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[threeplusfire]

Well, once again the Simpsons was a weird, weird ride. Principal Skinner loudly proclaimed his status as a veteran of America's only losing war, and Homer added "To date!" Alan and I just looked at each other. I don't think we could really say anything about it.

I think I'll disturb myself and watch The Matrix.. I've been writing all weekend and I am no closer to a coherent paragraph.

Comments

Cooler than cool? Not possible.

[patchwolf.livejournal.com]

Because the first movie was all about discovery, which the second two could patently not be about.

A lot of it is also based on the marketing used to promote the movies. Recall the marketing for the first movie... TV spots which were simply a black screen and the green letters typing out "The matrix has you..." and "What is the matrix?" So everything in the first movie was mind-blowing and new, because we'd never seen anything like it.

Marketing for the second (and third) movie(s)? Just like any other movie -- collages of scenes from the film, played faster and faster. The first movie attracted us by piquing our curiosity, so we went in not knowing what to expect; the second and third attracted us by showing us what to expect, and then delivering just that.

As for Destiny vs Oracle-intervention, I choose to believe the Oracle-intervention theory (as I would). It fits the movie, it makes sense, and I haven't found anything or anyone who could convince me (with evidence) that it was wrong.

Of course, I'm also a proponent of a radically alternate theory to how the Matrix world worked out. I prefer the Matrix-within-a-Matrix theory to explain the events in The Matrix Reloaded, and if I even run a Matrix play by email game, I'll probably use both the Oracle theory (which fits) and the Matrix-within-a-Matrix ending instead of the ending put forward by The Matrix Revolutions.

Don't get me wrong; I loved all three movies as they were. I just think there are other explanations.

Re: Cooler than cool? Not possible.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I don't remember the early marketing, as the movie came out at a time in my life when I wasn't paying so much attention to the outside world. I do remember a friend taking me to see it a couple weeks after it was released, and a very long conversation in the pool about it.