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andrewducker) wrote2003-09-27 03:16 pm
andrewducker) wrote2003-09-27 03:16 pm
I don't understand
I wasn't as dissapointed by Matrix Reloaded as many people were. The first one wasn't a revelation to me (I actually preferred The Mummy, which I saw in the same week), and the second one seemed to take the mythos and broaden it nicely. I didn't get sucked into the hype about it being the most incredible movie of all time and so I enjoyed it as a fun action movie with a fair number of references thrown in for good measure.
The one thing that concerned me was whether they'd be able to tie up the various threads they created in the first half of the movie into a decent whole by the end of it. The new trailer, here, doesn't exactly settle my anxieties, but it does, very much make it look as if they're at least going to try.
As I hoped, there's going to be an arrangement of some sort between Neo and the Machines over Mr Smith, who is something new that the machine's plans hadn't taken into account. The machine's still seem to be attacking Zion however, so I suspect that Neo has to finish Smith off in order for the Machine attack to be called off.
The Meringovingean is back, and I'm hoping we'll get an explanation of who he actually is (possibly a previous Neo, possibly a rogue program), which would hopefully also explain what exactly the Architect was saying and the basis for the whole Matrix metaphysic/history.
We see Neo taking out machines in the real world, carving a swathe through flying hunter/killers, so it looks like the ones that fell at the end of Reloaded weren't just a coincidence, he actually does have powers in the real world. This could be because the real world is another layer of the Matrix, or it could be because, well, if you can affect digital reality with the power of your mind then of course you can kill robots by thinking at them.
Let's not forget that The Matrix online RPG is due out at the end of the year, is set after Revolutions and is set in The Matrix. This would tend to indicate some kind of return to the status quo at the end of things, and possibly that Neo kills Smith and returns things into the 'proper' place in a cycle which is finally explained to him, allowing him to see that it is in fact necessary.
Or maybe not, I might have to wait for November :->
The one thing that concerned me was whether they'd be able to tie up the various threads they created in the first half of the movie into a decent whole by the end of it. The new trailer, here, doesn't exactly settle my anxieties, but it does, very much make it look as if they're at least going to try.
As I hoped, there's going to be an arrangement of some sort between Neo and the Machines over Mr Smith, who is something new that the machine's plans hadn't taken into account. The machine's still seem to be attacking Zion however, so I suspect that Neo has to finish Smith off in order for the Machine attack to be called off.
The Meringovingean is back, and I'm hoping we'll get an explanation of who he actually is (possibly a previous Neo, possibly a rogue program), which would hopefully also explain what exactly the Architect was saying and the basis for the whole Matrix metaphysic/history.
We see Neo taking out machines in the real world, carving a swathe through flying hunter/killers, so it looks like the ones that fell at the end of Reloaded weren't just a coincidence, he actually does have powers in the real world. This could be because the real world is another layer of the Matrix, or it could be because, well, if you can affect digital reality with the power of your mind then of course you can kill robots by thinking at them.
Let's not forget that The Matrix online RPG is due out at the end of the year, is set after Revolutions and is set in The Matrix. This would tend to indicate some kind of return to the status quo at the end of things, and possibly that Neo kills Smith and returns things into the 'proper' place in a cycle which is finally explained to him, allowing him to see that it is in fact necessary.
Or maybe not, I might have to wait for November :->
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It went on for *ages* and did nothing for the plot. People should/could have been *doing* something useful instead.