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Azred · 10-25-2003, 12:26 AM

<font color = lightgreen>Well, when you combine Gnosticism, the Illuminati, cyberpunk, and the basic plot outlined in the Hero with 1000 Faces (read your Joseph Campbell if you haven't already) you cannot lose.

Like I said in a previous Matrix thread, everything hinges on Neo and Smith, since both are potentially infinitely powerful but don't know where to go from where they are now. Clearly, the trailer shows that this is the case, but I cannot begin to speculate how they might resolve their conflict. Since his acension to being the One I don't think Neo can be defeated and since Smith can copy himself--and every copy is Smith--he cannot be defeated, either (unless you can manage to defeat all his copies before any can replicate). Needless to say this finale will be quite exciting!

I suppose when the Oracle said "almost done" in the first movie she wasn't referring to the cookies? [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img]

The critic who hated Revolutions probably went into the theatre with a head full of preconceptions about what the movie should be or didn't understand what the movies were really about. [img]graemlins/nono.gif[/img] The secret to critiquing movies is to 1) accept the movie with no preconceptions and 2) judge it on its cinematic value both within that movie's genre and against all other movies as a whole.</font>

10-25-2003, 12:26 AM	#5
Azred Drow Priestess Join Date: March 13, 2001 Location: a hidden sanctorum high above the metroplex Age: 55 Posts: 4,037	<font color = lightgreen>Well, when you combine Gnosticism, the Illuminati, cyberpunk, and the basic plot outlined in the Hero with 1000 Faces (read your Joseph Campbell if you haven't already) you cannot lose. Like I said in a previous Matrix thread, everything hinges on Neo and Smith, since both are potentially infinitely powerful but don't know where to go from where they are now. Clearly, the trailer shows that this is the case, but I cannot begin to speculate how they might resolve their conflict. Since his acension to being the One I don't think Neo can be defeated and since Smith can copy himself--and every copy is Smith--he cannot be defeated, either (unless you can manage to defeat all his copies before any can replicate). Needless to say this finale will be quite exciting! I suppose when the Oracle said "almost done" in the first movie she wasn't referring to the cookies? [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img] The critic who hated Revolutions probably went into the theatre with a head full of preconceptions about what the movie should be or didn't understand what the movies were really about. [img]graemlins/nono.gif[/img] The secret to critiquing movies is to 1) accept the movie with no preconceptions and 2) judge it on its cinematic value both within that movie's genre and against all other movies as a whole.</font> __________________ Everything may be explained by a conspiracy theory. All conspiracy theories are true. No matter how thinly you slice it, it's still bologna.