The Matrix wasn't orginal, it copied TRON

[spidey07]

Watching TRON the plot lines and very premise is the exact same. Rogue programs, user being incorporated into the operating system.

They are one and the same!!!

 

[Matthiasa]

So is your life.

 

[zerocool84]

Yea cus in TRON the machines take over the world and create a fake world for us.

 

[destrekor]

half of your premise is correct

and only half of that half is really correct.

2.5/10

 

[spidey07]

Yea cus in TRON the machines take over the world and create a fake world for us.

Meh, I haven't watched TRON in over a decade and I'm seeing the same plot.

The user in TRON is the machine, just a role reversal. Ohh sweet! Here comes the cycles!!!

Remember the cylce scene from matrix 2?

 

[kinev]

Actually, the plot of the Matrix is just an old philosophical thought experiment with added CGI effects...

 

[gorcorps]

Did anybody claim the Matrix was original? I always thought it was just some of the filmography and effects that were newish.

 

[ric1287]

figured this would be an arcadio thread

 

[DaveSimmons]

The first movie is a classic even if it borrows heavily from earlier work.

Rent Megazone 23 sometime and be surprised at how much was lifted from it for the matrix.

 

[Fayd]

it steals bullet time from max payne!

 

[HannibalX]

Most of the cool themes, visuals and dynamics in The Matrix were lifted from Blade.

Watch them back to back, Blade first and you'll see.

 

[her209]

Actually, the plot of the Matrix is just an old philosophical thought experiment with added CGI effects...

Exactly. Its just another take on Socrates' Allegory of the Cave.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

 

[brblx]

the problem is that tron was gay.

edit: also, in the matrix universe, defense companies use early vietnam-era m16's. that's odd.

 

[TallBill]

I personally liked 13th floor better.

 

[zerocool84]

I personally liked 13th floor better.

I've heard about it but haven't seen it. Any good?

 

[Leros]

Absolutely nothing is original. You can trace nearly every story back to some old greek story, which can probably be traced back to some older story.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Check out Dark City, which came out I think a year before. Of course it was fairly derivative as well, going all the way back to Metropolis (1927). I've been meaning to watch that, its been sitting in my Netflix queue forever.

Taken from the Dark City Wiki page:

The Matrix was released one year after Dark City and was also filmed at Fox Studios in Sydney using some of the same sets.[8] Comparisons have been made between scenes from the movies, making note of similarities in both cinematography and atmosphere, as well as the plot.

 

[TallBill]

I've heard about it but haven't seen it. Any good?

It's nothing mind blowing but I enjoyed it.