Out of the Blue

I dunno, I was let down by Matrix Revolutions. I was one of those who really enjoyed the second film, so I wasn't daunted by early indications that the third one was getting mixed reviews, but I didn't really enjoy it. Oh well, there are still other finales to look forward to, the third (sixth) Star Wars movie, the third Lord of the Rings movie, Kill Bill Part Two, and of course, the next Legally Blond movie...

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Hex
Nov 13, 2003, 01:05
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Hex Nov 13, 2003, 01:05
Nov 13, 2003, 01:05
 
beat it on my first try!
thank you stauf!

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You people are morons
Nov 12, 2003, 16:22
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You people are morons Nov 12, 2003, 16:22
Nov 12, 2003, 16:22
 
This movie kicked ass

It summed up everything, was clear and concise, and the action sequences were fucking amazing. The view of the earth, to Neo doing what he did, was just kick ass. We finally got to see the world and what the machines did to it.

Many of you must not be real fans, if no I highly recommend renting or buying the ANIMATRIX for more detail on this AWESOME fucking movie trilogy

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Did early humans use toothpicks?
Nov 7, 2003, 17:27
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Did early humans use toothpicks? Nov 7, 2003, 17:27
Nov 7, 2003, 17:27
 
Kill yourself if you care.

Love Dan
"Will you be my valentine?"
-Dan
ExcessDan
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Re: No subject
Nov 7, 2003, 14:48
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Re: No subject Nov 7, 2003, 14:48
Nov 7, 2003, 14:48
 
You can't build a better chicken.

Says who?

Supporter of the "a happy fredster is a wet fredster with jumper cables attached to his nads" fanclub.
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." -- Bertrand Russell (I think...)
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Re: Those fripping popups
Nov 7, 2003, 13:59
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Re: Those fripping popups Nov 7, 2003, 13:59
Nov 7, 2003, 13:59
 
Thank goodness my browser blocks the pop-ups. I get a beep when a pop-up is blocked. It used to be just one beep; now there are more. If you don't like pop-ups, find a pop-up blocker.

BTW, I try to support Blue by clicking the ads that are displayed. I've even started clinking the annoyingly distracting Flash ads that are embedded within/alongside the news.

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Re: No subject
Nov 7, 2003, 13:38
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Re: No subject Nov 7, 2003, 13:38
Nov 7, 2003, 13:38
 
Meatrix? Nice liberal action there blue.

As opposed to what, the current governments stellar action with the food supply?

The current government is allowing food producers and scientists to f*ck with the food supply in ways you can't imagine. Pretty soon everything you eat will be genetically modified in some way.

You can't build a better chicken.

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Re: No subject
Nov 7, 2003, 06:39
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Nov 7, 2003, 06:39
 
Did I say that here at one point or are you talking about another Dan?

Yes you did. You seemed to hate them more because you don't know where it is directing you.

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Re: Meatrix
Nov 7, 2003, 04:55
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Re: Meatrix Nov 7, 2003, 04:55
Nov 7, 2003, 04:55
 
Meatrix?

It's got some good points.

Excessive use of antibiotics is a bad thing, because it does lead to extremely resistant diseases that cause a lot of trouble. It's the same as the super bugs in hospitals due to excessive use of antibiotics and whatnot in there. Like someone said, that's the kind of thing that causes SARS and stuff.

The whole factory farming thing is not on really. It's cruel to the animals, and that's out of line. There's no reason to not treat animals ethically before they die, so to that extent I'm with PETA and whoever else on this.

As for needing all this meat because of huge demand... If people ate what they needed rather than eating till they were 50 stone and couldn't damn move then there'd be less of an issue, hmmm?

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Nov 7, 2003, 04:04
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Re: No subject Nov 7, 2003, 04:04
Nov 7, 2003, 04:04
 
I know Dan hates tinyurl but...

Did I say that here at one point or are you talking about another Dan? I don't even remember but I do remember hating those tinyurl's.. what a waste of time.

Love Dan
"Will you be my valentine?"
-Dan
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Meatrix
Nov 7, 2003, 03:00
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Meatrix Nov 7, 2003, 03:00
Nov 7, 2003, 03:00
 
So what's with the hairy armpits? How would you know?

Meatrix is a great flash and would be even better if a bored gamer made it for free because it was a good thing to do instead of it being made by an organization.

No need to knock blue just because there is one link one day suggesting americans eat too much factory raised meat .. that's not enough to conclude good ol candy eating soft drink guzzling Blue has become an environmentally concientious steward.

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Re: I'm confused
Nov 7, 2003, 02:48
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Re: I'm confused Nov 7, 2003, 02:48
Nov 7, 2003, 02:48
 
"...how did that movie change the world it is still a cookie cutter action movie."

Thats just the thing, in a fucked up way, it kind of did.

The irony to me, about these movies, is that its like The Matrix is actually the movies themselves. People flock to see these movies that, while they are pretty and pseudo phillisophical, they arent that great but people want them to be, they arent real life (in their pseudo phillisophical stance) but yet in a way they are, but we still need them to get out of reality for a while....I was about to go int a long rant here about how much I hate hollywood but how its neccesary but I wont cuz im tired so Ill leave it up to you all to figure out. Anotherwords, blue or red?

