Movies That Were Probably Made By a Spasm of Six Year-Olds on Acid: The Top 75 Action Films Poll Results Thread

the matrix had no excuse rly (xp well i mostly meant the sequels, which i've only half-watched, so don't know if they had any reason why after the end of the first one he was suddenly p lame again) but the whole incepted-person-having-to-believe-it's-reality thing ruined any chance inception had of being interesting. more freight trains on the road for some reason, fewer boring explosions for some reason.

the sequels don't exist as far as i'm concerned

it's pretty much a given at this point that a good 40% of ILE film conversation around a movie is going to involve arguments that make one question if the person making the argument actually watched the movie

xxp: um for most of the second movie Neo flies around the Matrix like Superman and iirc doesn't actually use any guns; it's the other characters who don't have his powers who are still run and gunning

what would kill bill have been like if theyd had lightsabers

i still don't get why the punisher came back to town to punish and let everyone know that he was alive. element of surprise, dude...

the knowing is part of the punishment

kinda dumb if you ask me.

oh and way to involve other people in your thing by moving to weird rooming house right next to three other people. right after your thing had everyone in your family killed. abandoned place in the country would have been more sensible.

but i dug it.

it's pretty much a given at this point that a good 40% of ILE film conversation around a movie is going to involve arguments that make one question if the person making the argument actually watched the movie

Yeah, I feel like there are some pretty simple movies about which critics seem to get confused.

hey that's why HE'S the punisher xp

1. Until Neo become The One he's only able to defy the laws of physics to a certain extent (did you miss all the training etc?)

sure, but why are all the entities that control the matrix - Agent Smith, etc. - observing the laws of physics, using guns etc

http://www.elec-intro.com/EX/05-14-22/jamie_bio.jpg

myth busted, dudes, move on

guys, I watched Robocop last night and it was sooooo great

the last two minutes alone are mind-boggling great

sure, but why are all the entities that control the matrix - Agent Smith, etc. - observing the laws of physics, using guns etc

... You're asking why software entities that existed within a framework operated largely under the confines of that framework?

Also, what are the physics behind Smith taking over other entities and turning them into clones of himself?

xp Is it like a Neuromancer thing (warning: 20 years or so since i read Neuromancer)? The computerised data streams or w/e are constructed along recognisable human lines to make them easier to operate. Yes when you are walking down the street you are only shifting data/programming, but by making it something natural like walking or, er, firing a gun, then it makes it easier to manipulate that data. I mean give a shit really, but if you're looking for something to hang your hat on it might do.

hey ease up nerds this is the action thread

TOO LATE

The Agents were versions of a program in The Matrix that operate with certain system permissions. The Smith one was corrupted and was able to use a hack to gain escalated permissions although he still lacked access to core system functions.

This will make it all completely clear, and I am sure it is exactly what the Wachowskis were thinking when they wrote it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_(computer_security)

btw Neo was just escalating permissions but in the later films he learns how to use "sudo" and eventually gains ring 0 access

This all correlates with the first draft of the script where the humans were not a power source, but in fact the actual hardware the matrix ran on.

the root password is "kungfu"

was changed in 3rd movie to Wux1a

why didn't some admin go in and just delete Neo's user account

with a bullet

we can all agree that Bound was pretty good though, right?

yep

why didn't some admin go in and just delete Neo's user account

this is basically the entire Neo/Agent Smith conflict across all three movies

this reminds me of the complaints about dream levels in inception not being dream-like

those, uh, dudes are making cloud atlas for 100 million dollars! they better not fuck up! i didn't read the book. movie stars:

Tom Hanks
Hugh Grant
Halle Berry
Jim Broadbent
Hugo Weaving
Jim Sturgess
James D'Arcy
Ben McKeen
Susan Sarandon
Keith David
David Gyasi
Zhou Xun
Doona Bae
Ben Whishaw

i cdn't be bothered to finish Cloud Atlas, it felt like i was reading Myst: the Novelization. so they shd be at home.

Cloud Atlas is great, movie will be unbearable

Bound was terrible

huh, they are co-directing it with the dude who did run lola run. lola i didn't like, but i liked The International.

The careers of Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tllly after "Bound" defy the laws of physics, presaging "The Matrix."

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_94wGm5Prdv0/SdW7ZvASomI/AAAAAAAABqQ/uuemt7fVBkM/s400/2835-tilly%26gershon+Bound.jpg

Bound was cool *folds arms*

Also, Joey Pants rules.

also cf: 90's hot

did starfucker Cornel West play a "software entity"?

starfucker Cornel West played a human outside of the Matrix

so... no

Man, I was watching "Still Bill," and when Cornel West shows up, just to hang, I was, like, there is literally no reason for Cornel West to be in a Bill Withers doc.

Fuck that dude for ruining the Matrix sequel.

Man, I was watching "Still Bill," and when Cornel West shows up, just to hang, I was, like, there is literally no reason for Cornel West to be in a Bill Withers doc.

well, someone was running a camera, and it is West's first instinct to leap in front of any recording camera

dude has ruined many a family holiday

so you have relatives who admire him for speaking truth to power?

gina gershon should be the most famous actress alive. i wish she were in every movie.

cloud atlas the book is great!

love gina gershon

oh man there is some terrible/awesomely campy movie where she plays a rock musician which you MUST SEE if you haven't already

but yeah much love for the Gersh, even if Bound is terrible

xpost sounds like he just crowds into all family photos.