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Jacked Out

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I think the intention was to keep it cyber punk. I mean look at the material:

Movies
Video games
Comic books

A typical stuff that a cyber punk would be into.


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WGAnubis1 wrote:
I think the intention was to keep it cyber punk. I mean look at the material:



Movies

Video games

Comic books



A typical stuff that a cyber punk would be into.
Hehe...they'd shove a violin up their asses and whistle dixie if they thought it would sell more.  The brand really died after the poor reaction to the third movie.  Hence, why everyone has moved on.


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RainKingX wrote:
WGAnubis1 wrote:
I think the intention was to keep it cyber punk. I mean look at the material:



Movies

Video games

Comic books



A typical stuff that a cyber punk would be into.
Hehe...they'd shove a violin up their asses and whistle dixie if they thought it would sell more.  The brand really died after the poor reaction to the third movie.  Hence, why everyone has moved on.

Except us, of course. 



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Yeah, and I suppose the SW prequels were any better? lol

They are still truckin' ...

(although I did like all 3 prequels, they were generally given bad reviews)



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Remag_Div wrote:
Yeah, and I suppose the SW prequels were any better? lol

They are still truckin' ...

(although I did like all 3 prequels, they were generally given bad reviews)


God I couldn't stomach the prequels, I stopped after Espisode I, Jar Jar Binks ruined it all for me. 



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MetaLogic wrote:
RainKingX wrote:

Except us, of course. 
Yeah, well, that's only a matter of time.


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Remag_Div wrote:
Yeah, and I suppose the SW prequels were any better? lol

They are still truckin' ...

(although I did like all 3 prequels, they were generally given bad reviews)
The Star Wars brand never died.


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RainKingX wrote:
Remag_Div wrote:
Yeah, and I suppose the SW prequels were any better? lol

They are still truckin' ...

(although I did like all 3 prequels, they were generally given bad reviews)
The Star Wars brand never died.

Nope, it's a zombie. 



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I'd sure like to have the official novels of The Matrix storyline, so I can understand it better


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XRontix wrote:
I'd sure like to have the official novels of The Matrix storyline, so I can understand it better


Well, while you are waiting for the movie adaptation novels, you can go to this movie transcript site. It has all three movies transcribed in excellent detail. It even translates the French phrases the Merovingian uses during his dramatic monologues.

Plus, the site has an alleged 'original' script for The Matrix and an alleged shadow script for Reloaded and Revolutions. Not sure that I believe it about these being official scripts, but they do make for interesting reading!




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I have been wondering the same thing myself.  I would love to see a Star Wars-style Expanded Universe for the Matrix storyline.  There's a lot of potential there and I'm surprised no book publisher has tried to procure the license.  I would love to see this.




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Wishing for 'more Matrix' is simply wishful thinking outside of MxO.

The Wachowski Brothers came up with an idea, and they thought it was so ground breaking and deserving of being made into a film that they went and made another film just to prove that they could do it.

Yes, the universe surrounding it could go on forever and ever. But poor reactions to the second and third film mean that most people have forgotten the Matrix or remember and just don't care any more. That means that it's high risk for any publishing company of any kind to get involved.

Add to that the Wachowskis are moving on to other things - the Matrix trilogy + Animatrix was their brainchild, their "vision", and now that vision has been fulfilled. Like so many of us, they have new and fresh ideas. To revisit the Matrix would be taking a step backwards.

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Using Star Wars to compare is nonsense - SW had (and arguably still has) a bigger following than the Matrix ever did and ever will.

Message edited by [CoZ]LostProphet on 12/22/2006 00:31:13.


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[CoZ wrote:
LostProphet]Wishing for 'more Matrix' is simply wishful thinking outside of MxO.

The Wachowski Brothers came up with an idea, and they thought it was so ground breaking and deserving of being made into a film that they went and made another film just to prove that they could do it.

Yes, the universe surrounding it could go on forever and ever. But poor reactions to the second and third film mean that most people have forgotten the Matrix or remember and just don't care any more. That means that it's high risk for any publishing company of any kind to get involved.

Add to that the Wachowskis are moving on to other things - the Matrix trilogy + Animatrix was their brainchild, their "vision", and now that vision has been fulfilled. Like so many of us, they have new and fresh ideas. To revisit the Matrix would be taking a step backwards.

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Using Star Wars to compare is nonsense - SW had (and arguably still has) a bigger following than the Matrix ever did and ever will.
You must get up pretty early in the morning to be that condescending.


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Except he's right in a way... I just hope the Wachowski's don't completely abandonen the franchise.. which they have now, I still believe there's a market for more Matrix in the future, but not for awhile, the buzz has to come back again and after directing 3 movies, 2 video games, comics, etc. I would be hella tired of any franchise myself for at least a decade.



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Could you imagine what would happen to this game if it were released that the Brothers W were getting actively re-involved with the game again, albeit for however brief a time?

Hell, nearly every old player would likely return just on the well-spread rumor that one of the Wachowskis had an active character in game, and played daily.

 

 


 
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