The swordfight in the beginning: wow! Some of the techniques were ones I've always wanted to see in Highlander. I didn't care for the sexual aspect of the fight, but man, that is some intense swordwork, and I enjoyed seeing it carry the same visual technique as the gun battles from the film.
I appreciated the story: a threat to Zion, I guess elaborated on in the new films? I haven't seen 'em yet - probably wait for DVD. Meh, shut-it! I enjoyed the sacrificial aspect of the story, wish it could have been drawn out a bit more.
"The Second Renaissance"
I'm reviewing this as one bit, although it is packaged as parts one AND two.
I enjoyed the animation style of this the best. I liked seeing how the robots eventually took control -- what's so sad is how often mankind had the opportunity to change their future by extending the hand of friendship, but instead extended the hand of war: and lost everything.
I don't get *how* they completely blocked out the sky. How do you destroy a sky?
I enjoyed the World War II and Vietnam parallels in this story: i.e., the soldier putting the gun to the robot's head and firing, the robots being pushed into giant graves by 'dozers. That imagery worked, to my mind, particularly well.
I also enjoyed how the liberals were all for standing up for the robot's rights
"Kid's Story"
I didn't like the animation style on this -- too, "choppy"? The story seems uninspired, or rather, inspired too much by Neo's own journey. Kid searches for "truth" on net, gets mystery reply; next day in class phone rings, "they're coming for you." Big chase, agents trap him, only escape is to fall off a building. Somehow, miraculously, survives and is rescued by the Nebecanezzer. Forgive my spelling.
* I thought the reason Neo was rescued was because Morpheous and Co. were able to somehow track his physical body by doing something to his Matrix form? Did this happen with this kid?
* Since he's "dead" in the Matrix world, can he still rejoin?
"Program"
Woohoo, more bladed weapons. A test for a new escapee from the Matrix. Not sure how "new" she is. A comrade - implication, lover - tells her he's made the decision to sell out to the machines and rejoin the Matrix. Cypher all over again, right? Big fight, steel against steel, massively oversized bladed weapons doing ridiculous amounts of damage. Stylish, but I didn't really care for it. Like "Kid's Story", it seemed like a direct rip-off of the movie which fails to "expand" the understanding of the universe of the Matrix.
* Note: she was on Zion, I assume? She boards elevator later, and it takes her up MANY levels -- I don't think the hoverships even have elevators, and they certainly don't have that many decks.
"World Record"
Worst of 'em all. The animation is plain horrible, it looks like the characters are experiencing 20gs or something, their faces and bodies are being "peeled" back in all directions. It's hard to focus on. Athelete through supreme physical exertion manages to "regain awareness" in the red-bubble-bath before collapsing on track. Later overcomes "physical" restrictions on his body placed by the Agents. Okay story, animation bad, clarity poor.
This is all I've seen so far. I've got "Beyond", "A Detective Story', and "Matriculated" to go.
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"I don't think the hoverships even have elevators, and they certainly don't have that many decks."
Not necessarily, there could be more ship classes than the two we've seen so far.
"probably wait for DVD. Meh, shut-it!"
Living life to the fullest, eh? *KA-SNORT!!*
About the weapons and damage in "Program", you seem to forget Morpheus' moves in the sparring program of Matrix 1. I loved it, all of it, especially Hedy Burress' seksee voice.
You'll hear her again, in "Beyond". She's cutesy redhead.
Note: If you liked MTV's "�on Flux", you'll like "Matriculated", believe me.
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I've seen Final Flight, World Record, Kid's Story and Second Renaissance pt1 on Five (although for some reason they put them on at midnight and I forgot to set the video up for Rennaisance pt2 )
I agree with Snay; Final Flight and Second Rennaisance were definitely the best of the ones I've seen and I didn't care for the animation styles on Kid's Story and World Record. I'll probably get the DVD; I have a �5 Amazon voucher somewhere in my inbox...
quote: She's cutesy redhead.
Sounds good to me...
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Not only did I watch all of these, but I also listened (well, read) the commentary tracks. Thus, I can answer this:
quote: I don't get *how* they completely blocked out the sky. How do you destroy a sky?
According to the director, those clouds of inky blackness were made up of nanomachines. Admittedly, nanotech is the new magic, but the implication is that they weren't simply creating clouds that block the sun, but instigating some sort of active (and self-renewing?) process that created an opaque layer in the atmosphere.
Really, the whole "scorched the sky" thing makes very little sense. If you're faced with an apocalyptic war between robots and organic life, a strategy that will ensure the extinction of 99% of that life hardly seems sound. Plus it didn't work, even a little.
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The Kid from Kids Story is the same person that follows neo around in Reloaded. Quite cool in my opinion, and i really like the art work on this one. Beyond is basically about a group of kids who find a glitch in the matrix..gravity isnt working as it should. not bad, but by no means the best. that goes to Osiris in my opinion. Dectecive Story is perfect film noir...excellent story, excellent art.
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Aban the question you need to ask yourself is whether or not you want to spend the money. Enter The Matrix really isnt that great a game. I'm playing it solely to see the whole story. The gameplay is VERY glitchy. The graphics aren't really that impressive. Unless your planning on butying other games for the system you buy, in which case I recommend the Gamecube. I have owned all current systems and have sold my PS2 and Xbox. The PS2 is an awful machine. The Xbox is good but there isnt the quality games that there is for GameCube. If you would be buying it just for the Matrix game then I@d just get it for the PC.
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quote:Originally posted by Sol System: Really, the whole "scorched the sky" thing makes very little sense. If you're faced with an apocalyptic war between robots and organic life, a strategy that will ensure the extinction of 99% of that life hardly seems sound. Plus it didn't work, even a little.
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Question: was the Osiris mentioned in the Matrix Reloaded? I heard something about the Sentinels capturing the Osiris and downloading the location of Zion, thus alerting Niobe to the threat.
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quote:Originally posted by Saltah'na: Question: was the Osiris mentioned in the Matrix Reloaded? I heard something about the Sentinels capturing the Osiris and downloading the location of Zion, thus alerting Niobe to the threat.
Um, Osiris detected the AI's drilling activity/plan and alerted Zion.
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quote:Originally posted by Saltah'na: Question: was the Osiris mentioned in the Matrix Reloaded? I heard something about the Sentinels capturing the Osiris and downloading the location of Zion, thus alerting Niobe to the threat.
They didn't capture the Osiris, they tor it to bits. Also, the machines seamed to already know exactly where Zion was.
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