The EMP *does* shut down the ship that employs it. They need an electrical jump from another ship to get restarted. That's why the Zion dock doesn't have an EMP, and that's also why Locke says that they "handed the dock to the Machines on a silver platter" after the Hammer uses its EMP. The EMP killed the Sentinels in the dock, but it also shut down any remaining defenses they had, leaving it and the rest of Zion vulnerable to the Sentinels that were outside of the EMP's range.
And if I recall wasn't there supposed to be some well placed line of hovercraft ready to blow emps in sequence and stop the attack? But Bane sabotaged the plan and that's why they broke through so easy.
Not completely contradicting, but they don't always need a jump, as long as they shut down the ships systems before firing it. If everything is still online while it fires though, it's taken out.
PLUUSS Locke is/was the only man that had the authority to open the doors and give the go ahead to the Hammer to blow the EMP. HE gave the order, then pouts and blames the Hammer? Like, bro, take some fuckin accountability. No wonder Niobe keeps leaving Jason on 'read'.
@@coolguyhino92 No doubt. He wants to try to act like if they hadn't blow that EMP they would have been better off before we're reminded before this, the machine were so content at that point, most of them even stopped attacking and just flew around for shits and giggles, but sure, this is all their fault for blowing the EMP.
@@mccarthy5825 I believe the city's defenses rely on always having some ships docked for that reason, that was the main source of conflict in Morpheus arc where he wanted to take captains out of Zion and people even mention that he's weakening the defenses by taking away ships. since the ships themselves dont seem that heavy on firepower when they get attacked I reckon their defensive value to the city lies entirely on their EMPs
I was the leader of the largest Zion faction on one server of The Matrix Online. One thing that should have been mentioned, is that the MMO had Live Events, featuring characters like Niobe, Ghost, The Merovingian, Agent Pace (and early on, Morpheus.) No MMO had, or since has, dedicated Live Events which wrote the player characters who participated in them, into the official story. For example, my character had the very first and very last private meeting with the character Niobe, played the first time by a member of the Live Events Team, and the last time by the only remaining developer, handle "Rarebit." It was truly a unique MMO, and you couldn't convince anyone deep into playing it, that it wasn't the best game going, because of the unique Live Event opportunities.
That sounds so fucking cool. Not alot of games where developers add to the experience live. Only other one i know is that horror game where the devs would go in as the killer and respond accordingly to what you say through your mic
Radiohead have their moments. They're too cold and clinical sounding though, and Thom Yorke's vocals become grating pretty quickly. I prefer music with more warmth and humanity to it.
@@choronos I swear to god, one of my best friends loves Radiohead. I asked him once, “why do you love them so much?” and he said “I love how cold, cynical and mechanical they sounds, it’s really nothing like it.”
Seraph was from one of the previous versions of the matrix where it was a paradise like heaven. As opposed to agents they had angels and seraph was one of them. Seraph being one of the more powerful “agents” of his time might be why his code is gold.
Am I remembering the history correctly that the original Matrix was a heaven/utopia, but that was too much for humans so they created one that was more akin to the real world? Or am I just making that up?
@@DinerLingo the first matrix was supposed to be a paradise, but the humans couldn't accept it so it failed. This was followed by an opposite, essentially a hell matrix, with similar results. Then they made the third, 1999 matrix.
Something I admire about "The Matrix: Path Of Neo" because it's basically the Wachowski's just redoing the trilogy just as a pure popcorn power trip. You get crazy ants, you get homages to samurai films and, as said, the final stage involves you fighting against a giant smith which promptly goes back to the reveal of the war being over to "We Are The Champions". I mean, credit where credit is due, if it seemed the films acted too *intellectual* or *Ambitious* for your taste, for better or for worse, this sets that right back down to earth.
@@talleywa5772 It’s bad, but the 2005 King Kong game is worse for its sheer pointlessness…and (as far as the Nintendo DS version) not even giving us an Empire State Building level.
Seraph was an angel in the original version of the Matrix. The paradise one. Hence, why he is called "wing less" by the thugs in the scene with Morpheus and Trinity @Club Hell.
