I think that if the W's would release the rights to WB for a tv series based on this, it would be a kick-@$# show! I have had this idea in my head for a long time, and I am really interested in what my fellow MxOers would come up with.
What era would it be set in, before Neo or after? If post-Neo, would it take MxO as canon? Would it follow a younger Morpheus? A younger Oracle? What cast? What would the pilot episode look like?
It would suck.
Not because of any lack of action or that it wasn't true to the story line but because I don't believe it would be possible for the producers and writers (unless the W bros decided they wanted to write it) to fill its story with the same amount of depth the trilogy had and keep the ratings up. As we have seen already any exploration into the deeper workings of the Matrix world would be lost to the same crowd that couldn't understand the sequels and thought they were crap. Also you could pretty much kiss any spiritual or philosophical content goodbye like we have had to do with MxO. Thus it would pretty much just be a show trying to bank off of the name alone which outside this game and community there really isn't enough of a following.
That all said if it was to be done I would rather see it set before Neo and start with Morpheus' first meeting with the Oracle and continue on till he finds Neo.
Doing something like this would be like when an old rock band reforms and releases something utterly rubbish.
Everyone goes "oh no!!", buys the record for purely nostalgic reasons and your left with this horrible feeling inside that you remember the good old days.
The Matrix Trilogy should be left as it is. Thats why we all love it like we do.. thats my thoughts anyway.
Oh, I don't know, I could see a weekly series come out of it. After all, that's what our storyline is, with nightly episodes even.
I could see a pilot episode that starts with Morpheus' awakening, when he's just a kid. He hasn't taken his nom de guerre yet, in fact he doesn't speak much at all as a boy. Maybe he witnessed a traumatic event as a bluepill kid (hmm, that could be something that sets up the Cypherites pre-dating Cypher himself).
In the pilot, we jump from a glimpse of Morpheus' life as a newly-awakened kid in Zion to him as a young man, just having joined a hovercraft crew and starting operations inside the Matrix. At the end of the pilot, he meets the Oracle for the first time and she tells him he will find the One, which sets the stage for all of his (weekly) adventures after that.
A weekly series allows the writers to explore in depth the backstories of Morpheus choosing his name, how he came to captain the Nebuchadnezzar, how he met Trinity and the rest of the Neb crew, as well as some (slight) exploration of the other primary Matrix figures such as the Oracle, Seraph, the Merv, Agent Smith. The fifth One. . .
Weekly episodes also allow for more new story. Maybe they incorporate some of the stories from the comics in the series. Maybe they introduce new characters; martyrs who sacrifice themselves for Morpheus' belief, turncoats who secretly work as The Masked, maybe even characters who were more instrumental in finding the One than Morpheus himself.
And of course, there is the whole "how he found the One" story. That in itself would be worth watching. All of this would lead up to the beginning of The Matrix, much in the same way Smallville has led up to the Superman legend.
Oh, I don't know, I could see a weekly series come out of it. After all, that's what our storyline is, with nightly episodes even.I could see a pilot episode that starts with Morpheus' awakening, when he's just a kid. He hasn't taken his nom de guerre yet, in fact he doesn't speak much at all as a boy. Maybe he witnessed a traumatic event as a bluepill kid (hmm, that could be something that sets up the Cypherites pre-dating Cypher himself).In the pilot, we jump from a glimpse of Morpheus' life as a newly-awakened kid in Zion to him as a young man, just having joined a hovercraft crew and starting operations inside the Matrix. At the end of the pilot, he meets the Oracle for the first time and she tells him he will find the One, which sets the stage for all of his (weekly) adventures after that. A weekly series allows the writers to explore in depth the backstories of Morpheus choosing his name, how he came to captain the Nebuchadnezzar, how he met Trinity and the rest of the Neb crew, as well as some (slight) exploration of the other primary Matrix figures such as the Oracle, Seraph, the Merv, Agent Smith. The fifth One. . .Weekly episodes also allow for more new story. Maybe they incorporate some of the stories from the comics in the series. Maybe they introduce new characters; martyrs who sacrifice themselves for Morpheus' belief, turncoats who secretly work as The Masked, maybe even characters who were more instrumental in finding the One than Morpheus himself.And of course, there is the whole "how he found the One" story. That in itself would be worth watching. All of this would lead up to the beginning of The Matrix, much in the same way Smallville has led up to the Superman legend.
I'd like to see stories about the "Heaven" and "Hell" Matrix. I'd also like to see stories about Seraph, Merv, and maybe even the first "One".
