Yes, this 12-minute video expertly dissects all of the inconsistencies, logical fallacies, and plot conveniences that plague 1999’s The Matrix. But what it fails to take into consideration is that The Matrix is perfect, and no amount of nitpicking will ever change that.
It’s been 14 years since The Matrix came out in theaters and became one of our favorite sci-fi movies ever. It’s been 10 years since The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions straggled onto screens and changed the way we thought about one of our favorite sci-fi movies ever. Honest Trailers smacks down the series and sums up the trilogy perfectly: it’s the most original sci-fi franchise since Star Wars that ultimately went all Jar Jar Binks on itself… kind of like Star Wars.
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If you’ve ever sat puzzling over a fly’s ability to outmaneuver your swift slap of death almost every. single. time—puzzle no more. According to science, you’re just measly Agent Smith to the bug’s Neo; new research shows that a creature’s perception of time is directly related to its size, meaning flies live in a world where time passes as if in slow motion.
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For the terminally impatient or those just short of time, here’s everything that happens in The Matrix crammed into just 60 seconds of animation. More »
Alt-week peels back the covers on some of the more curious sci-tech stories from the last seven days.
Are you reading this? Seriously, are you? Sure, we know you think you are, but what if you’re just a sub-feature of a complex computer program. A sprite, nothing more than the creation of software. The problem with this question is, how would you ever know? You wouldn’t, right? Well, not so fast there. Turns out, maybe there is a way to unravel the matrix (if there is one). It’ll come as no surprise, that this is one of the topics in this week’s collection of alternative stories. Think that’s all we got? Not even close. We’ll explore the truth behind cloning dinosaurs, as well a rare performance by singing mice — all before dinner. Or is it really dinner? This is alt-week.
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Alt-week 10.13.12: is the Universe a simulation, cloning dinosaurs and singing mice originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sky has bested its broadcast and video-on-demand rivals by signing a deal with Warner Bros. for exclusive rights to its films in the UK and Ireland. Once the six-month cinema window has elapsed, each new flick (including Man of Steel and The Dark Knight Rises) will remain Murdoch-only for a full year before arriving on LoveFilm and its kind. Meanwhile, back-catalog titles like The Lord of the Rings and The Matrix will remain locked in the partnership’s walled garden for an undisclosed period of time. Good news if you’re a Sky customer, we suppose, and not if you’re not.
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Sky bags exclusive rights Warner Bros. movie catalog, makes LoveFilm and others wait originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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