And if I recall right: When the paradise matrix was scrapped he was saved from deletion by The Merovingian who he worked for but eventually betrayed to serve The Oracle (and had his wings cut off as punishment)?
Bane’s actor was pretty spot on with that impression of Hugo Weaving. Enough so that I could not believe it took Neo that long to figure out what the hell was going on.
If I remember rightly, the end of the matrix online was that they gave everyone highest level and power as a goodbye party which increased users online and overloaded the servers.
How can this be relatable when James express such indifference towards the greatest alt-rock band of the 90s and 2000s? I demand that James publicly apologize to Radiohead by singing "Fake Plastic Trees" from the album "The Bends" on the next video. ALL THE LYRICS.
That they bothered to process James's voice to sound like he's on the phone for that split second scene at the pub is the kind of attention to detail that keeps me coming back
I'm actually glad to see that the Matrix sequels are being re-evaluated and some people are starting to come around to liking them or at least appriciate where the story ended up going. There are massive problems with the sequels and they dropped the ball in some regards when it comes to pacing and characterization of many of the side characters. But the idea of how Neo and the "prophecy" ties into the entire story... I always liked it. I think that was a good way to go after the first movie.
One piece of trivia I wish you had mentioned. Some of the prop metal used for the mechs in the final battle had some copper corrosion on it, which made the crew have to painstakingly scrape the corrosion off of the affected pieces of metal before reassembling the mechs, a procedure which the crew nicknamed "the Blue Harvest" which led to the working title of the film being Blue Harvest, which was also the working title of the original Star Wars from 1977.
I highly appreciate all three Matrix movies and I consider that they form a solid, cohesive, unique and memorable Trilogy. Sure, the first Matrix is the best by far, but still, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions are really good sequels that cleverly expand the original universe and add more layers to it. For me, the Matrix Trilogy is rather a "unified whole" than a "sum of three unequal parts": I don't really separate these movies in my mind. It's actually my favorite movie Trilogy.
I think as a film The Matrix is far superior and simpler in many ways with a traditional hero's journey. But The Matrix sequels is far more interesting to talk about themes and ideas which are much more complex and "out there" than the first one.
Thanks to the pandemic I've watched a lot of movies with my son. He's thirteen. (Man, I'm old.) He loved the Matrix trilogy and the Animatrix. I remember being disappointed by the second and third movie. They didn't seem to bother my son at all. I think that there was a lot of hype after the first movie came out. The sequels couldn't live up to that level of hype.
No one in Hollywood thought that a movie about hacking and philosophy that had people in S&M gear running around doing martial arts filmed in Asian style would work. Now someone might read that and say ‘duh of course it worked’ but at the time any single one of those wouldn’t have worked in big tentpole films. Studios didn’t believe in it and directors consistently screwed them up. The Wachowskis brewed up a perfect storm that paved the way for modern films.
You’ve gotta cover the Animatrix… it gels so much of the trilogy together. After the first movie it’s probably the bit the franchise that has stuck with me the most
The EMP does shut down the spaceship when it's activated, that's one of the reasons they only use it last. Then they need to bring another ship that was out of range to use jumper cables on it or whatever.
I don't think it always does, as long as they shut everything down before they fire it, they can switch back on afterwards. In Reloaded they didn't have time to do that though, so it disabled the ship.
@@trevvonhiggle1980 I guess that was how it worked, I don't remember exactly. But yeah they would have to turn everything off or at least have offline backup power wossnames to start up certain things. I remember the problem when they EMPed Zion was that they only bought some time and all their stuff was disabled so they were helpless once the drill restarted. Not that there was much stuff left to disable. I remember them turning everything off early in the first movie, but I think that was for stealth, not to preserve their equipment, otherwise they would just have EMPed away instead of hoping not to be detected.
My love for these movies are immense, so it brings me great joy to see so many people talking about them. In my opinion, the sequels deserve way more love than they get. Mostly because they actually added to the overarching story instead of just being action packed cashgrabs that were just rehashes of the first movie. In any other context, movies would be shunned for that and the Matrix sequels for some reason are shunned for doing the opposite, which is unfortunate.
