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nimueth said to me: I heard you like the Matrix movies, so talk about how you got into them and why you like them so much! Did you watch the first film in theaters and waited with anticipation for the sequels? Or did you get into the series when the movies were all already out?
( cut because this got LONG, surprise, surprise )
That is not all I have to say about the Matrix trilogy, but it's all I will say for now.
I'm not sure I entirely answered your question in the way you wanted,nimueth, but please know that it has taken me over an hour to write this. I said I would write you an essay, and this is not exactly essay length, but it is long (hence the cut).
Edit from the future: It was Lilly, not Lana, that confirmed the first film was an allegory (and not a metaphor) for being transgender. I thought it was Lana, but I was wrong!
Also: I have seen The Matrix in the cinema - I got to see it in May 2004 when it was screened at convention I went to, as part of a Q&A with Joe Pantaliano (Cypher; he's fucking delightful, btw, in HUGE contrast to the character he played). It is the only time I saw on a big screen, and the only thing I really remember is annoying the heck out of Matt, because I'm one of those annoying people who talks during films. He told me to shut up during the Lobby Shootout, because it (is/was) his favourite scene in the entire film. [/edit]
Edit the second: I afterwards thought I should've titled this "You could've just asked", as that would've been a more appropriate quote from Reloaded but, alas, I went with the one that makes me laugh the most instead. [/edit]
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*Or nothing that challenged me in the same way, anyway.
**Trouble reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? aside. That book is NOT reader friendly.
***Trust me, it doesn't. I went looking up stuff about the Merovingians back in the day. I don't remember much, but I do remember it doesn't mean anything. UNLESS THAT WAS THE POINT!
nimueth said to me: I heard you like the Matrix movies, so talk about how you got into them and why you like them so much! Did you watch the first film in theaters and waited with anticipation for the sequels? Or did you get into the series when the movies were all already out?( cut because this got LONG, surprise, surprise )That is not all I have to say about the Matrix trilogy, but it's all I will say for now.
I'm not sure I entirely answered your question in the way you wanted,
nimueth, but please know that it has taken me over an hour to write this. I said I would write you an essay, and this is not exactly essay length, but it is long (hence the cut).Edit from the future: It was Lilly, not Lana, that confirmed the first film was an allegory (and not a metaphor) for being transgender. I thought it was Lana, but I was wrong!
Also: I have seen The Matrix in the cinema - I got to see it in May 2004 when it was screened at convention I went to, as part of a Q&A with Joe Pantaliano (Cypher; he's fucking delightful, btw, in HUGE contrast to the character he played). It is the only time I saw on a big screen, and the only thing I really remember is annoying the heck out of Matt, because I'm one of those annoying people who talks during films. He told me to shut up during the Lobby Shootout, because it (is/was) his favourite scene in the entire film. [/edit]
Edit the second: I afterwards thought I should've titled this "You could've just asked", as that would've been a more appropriate quote from Reloaded but, alas, I went with the one that makes me laugh the most instead. [/edit]
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*Or nothing that challenged me in the same way, anyway.
**Trouble reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? aside. That book is NOT reader friendly.
***Trust me, it doesn't. I went looking up stuff about the Merovingians back in the day. I don't remember much, but I do remember it doesn't mean anything. UNLESS THAT WAS THE POINT!
