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Tweak says, "This is Jim, my spoon..."

gbone (gbone) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-10 12:33:00

Entry tags:

medium: webcomic, title: xkcd

xkcd
For all those trilogies that went sour after the first one...

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	thehefner.livejournal.com 2009-04-10 05:39 pm UTC (link)
	Oddly, I never thought the first MATRIX was much good in the first place. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-04-10 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	Agreed... when you have depend on the emotional range of Kanoonoo Reeves being serious to sell your movie, you're really on a hiding to nothing. Some interesting graphic tricks, but it all seemed terribly hollow. Depressingly that STILL made it miles better than the sequels... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	retro_nouveau 2009-04-10 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	Wonder Woman could have a movie where she sits in a chair eating peanut butter and it'd still be better than Matrix. CRUNCHY ALL THE WAY! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	gargoylekitty 2009-04-10 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	Exactly why the thought of that man playing Spike Spiegel annoys the hell out of me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	ian_karkull 2009-04-10 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	Thank god. Someone finally invokes the Scans_daily motto on the Matrix! I could barely contain my derisive laughter when Neo flew off-screen, Superman Style. The effects are nice and everything but it's just so. much. bullshit. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehefner.livejournal.com 2009-04-10 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	Exactly, total bullshit. I couldn't even appreciate the special effects because the story itself was just such pretentious crap. EQUILIBRIUM, on the other hand, pulls off the style-over-substance in spades, pally. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	parsimonia 2009-04-10 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	Well, say whatever you want about the acting or script, but you've got to admit it kind of revolutionized action movies for a little while there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehefner.livejournal.com 2009-04-10 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	No doubt. But for the better or worse? Really, when it comes to that era, the only film where the style-over-substance thing really works for me is EQUALIBRIUM. That's just awesome, man. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	besamim 2009-04-10 10:50 pm UTC (link)
	Besides, it's common knowledge amongst readers of The Invisibles that the movie essentially ripped off the plot of Morrison's first story arc. He alternated between feeling flattered and pissed off about it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	menagerie 2009-04-11 12:24 am UTC (link)
	I was about to bring that up. Where is your icon from? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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besamim, 2009-04-11 01:59 am UTC

	The Matrix sequels were BETTER than the first film. kitty_tc_69 2009-04-10 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	There, I said it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: The Matrix sequels were BETTER than the first film. foxhack 2009-04-10 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	KEANU DESERVES AN OSCAR (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: The Matrix sequels were BETTER than the first film. icon_uk 2009-04-10 06:55 pm UTC (link)
	Bananas are marsupials! Cars run on gravy! Salmon live in trees and eat pencils! Just continuing the theme... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	Re: The Matrix sequels were BETTER than the first film. lonewolf23k 2009-04-10 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	Well... -I- liked them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: The Matrix sequels were BETTER than the first film. kitty_tc_69 2009-04-10 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	Glad I'm not the only one. :) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	mullon 2009-04-10 06:03 pm UTC (link)
	Shit, now I feel old. Still not as bad as when I found out Pokemon was ten years old though. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	zegim 2009-04-10 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	13 years old to be precise. Now, I feel old too :( (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gargoylekitty 2009-04-10 06:54 pm UTC (link)
	Really? Wow... goes back to look at a comment of someone calling me a kid to not feel so old (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-04-10 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	Power Rangers is now in it's 17th year! :) Tim Drake has been Robin for 20 years this year. It's now longer since Star Trek: The Next Generation started than it was between the original Star Trek and ST:TNG start dates. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	neuhallidae 2009-04-10 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	... Ten years? D: (Reply to this)

	parsimonia 2009-04-10 09:20 pm UTC (link)
	1999? Huh. That also means I've been using the Internet for ten years as well. Ah, the days of Netscape and ICQ. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-04-11 04:08 am UTC (link)
	I still use ICQ. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	silverzeo 2009-04-10 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	I had the same reaction to Toy Story's anniversary. How come there was no promotion for this. They been airing the Dragonball trailer nonstop. (Reply to this)

	salamangkiero 2009-04-11 08:57 am UTC (link)
	All I remember is at the time, I was arguing that the storyline was based on computer ideas, rather than philosophy. Nowadays, I just find it to be not worth my time... (Reply to this)

	joysweeper 2009-04-11 10:55 am UTC (link)
	The alt-text for this says that he liked the sequels in the theater, they just don't hold up nearly as well in comparison. Which rings true with me, honest. (Reply to this)