Matrix: Reloaded, Revolutions and Animatrix (WARNING: Revolutions Spoilers)

This is now a spoiler thread. If anyone wants it to revert to being a spoiler free zone, drop me a PM.


Anyone else looking forward to the rest of the Matrix series?

I decided to start this thread for fans of the original Matrix film, as well as for people looking forward to seeing the 2 sequels, Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions & the Anime series called The Animatrix, so they can come and discuss the latest news and spoilers.

Personally I think that either these films or Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ( ~T3: Rise of the Machines~ Discussion Thread ), will be the biggest sci-fi/action films in years, and a tough act to follow. This will be a bigger box office battle than AOTC and Spider-Man ever was. Reloaded will be releases mid-May 2003, a 2 month head start on T3 (July) and will be followed by Revolutions in November of the same year.

Here are a few of the good sites:

Official Site! Here you can see the first teaser trailer for The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, and also the trailer for The Animatrix. They also have pictures and stills from all three of these upcoming projects. The site comes in Flash and HTML versions

ComingSoon.net Reloaded page and ComingSoon.net Revolutions page
Coming Soon regularly have the latest news on the films.

Yahoo Reloaded page and Yahoo Revolutions page
Yahoo recently took over UpComingMovies.com, and their sites provide excellent info even before the filming had started.

i dont think there is any other thread on this....
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-Comic Book Guy

 

I am totally looking forward to the next Matrix. I'm just hoping that it's not going to be a disappointment.

 

I just hope it's better then the originial one...

 

Yeah Kat, i heard that the script was very Star-Trek style, which is a bad bad thing IMO

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-Comic Book Guy

 

Star Trek style ? How so ?

 

Ill try and find that report for you, i just hope it isnt

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-Comic Book Guy

 

Star Trek style? That doesn't sound good.

I'm hoping they stay true to the Asian roots of the film. The first Matrix really integrated a lot of Eastern cinema that mainstream audiences hadn't seen much off. I'm hoping for more of the same. And yes, I'm happy with a live-action Dragonball type movie.

 

there's not only the martix sequels and T3 but also Charlie's Angels 2, X-men 2, Tomb Raider 2, and the Hulk. it's going to be a huge summer for blockbusters!

 

Yeah but these two are of a similar genre.....and the sad thing is all of those are sequels, except Hulk but even that has been done before (TV series) and is based on the marvel comics

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-Comic Book Guy

 

Why even bother with another Charlie's Angels ? Does anyone care ?

 

A lot of movies, more than I used to realize, are based often off of books or television shows.

Is the Matrix completely original; written for the big screen? I would have thought it was based off of some previous work.

 

"The Matrix is overrated." - Mace Windy





Mace Windy,
instant poster, gust add wind!

 

"I never even saw it" --citizen-tom

 

.....i knew it was a matter of time before windy got in here....

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-Comic Book Guy

 

The Matrix Reloaded looks so damn good.

 

I love the Matrix... I'm looking forward to the sequels....

That's all I have to say.

 

The Matrix = silly
Swords = good
Keanu Reaves = silly
Cool special fx = good
"100 agents" = silly
Trinity in tight leather = good

Overall? Who knows. I'll probably end up seeing this one, but not in the theatres.

 

"I loved the first MAtrix!"

JWR, the original poster of the JC.

 

First off, these are gonna be dope. I'm not saying that the Matrix was the best movie of all time, but it seems like the people in charge are really pulling out all the stops for these sequels. For instance, right now I'm most stoked about the chase seen. Here's a rundown:

A 2 mile stretch of highway was constructed outside of Oakland strictly for a car chase sequence. The action and chase sequences they shot involving the highway were all shot simultaneously. What that means is that instead of shooting the difficult elements of the scene seperately and then editing them together in post-production, ALL of them were shot at the same time! AND, the chase seen is reported to last 15 minutes!!! Talk about total carnage.

I had an epiphany last night while watching the Matrix, and it became clear how 'Star Trek' is going to come into play.

Basically, the main theme of Star Trek, be it the original, TNG, or the movies, is humanness. Although the there were many themes, the central one was always the triumph of humanity against it's galactic opposition. Other species and aliens often times were smarter, stronger, had better technology, special powers, even omniscience. However, even at impossible odds, the Enterprise always triumphed because of it's 'humanness'. Basically, the point, was that humans have a special quality that not even deities like Q could conquer, and that is why the Enterprise(s) won.

Now translate this to the Matrix. Morpheus and Neo are up against impossible odds, against a much stronger opponent. This opponent has every advantage possible. It's technologically superior, has superior recources, and has superior intelligence. However, we will see the humans win in the end. Why?? Because the machines don't have that special something that only human beings have.

 

Good point, WS. I just hope they come up with ground breaking special effects, instead of rehashing the first movie.

 

I loved The Matrix. I had mixed feelings when I heard they're making it a trilogy, because I loved the first one sooo much I was afraid they'd screw up the sequels. I am going spoiler-free.

 

LL, it was always a trilogy, and anyhow the first film didnt really end the story...

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Comic Book Guy

 

There's a great article about the sequels in the new Rolling Stone. The author slams Star Wars and George Lucas a couple times, but I can forgive him.

There was a lot of spoiler info in the article that I had not heard before... very cool.


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Isn't there a good Matrix message board out there?


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Aren't the new special FX supoosed to be uncopible? (sp?)