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Re: The Animatrix

#11
"View Source" on this home page is a fun/terrible time capsule into web development in 2001.

1- FRAMES!

2- Table based layout

3- Preloading image via JavaScript! In the no less! Screw start render time, we are doing this!

4- Opening links in new pop-up windows. Ahh the days before tabs....

5- Swapping images with onmouseover, like some kind of an animal

6- Burning text into images to use a specific font

7- Browser sniffing the navigator.appName object

Re: The Animatrix

#12
post #7

Internet old timer here, I watched these videos through this site on their release dates, AMA...

Yeah, I remember reading the website after the first film came out. It was weird reading excerpts of Simulation and Simulacra at 18. Now it just seems old hat to me.

Re: The Animatrix

#13
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

To my mind, the animatrix was a better successor to the matrix than the sequels ever were. (Then again, just about anything would be.) It showcases the history of the matrix, pleads a case for the machine, and shows life in the matrix. It's an underwatched not-quite-masterpiece that is still excellent.

I recently re-watched the sequels and came to find myself puzzled by the amount of vitriol they receive. Can you explain what your objection to them were? I found them at least entertaining, and consistent with the original. They were by no means above criticism, but I certainly don't think they deserve the level of scorn you typically see.

For me it was the cliff hanger between 2 and 3 and the anticipation for several months followed by a huge letdown.

Re: The Animatrix

#14
post #9
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To my mind, the animatrix was a better successor to the matrix than the sequels ever were. (Then again, just about anything would be.) It showcases the history of the matrix, pleads a case for the machine, and shows life in the matrix. It's an underwatched not-quite-masterpiece that is still excellent.

I recently re-watched the sequels and came to find myself puzzled by the amount of vitriol they receive. Can you explain what your objection to them were? I found them at least entertaining, and consistent with the original. They were by no means above criticism, but I certainly don't think they deserve the level of scorn you typically see.

I recently (in the past year so) rewatched all of the matrix movies and I found the sequels boring.

Re: The Animatrix

#18
post #2

sadly to videos don't work anymore (to download)

Happily Youtube (aka Napster 2015) has a full copy of indeterminate licensing. Easy to download with youtube-dl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq9vyRFPTjg

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Re: The Animatrix

#19
post #3

Digital archeology is going to be an interesting field sooner or later, sooner from the looks of this. It's amusing to see the video sizes - "Large bandwidth 640x272" My, how times have changed...

Oh it already is, check out this blog about Geocities http://contemporary-home-computing.org/1tb/

And you can emulate so much software in your browser now, including rare stuff. In your browser - just click a link and play history. https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games

If you want to help, first donate to the Internet Archive http://archive.org/donate/ then send your floppies and old CD-ROMS to Jason Scott http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/4624 and then help us back up the archive http://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=INTERNETARCHIVE.BAK/g...

Re: The Animatrix

#20
Am I the only one who think that this page loads surprisingly good?

I don't think a modern website with CSS3/HTML5 favored will load that perfect in 10 years.

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