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[Rocket Punch]

Official Promo Trailer

Does anyone care anymore? It's 10 DVDs, includes the 3 movies (duh), animatrix, a crapload of extras and documentaries:

disk1 the matrix
disk2 the matrix revisited
disk3 reloaded
disk4 reloaded revisited
disk5 revolutions
disk6 revolutions revisited
disk7 animatrix
disk8 roots of the matrix
disk9 the burly man chronicals
disk10 the zion archive

I'll be getting this, I avoided buying the single movies for this reason. It'll be coming out early Dec for about $80USD. These two are not confirmed yet.

 

[MrAngryFace]

Save yourself the money. Buy the first movie on dvd, watch it. Then for the next 4 hours afterwards sit in the corner of your room with a rubber mallet and bash yourself in the nuts. Include one additional hour if you want to own Animatrix.

 

[SyNapSe]

The animatrix was pretty cool, tho.. or at least the parts I saw.

 

[Willco]

Yeah, The Animatrix has some good bits. It was a lot better than Reloaded or Revolutions, that's for sure.

 

[Warm Machine]

In the Animatrix, when they drop the nuke on the robots, why didn't they fallover dead? The EMP of a nuke should have shut them down.

 

[Willco]

In the Animatrix, when they drop the nuke on the robots, why didn't they fallover dead? The EMP of a nuke should have shut them down.

They are super robots! Shut up, you! Your trying to put logic in The Matrix!

This makes me remember when I was like, "Wait, how do people give birth in The Matrix?" or the many, many threads of "Making humans a power supply is far too complicated when the robots have other alternatives, so they are stupid".

 

[Error Macro]

ALERT ALERT MORE UNJUSTIFIED SEQUEL HATE ALERT ALERT

I loved Reloaded. In some ways it is better than the first to me. Revolutions was kind of "Eh" for the most part, but it needed to be done to complete the trilogy. I think of it as mirroring the Star Wars trilogy. Empire>Star Wars>Jedi. Each of the films had the basic feeling of the three Matrix movies.

 

[Willco]

The sequels feel nothing like the original. They're bigger, more open and despite the fact they throw more words at the audience, they're dumber.

Unjustified? Yeah, I like seeing arguably the most influential science-fiction and/or action movie of the decade milked into two sequels of complete shit.

And whereas the actual concensus is that Empire is superior to A New Hope, it's not when considering Reloaded and The Matrix.

 

[Error Macro]

Well, I don't think they're dumber, or were made as devices to milk the franchise. They're bigger and more open, and that's one of the things that I like about them.

 

[SKluck]

I'll get it. Even though I have every movie, revisited, and animatrix already. It's the completist in me.

 

[Docpan]

Matrix = dead fad/10.

Thank the shitty sequels for ruining it for all of us.

 

[karasu]

hahaha "Unjustified"

 

[Warm Machine]

They are super robots! Shut up, you! Your trying to put logic in The Matrix!

This makes me remember when I was like, "Wait, how do people give birth in The Matrix?" or the many, many threads of "Making humans a power supply is far too complicated when the robots have other alternatives, so they are stupid".

Well, considering that EMP is the weapon they actually use to kill the robots in the actual films I think that it was a hell of an oversight. I actually hated the animatrix episodes that I saw. They reminded me of prentious self gratifying underground shorts.

 

[LinesInTheSand]

Well, I don't think they're dumber, or were made as devices to milk the franchise. They're bigger and more open, and that's one of the things that I like about them.

I'm with you 100% Ermac. Fuck all the haters.


BTW, awesome usage of Keanu's "Whoa" in the trailer, LOL.

 

[KilledByBill]

I'll just hold out until the collector's edition of the original Matrix is released on its own. It paid off waiting for the Aliens series and I assume it'll work with the Matrix.

They're bigger and more open, and that's one of the things that I like about them.

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

 

[Naked Snake]

Definitely getting this.

 

[DarienA]

SOLD!

 

[MrCheez]

Matrix > Animatrix > Everything in the world that I hate > Matrix sequels

 

[Willco]

Matrix > Animatrix > Everything in the world that I hate > Matrix sequels

Amen. Now let us never speak of this again.

