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2003-08-09T07:57:00.000-07:00

Topic - The Matrix Media
As a follow up to my last post, i will be naming all of the interesting matrix related media:

The Matrix Reloaded

The Animatrix

The Matrix Revisited

The Matrix Collecters Set

The Matrix

With all this attention i've been giving to amazon... do you think they would pay me as an advertiser?

2003-07-13T11:12:00.000-07:00

Topic - The Matrix Literature
Here are some interesting books that have to do with the matrix films:

The Matrix Shooting Script - by Larry & Andy Wachowski

The Matrix & Philosophy - by William Irwin

Taking The Red Pill - by Glenn Yeffeth

Simulacra & Simulation - by Jean Baudrillard

Art Of The Matrix - by Spencer Lamm

The Gospel Reloaded - by Chris Seay & Greg Garrett

The Twin

2003-06-15T08:06:00.000-07:00

Topic - The Matrix Revolutions
Here are a couple comments from the people involved in the matrix trilogy:

Joel Silver says:
Reloaded and Revolutions could be one film. But I htink they work best as two sittings. It's quite a lot to absorb. Revolutions is all-out war between the humans and the machines and will, by all accounts, blow your minds. We have a 14 minute, $40 million battle sequence that is the most complicated sequence ever put on film.

John Gaeta, stunt director:
"Reloaded, no problem; even though it was incredibly difficult, there was a lot of buffer time built in. Revolutions, on the other hand is aggressive because it's quite grand. Revolutions is much more epic. More creature based and much more about machines and bio-mechanical places. It's an awesome catagory to work in as a lot of us are big fans of Alien. It's a completely different train to anything we've done before.

Dan Cracchiolo, Production executive:
"You know Revolutions is the real thing, right? Revolutions is the pay off. Reloaded is just a tease...."

Keanu Reeves:
"The first is about birth. The second about life. The third about death. I don't know though. Maybe it should be called The Matrix Resurrection."

The Twin

2003-06-12T12:42:00.000-07:00

Topic - The Animatrix
Heres a snippet from "Computer Graphics World" magazine desribing how "The Final Flight Of The Osiris" was created:

The Team modeled the characters in Maya, and created the skin texture in photoshop and rendered it in Pixar Animation Studios' RenderMan. To create a look of muscles under the skin, the team wrote a Maya plug-in. "It's a pose-based system that our modelers used to sculpt the musles as they would appear in each pose," explains Andy Jones. To create realistic clothing and hair, they relied on SQFlex, a tool they wrote while working on "Final Fantasy : The Spirits Within".About 40% of the piece was keyframed in Maya so that the animators could acheive photorealistic yet superhuman movement without the need for rigs. The remaining 60% was animated with motion analysis's motion capture technology.

The Companies that make "The Final Flight Of The Osiris" possible are:
Adobe Systems
Alias|Wavefront
Apple Computer
Avid
Cambridge Animation Systems
Celsys
Discreet
Motion Analysis
NewTek
Pixar Animation Studios
Softimage

The Twin

2003-06-08T15:41:00.000-07:00

Topic - The Matrix Reloaded
Here are some more quicktime virtual rooms for you to feast your eyes on thanks to www.whatisthematrix.com

Alley - Chinatown
Teahouse - Chinatown
Access Alley - Sub Metro

And click here for the complete list of quicktime virtual rooms
All Rooms

The Twin

2003-06-06T13:58:00.000-07:00

Topic - The Matrix Reloaded
Here is something i have been looking for, the transcript to the Architect scene and the complete transcription of the "The Matrix Reloaded".

Complete transcript of Architect scene
Complete transcript of entire movie

Merovingian "French is my favourite, fantastic language, especially to curse with. Nom de Dieu de putain de bordel de merde de saloperies de connards d'enculés de ta mère. You see, it's like wiping your ass with silk, I love it."

Here is a very interseting site. If you really liked the sunglasses, or costumes used in "The Matrix Reloaded", well you can have them!
Matrix Sunglasses
Matrix Costumes

Here are the boots Neo uses in the lobby scene and in the slow motion dodging scene
Matrix Boots

The Twin

2003-06-05T18:01:00.000-07:00

Topic - The Matrix Revolutions
Incase you were wondering who is coming back for "The Matrix Revolutions"
here is the cast :

Keanu Reeves - Thomas A. Anderson/Neo
Laurence Fishburne - Morpheus
Carrie-Anne Moss - Trinity
Hugo Weaving - Agent Smith
Gloria Foster - Oracle
Matt McColm - Agent Thompson
Jada Pinkett Smith - Niobe
Monica Bellucci - Persephone
Lambert Wilson - Merovingian
Harold Perrineau Jr - Kain
Harry J. Lennix - Lock
Clayton Watson - The Kid
Daniel Bernhardt - Agent Johnson
Christine Anu - Lazarus
Steve Bastoni - Captain Sorren
Nona M. Gaye - Zee
Lachy Hulme - Sparks
Roy Jones Jr. - Captain Ballard
Nathaniel Lees - Mifuno
Sing Ngai (as Collin Chou) - Seraph
Adrian Rayment - Twin One
Neil Rayment - Twin Two

2003-06-04T16:48:00.000-07:00

Topic - New Member
Well i am pleased to announce that i have invited a new member to this blog to help me wade through the never ending swamp of knowlage that is "The Matrix".

