[quote=”mandara k”]Yup, I’m giving into the hype and getting pumped for Matrix Reload. I’ve been waiting for months for this one… now it’s almost here. Sure Neo and Trini are good but Morfeus is fine.

I saw XMen X2, it was entertaining, may be even better than the first; but mousseing Hugh Jackman’s hair for those little horns should be a crime against humanity’s good looks. I can’t believe they are already doing the third…. is there no originality happening in Tinsel town? I know it’s about bucks there but holy crap! Let’s just beat an idea until it’s dead or doesn’t create revenue; the good old fashion American way. 🙄 :cry:[/quote]

Of course they’re doing a third, the X-men universe is massive and you can’t fit the whole idea into two films, heck it’s story has only just begun, there are so many more characters to be seen and thirtys years of comic book history to recreate, the whole idea is too make the films like the comics, ie everyone waiting too see what happens in the next installment.
It could take up to 10 or more films for the X-men story to reach a crescendo, this is obviously what Marvel have planned for both X-Men, Spiderman and the Hulk, it won’t be like the Superman movies in that in each film a new story is introduced that doesn’t link too the previous ones, Marvel want their characters to evolve on film and it is Marvel that have the control to ensure this happens. They know how the minds of comic book fans work, each story is a progression of the last, and that’s how the movies are approaching it. So it’s not a case of being unoriginal at all, it’s what the fans want, for instance how could you expect to tell the story of Lord of the Rings if you decided to stop at the The Two Towers?, same goes for X-men, so much more story to come, the emergence of Phoenix, the Sentinels, Hank McCoy and Gambit and even Apocalypse just to begin with, there is a wealth of new stories direct from the comic books that need to be added.
ADM

So, did anyone see Reloaded yet? It looks like the weekend is when I’ll hit it.

Sorry, ADM, I’m a regular consumer not much in the comic book genre; I hope those that like comic books get a long run of their fav characters on screen; I just like to temper my suspensions from reality different than most peeps.

Yeah, bring on the leather trench and cat suit. Trini should take a pic and show it to the rest of us. “Please share it with the rest of the class, Missy.” I would be more like the “Oracle” but I do have a long leather coat.

I loved the line “There is no spoon.”

Sure go ahead use me, abuse me but leave me a friendly President when you leave dearie 😉

I saw the movie but I cannot talk about it right now since I’m feeling ill; 😥 but be sure to talk amongst yourselves.

Most bad reviews come from the fact that hardly anyone understands the level of symbolism in this film. Without creating spoilers, there are characters in this film that represent:

Devil
God
Moses
John the Baptist
Christ
Lazarus
Firewall
Proxy
Virus
Error Correcting

and a million other software/religion/Orwell terms. It was all around about the most brilliant “film” I’ve seen to date. Camus, Cant, Erasmus, Anselm, all the great philosophy in there as well. The special effects were well special effects. But the content was there, and you dont need to look hard. I’m still stunned over that Smith scene in the Recycle Bin/Bit Bucket (You did know thats what the room represented =p)

My penny and a half on the film anyway =)

You have too realise Saddy that this film is all about the FX, no matter how good a plot it has it is always going to be overshadowed by it’s innovative special effects, that’s why the first film was such a hit, things like ‘bullet time’ and the martial arts just blew people away and had never been seen before.
For me the story is modern parable, mirroring the story of Jesus, but it’s so subtle and well done.
Everyone get’s a kick from seeing the human race on it’s knees so that one man can come along and kick some butt, it’s all about hope in a desperate world, something we can all relate to given the current world climate, it’s why Superman remains one of the biggest icons.
By the way it’s ‘Persephone’, and like most of the characters in the film the name does serve a purpose, in greek legend her name meant ‘she who destroys the light’, and according to myth she spent a great deal of time in the underworld (Zion) and was regarded as the most beautiful woman in the world. As she is a temptress in this film and seems a little evil, I think she’s an agent for the Matrix (haven’t seen the film yet), as in myth she spends six months in the underworld and then returns to the world above.
So each name does have some symbolism attached to it, i.e Trinity obviously represents the holy trinity, even Neo has a meaning, although I can’t remember what it was.
The films are using so many different references fom biblical to myth and I think that it does appeal to a lot of people.
ADM