 

[MrCheez]

Sometimes I dare to dream of a perfect world in which the Matrix never had any sequels and Star Wars never had any prequels.

It's both beautiful and depressing.

 

[Willco]

Sometimes I dare to dream of a perfect world in which the Matrix never had any sequels and Star Wars never had any prequels.

It's both beautiful and depressing.

I WANT TO LIVE IN YOUR WORLD.

 

[Mejilan]

Cool. This will be mine.

 

[LinesInTheSand]

I question why the blatant trolling by a few individuals in every Matrix thread is acceptable. It's akin to Diablos getting banned for a few days for trolling music threads. Cut it out.

 

[XS+]

Christ this Matrix sequel argument is still going, damn near a year after the fact.

I'm only interested in picking up the remastered edition of The Matrix, even though I watched and enjoyed Reloaded to death.

 

[Warm Machine]

I WANT TO LIVE IN YOUR WORLD.

Such a world existed for a short few weeks in 1999. I still like this world quite a bit though.

 

[Dead]

fuck the rotk ee, i want this baby now! the critics commentary wiil be awesome/hilarious

Larry Wachoski says "suck my non existant nuts"

DISC ONE – The Matrix
The Academy Award®-winning original movie in a new digital transfer supervised by the Wachowski Brothers and Director of Photography Bill Pope

* Two all-new audio commentaries with written introduction by the Wachowski Brothers:
o The Critics: Todd McCarthy, John Powers and David Thomson
o The Scholars: Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber
* Basics – Running Time: 136 mins; Rated R; Languages: English & French; Subtitles: English, French & Spanish; Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1; Widescreen Format

DISC TWO – The Matrix Revisited
Peel back a new layer of reality with a mind-expanding look at The Matrix from conception to phenomenon. Go behind The Matrix, take the Red Pill and follow the White Rabbit with 17 making-of featurettes, including:

* What is Bullet Time?
* What is the Concept?
* The Music Revisited – 41-Track audio-only selection of nearly three hours of music
* Basics - Full Screen; 180 mins; Not Rated; French subtitles

DISC THREE – The Matrix Reloaded
The powerful second chapter of the groundbreaking film trilogy

* Two all-new audio commentaries with written introduction by the Wachowski Brothers:
o The Critics: Todd McCarthy, John Powers and David Thomson
o The Scholars: Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber
* Basics – Running Time: 138 mins; Rated R; Languages: English & French; Subtitles: English, French & Spanish; Audio: Dolby Surround 5.1; Widescreen Format

DISC FOUR – The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Go to the middle movie’s furthest reaches via five documentary paths revealing 21 featurettes. Plus 23 extra scenes shot for the Enter the Matrix consol videogame

* Basics – Running Time: 176 mins; Not Rated; Subtitles: French; Full screen Format

DISC FIVE – The Matrix Revolutions
The epic war between man and machines reaches an explosive conclusion with the action-packed final chapter in The Matrix Trilogy:

* Two all-new audio commentaries with written introduction by the Wachowski Brothers:
o The Critics: Todd McCarthy, John Powers and David Thomson
o The Scholars: Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber
* Basics – Running Time: 129 mins; Rated R; Languages: English & French; Subtitles: English, French & Spanish; Audio: Dolby Surround 5.1; Widescreen Format

DISC SIX – The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
The cataclysmic final confrontation chronicled through six documentary pods revealing 28 featurettes.

