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Re: Matrix trailer dynamically uses current time

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Post by WorldMaker »

jstx1 wrote: post #57
WorldMaker wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Spoilers for a game that cannot be played in 2021 and can barely be watched on YouTube: Morpheus died in The Matrix Online and the filmmakers have stated the events in Online remain canon.

I don't know if that's a good excuse - Neo and Trinity both died in Revolutions but Keanu and Carrie-Ann Moss are back.

(Further Matrix Online spoilers) The main storyline of the bulk of the time that The Matrix Online was, uh, online was the resurrection of Neo (or "the retrieval of Neo from the Source" if you prefer that nomenclature). Morpheus sacrificed himself as a part of that effort.

From the stand point of "Morpheus sacrificed himself for Neo", that's a good story, even if very few players were around for the game event where that happened "on screen". I think its a pretty decent excuse for "Morpheus isn't involved in Matrix 4" even if I do hope that they find a way somehow to tell that story in a better way than "well if you look for the right YouTuber you might get an okay retelling of what playing The Matrix Online was like" and/or compilations of the live events cutscenes. (Related aside: Owning what was once the developer Monolith, Warnermedia should own all of the assets of The Matrix Online, except maybe remaining clauses in publishing contracts with Sega/Sony/what is today Daybreak. I wonder if some sort of F2P revival might have been an interesting marketing plan for Matrix 4.)

I don't have any direct theories on Trinity's return. There's rumors about where Matrix Online's storyline was supposed to go before the game was shutdown, of course, but rumors of a storyline and events that didn't even happen are certainly non-canon. I am of course very curious to see how they address it.

Re: Matrix trailer dynamically uses current time

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Post by adamrezich »

yepthatsreality wrote: post #47
leephillips wrote: post #30

Why is this called Matrix 4 when there is only one Matrix movie?

Disagree, the trilogy is one of the best Sci-Fi trilogies available and utilizes ideas about people and computing in unique ways. I always heard that the sequels didn’t live up to the hype and avoided them during release. It was only later that I rented them and found out I was taking advice from lowest common denominator action movie fans. I only label those fans like that because their criticism only makes sense if…

I haven't played it since (and I know it's generally considered Not Very Good) but I remember greatly enjoying the Enter The Matrix video game, largely because the concept of tying the plot of the game into Reloaded directly was such a cool idea. it wasn't just your typical video-game-of-the-movie, instead it follows the story of two minor characters from the films that runs parallel to the second film. it's kind of a bummer that basically nobody else used this idea for anything else.

Re: Matrix trailer dynamically uses current time

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Post by robbedpeter »

arthurcolle wrote: post #106
rezmason wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for expressing interest! You can use the "density" URL variable to multiply the number of volumetric raindrops, like so: https://rezmason.github.io/matrix/?volumetric=true&density=3... The full list of parameters is in the README.md at: https://github.com/Rezmason/matrix#readme The similarities you point out are probably because of my recovery of the original font, which is also in the repo, and may soon need…

I thought I remembered an issue on your repo where someone asked if there was a way to make it into a screensaver - am I misremembering, or was it removed? and out of curiosity - is that indeed possible or not? I scrolled through the README but maybe missed it. Thanks again!

https://github.com/cwc/web-page-screensaver

Something like this should do the trick.

Re: Matrix trailer dynamically uses current time

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Post by rezmason »

arthurcolle wrote: post #106
rezmason wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for expressing interest! You can use the "density" URL variable to multiply the number of volumetric raindrops, like so: https://rezmason.github.io/matrix/?volumetric=true&density=3... The full list of parameters is in the README.md at: https://github.com/Rezmason/matrix#readme The similarities you point out are probably because of my recovery of the original font, which is also in the repo, and may soon need…

I thought I remembered an issue on your repo where someone asked if there was a way to make it into a screensaver - am I misremembering, or was it removed? and out of curiosity - is that indeed possible or not? I scrolled through the README but maybe missed it. Thanks again!

You might be remembering my "WebSaver" project, which I mainly use for my own Macs.

https://github.com/Rezmason/websaver

Re: Matrix trailer dynamically uses current time

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Post by SketchySeaBeast »

cblconfederate wrote: post #18

this is barely interesting. It better be worth it or movies will be officially finished for me. feels like we re in a 20 year cultural swamp.

That feels like a lot of pressure to put on the 4th film of an action franchise. Might it be possible you could look out of mainstream? There's innovation at the edges.

I'm not sure what was better 20 years ago in terms of mainstream movies. The two biggest films of the year were book adaptions, the next two were CGI cartoons for kids, and the last of the top five was a remake of a movie from the 60s.

Re: Matrix trailer dynamically uses current time

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Post by f1refly »

crateless wrote: post #78

I just found out that there is a new Matrix movie and I am honestly a little bit horrified. I have zero confidence that the downhill progression in movie quality will somehow be turned around given the current state of Hollywood.

Not only the state of Hollywood but also the Wachowskies who should not be given money anymore as they have proven again and again.

Re: Matrix trailer dynamically uses current time

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Post by thinkmassive »

Apocryphon wrote: post #58
yepthatsreality wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disagree, the trilogy is one of the best Sci-Fi trilogies available and utilizes ideas about people and computing in unique ways. I always heard that the sequels didn’t live up to the hype and avoided them during release. It was only later that I rented them and found out I was taking advice from lowest common denominator action movie fans. I only label those fans like that because their criticism only makes sense if…

I think they were too cryptic and the Wachowskis were consumed by the grandiosity of their own mythos, but they were still impressive for what they attempted to do: build a sci-fi epic.

This is why the Animatrix is great. It's divided into 9 episodes across various points in the timeline. Each episode was created by a different group, so you get 9 perspectives on the overall story.

Re: Matrix trailer dynamically uses current time

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Post by adamauckland »

zhengyi13 wrote: post #98
croddin wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently the original plot was that humans were used for compute, which would make more sense, but the studio didn't think audiences would understand that as well. https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/19817/was-executiv...

Humans used for compute is also central to the Hyperion Cantos, IIRC.

Is that right? All I can remember is the Shrike. Terrifying.

Re: Matrix trailer dynamically uses current time

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Post by purple_ferret »

aidenn0 wrote: post #26
abdel_nasser wrote: post #10

so they can bring back reeves but not fishburne? fishburne says they never even called him. imagine being fishburne and not even getting a text message and the matrix 4 is filming.

No Hugo Weaving either it looked like.

I can only imagine the pitch to try and keep him in. "Get this, what if Agent Smith decided AGAIN not to get garbage collected?!"

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Post by sva_ »

gregsadetsky wrote: post #82

As many have figured out, these are pre-generated mp4 files. There's no 'magic' in the video files themselves (i.e. the video is not generated on the fly) In https://thechoiceisyours.whatisthematrix.com/_nuxt/commons/a... The client side generates an unobfuscated string such as: red-a-b1-c1435-d-e2-f-g3-h2-i where 1435 is the current local time (search for `key: "teaserSrcProps"` in the code to find the relevant func…

Sadly my timezone wasn't set up correctly, apparently (I'll have to mess with hwclock, I guess.) Still a cool little teaser!
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