Man...that John Wick guy can't catch a break can he? First they kill his dog, now they're making him take weird colored pills.
The Matrix Resurrections
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Man...that John Wick guy can't catch a break can he? First they kill his dog, now they're making him take weird colored pills.
Traveled one too many times in a phone booth and entered the matrix, to end up becoming the best hitman in the world after being a cop and saving many people stuck on a bus and then here is a point break reference.
Also.....did Morpheus get younger? Damn...Black people really do age well. Neo looks awful though.
Radegast74
Space Marshal
Is that a euphemism for "old'?
All those pills looked like the naproxen I take for pain, lol
The classic scene in the first Matrix where Morpheus offers him a red and blue pill.
Take the blue one and go back to life as normal in the Matrix, take the red pill and wake up to the truth which has been hidden from you.
The term getting "red pilled" was then coopted by the right wing politics in the US, much to the disappointment of the films directors, the Wachowskis:
Sad but true.
I just hope they don't ride this real world connection too hard in the movie and come to to resolution that you gotta stay blue pilled to save the world cos insert arbitrary bullshit reason #3725. I'm not murican, I'd rather not give a shit about their real world political activism when I'm trying to enjoy a Sci fi fantasy movie as a form of escapism... But looking at what Hollywood is pushing out these days I wouldn't be surprised if that's the whole plot of the movie.
Still I'm kinda hyped, loved the original, I'll be sure to give this a watch!
And yeah, Mister Silverhand Anderson didn't age that well.
Are we sure this isn't the next John Wick installment or have I had too much beer?
Radegast74
Space Marshal
I can't wait for Cyberpunk Resurrected!
I didn't know about the right-wing polittical nutcases co-opting the whole thing; very sad.
thanks, I was being facetious...I immediately tossed in my Matrix DVD and watched the first third again, last night...
I didn't know about the right-wing polittical nutcases co-opting the whole thing; very sad.
Shadow Reaper
Space Marshal
The Wachowski brothers took to hating everyone well before they became the Wachowski sisters. From the time of their earliest sexual addictions and revelry in LA BDSM clubs, just after the first Matrix movie release, they have been equal opportunity offenders of everyone who gets near them. They hate everyone, which is no real surprise for BDSM addicts. So spouting that peope who use any kind of development in English should fuck themselves, is really no big deal. They want everyone to go fuck themselves.
The notion of being "red pilled" became popular vernacular immediately after the first film. I know. I was there.
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Shadow Reaper
Space Marshal
The general plot devise of all the Matrix films is known as "solipsism", which is to say the subject can't know anything past that they exist. Think DesCartes "I think, therefore I am". The point is horror. Just how much of what you believe to be true is not? Is reality real? This is a fantastically common and successful plot devise, and you can see it in over a dozen different Star Trek episodes going back to the original series.
The studio statement about the Matrix Resurrections is indeed that they're using the same ploy, and that it presumes only the first of the films, and takes the audience "deeper down the rabbit hole".
I for one am in. Matrix is in my estimation the greatest solipsist story ever told. The sequels weren't nearly so good but they've had 20+ years to think about how to do a sequel right, so lets see what we see. The problem of course is that the plot devise is only a surprise in the first film. It's not a surprise in the later films and indeed you can't use the same ploy twice and expect a surprise the second and third time. So it will be interesting to see what the Wachowskis can dream up that will be a surprise.
I will own I'm disappointed Laurence Fishburne isn't joining in. That does not bode well. The net is buzzing wondering why, but he hasn't made a statement so far as I know.
The studio statement about the Matrix Resurrections is indeed that they're using the same ploy, and that it presumes only the first of the films, and takes the audience "deeper down the rabbit hole".
I for one am in. Matrix is in my estimation the greatest solipsist story ever told. The sequels weren't nearly so good but they've had 20+ years to think about how to do a sequel right, so lets see what we see. The problem of course is that the plot devise is only a surprise in the first film. It's not a surprise in the later films and indeed you can't use the same ploy twice and expect a surprise the second and third time. So it will be interesting to see what the Wachowskis can dream up that will be a surprise.
I will own I'm disappointed Laurence Fishburne isn't joining in. That does not bode well. The net is buzzing wondering why, but he hasn't made a statement so far as I know.
I remember sitting down in the cinema to watch it, there was so much excitement in the air.
When the movie finished, you just knew you had just seen a masterpiece that you were never going to forget!
I wonder how grounded the fights will be, or won't be at all. I liked all the fistfights in 1, mostly grounded in reality just faster/stronger, but in 2 and 3 they went all out anime up to the last fight with supermen boxing mid air. It looked kinda cool but even as a kid I wasn't really a fan of that style change. I hope they bring it back down to "I know kung fu"' levels for most of them as, although even in the trailer it shows some dragon ball blast finishing move so...
I recognize that scene with all the pills being discarded into the sink, does this mean we are getting gunkata fight scenes as well?
Also CinemaSins: " Lawrence Fishburne is not in this movie" +10sins
(at least he will be in JW4 if I remember correctly)
I recognize that scene with all the pills being discarded into the sink, does this mean we are getting gunkata fight scenes as well?
Also CinemaSins: " Lawrence Fishburne is not in this movie" +10sins
(at least he will be in JW4 if I remember correctly)
It ignores 2 and 3 so probably yes?
""""The Matrix Resurrections" is a continuation of the story established in the first MATRIX film.""""
Ooooh, righto. Might give it a look in, the whole Pandemic thing has knocked my attendance to films on its arse though. I missed Bill and Ted face the musicIt ignores 2 and 3 so probably yes?
""""The Matrix Resurrections" is a continuation of the story established in the first MATRIX film.""""
SoloFlyer
Grand Admiral
I know its not the same but I think bill and ted face the music was/still is on Hulu. Can you access that on your side of the pond?Ooooh, righto. Might give it a look in, the whole Pandemic thing has knocked my attendance to films on its arse though. I missed Bill and Ted face the music