Comments | aethyrflux: "it's turtles, turtles, turtles, all the way down!"

aethyrflux

"it's turtles, turtles, turtles, all the way down!"

Nov 07, 2003 04:19

:::sigh:::
( matrix rev: WARNING... spoilers )

turtle, matrix

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linearb November 7 2003, 12:53:31 UTC

good seeing you last night! Hope you can make it to the party on the 22nd.

in Elysium all day and all night... aethyrflux November 8 2003, 08:49:17 UTC

the burners' town hall meeting is at Elysium from 3pm to 6pm that day -- and then, there's time to catch a bite to eat -- before going back to Elysium for the Live Journal Party @ 8pm!!!

jonabbey November 7 2003, 15:55:59 UTC

Wasn't the oracle supposed to be the mother of the matrix?

I'm probably going to be seeing revolutions tonight.

luxcanon November 7 2003, 18:19:54 UTC

Yeah, I'm with Jon on this one. I saw Revolutions yesterday.

As a British fellow on my friends list put it: pants.

what color underpants are YOU wearing? aethyrflux November 8 2003, 06:55:57 UTC

although larry 'lana' wachowski may prefer panties, perhaps?

concerning the film, however...
all is revealed, in my next post!

mrramblings November 7 2003, 21:28:46 UTC

I think the mother of the matrix was the little girl... discuss.

well, you're close... but no cigar! aethyrflux November 8 2003, 06:46:22 UTC

"but, sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar"
although, for larry 'lana' wichowski, that may not be the case, for long?

as far as the movies go, though...
the real scoop is in my next post!

myzkyti November 7 2003, 21:47:44 UTC

Considering Smith called her 'mom', I supposed it's supposed to be the Oracle, but really, I have to say that as an ending to the only real modern Epic put out in our lifetimes, the ending was entirely a let down.

I left the theater going 'Eh...' and have no interest in seeing it again, whereas the other two left me wanting more, wanting to see them again, and with something to discuss.. This one, I left, and the discussions were more along the lines of trying to make more out of the little they /did/ give us. Feh.. too much build up for an all together flat ending, I think.

Donnie Darko is a much better movie anyway... aethyrflux November 8 2003, 06:39:00 UTC

but, similar to our Donnie Darko conversation...
i think that we can learn a lot from our conversation with each other.
and, i found quite a lot of info that agrees with and furthers your logic...
q.v. my next post

paradoxosalpha November 10 2003, 20:27:17 UTC

I don't think Neo was supposed to be "Blind Justice" at all. Tarot reference or not. I think he was supposed to be the blind prophet, like Tiresias or Oedipus at Colonus. I don't see the strong vein of Tarot imagery in those movies.

How Deep Does The Rabbit Hole Go? aethyrflux November 12 2003, 10:48:38 UTC

in the role of Tiresias, Neo's acts certainly foreshadow everyone's destiny, and his blindness is definitely a parable about how blindness to the illusionary nature of the profane world allows him to see the 'truth' of the sacred realm.

q.v. the double poster for another perspective ( ... )

Re: How Deep Does The Rabbit Hole Go? paradoxosalpha November 12 2003, 17:56:29 UTC

Well, just as a demonstration of how much those attributions are your own creative effort, I ignored them for a few minutes in order to construct my own "Matrix Trumps." You'll note we don't have many assignments in common ( ... )

Trump XVIII paradoxosalpha November 12 2003, 17:59:24 UTC

To make that pictorial, that should actually not be the Matrix ("You can't see it." d'oh!), but rather the Woman in the Red Dress from the training sequence in the first movie.

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