(Orig posted 2003)

I just read a fantastic essay on “The Matrix Reloaded” on Freedom, Determinism, Teleology and Foreknowledge in Matrix: Reloaded
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(Orig posted 2003)

I found a nice blog on The Matrix at A Little Bit of Nowhere. (It’s Blogger, so of course the permalinks don’t work. Scroll down to Friday, May 23, 2003, and it’s there.

Just so I’ll have them at hand, here is a relisting of the interesting Matrix sites:
Goliath by Neil Gaiman
Philosophy & The Matrix
Gnosis and The Matrix
Matrix Essays
Forget sci-fi and guns – The Matrix is really about religion BBC article
Essay on The Matrix by Mike Athreton
Screenplay for The Matrix

(Orig posted 2003)

Murder and “The Matrix”, and Article on FindLaw by Julie Hilden, looks at the issue of movies, violence and crime.
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(Orig posted 2003)

I read a very interesting piece at Matrix Essays that relates the shorts from the “Animatrix” “Second Renaissance I & II” (SR I & II) to the Matrix movies. I did not like SR I & II, because they are ultra violent, and it bothers me to watch such, so I really didn’t think a lot about them at first (mostly because I was trying to forget the violent scenes I did watch, so I could sleep peacefully).
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(Originally posted 12 December 2003)

Now that the semester is over and I actually have time to do things like go to the movies and talk endlessly, ‘Matrix: Revolutions’ has moved on and I’ll probably have to wait until it comes out on DVD to see it again. Which is frustrating, because there were things that I did want to see again.
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