I didnt care much when matrix came out...i thought it was too latexy with people whispering in shades at night...too techno punk for me...part 3 sucked me in and gave it a shot...i understood the underlying themes a little better and the loose computer lingo..i really appreciate part 2 and 3 alot more..im glad they tried to get away from the rated r and senseless killing of people in the matrix which led to the columbine masacre.
I don’t think the issue was ever that the movies were shunned for doing the opposite. They were shunned for adding to the story and plot in ways that were overly wordy and confusing. On top of that all of those scenes and a lot of that additions to the plot is given to us by characters we don’t like and or care about to begin with.
@@sergiomendoza4850 I can respect that, although I didn't personally find the expositional seems to be confusing I can see how it can be a turn-off for some people. The sequels are definitely not perfect, at points the dialogue can be a little pretentious and some characters definitely could have been flushed out more. But considering what they were able to do with a complicated premise like The Matrix and the fact that they actually took some time out to add to the lore and explain some of the themes and not just be another cash grab sequel, I think it is a testament to how ambitious the movies were and effort that was put into them. The biggest criticism for these movies is how different they are from the first one, but for me the differences are what made the movies memorable.
It was absolutely a cash grab. Lmao. They did not go into the first matrix thinking it would be a trilogy at all. Ffs, y'all just make shit up to zag against what most reasonable people say.
What if the matrix was originally designed by humans, as a way to ‘escape’ the horrific real-world after nuclear war… its just that the matrix-machine broke, and machines rose (they think they’re helping us escape suffering, whilst also using us for energy, to keep them powered, so that they can keep helping us)
One of my favorite fan theories is that humans ruined the planet and built the Matrix to basically go into hibernation while the machines fix the planet. But there was a faction of humans who didn't agree with this plan, and over the years they became a terrorist cell who think that they are freedom fighters trying to liberate humanity, when in fact they are just messing everything up and getting innocent people killed. And do those humans in Zion even know this, or are they being fed propaganda and fake history?
You reminded me of my post-Matrix fanfic idea! A Machine Faction decided they’d rather rocket themselves to the moon and get Solar Energy again. And other factions... didn’t last long XD
Still love captain mafuni’s last stand though and that “vagaries of a human perception trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose” speech… And oh yes “although only a human mind could create something as insipid as love”🤣🤣 Gosh i love Agent smith
@@gateauxq4604 Still struggling, Mr Anderson? Of course you are. I see it in your face. Beneath the blood and the dirt and the skin, you can't seem to grasp how superficial your efforts are. And yet...you try, with every fiber of your being you try and you try and you try. That's what I've never been able to figure out Mr Anderson. What's the point? What drives you? Is it faith? Hope? Will? Spite? Love? Electronic signals Mr Anderson! Psychological stimulation stemming from short sighted shallow static synaptic senses all as simulated as the matrix itself although....only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. Close enough 🤷
I'd love to see you guys cover Enter the Matrix and Animatrix, and maybe even do a brief recap of what happens in The Matrix Online in one of them. Just be fully ready when the fourth movie comes out for any possibility.
The giant kaiju Smith fight would have been so much better if Neo was like, "two can play that game", and it turned into a city-levelling kaiju brawl, King Of The Monsters shtyle, proper melee mechanics, tearing out skyscrapers and using them as bats etc. Fake Plastic Trees is a good song.
May as well go 100% complete everything that is matrix, and I think the reason behind lore wise of why the mechs don’t have front armour is that Zion knew about the original mechs from the war and how they didn’t held up so Zion were like screw it bigger guns and no armour.
Suuuuure, they remember that detail from the original war but the 12 people who go through the ‘reset’ 5 times don’t bother explaining to any new people unplugged that Zion was trashed a few years back and they are doing a weird purge cycle with the machines every 100 years…..
@@jonsmith5058 I'm pretty sure they did it's just been deluded to more of a fairy tale by this point (if each cycle is about a century and this is the end of this cycle it's probably been about 90+ years) it probably was faith based at the beginning of the reset, we can assume everyone treated the last "The One" like they did with Neo. The majority of people in Zion were probably disenfranchised with the religion after a few generations. We see that in Morpheus and people thinking he was a crazy fanatic before Neo shows up.
