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<blockquote data-quote="LoneWolf23" data-source="post: 893794" data-attributes="member: 643"><p>I lost some my respect for Scott Kurtz after his scathing comments on the furry fandom (which I am a part of), but now I've lost the rest of it. </p><p></p><p>To be honest, I didn't really notice the acting of the Protagonists, because I kept thinking of it along the lines of a videogame RPG: The Hero, or Player Character, almost never says anything, allowing the other characters to do the exposition regarding the plotline.</p><p></p><p>I also didn't find the CGI distracting, because they mostly used it for scenes that, let's face it, are <strong>impossible</strong> to film any other way. But then, isn't that the idea behind CGI effects to begin with?</p><p></p><p>Also, I wasn't bothered by the philosophical concepts in the movie either. It's essentially a blend of the Socratic "Myth of the Cavern" with some Buddhism and Gnosticism, explained through the metaphor of a computerized Virtual Reality. The Message: The Real World is a prison of Limits: reject the limits and achieve your full potential.</p><p></p><p>I don't see what's so complicated about it.</p><p></p><p>Finally, regarding the "Humans as Batteries being Unrealistic", I have three comments concerning that: </p><p></p><p>#1, The Matrix is supposed to represent <strong>our</strong> world and our perception of it. A False one, as it turns out. It may be that Real World Physics (or at least that Real World) does allow for a sufficient number of Humans to generate enough energy for a planet-wide Machine Race. </p><p></p><p>#2, Maybe the Zion Humans misinterpreted exactly how the Matrix work, and it actually works by extracting <em>Mental Energy</em> from it's captives: Which is why they rely on Humans and not Animals. Only Humans have the higher reasonning capacity required to produce sufficient Mental Energy to Fuel them. </p><p></p><p>...Which also goes a long way towards explaining Neo's abilities: He's somehow evolved, gaining the ability to manipulate the Matrix, in and out of it...</p><p></p><p>And #3: Who Cares? It's all a Metaphor anyway. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LoneWolf23, post: 893794, member: 643"] I lost some my respect for Scott Kurtz after his scathing comments on the furry fandom (which I am a part of), but now I've lost the rest of it. To be honest, I didn't really notice the acting of the Protagonists, because I kept thinking of it along the lines of a videogame RPG: The Hero, or Player Character, almost never says anything, allowing the other characters to do the exposition regarding the plotline. I also didn't find the CGI distracting, because they mostly used it for scenes that, let's face it, are [B]impossible[/B] to film any other way. But then, isn't that the idea behind CGI effects to begin with? Also, I wasn't bothered by the philosophical concepts in the movie either. It's essentially a blend of the Socratic "Myth of the Cavern" with some Buddhism and Gnosticism, explained through the metaphor of a computerized Virtual Reality. The Message: The Real World is a prison of Limits: reject the limits and achieve your full potential. I don't see what's so complicated about it. Finally, regarding the "Humans as Batteries being Unrealistic", I have three comments concerning that: #1, The Matrix is supposed to represent [B]our[/B] world and our perception of it. A False one, as it turns out. It may be that Real World Physics (or at least that Real World) does allow for a sufficient number of Humans to generate enough energy for a planet-wide Machine Race. #2, Maybe the Zion Humans misinterpreted exactly how the Matrix work, and it actually works by extracting [I]Mental Energy[/I] from it's captives: Which is why they rely on Humans and not Animals. Only Humans have the higher reasonning capacity required to produce sufficient Mental Energy to Fuel them. ...Which also goes a long way towards explaining Neo's abilities: He's somehow evolved, gaining the ability to manipulate the Matrix, in and out of it... And #3: Who Cares? It's all a Metaphor anyway. :cool: [/QUOTE]
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