With that said, I bet John Carmack gets some really high quality drugs.

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I'm confused
Nov 7, 2003, 02:14
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I'm confused Nov 7, 2003, 02:14
Nov 7, 2003, 02:14
 
I don't understand what the hell people complain about in Reloaded and Revolutions, or how they say it ruined the Matrix. Give me a break, watch The Matrix again to refresh your memory, other then the "O, yeah maybe, just maybe" concept and the pretty cool bullet-time, how did that movie change the world it is still a cookie cutter action movie. It would be one hell of a chore to reinvent movie making as we know it for every Matrix movie made. I thought all three movies kicked ass except for killing Trinity, good God what the hell was that for, any future Matrix without that goddess with be sorely lacking , but I guess it was different for me because the original wasn't a religious experience for me and I didn't expect the sequels to build on that.

O, yeah I loved playing a 2 yr old console game that made my $3,500, top of the line, I-don't-have-a-girlfriend PC almost melt.

--Zepher (referencing Halo)
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Re: Those fripping popups
Nov 7, 2003, 01:46
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Re: Those fripping popups Nov 7, 2003, 01:46
Nov 7, 2003, 01:46
 
I can live with the overlay ads, I even click em' for Blue's sake. The popups are annoying, but I can still live with em'. I can't, however, live with an ad telling me to turn my cookies on so it can track me. That just pisses me off.


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Blame the trailers
Nov 7, 2003, 00:02
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Blame the trailers Nov 7, 2003, 00:02
Nov 7, 2003, 00:02
 
When I was viewing Matrix Revolutions, many time I said to myself: "I someone showed this picture to me before the movie, I would kill that person".
Well, after comming from the theater, I just find out that some "surprise" images were included in the trailers.
So, if you did not like Revolutions, blame the damn trailers!


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Re: Talk about one sided....
Nov 6, 2003, 23:20
WarPig
 
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Re: Talk about one sided.... Nov 6, 2003, 23:20
Nov 6, 2003, 23:20
 WarPig
 
Yeah, talk about a 1 sided argument to an issue....

Well yeah, it's not like it's an unbiased news article (if such a thing even exists these days). I was just saying that a couple of the points brought up shouldn't be dismissed without at least considering them.

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Yet Another Matrix Review
Nov 6, 2003, 23:18
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Yet Another Matrix Review Nov 6, 2003, 23:18
Nov 6, 2003, 23:18
 
Matrix thoughts:


I think the reason I was disappointed with Revolutions (and somewhat with Reloaded) was that there was too much action and not enough stuff to make me think. The first Matrix movie had all these great new ideas (for cinema, at least), making the audience question reality and discover this whole new world where things just don't work the same way. Half the movie was "discovery" I suppose - and I liked that.

But this most recent installment completely left out all of that thinking nonsense. Oh yeah, they throw in a couple scenes with the Oracle saying silly things like "Everything that has a beginning must have an end", but that's just not the same. Those scenes were just filler, giving the audience a breather before the next 30 minute action sequence. No new revelations to be made.

Thus, while my eyes were quite entertained by the glorious eye-candy, my brain was bored, to be perfectly honest. I didn't find myself feeling particularly attached to any of the characters at all.




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Talk about one sided....
Nov 6, 2003, 23:07
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Talk about one sided.... Nov 6, 2003, 23:07
Nov 6, 2003, 23:07
 
Yeah, talk about a 1 sided argument to an issue....the funny thing is, if it were reversed, and there was a nice little flash presentation about the virtues of disease free animals and the vastly increased productivity (which allows us to have such over-supplies of food that we sell/donate assloads each year) on "factory farms".....plus all the technological research that is being done to help solve the animal waste problems......it would just be a "Corporate brainwashing blah blah blah....."
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Re: Those fripping popups
Nov 6, 2003, 22:46
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Re: Those fripping popups Nov 6, 2003, 22:46
Nov 6, 2003, 22:46
 
dunno, I was let down by Matrix Revolutions...

WHO CARES WHAT YOU THINK

i think the fripping popups suck

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Re: No subject
Nov 6, 2003, 21:53
WarPig
 
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Nov 6, 2003, 21:53
 WarPig
 
One of my best friends and his family will, whenever they're close enough, go into Mexico and buy this dirt cheap Penicillin and then take it whenever they feel a sniffle coming on. I try to tell them that antibiotics do nothing to kill viruses (colds) and about the overall damage they could be doing but... I don't know, I guess somethings got to wipe us all out.

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Re: No subject
Nov 6, 2003, 21:25
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Nov 6, 2003, 21:25
 
Though the conditions in human populations may be better, antibiotic resistant strains of common infectious bateria are still appearing.

The first pediatrician we used for our kids was always pushing antibiotics. We read up on it and used them only in instances where we deemed them necessary.

Here is a good book on the subject:

http://tinyurl.com/u0bs

I know Dan hates tinyurl but...

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