#Post Matrix

[maneatingseas]

Next level, kids, next level. The proverbial zipper has been grabbed and pulling it all the way down is going to be VICTORY WITHOUT WAR, thanks to two decades of work and the power of recordings. 

[coffee-and-cake]

Just imagining Megatron pinning Optimus down punching him in chest repeatedly trying to break the glass. There are tears in his eyes as another punch finally cracks it.

“Give him back,” Megatron cries out in anger.

Optimus doesn’t move to stop him only looking up at his old friend with concern and pity. Megatron bangs both his servos on top of the cracking glass and lets out a broken cry.

“Give me Orion back, give him back.”

Optimus knows he should throw Megatron off but he can’t bring himself to stop him. He wants to reach out, hold him, and reassure him that he never left but…

The punches turn in desperate clawing as Megatron tries to force Optimus’s plating off. Trying to get to the Matrix of leadership nestled inside.

“Once I rip this damn thing out I can finally see you again,” Megatron rambled.

Optimus didn’t respond he knew what would happen if he spoke. Megatron would scream at him to shut up. Go on about how he didn’t want him using Orion’s voice. So he just let Megatron continue to bang at the glass.

[transgendercastiel]

I love you stories driven by fear for change. Stories where someone doesn’t want to take that leap, can’t take that chance. Stories where the risk is just too high, and you suffer for it. Stories where there was a person you were supposed to be, but you never gave yourself the chance. Stories where you know there’s something wrong with the way you’re living, but admitting that would mean you had to do something about it. Characters who lose your shot because you never let yourself take it, you’ll always be my favourite

[leighcest]

he's all i'm thinkin about!!!

[emilyscully]

You're here because you know something. What you know, you can't explain. But you feel it. You've felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad.

THE MATRIX PREMIERED ON THIS DAY, 25 YEARS AGO

[punkitt-is-here]

[whatsupspaceman]

characters who begin again in completely new worlds… or characters with memory loss being given another shot at life… and then using that desperately trying to make amends for the person they are told they used to be,, or who reinvent themselves into a new person to the betterment or detriment of themselves.. but the shadow of the old self always lingers >>>>>>>

[melancholic-cinnamon-roll]

[ballpitwitch]

KEANU REEVES as NEO The Matrix (1999)

[y2kbbie]

⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ a rainy day in with... ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

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john wick.

would include LOTS of cuddles and kisses, whether if it's on the couch or the bed, or even if it's somewhere like the kitchen. he's a softie when it comes to you, and it shows when you're cooped up in his mansion together on a rainy day <3 maybe he'd bake a batch of cookies with you. you smear some cookie dough on his nose and giggle at him until he brings his finger up to swipe it off...and surprise you by swiftly thrusting it into your vulnerably open lips, causing you both to laugh at each other. you always love getting the opportunity to hear john's voice for a long amount of time. this would, of course, lead to you listening to him read a book to you while you were practically glued to his side, with your arm wrapped around his waist.

ted logan.

of course, he'd spend lots of time with you in either your/his room, or the basement at his house. since you're his rockin' babe, ted would spend this time getting the chance to perform one of his many written songs dedicated to you while you sat on a beanbag he's always stored aside just for you to use while you were there to visit. if you're still in school, you and ted would finish up whatever homework you had left over together. you would both be your own tutors up into the late hours of the night. after a day of studying, if it's still a heavy storm, ted will protect you by keeping you in his arms while being the big spoon. he'd stroke your hair with his fingertips lightly grazing your loose strands, pushing them gently behind your ears.

neo anderson (real world).

when he's not busy working on his game, neo would spend his free time with you. of course, you have a coffee machine at home; so, he'd make you your favorite latte and put your favorite movie or show on. if it's a busy day with development, he will let you stay with him in his office. sometimes he'll even let you sit on his lap, which he knows that the both of you always enjoy.

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[mizgnomer]

Behind the Scenes of Army of Ghosts/Doomsday (Part 20)  

Excerpt from SFX (Sept 2014 when “The Doctor and Rose say farewell at Bad Wolf Bay in Doomsday” won 1st place in their 250 Greatest Moments in Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy poll to celebrate their 250th issue):

SFX:  Revisionists would have you believe that Who was always a show with emotional impact, but barring a couple of companion departures that didn’t really become true until Russell T Davies.  His most heart-destroying contribution was this scene, in which a holographic projection of the Doctor talks to a tearful Rose on a Norwegian beach (actually Southerndown, South Wales), with the signal cutting out just before the slow-coach can declare, “I love you”.  It’s a moment everyone can identify with because, as Davies put it, “There’s an echo of every loss you’ve ever had.” We’ve all had to bid farewell to someone we care about even if it wasn’t forced upon us by the threat of universal destruction and this moment perfectly encapulates the agony of break-up.

Russell T Davies:  Thank you!  I’m not often speechless, but that’s quite astonishing. All I can remember about that day is everyone rushing like mad to get it finished because the tide was coming in.  Camille Coduri had to stand on wooden planks in case she sank.  But what a cast - David and Billie are simply magnificent.  All directed with joy, energy, and madness by Graeme Harper. I’m genuinely surprised that it means that much to people, after all this time, and thank you to everyone who voted.

David Tennant:  I remember worrying on the day we shot this that as I was actually a projection from inside the TARDIS my hair shouldn’t be blowing in the wind.  That seemed terribly important at the time and although we didn’t find a solution to it, it bothered me for weeks.  Then I saw the finished scene and of course all that matters is the end of the Doctor and Rose’s story.  Russell had weaved some glorious magic for two seasons and it all came together so perfectly in this scene that people still talk to me about it with misty eyes all these years later (and I suspect they always will.)  Murray Gold created some heart-stopping music that accentuates the misery and Billie is just breathtakingly good.  I feel very lucky to be standing on that beach, with my hair flying around, in amongst all these brilliant elements.  Whatever else I do and wherever else I end up, this will be a moment I will forever be proud to look back on.  Thanks for having us at number one.

