programming language needed to represent humanities perfect world, and people rejected it.
It was changed into a representation of the apex of mankind's civilization, the year 1999. It isn't mentioned in the movie if all of the world lives in an avatar New York or not, but I think they probably do. It would be easier to track them all in a massive self-indexed city than across different geographic locations.
Thus, while the Matrix itself was a vast prorgram, an operating system, but it wasn't self-aware. It was patrolled by self-aware programs, called Agents, who effectivly represented every asshole IRC cop and evil administrator in existence.
The heroes were the heroic hackers, the ones that want to free your mind.
Sorry. I watched it last night.
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I'm watching Black Hawk Down later tonight. I will be drunk, well fed, and expecting carnage.
Watched Insomnia last night too. If you like film noir, you should check it out. Christopher Nolan is quickly becoming one of my favorite directors.
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She turns on the lights, and you see just how dark it really was...
Robin Williams was pretty good as the bad guy. I didn't see what the problem with him being the heavy was. In many ways, it wasn't even the main thrust of the movie.
Just saw Black Hawk Down. I could go on about it for quite some time. But instead, I'll just say "Wow."
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"Three Kings" was shit. While I'm at it, "Ocean's Eleven" was shit. Clooney needed to take his cock in the ass & stop fucking around with classic films. He'll never, ever be able to do them right.
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I would say something stupid regarding the topic and me but like I said it would be stupid.
The Matrix is like a internet multiplayer game that everyone is hooked up to. Like Starcraft, the players which you play against are the humans, and B.net is the Matrix itself. That's the closest I can figure out how I can say it.
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Ocean's Eleven--another great film. Far superior to the horrible original. (see signature) Clooney's not a bad actor, certainly not as bad as, say, Owen "They're farin' at us" Wilson or Ben Stiller. Brendan Fraser and Adam Sandler aren't too great, either.
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quote:Originally posted by Veers: Ocean's Eleven--another great film. Far superior to the horrible original.
You're a fucking idiot.
quote:Also originally posted by Veers: Clooney's not a bad actor
But he needs to stop thinking he can do fucking remakes. First "Kelly's Heroes," then "Ocean's 11?" Man, I SO hope someone finds a way t'bring The Chairman back so he can clout Clooney about the fuckin' head. What's next? "The Great Escape?" "Bullitt?" "Operation Petticoat?" "Mister Roberts?" "The Maltese Falcon?"
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