allyteaded
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*falls over* Thank goodness I've reached the end of this thread! Hahhah...
Farnarcle, that interpretation was beautiful! I finally realise why Neo chose to defeat Agent Smith in that way! I'm keeping a copy just incase I forget. ^_~ *Copy**Paste* Hope you don't mind.
I really loved Revolutions but I think - reading what people kept saying about it - "it's dorky, it's crap" kind of put me off. I think you've renewed my appreciation for it - thanks! I'm going to keep on believing it was bloody awesome. (In the words of the Kid, "Neo, I believe!" hahhahah *rolls over laughing in stitches*)
Ahem. Anyway.
Reasons why I thought it was good: I thought that (almost) every character had something very important to say. Even Agent Smith was an appreciable character. Sure he rambles on and on about a purposeless existence but there's some gold in what he says. (He just says it too damn fast for me to remember after watching it twice.) The Indian man Romawhatsisname said that humans and machines/programs were alike. Love is a word. What is important is the connection that is implied. Niobe says something important even the Kid (no, not "Neo I believe" but about him saying that machines don't care how old he is, they'd kill him just the same.)
Anyway, I should say something different to everyone else.
In terms of Japanese Animation, I hear the Wachowski brothers are big fans. Hence the resemblence to dragon ball z in Agent Smith vs Neo face off. And hence their choise in the way they did "The Animatrix."
In fact, a lot of the themes explored in Animatrix can be found in Anime/Manga (Japanese animation and comics). For one thing, what Roma says about love being universal for humans and machines alike is one of the predominant themes in the "Chobits" manga (note, the manga not the anime.) The Architect scene in Reloaded kind of reminds me of the typical plot in an anime where the main character meets the "The Creator" figure. Some examples... maybe Serial Experiments Lain...? Err... hahah, I'll get back to you on that one. My memory's not so good as you can see. And the very colourful characters? The Albino Twins (funky bad-ass characters with style), Sati (I suppose she takes the role of the anime "cutie" and there usually always is child like character in an anime...), The Merovingian (a sub villan who is power hungry - usually a military commander with sharp cheek bones. Actually, his name is the name given to French Kings who were decendents of Jesus (something of the like.)) and his sexy, seductive wife Persephone, Trinity (typical heroine really who sometimes needs to be saved and sometimes saves her loved one) and Neo (typical Hero who starts off as an average guy but turns out to have super human powers and whose purpose is to save the world.) There are others but I believe I've babbled on too much and am boring you, no?
As per now, I think - part of the reason why people don't appreciate it is because they don't understand it. Or perhaps they don't know the story behind it. I've said it many times, you've got to watch "The Second Renaissance Part 1 and 2" at least from the animatrix. The situation of the world and humanity seems sad when you know what has happened to lead up to such a reality.
Farnarcle, that interpretation was beautiful! I finally realise why Neo chose to defeat Agent Smith in that way! I'm keeping a copy just incase I forget. ^_~ *Copy**Paste* Hope you don't mind.
I really loved Revolutions but I think - reading what people kept saying about it - "it's dorky, it's crap" kind of put me off. I think you've renewed my appreciation for it - thanks! I'm going to keep on believing it was bloody awesome. (In the words of the Kid, "Neo, I believe!" hahhahah *rolls over laughing in stitches*)
Ahem. Anyway.
Reasons why I thought it was good: I thought that (almost) every character had something very important to say. Even Agent Smith was an appreciable character. Sure he rambles on and on about a purposeless existence but there's some gold in what he says. (He just says it too damn fast for me to remember after watching it twice.) The Indian man Romawhatsisname said that humans and machines/programs were alike. Love is a word. What is important is the connection that is implied. Niobe says something important even the Kid (no, not "Neo I believe" but about him saying that machines don't care how old he is, they'd kill him just the same.)
Anyway, I should say something different to everyone else.
In terms of Japanese Animation, I hear the Wachowski brothers are big fans. Hence the resemblence to dragon ball z in Agent Smith vs Neo face off. And hence their choise in the way they did "The Animatrix."
In fact, a lot of the themes explored in Animatrix can be found in Anime/Manga (Japanese animation and comics). For one thing, what Roma says about love being universal for humans and machines alike is one of the predominant themes in the "Chobits" manga (note, the manga not the anime.) The Architect scene in Reloaded kind of reminds me of the typical plot in an anime where the main character meets the "The Creator" figure. Some examples... maybe Serial Experiments Lain...? Err... hahah, I'll get back to you on that one. My memory's not so good as you can see. And the very colourful characters? The Albino Twins (funky bad-ass characters with style), Sati (I suppose she takes the role of the anime "cutie" and there usually always is child like character in an anime...), The Merovingian (a sub villan who is power hungry - usually a military commander with sharp cheek bones. Actually, his name is the name given to French Kings who were decendents of Jesus (something of the like.)) and his sexy, seductive wife Persephone, Trinity (typical heroine really who sometimes needs to be saved and sometimes saves her loved one) and Neo (typical Hero who starts off as an average guy but turns out to have super human powers and whose purpose is to save the world.) There are others but I believe I've babbled on too much and am boring you, no?
As per now, I think - part of the reason why people don't appreciate it is because they don't understand it. Or perhaps they don't know the story behind it. I've said it many times, you've got to watch "The Second Renaissance Part 1 and 2" at least from the animatrix. The situation of the world and humanity seems sad when you know what has happened to lead up to such a reality.
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