* Basics – Running Time: 189 mins; Not Rated; Subtitles: French; Full screen Format

DISC SEVEN – The Animatrix
A visionary fusion of CG-animation and Japanese anime with nine short films exploring the world of The Matrix including Final Flight of the Osiris, The Second Renaissance Part I, The Second Renaissance Part II, Kid’s Story, Program, World Record, Beyond, A Detective Story and Matriculated

* Four Audio Commentaries on The Second Renaissance Parts I and II, Program and World Record
* Making-of documentaries on each film, profiling the evolution of each one’s unique style through design and animatics
* Biographical profiles of the directors and animation producers
* Scrolls to Screen: The History and Culture of Anime – explores the phenomenon of this exploding worldwide art form through glimpses of the genre’s greatest achievements and the observations of creators, historians and other leaders in the field
* Basics – Running Time: 158 mins; Not Rated; Languages: English & Japanese; Subtitles: English, French & Spanish; Audio: Dolby Surround 5.1; Widescreen Format

DISC EIGHT – The Roots of the Matrix
Probe the philosophical and technological inspirations of The Matrix Trilogy through two insightful documentaries:

* Return to Source: Philosophy & The Matrix documentary – Scholars, philosophers and theorists deconstruct the intellectual underpinnings of the trilogy
* The Hard Problem: The Science Behind the Fiction documentary – Is the notion of a real Matrix plausible? An investigation of the technologies that inspire the metaphor of the Matrix.
* Basics – Running Time: 190 mins.; Not Rated; Subtitles: English, French & Spanish; Widescreen Format

DISC NINE – The Burly Man Chronicles
Profiles the “society” of craftspeople, actors and filmmakers who shaped the movie trilogy and the Enter the Matrix consol game in a full-length documentary. Follow the White Rabbit to 21 additional featurettes.

* Basics – Running Time: 177 mins.; Not Rated; Language: English; Full screen Format

DISC TEN – The Zion Archive
Showcases production assets developed for the universe of The Matrix, including concept artwork, storyboards, drawings, music videos, TV spots and trailers, plus a special preview of The Matrix Online, a new multi-player online gaming experience.

* Basics – Running Time: 45 mins.; Not Rated; Language: English; Full screen Format

ungh

 

[isamu]

I'll be in front of BB the first day of release. when is it comingn to the US?

 

[Dead]

I'll be in front of BB the first day of release. when is it comingn to the US?

December 7th

 

[ManaByte]

The sequels taken as two movies generally suck. However, watch them as one long ass movie and they seem to suck less. Still, I can sit through Revolutions more than Reloaded just for the Dock Battle.

Eye-blisteringly-detailed CGI Dock Battle >>>>>>>>>>> crappy plastic looking CGI Burly Brawl

 

[Error Macro]

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

Yep, Einstein even had blockbuster Sci-Fi movies in mind when he said that.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

The sequels taken as two movies generally suck. However, watch them as one long ass movie and they seem to suck less. Still, I can sit through Revolutions more than Reloaded just for the Dock Battle.

Eye-blisteringly-detailed CGI Dock Battle >>>>>>>>>>> crappy plastic looking CGI Burly Brawl

didn't the dock battle cost as much as a whole movie though? I thought that's what I heard.

 

[ManaByte]

didn't the dock battle cost as much as a whole movie though? I thought that's what I heard.

Yea, and the Dock Battle basically IS the movie.

You have the Reloaded fallout/Neo and Trinity leave

then

DOCK BATTLE

then

Neo vs. Smith

 

[MrCheez]

fuck the rotk ee

 

[Dead]

not that I wont be buying both of course

 

[isamu]

I'm the helpline operator...your problems, will be mine!

 

[NLB2]

They are super robots! Shut up, you! Your trying to put logic in The Matrix!

This makes me remember when I was like, "Wait, how do people give birth in The Matrix?" or the many, many threads of "Making humans a power supply is far too complicated when the robots have other alternatives, so they are stupid".

No man, its not that a human power supply wouldn't work, its that it can't be one hundred percent efficient and if its not completely efficient then eventually the computers would run out of energy. Also, if it were completely efficient, it would still be impossible to add more energy to the system and the computers would not be able to expand.

 

[Red Dolphin]

Why couldn't they have put the footage filmed for Enter the Matrix into Reloaded rather then having it as a special feature? Or at least have the option to watch the movie with or without the ETM footage?

 

[Prospero]

$80 is too much for this, even if I'm just going to buy it, listen to the commentaries (which are guaranteed to be comedy gold), and eBay it.

 

[ElyrionX]

The limited edition version looks bad..........