In forgot to mention I was referring to the second renascence that’s where my guess came from stating it was the Zion archive sorry for the mess up on my part
@@furyan9850 Oh I totally get where you got your info from. I’m just saying its absurd that there is a Zion archive, that survives multiple extinctions of Zion, yet they is no clue had by the survivors that there was a purge 100 years ago…. Or that the survivors had any incentive to keep this quiet. I mean ffs, wouldnt you use this knowledge to try and break the cycle somehow? Plus they have to rebuild a huge ass city. The story makes zero sense unless the ‘real world’ in another Matrix layer.
DEFINITELY interested in a look at Animatrix. Brilliant stuff in there; I wasn't much of a fan of Matrix 2/3, but that Animatrix really knocked it out of the park for me.
9:30 From what the Animatrix says as I remember, putting us into the matrix was how humans brokered 'peace' after losing the war that humans started. The machines agreed not to wipe out humanity and then became our reluctant caretakers.
You know something that's always stuck me as funny about the, "Did Neo die. Is he alive?" ending of the movie. Is how no one ever points out the thing I noticed a long time ago in rewatching it once it came out on DVD. So the animatrix came out between reloaded and revolutions like around july-ish 03' I believe. and the final story in that movie "Matriculated" is one of Runners luring robots and jacking them into a low key matrix trap to make them find their humanity essentially.Once a robot comes out of the trap their eyes go from red to green. At the end of revolutions when the carrier (I don't know the proper name of that machine) drags Neo onto its back and it carries him away. It does a quick pan to the front of the machine and you see the machines, eyes are green. But I never hear anyone talk about this. Or how a rehabbed machine is the one that takes Neo away.
"At the end of revolutions when the carrier... drags Neo onto its back and it carries him away. It does a quick pan to the front of the machine and you see the machines, eyes are green" : This was edited after the Animatrix came out... the original Thatrical release had the eyes still being Red !!
I really enjoyed them both on a recent rewatch, so much so that I’d happily watch them again. The big thing for me is the feel and general ambience and I think the sequels carried that over from the first films brilliantly. The boys mentioned it in the last one: the spooky antiqueness of the run down areas, lost splendour for long dead people who might never have existed. The Matrix itself is so eerily timeless and the whole Merovingian cycle fits it perfectly. Similarly, I like that the lore is kept fairly vague and that nobody has really kept track of real time, and the sequels build that into an almost Dark Soulsy sense of mystique and horror. Even Zion feels, and is, improbably ancient. They’re just great and most importantly they fit the first film very comfortably, after an initial disturbance from all the new faces. I loved pretty much every minute apart from the ropey cgi - next time I’m rewatching on DVD to smooth out the edges.
When I saw this in the cinema (day 1) near enough everyone burst out laughing when Trinity died - surprised james thought it was moving. interesting! this was in england though perhaps a tad more cynical
I've always loved the entire trilogy, obviously 2 and 3 could've done with a bit more refinement but I think they came out pretty great all things considered, could've been a LOT worse. I'm concerned about 4, but remain optimistic.
I loved that a game (The Matrix online) came out that was online and emerse you in what i have seen in those movies. I was invited to participate into a group that was going to do assignment but got told off why i did not fly and the whole thing. Later, i was instructed on how too build the character up with powers and skills. So there where people that take upon themselves to instruct people how they could play (leveling up) and probably have more fun in the game. What was striking also, for me, was that i could play a game and someone in Canada, a girl, i could see and talk to in the game while being several Swedish miles and kilometers away in the "real" world.
I'm not sure if it's James or Maso, but whoever has that in-depth knowledge of MxO is a true gem. I was there at MxO's server crash; Ballak of Syntax server. Cool of you to give that small corner of the internet in 2005-2009 a shout-out!!! Matrix 4 HYPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Animatrix please its actually pretty good. Oh and to be "that guy" the machines can't go through the clouds because it's somewhat of an EMP itself. If they get too close they shut down the same way the ship did when Neo and Trinity passed through it.
