Do you have a source for all this, or is it just fan speculation?Sylocat said:snip
I have this [http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/19817/was-executive-meddling-the-cause-of-humans-as-batteries-in-the-matrix] for the distributed-computing thing. I confess I thought the theory about Zion being part of the Matrix was confirmed instead of a theory [http://www.cracked.com/article/18367_6-insane-fan-theories-that-actually-make-great-movies-better/], but it makes so much sense, and would have that added commentary whether or not it was intentional.Goliath100 said:Do you have a source for all this, or is it just fan speculation?Sylocat said:Fun fact, The Matrix was also supposed to be much smarter than it was... that ridiculous twist about the human bodies being used to "power" the Matrix? The high-concept was originally supposed to be that the brains of the humans were being used for processing power of the robots' machines, with the consciousnesses being dumped into a simulation to keep them occupied... and when Neo still had his powers after manifesting in the real world, that was supposed to be another "layer" of the Matrix, with the added social commentary that the cut-and-pasted "Revolution" Formula has already been merchandized, and if you really want to rebel against the system, you need to think outside the "Outside-The-Box Box" as well. But studio execs felt that the audience was too dumb to understand distributed computing (I'm not sure why they ditched the other twist, though... maybe someone wanted to keep the reassuring "fight-the-man" message at the expense of pointing out that it's really not that simple?). And now it looks like their vision has been cut down again?
I've heard this speculation before from people who wanted the sequels to be smarter. It's a compelling theory, but I don't know if the Wachowskis have would ever confirm it.Goliath100 said:Do you have a source for all this, or is it just fan speculation?Sylocat said:snip
I prefer the "battery" approach myself. Yeah, it doesn't make much sense, since they could just hook up a shitload of elephants for the same result, but humanity being enslaved to serve as consumption feels way more dire than humanity being enslaved because the machines need more RAM.Sylocat said:Fun fact, The Matrix was also supposed to be much smarter than it was... that ridiculous twist about the human bodies being used to "power" the Matrix? The high-concept was originally supposed to be that the brains of the humans were being used for processing power of the robots' machines, with the consciousnesses being dumped into a simulation to keep them occupied... and when Neo still had his powers after manifesting in the real world, that was supposed to be another "layer" of the Matrix, with the added social commentary that the cut-and-pasted "Revolution" Formula has already been merchandized, and if you really want to rebel against the system, you need to think outside the "Outside-The-Box Box" as well. But studio execs felt that the audience was too dumb to understand distributed computing (I'm not sure why they ditched the other twist, though... maybe someone wanted to keep the reassuring "fight-the-man" message at the expense of pointing out that it's really not that simple?). And now it looks like their vision has been cut down again?
Based on what I could dig up via IMDB,it's about when aliens misinterpret video signals from Earth (specifically, an arcade) to think it's an open declaration of war, a group of 1980's arcade players have to team up with the military to fight off the aliens. The trailer looks cool enough, then you learn Adam Sandler's in it. /facedeskJman1236 said:I was on the fence on this one for a while, glad to see your cold is finally gone.
Also wtf is pixels?