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<blockquote data-quote="theburningman" data-source="post: 1213949" data-attributes="member: 1006">Maybe so, and there is definitely some stupid sh<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />te on that site, but let me just point to a couple of examples of the kind of things that bothered me. Some of these have already been mentioned, but bear with me.In Reloaded, Neo and Co. go to see the Merovingian.&nbsp; The directors deliberately show Neo watching a man leave, then mention no more of it.&nbsp; Fine, I'll wait until Revolutions to see what's going on.&nbsp; Well, the man in question turns out to be a very nice and polite program who is trying to get his daughter somewhere.&nbsp; Where isn't clear to me, but it seems to be to other people.&nbsp; Okay, that's fine, but what isn't fine is that I don't understand why the entire scene with Neo and those programs takes place.&nbsp; It doesn't seem to advance the plot to me.&nbsp; I'm left feeling extraordinarily dense, which is not a feeling I'm used to.Also in Reloaded, Persephone demands a kiss from Neo in exchange for her help.&nbsp; There is an extreme close-up and the whirring Matrix sound effect.&nbsp; What just happened?&nbsp; It must have been important for it to be focused on so specifically.&nbsp; Is it ever explained?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; Watch all the bright bullets shooting all the scary squidies, and forget it ever happened.I don't know, maybe the problem is the Wachowskis just put too much into&nbsp; these three movies for just three movies.&nbsp; Maybe they should have done a Matrix television series instead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="theburningman, post: 1213949, member: 1006"] Maybe so, and there is definitely some stupid sh:)te on that site, but let me just point to a couple of examples of the kind of things that bothered me. Some of these have already been mentioned, but bear with me. In [I]Reloaded[/I], Neo and Co. go to see the Merovingian. The directors deliberately show Neo watching a man leave, then mention no more of it. Fine, I'll wait until [I]Revolutions[/I] to see what's going on. Well, the man in question turns out to be a very nice and polite program who is trying to get his daughter somewhere. Where isn't clear to me, but it seems to be to other people. Okay, that's fine, but what isn't fine is that I don't understand why the entire scene with Neo and those programs takes place. It doesn't seem to advance the plot to me. I'm left feeling extraordinarily dense, which is not a feeling I'm used to. Also in [I]Reloaded[/I], Persephone demands a kiss from Neo in exchange for her help. There is an extreme close-up and the whirring Matrix sound effect. What just happened? It must have been important for it to be focused on so specifically. Is it ever explained? No. Watch all the bright bullets shooting all the scary squidies, and forget it ever happened. I don't know, maybe the problem is the Wachowskis just put too much into these three movies for just three movies. Maybe they should have done a [I]Matrix[/I] television series instead. [/QUOTE]

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