Hey, my name is Jeremy Van, one of Lucas' friends. I will be "helping" him on his conquest for spreading the plague of the movie, "The Matrix". Well thats about all I got to say, good-day.

2003-06-04T16:27:00.000-07:00

Topic - The Matrix Reloaded
If you are itching to see more of "The Matrix Reloaded" here are some Quicktime Virtual rooms.
Kitchen
Office
Trinity's Room
Hamann's Office

All of These links are from www.whatisthematrix.com, Thank you.

The Twin

2003-06-04T14:53:00.000-07:00

Topic - The Animatrix - The Matrix Reloaded
Well today i personally watched "The Animatrix" and enjoyed it very much. It filled in so many of the gaps in "The Matrix Reloaded" such as the kid that says Neo saved him (Kid's Story), and how people become aware of the matrix (World Record).

These are a couple interviews done by "whatisthematrix.com"
Shinichiro Watanabe - Kids Story, Detective Story
Mahiro Maeda - The Second Reniassance parts 1 & 2
Mike Arias - Japan Based Animatrix Producer

Also heres an amusing little nugget, The outfit the Niobe was wearing in "The Matrix Reloaded" is up for auction and goes until friday. If you are interested in purchasing her outfit Click Here

The Twin

2003-06-03T17:07:00.000-07:00

Topic - Enter The Matrix
"Enter The Matrix" is a role playing game where you either get ot be Niobe or Ghost (you get to choose which at the start). The plot of "Enter The Matrix" fills on the holes of "The Matrix Reloaded" and gives you a better understanding of The matrix. "Enter The Matrix" is filled with cinamatics and parts of "The Matrix Reloaded" which liven it up quite a bit. But Enter The Matrix's controls are very hard to understand on almost every system it runs on and has quite a few glitches, but other than that it is an incredibly fun game with very cool features such as focus in which you slow time down and are able to dodge bullets and do incredibly fast martial arts moves!

You can learn more about "Enter The Matrix" by Clicking Here

The Twin

2003-06-03T16:38:00.000-07:00

Topic - The Animatrix
I have just purchased "The Animatrix"on DvD and got the special addition which includes "Animatrix : The Ambum".
"Animatrix : The album" comtains the following tracks :
Peace Orchistra - Who am I?
Free*Land - Big Wednesday
Layo & Bushwacka - Blind Tiger
Supreme Beings of Leisure - Under the Gun
Meat Beat Manifesto - Martenot Waves
Photek - Ren 2
Death in Vegas - Hands Around My Throat
Junkie XL - Beauty Never Fades
Overseer - Supermoves
Juno Reactor - Conga Fury
Junkie XL/Don Davis - Red Pill, Blue Pill
Tech Itch/Don Davis - The Real

I enjoyed these songs very much but i am not encouraging you to download them, instead either buy "The Animatrix : Special Addition" or buy "Animatrix : The Album"

The Twin

2003-06-03T12:22:00.000-07:00

Topic - The Matrix Online
"The Matrix Online" has been announced to be released Christmas, 2004. "The Matrix Online" is a Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game (MMORPG), playable by thousands of people simultaneously. In "The Matrix Online" you get to be an actual person in the matrix!

You can gain additional information about "The Matrix Online" by Clicking Here

The Twin

2003-06-03T12:14:00.000-07:00

Topic - The Animatrix
Today is the big day, "The Animatrix" is coming out on Video and DvD
The Animatrix is a compelation of 9 different animated shorts by 7 different directors.
The titles of these shorts are:
- The Second Reniassance Parts 1 and 2
- Beyond
- The Final Flight of the Osiris
- World Record
- Kid's Story
- Matriculated
- Detective Story
- Program

To view four completely free downloadable episodes of "the Animatrix" Click Here
Or buy "The Animatrix" on Amazon by Clicking Here
Personally i have not purchased "The Animatrix" yet but i will very soon, and will update you on this subject.

The Twin

2003-06-02T17:40:00.000-07:00

Today is my first day on Blogger and i am hoping my blog will succeed at supplying all the vital information about the matrix!