Re: The Matrix

Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Sun, 27 Jun 1999 18:04:58 -0400

I watch around one movie per day on average, and I liked it. I think the people that didn't like it obviously had their hopes set way to high. This movie was not intended to be on the same level as a 2001, etc. The directors clearly stated in various interviews and such that they were simply intending to meld the best kung-fu/anime styles they could come up with into an American live action film. Nothing really more. I'm sure if they wanted to come up with some really super-intelligent story they could. So you need to enjoy it on that level as a simple action flick.

"Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
>
> It's just a guess - but I bet that all the Extropians who loved _The
> Matrix_ see around one movie a year, and that was it; while the ones who
> hate _The Matrix_ watch around one movie a month, or more.
> --
> sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
> http://pobox.com/~sentience/tmol-faq/meaningoflife.html
> Running on BeOS Typing in Dvorak Programming with Patterns
> Voting for Libertarians Heading for Singularity There Is A Better Way

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