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  The Matrix

   • j********o@***.com
     01/04/1999 00:00:000 UTC

     It's difficult to describe the plot without revealing too much, but it
     is

     reminiscent of both The Terminator and Dark City (which I still haven't
     seen!)

     A man discovers that his whole world is a delusion and must confront a
     harsh

     reality. Lots of neat ideas the plot pleasingly doesn't exhaust, it
     _demands_

     RPG treatment (I hope someone talented seeks and gets the rights). Quite
     cool,

     though it should have been great. It was actually a better science
     fiction-

     than action-movie. The Hong Kong Action Theatre style (slow-mo, highly

     stylized posing) defused what should have been spectacular stunts and
     combats.

     The story also should have demonstrated the hero's progress
     incrementally: his

     unique talent should have been explored and made more rigorous. Not
     gory: I

     recommend it to even the most squeemish of Forumites.

     Gorno

     We used to be rebels:

     We still are.

     We are...

     The Romantics.

       • John Reddy
         01/04/1999 00:00:000 UTC

         The plot and scenery are at times definitely reminiscent of Dark
         City. The special

         effects go on and on, and they don't overdo any particular effect.
         The slow motion

         seems to be used to show dialated senses, more than anything else.

         As far as the RPG aspect, this would definitely work well as a
         Whitewolf Mage

         game. Standard humanity vrs. technocracy, with the good guys some
         kind of cross

         between Akashic and Virtual Adepts.

         Overall, the movie kicked ass. :) . . . Nobody can say 'Woh' quite
         like Keanu. :)

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