Matrix Reloaded

[burgundy]

Originally posted by Nash
well, this may be a bit reaching, but... i'm not sure if the people the agents morph into go back to being themselves or not, but i'm gonna assume no (unless they die). therefore, since they needed neo to get to morpheus, they didn't want to "destroy" him yet.

This is a possibility.

Originally posted by Regus
The only explination I could have for them not taking Neo would be the removal of his bug, but then how do you explain the bum?

That's what got me thinking. I'd buy that law enforcement staff might be bugged as a matter of policy, and Agents usually morph from those types. I think the bum morph is the only civilian morph in the films.

Originally posted by Will
I know where you're going with this and it would sound plausible but as Regus stated, he's fully human as far as physical appearance goes judging from the first. He bleeds and is still able to die in the first. Besides the EMP thing what else do you think stands out that makes Neo seem like a tool for the machine? Sounds interesting though.

I'd say he didn't die. He very nearly died. But death implies finality.

Originally posted by sleeveboy
The Matrix is essentially a giant nuclear fusion reactor, according to Morpheus in the first movie.

Where are you getting nuclear fusion from?

Originally posted by LordPerrin
Well, I've already amply stated why I feel the Architect's whole spiel should be taken with a grain of salt... but he was right about Trinity. Neo indeed could not stop her death, but he could undo it.

Again, I disagree. She nearly died. I don't think any healthy person would die so quickly from an abdominal wound anyway.

Originally posted by Taito
And Neo survived a massive EMP blast in the first movie. So I don't subscribe to the notion that Neo is indeed part machine, susceptible to EMP.

He's entirely biological, but he could have machine programming. If normal people can download information, it's not inconceivable.

Originally posted by Despair

*the same thing he's said twenty times*

You're a nice guy, but you really need to learn to stop beating a dead horse.

Originally posted by MechDeus
Because Neo is the one, there's the possibility that his code can't be taken over by the Agents like a typical person. In the Animatrix an Agent tries to take over the body of someone next to Trinity working with her, but he's able to actually resist for a few moments. When he gets shot, it jolts his body enough that the Agent possession loses and gives up. If Neo had a strong enough will combined with his code being so different, possession might not have worked anyway.

That's another possibility. Though I think the Agent left Ash not because of the jolt, but because he received a fatal wound. Agents don't possess the dead.

[sleeve]

Originally posted by burgundy
Where are you getting nuclear fusion from?

The script mentions "fusion" IIRC. For all intents and purposes, fusion = nuclear fusion. Note that when I say "nuclear fusion" I'm referring to the process generally and not to the kind of fusion generated by a nuclear fission reaction, i.e. the H-bomb.

Presumably the machines discovered a super-efficient way to achieve a fusion reaction using the electricity generated by the human body. If our current-day knowledge of nuclear fusion is any guide, it seems like they'd need billions of humans to create just one successful reaction, although the energy payoff would be well worth the expenditure.

Isn't there a "Physics of the Matrix" book out there? It probably explains the (imaginary) process in greater detail.

[MechDeus]

Originally posted by burgundy
That's what got me thinking. I'd buy that law enforcement staff might be bugged as a matter of policy, and Agents usually morph from those types. I think the bum morph is the only civilian morph in the films.

The bug has nothing to do with it. In the first Matrix an Agent also possessed a business man (the guy who had his cell phone stolen by Neo), followed by a bunch of people shopping in an open-air market, and then a couple of elderly people during the apartment chase. When Agent Smith is hit by the train, he possesses a random people on board the train, although since you don't see who you could argue it's a police officer. However, in light of all the others I don't think that's it. Also in the Animatrix, they don't try to possess the detective until after the bug is removed.

They generally try to possess law enforcement because of the high risks and nature of them to be in combat against terrorists (which Morpheous is labelled as by them). Explaining that numerous SWAT team members died during a gunfight is more believable to the general public. As opposed to hearing that a bridge club was found dead with handguns in a government building while trying to stop armed gunmen, which would just raise suspicion. It also largely deals with convience and time factor, as the Agents showed possessing people out in the open during the market chase because they didn't have any choice.

I'd say he didn't die. He very nearly died. But death implies finality.

I'd say he technically died. His heart stopped and he lost conciousness, which qualifies for me.

Again, I disagree. She nearly died. I don't think any healthy person would die so quickly from an abdominal wound anyway.

I think that deals more with getting the plot in then it does with sticking to realism. Yeah, they could've sat around for a while and had her die later and then Neo save her, but that would've dragged out the end of the already 2.5 hour movie needlessly.

[Delta]

the part where neo took the bullet out of trinity was really, really cheesy. people were laughing in the theater, and guess what? i was one of the people laughing!!

[Green]

I seen it again today, and I'd like to point out another cheesy moment. This one is just dumbfounding, I can't figure why the hell they did this. The 100 Smith fight is incredible, the whole thing works really well for me. However, there is one shot that is mind-numbingly dumb. It's right after Neo gets his pole and hits the guy with it to shatter the concrete. Right after that, he jumps over to the middle of the park they're in. The thing is, when he jumps he holds the pole out straight with both of his hands and spins like a top! Godamn that looks retarded.

[Regus]

Originally posted by Green
The thing is, when he jumps he holds the pole out straight with both of his hands and spins like a top! Godamn that looks retarded.

The spin looks cool as hell, that part got a positive crowd reaction during the two seperate times I saw the movie.

[Green]

How? It'd be like in a gunfight if just stood and shot from the hip instead of doing some cool aerobatics. Looks idiotic to me.

[Regus]

There was really no point to it, it was just for show. Well, it did server a purpose, it moved him from the far corner of the lot to the center, so it to set up that fantastic part when he knocked one of the smith's into that building. Sure they could have just had him do a little flip over there, but spinning around looked cool.

[Regus]

from matrixfans.net:

According to View Askew's website, Kevin Smith's next film Jersey Girl has been pushed back from it's original release date in November. Possibly to avoid getting swamped by the release based on the numbers done by The Matrix Reloaded. Even though there is a mixed reaction to Reloaded, everyone that has seen it wants to see the final part of the trilogy, and it should be huge, and that is what Smith and company want to avoid. Their last movie "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" didn't do so well, and they need a hit.

Here is the news from their site:

Jersey Girl' has been pushed back to February 2004 from it's previous release date of November 7, 2003. Why? Two words - 'Matrix Revolutions'
Source: View Askew

Heh.

[Green]

I'll see Jersey Girl just to see J-Lo die.