Link to [ part one ] of the Army of Ghosts/Doomsday Behind-the-scenes posts or click the #whoBtsDoom tag, or the full episode list [ here ]

[lexys]

the chosen one, destined by fate or prophecy to save the world.

Frodo Baggins - The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003).

Daenerys Targaryen - Game of Thrones (2011-2019).

Neo - The Matrix (1999-2021).

Paul Atreides - Dune (2021 - 2024).

[lizardsfromspace]

Okay, Matrix plagiarism case postscript

One thing I didn't answer is how she got the Wachowski's timeline wrong. I still don't know, but it appears she essentially shifted their lives back a decade

She says less than a decade ago they were running a construction business, but actually, working at a construction company is what they were doing in 1986. In 1976 Lana and Lilly were eleven and nine years old respectively. I can't explain why she messed this up, beyond having to age them up a decade for the story to work

But this screencap also brings up another thing she mentions repeatedly that I didn't mention - the smoking gun in her claim is that...the Matrix ripped off her words verbatim for its opening crawl. The opening crawl...to The Matrix.

Huh?

So her story is - and unsurprisingly the timeline here is jumbled, for instance, citing production interviews from 1997 when the film wouldn't enter production until 1998 - the original version of The Matrix contained a Star Wars-style opening crawl, and this was the most directly plagiarized part of the film.

She claims this opening crawl was, in fact, in the theatrical release of The Matrix and only removed when it came to home media, because she. Because she called the FBI on the Wachowskis for stealing the idea of opening crawls from her

The theatrical cut does differ from later versions slightly - most infamously the Wachowskis made the green color filter much more green in the second DVD release, to make it consistent with the style of the sequels - but if there was a opening crawl mandated by the studio, nobody but her has mentioned it, and I find it hard to believe critics wouldn't mention it.

Because this is Dark City. She's clearly confused The Matrix with stories about the studio's meddling with the 1998 film Dark City.

Dark City was the dystopian sci-fi film that had a opening narration explaining the whole plot foisted on it by the studio, and critics mentioned it. Basically every review mentioned it (some even suggest covering your ears or muting the film the first time you see it, at least until the Director's Cut removed it). Meanwhile, reviews of The Matrix praised its opening from the very beginning: how it drops you right into things and lets you find out about its world as Neo does. It's just not possible that the theatrical release has a opening crawl no one mentioned when I can pull up full comparisons of theatrical vs first DVD vs second DVD vs Bluray. Whatever story she read either was about Dark City, or was a Wachowski saying in passing "yeah the studio wanted us to add one but we didn't".

Another thing I didn't touch on is just how much it hypes her up as a untouchable genius of cinema. For instance, she claims to have come up with the effects of The Matrix in 1983 too

(one funny part is how little she brings up The Terminator at all? She just threw it in as a bonus I guess)

I looked up how they did the bullet time effect in particular and...it would have been impossible in 1983. It's not just high speed photography; it's entire banks of cameras, placed in the right place by computer previsualization, their sequence programmed, and with all the elements composited together by CGI. Even stylistically - the true creator of the effects cited Akira as a influence, and Akira the movie didn't exist in 1983. Neither did the type of Hong Kong action film that heavily influenced it. I guess it would be possible to write down "someone goes really fast and we depict it like they slowed down time", concepts of a plan etc

But like.

She's destined to be one of the most profound master writers of the 21st century. This is a book proving she's never written anything. It has a pitch for The Third Eye, it has a second film treatment tacked on at the end, and it has copyright registrations for her sequels to Terminator and The Matrix. M. Night Shyamalan's character in Lady in the Water was destined to be a great writer too, but he actually wrote a book. He didn't put out a book with a decades-old synposis that was never finished & reams of legal documents and a bio saying, I'm one of the greatest authors of all time. Because who needs writing when you have destiny, God, and the ancient superrace living in the Pyramids on your side?

This is my for real last post on this since I ended up just depressed about it in the end. I think the worst part is, she knows she lost. But she still goes to the press telling a story she knows isn't true, and people believe her. Some of it is transphobic - "stop saying it's a trans allegory when they stole it"; some of it runs with the Christian oppression narrative (full disclosure, I was inspired to look for her book again bc while looking up another crank, I saw an interview with her in the sidebar of a religious website); but a lot of it is just people who innocently want it to be true.

One of the few pieces debunking her story is on a website called Black Excellence - it doesn't even have a byline - said this:

"There are many people, especially Black people, who wanted the story to be true. It symbolized a Black person, especially a Black woman, finally winning against the system. When Sophia Stewart spoke about how mainstream media would not give her the time of day because almost all of them were owned by Warner Brothers, some Black media embraced her. Blogs spread her story, especially the initial story on Globe that contained errors about the case.

"But the story is not true. Sophia Stewart did not become the richest Black person in the country. But that did not deter her from going on several shows and publications to tell her story."

She took advantage of people's urge to root for the underdog against a corporation - and seized on a lack of mainstream coverage to claim her story was being suppressed. But it just isn't true. Also yeah she ridiculously claims that Warner Bros owns every news website and newspaper and that's kind of funny I guess. Well, that's it. I'm never doing this again

[novataleart]

You just knooowwww Hot Rod would ABSOLUTELY be so much like Orion Pax before the Matrix (Specifically the first few scenes in Transformers ONE) And Hot Rod would get all down on himself thinking that he'd never be able to fill Optimus' shoes,,, Only to find out from Optimus himself that he was just. like. him.

[jeebits]

the cycle continues