Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
so did I kill the thread with my hugonous post?
Well, I covered it, but didn't analyze it. "...Nope, the machines are still sucking down energy from people that don't know any better..."Originally posted by: SP33Demon
No, you didn't. You just failed to analyze the most important part of the movie, that humans have now been granted the freedom to leave the Matrix of their own volition by the Architect, thanks to Neo.Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
so did I kill the thread with my hugonous post?
Originally posted by: Ziptar
Well.. that was a waste.. Just not the third one... The third one ruined the previous two..... The whole Trilogy is crap now aside from seeing some really cool effects..
Smith was the only real threat to the Machine world... not Neo... Not the Humans.. Smith wanted it all for no apparent reseon, he just did.... Neo was Played by the Oracle to do her bidding and play the game... Until at least Smith was a threat to her, then she uses Neo to stop Smith and save the Machine World...... Kind of convienient that the oracle is someone completely different in this one (OK so the actress that played her really did die..) and has to "make a change" and "tough choice". Basically it was all just a game that the Oracle and the Architect played until Smith got out of Control... then it wasn't funny anymore... In the end the Oracle is the one that actually destroys Smith... but it is never made clear how...
So... In the end Neo is Dead (and Blind) Trinity is Dead, The Machine World Goes on as If nothing Happend, Happily cranking out little human batteries, with the exception that they promise to leave the Humans that live in the hole in the ground alone, and let other unhappy human batteries leave the Matrix and go live in a hole in the ground too. WOO HOO!!! Neo really kicked some Machine ass and the Humans came out on top of that one..
Basically... That makes the whole Trilogy pointless... Neo and the Humans are right back where they started (except Neo is blind and dead.). Actully less than that.. Oh sure the machines will leave them alone in thier hole in the ground, but they could have had that if they didn't bother to come out of the hole in the first place... Now they are still in the hole but, there is allot less of them and the place is a mess...
At first you might think that Whoa! brilliant piece of writting for the oracle to be using Neo to sniff out Smith who was the anomoly and the one all along, and then use the humans against themselves to make the matrix better... What a mind job.....
Well I wish it was the case... It's the final closing scene that destroys all three fils in one fell swoop.. There are no answers, there is no resolution....
There in the bright rising sun, three computer programs chat it up, The Oracle and The Architect sum up three movies worth of plot in a fashion that I can only equate to Mortimer and Randolph Duke settling their one dollar bet in Trading places... even then there is hope... until the Oracle delivers the line that leaves it all up for Matrix 4..... Then it's done... that clinches it...
The ending is nothing more than the Hollywood machine primimg it's pumps to milk movie goers all over again.. That's when the stench sets in and you realize that the entire third movie is just a stinking hack job, that when you see the plot and charcter changes for what they are... Irrelevent and meaningless.....
Yeah.. The matrix Trilogy is over allright.. They killed it.... The ending of this one strips away any intrpretation, symbolism, or mystery of the Matrix Series... It turns the whole thing into homginized, prepacked, Hollywood commercial piece of crap..
I can't agree more with the Rolling Stone Reviwer...
As for the big-payoff ending -- the equivalent of a Viking funeral -- it reduces the Wachowskis' take on the Judeo-Christian ethic to Hollywood gloss. Cueing the music, the sunshine and the hint of another sequel can't distract us from the fact that nothing is revealed. Neo, dude, you blew it.
It is defineitly a rotten tomato.. Someone give me a Blue Pill so I can forget it ever happend...
Originally posted by: Growltiger
I can't remember who said it, but it's an interesting theory about Neo being a program. Just as Smith could d/l himself into Bane, a Neo program could d/l into a human.
Also interesting: the candy....gotta think about that one for a bit.
Just a thought regarding Merov:
It's already been mentioned that he could represent Satan. I can sort of see this for a few reasons.
1.) Satan is always willing to bargain. He'll give you what you want, but only for a price and only if it will benefit him. Merov exhibits this in Revolutions in the club scene.
2.) The red imagery. Yes, I know this is weak, but it's still there in the club scene
3.) He has Persephone (daugher of Zeus and Demeter who was taken by Pluto, God of the underworld, to live with him) at his side.
If the idea of him as the Devil stands, then could the train station be a form of the purgatory? I'm probably over analyzing the religious qualities, but just a thought, since no one seems to have figured out the point of the train station scene.
Originally posted by: Growltiger
I can't remember who said it, but it's an interesting theory about Neo being a program. Just as Smith could d/l himself into Bane, a Neo program could d/l into a human.
Also interesting: the candy....gotta think about that one for a bit.
Just a thought regarding Merov:
It's already been mentioned that he could represent Satan. I can sort of see this for a few reasons.
1.) Satan is always willing to bargain. He'll give you what you want, but only for a price and only if it will benefit him. Merov exhibits this in Revolutions in the club scene.
2.) The red imagery. Yes, I know this is weak, but it's still there in the club scene
3.) He has Persephone (daugher of Zeus and Demeter who was taken by Pluto, God of the underworld, to live with him) at his side.
If the idea of him as the Devil stands, then could the train station be a form of the purgatory? I'm probably over analyzing the religious qualities, but just a thought, since no one seems to have figured out the point of the train station scene.
Originally posted by: mAdMaLuDaWg
Don't forget the button of the elevator that said hell.
