Re: THE MATRIX: Philosophy

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 01:51:38 MDT

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    On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 10:26:22PM -0700, Mike Lorrey wrote:
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    > One thing that has always bugged me about the story that Morpheus touts
    > is that we never hear the other side.

    That is one thing I think the first animatrix episode actually manages.
    It is very much a pro-machine piece, presenting the machines as being
    oppressed by humans and doing their outmost to reach peaceful
    coexistence - which is rejected by the shortsighted and cynical
    fleshthings.

    The nice thing about the matrixverse is that it has from the start (in
    the cartoons and short stories) tried to produce multiple stories and
    even some competing narratives. The movies might very well have one
    definite slant, but there is surrpunding stories that are rather
    subversive.

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