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Forget any residual nasty-mouth taste from the let down that is Phantom Menace and the nagging suspicion that Attack of The Clones will mess your brainpan.
The teaser trailer for The Matrix:Reloaded has been released.
And it rocks.
Morpheus with a sword.
Agent Smith and a load of crows.
Neo kicking Virii face in a mansion. With two swords.
Trinity doing backflips wearing that leather.
Agent Smith ssssmiling evillllly to the cammmmmeraaaaaa
Morpheus & Trinity in a car sliding to a halt.
Running
Jumping
Kicking
Punching
I’m pretty much “meh” about Star Wars now. I love the originals. I grew up with them, 1st movie I ever saw at the cinema was Star Wars and I was 4. I still remember that huge ship passing over the screen and me ducking.
Stars Wars, Empire & Jedi are perfect films. But why?
Are they absolutely faultless in every respect? Not at all. Ewoks are lame, Chewie giving the Tarzan Holler destroys the “in a galaxy far far away” idea etc etc.
But they belong to my generation, they are the defining cinema moments of our childhood.
Trust me, if you ever went to the triple-bill in Harlow Odeon with Stromtroopers serving Ki-Ora and Cornettos down the front after the first film ended (ask someone older about these classic cinema traditions), then you understand why Star Wars 4, 5 and 6 are that important.
And I remember seeing The Phantom Menace being reported before it came out. Me and my flatmate would sit and look and pics from sets going “Dude, 17 years waiting will be over next year. Awesome”.
But instead of Star Wars Episode 1, we got The Phantom Menace.
It lacked everything that we loved from the originals.
No sense of wonder of adventure. Obi-Wan isn’t a young guy with a mullet/rat-tail. He’s the old hermit in the dunes of Tattooine. Qui-Gon? Who?
No droids, no stormtroopers, nothing we remember as being good.
It blew the pony.
Attack of the Clones may be alright, I’m not expecting anything great so I can’t feel let down and sit there going “…well it said Star Wars but…I don’t know…I feel sad”.
Personally The Matrix had the same effect on me as Star Wars did as a nipper.
I knew nothing about it really, The Wachowski Bros made Bound and that was cool. I knew this had Keanu “Dude!” Reeves in but I went anyway.
And it quadraspazzed me as much as Star Wars did.
Ok, so instead of a massive ship hoving overhead at the start, you had Carrie Ann-Moss in skin-tight leather running around walls.
Which suits me.
The Matrix just had a sense of adventure, fun and “This is cool!” that Star Wars had. None of the laboured crap from Phantom Menace (note to Lucas: Trade Embargos are not Star Wars. Star Wars was rescuing the princess and defeating the baddy. Not lizard wars against droids).
I loved every single moment of The Matrix.
Why? Because it was just cool.
It looked ultra-cool. They even wore shades and did slo-mo stuff.
I’m sorry, but if you even slightly love cinema for experience, then coming out of that movie made you want to run along the wall and said “I know Kung-Fu”.
Yes, the plot was a bit basic. Yes the effects are *now* cliché but you’d never seen that before.
Think of the moments from that movie:
Trinity at the start.
Neo’s training “I know Kung-Fu”
The Lobby Scene and Morpheus rescue.
It was 100% good-fun, uber-stylish film making with a sense of fun to it.
Unlike Star Wars Episode 1, 2 and 3.
That seems more and more like laboured, over self-important toss.
But The Matrix: Reloaded? I want to see this now. And we get The Matrix:Revolutions 3 months after Reloaded.
That rocks.
You can stuff your Jedi/Padawan/Jar-Jar/Annie rubbish up your trash compactor.
I’m going with Morpheus, Agent Smith and Neo.
They have the cool toys and enjoy their ride.
The teaser trailer for The Matrix:Reloaded has been released.
And it rocks.
Morpheus with a sword.
Agent Smith and a load of crows.
Neo kicking Virii face in a mansion. With two swords.
Trinity doing backflips wearing that leather.
Agent Smith ssssmiling evillllly to the cammmmmeraaaaaa
Morpheus & Trinity in a car sliding to a halt.
Running
Jumping
Kicking
Punching
I’m pretty much “meh” about Star Wars now. I love the originals. I grew up with them, 1st movie I ever saw at the cinema was Star Wars and I was 4. I still remember that huge ship passing over the screen and me ducking.
Stars Wars, Empire & Jedi are perfect films. But why?
Are they absolutely faultless in every respect? Not at all. Ewoks are lame, Chewie giving the Tarzan Holler destroys the “in a galaxy far far away” idea etc etc.
But they belong to my generation, they are the defining cinema moments of our childhood.
Trust me, if you ever went to the triple-bill in Harlow Odeon with Stromtroopers serving Ki-Ora and Cornettos down the front after the first film ended (ask someone older about these classic cinema traditions), then you understand why Star Wars 4, 5 and 6 are that important.