He did!!!Originally posted by: BunLengthHotDog
About Mero wanting Neo dead....He wanted the Oracle even more, and could use Neo as a bargaining chip for getting the eyes of the Oracle.
the kid didn't free himself from the matrix. you're probably confusing two animatrix episodes.Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
> The kid. He freed himself from the dang Matrix. Even Neo didn't do that! Yeah he played a part in saving some lives in Zion by opening that gate, but anyone in his spot could have done that. He should have been more important, and probably will be if there is a Matrix 4. So not really a question, just a comment there.
they are ghost-like programs. i don't understand why you'd ask a question like this, in light of any number of other questions, i.e. "why can trinity walk on walls" or "why is it possible to jump hundreds of meters". inside the matrix, it seems, anything is possible.> And another one, explain how the twins from Reloaded can do what they did, phasing out and such dangit.
matrix 2-5 ended with only 23 humans left to reinhabit zion. from the looks of it, there were still tens of thousands of humans left this time around. i felt completely satisfied by the ending - in fact, it was somewhat expected. first of all, complete destruction of the machines would have been too far-fetched and completely contrived. also, several parts of reloaded foreshadowed this ending. oracle "i've seen the future neo, and trust me, the only way we can get there is together." neo's conversation w/ the counselor: "so we need machines, and machines need us. is that your point counselor?". the brothers ended the story with balance - the idea that humans and machines can co-exist.Revolutions was the name, that's supposed to end it right? Nope, the machines are still sucking down energy from people that don't know any better. The real humans are still stuck in a whole in the middle of the earth (now beaten to crap, thanks to the machines) and that's that. Well, crap, how did the matricies 2,3,4, and 5 end? What were their stories. I think there's going to be either a tv series/ cartoon series/ another prequel movie(s) that will explain it down the line so as not to end the matrix franchise with this movie.
Sure he did. Quote:Originally posted by: theNEOone
the kid didn't free himself from the matrix. you're probably confusing two animatrix episodes.Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
> The kid. He freed himself from the dang Matrix. Even Neo didn't do that! Yeah he played a part in saving some lives in Zion by opening that gate, but anyone in his spot could have done that. He should have been more important, and probably will be if there is a Matrix 4. So not really a question, just a comment there.
Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
Sure he did. Quote:Originally posted by: theNEOone
the kid didn't free himself from the matrix. you're probably confusing two animatrix episodes.Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
> The kid. He freed himself from the dang Matrix. Even Neo didn't do that! Yeah he played a part in saving some lives in Zion by opening that gate, but anyone in his spot could have done that. He should have been more important, and probably will be if there is a Matrix 4. So not really a question, just a comment there.
Trinity: "I didn't think self-substantiation was possible"
Neo: "Apparently it is"
substantiation: To give substance to; make real or actual.
I suppose the reason why I asked this apart from other questions you proposed is simple: this talent was mutually exclusive to just the twins.they are ghost-like programs. i don't understand why you'd ask a question like this, in light of any number of other questions, i.e. "why can trinity walk on walls" or "why is it possible to jump hundreds of meters". inside the matrix, it seems, anything is possible.> And another one, explain how the twins from Reloaded can do what they did, phasing out and such dangit.
hmm, well i just saw it again and you're right - he did get out by himself. but remember that he wasn't the only one to free himself from the matrix. remember the runner that "ran himself our of the matrix?" although what happened to him was rare, it wasn't an isolated case.Originally posted by: Growltiger
Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
Sure he did. Quote:Originally posted by: theNEOone
the kid didn't free himself from the matrix. you're probably confusing two animatrix episodes.Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
> The kid. He freed himself from the dang Matrix. Even Neo didn't do that! Yeah he played a part in saving some lives in Zion by opening that gate, but anyone in his spot could have done that. He should have been more important, and probably will be if there is a Matrix 4. So not really a question, just a comment there.
Trinity: "I didn't think self-substantiation was possible"
Neo: "Apparently it is"
substantiation: To give substance to; make real or actual.
GtPrOjEcTX is right; "the kid" did free himself. Neo kept on saying that he had nothing to do with freeing the Kid. Nevertheless, I found the Kid completely annoying in reloaded and revolutions. If only a sentinal or large piece of metal would have killed him....
True, but the runner didn't stay out of the matrix. (that and he wasn't in any of the movies)Originally posted by: theNEOone
hmm, well i just saw it again and you're right - he did get out by himself. but remember that he wasn't the only one to free himself from the matrix. remember the runner that "ran himself our of the matrix?" although what happened to him was rare, it wasn't an isolated case.
=|
Originally posted by: theNEOone
hmm, well i just saw it again and you're right - he did get out by himself. but remember that he wasn't the only one to free himself from the matrix. remember the runner that "ran himself our of the matrix?" although what happened to him was rare, it wasn't an isolated case.Originally posted by: Growltiger
Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
Sure he did. Quote:Originally posted by: theNEOone
the kid didn't free himself from the matrix. you're probably confusing two animatrix episodes.Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
> The kid. He freed himself from the dang Matrix. Even Neo didn't do that! Yeah he played a part in saving some lives in Zion by opening that gate, but anyone in his spot could have done that. He should have been more important, and probably will be if there is a Matrix 4. So not really a question, just a comment there.
Trinity: "I didn't think self-substantiation was possible"
Neo: "Apparently it is"
substantiation: To give substance to; make real or actual.
GtPrOjEcTX is right; "the kid" did free himself. Neo kept on saying that he had nothing to do with freeing the Kid. Nevertheless, I found the Kid completely annoying in reloaded and revolutions. If only a sentinal or large piece of metal would have killed him....
=|