And I remember seeing The Phantom Menace being reported before it came out. Me and my flatmate would sit and look and pics from sets going “Dude, 17 years waiting will be over next year. Awesome”.
But instead of Star Wars Episode 1, we got The Phantom Menace.
It lacked everything that we loved from the originals.
No sense of wonder of adventure. Obi-Wan isn’t a young guy with a mullet/rat-tail. He’s the old hermit in the dunes of Tattooine. Qui-Gon? Who?
No droids, no stormtroopers, nothing we remember as being good.
It blew the pony.
Attack of the Clones may be alright, I’m not expecting anything great so I can’t feel let down and sit there going “…well it said Star Wars but…I don’t know…I feel sad”.
Personally The Matrix had the same effect on me as Star Wars did as a nipper.
I knew nothing about it really, The Wachowski Bros made Bound and that was cool. I knew this had Keanu “Dude!” Reeves in but I went anyway.
And it quadraspazzed me as much as Star Wars did.
Ok, so instead of a massive ship hoving overhead at the start, you had Carrie Ann-Moss in skin-tight leather running around walls.
Which suits me.
The Matrix just had a sense of adventure, fun and “This is cool!” that Star Wars had. None of the laboured crap from Phantom Menace (note to Lucas: Trade Embargos are not Star Wars. Star Wars was rescuing the princess and defeating the baddy. Not lizard wars against droids).
I loved every single moment of The Matrix.
Why? Because it was just cool.
It looked ultra-cool. They even wore shades and did slo-mo stuff.
I’m sorry, but if you even slightly love cinema for experience, then coming out of that movie made you want to run along the wall and said “I know Kung-Fu”.
Yes, the plot was a bit basic. Yes the effects are *now* cliché but you’d never seen that before.
Think of the moments from that movie:
Trinity at the start.
Neo’s training “I know Kung-Fu”
The Lobby Scene and Morpheus rescue.
It was 100% good-fun, uber-stylish film making with a sense of fun to it.
Unlike Star Wars Episode 1, 2 and 3.
That seems more and more like laboured, over self-important toss.
But The Matrix: Reloaded? I want to see this now. And we get The Matrix:Revolutions 3 months after Reloaded.
That rocks.
You can stuff your Jedi/Padawan/Jar-Jar/Annie rubbish up your trash compactor.
I’m going with Morpheus, Agent Smith and Neo.
They have the cool toys and enjoy their ride.
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*juggles*
Still waiting..?
Still waiting..?
Downloading the Matrix one right now. Hurry up! Someone entertain me while I wait.
auf deutsch wrote:
> They've just released the Die Another Day teaser trailer as well
> It's gonna be attached to all copies of Episode 2 :D
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Just got back from Episode 2, and that trailer. I must say I was surprised when I saw the 20th Century Fox logo on a Bond film
> They've just released the Die Another Day teaser trailer as well
> It's gonna be attached to all copies of Episode 2 :D
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Just got back from Episode 2, and that trailer. I must say I was surprised when I saw the 20th Century Fox logo on a Bond film
Damn university computers won't let me get Quicktime. Have to wait for the trailers in the cinema. I'm gonna see SW Ep2, Sidey and Dog Soldiers in the next couple of weeks, hopefully it'll be in one of them.
That has gotta be one of the greatest opening sequences for a trailer ever.
I love Bond.
I love Bond.
They've just released the Die Another Day teaser trailer as well
http://www.apple.com/trailers/mgm/die_another_day/teaser_md. html
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It's gonna be attached to all copies of Episode 2 :D
http://www.apple.com/trailers/mgm/die_another_day/teaser_md. html
Remove the space before html
It's gonna be attached to all copies of Episode 2 :D
Yeah I think I will, I'm sure I've seen it for about £12.99 in ASDA of all places.
Get the Special Edition 2 disc set.
It has a 3 min "Behind the scenes" snippet with training and stunt driving for the sequel.
It has a 3 min "Behind the scenes" snippet with training and stunt driving for the sequel.
I've just seen the teaser trailer and it rocks. It only shows a bit, but its enough to get me all excited again, infact the only problem with the trailer is the date. 2003, a year away until we get the watch both films. I'm just glad their filming both at the same time so we don't have to wait another 2 years for the third movie.
Actually I think I'll go out and buy the Matrix on DVD now my intrest has once again been boosted, I have it on video but I want better quality. I hope these two new films are just as good if not better than the origanal because the matrix not only has great action scenes, but it also has an origanal storyline and good script. One of the best action films of all time.
Actually I think I'll go out and buy the Matrix on DVD now my intrest has once again been boosted, I have it on video but I want better quality. I hope these two new films are just as good if not better than the origanal because the matrix not only has great action scenes, but it also has an origanal storyline and good script. One of the best action films of all time.
Matrix is one of my 3 fave films. Truly fantstic stuff. I'll check the trailers later.
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