I really love revolutions commitment to kind of, epic spectacular absurdity. Like, reloaded to me always felt like it was just the matrix, again, but also slightly worse, like it didnt look as good as the first, and it wasnt as tightly written as the first, etc; but revolutions just says fuck it, absolutely massive mech battle with a gigantic swarm of squid robots destroying everything? real life neo controlling robots but also getting his eyes burned by a newly human smith while flying to the machine city? neo taking on smith in a city literally made of smiths with crazy orchestra and they're flying through the air and punching each other through walls in the rain with sunglasses? its just this commitment to showing the most climactic finale they could think of and I absolutely love it, like its really cool
They do have them in Animatrix. Maybe these mechs are made with scraps and seem to be more mechanic rather than electronic, probably so they can withstand EMPs, but considering what we know of Zion, maybe they should have invested in more turrets instead.
Thanks for this CoG boys. The Matrix was my favourite movie growing up, and I was obsessed with the trilogy. Never disliked any of the movies but watching them again recently has made me appreciate the third movie more. Also seeing the giant Agent Smith in Path of Neo was one of the highlights of my childhood. Excited to hear what you guys say about the Animatrix and can’t wait for the 4th
Hey Ben! Back me up... when the boys are talking about the kid saying that "neo, I believe " and they don't know why. I believe he is referring to his story line in "The Animatrix" . I'd love you guys to review that too please. Much love!
I’ve always assumed the Mechs didn’t have coverings because they were made for construction and used to build the giant mechanical structures in Zion then converted to war machines. Zion doesn’t have unlimited resources so they didn’t really have a choice but to equip them with guns and send them into battle.
I dunno, i'd still put safety features on a construction vehicle, since that's not exactly a hazardless occupation either, but i guess limited resources makes some sense.
@@peterstangl8295 Could go either way, I feel like most construction vehicles have very little “protection” and if they do it’s to protect from the elements. There are no elements underground so maybe it’s not necessary. Besides the machines ripped through the hull of the ships like butter so maybe it wouldn’t make a difference.
With scenes shot specifically for Enter the Matrix with the actors as well as a storyline that follows Last Flight of the Osiris from Animatrix, running parallel to Reloaded and to the opening scenes of Revolutions I think a single video covering both Animatrix and Enter the Matrix could be a lot of fun.
James, just like everyone in their 30s should start thinking about saving for retirement and creating a living will, you’re overdue to start fleshing out a fully formed opinion on the Radiohead catalogue. C’mon mate.
on the animatrix is explained your question about the mech suits used on zion: (why they dont have some sort of cover on them to protect the humans) on the first time zion was destroyed, the centinels rip out all the protection (they look like the mech suit the evil guy uses on the ending of avatar when tries to kill the main character with the huge ass giant mech blade one on one) as well as the humans on it. ripping only the torso leaving the legs and arms tight to the safety features. once zion people retake the city, they took the bare bones of the mech suits and fix the ones that could be started up again, never knowing (or having the skills to) restore the "egg" metal shape they had. witch would be stupid since the centinels would rip them out clean.
I just want to say that the entire trilogy bled over into the "real" world, has a unique solid structure that keeps true to the previous and whoever were to be given the chance of finishing The Matrix during those times..... none of us would've done fk all....
I saw these when they came out at the theater and felt very underwhelmed after loving the first one. Several more viewings of them over the years has not changed my opinion.
ah yes, the matrix revolutions; the movie that inspired WB to make another superman movie and yet that superman movie had no superman style fight scenes at all
Anyone else want to bet that one of the biggest retcons in Matrix 4 will be that humans werent actually batteries, but a neural network, like the original idea? And the machines didnt want humans to know that they essentially share a mind, so they fed them false information. It would fix one of the biggest flaws in the entire series and seems like a very natural retcon to me.
My takeaway from all this is omg James has no opinion on Radiohead! I'm 30, right, and so from being a teenager until now literally _anyone_ who was 4 to 14 years my senior _loved_ Radiohead. James is square in the middle of that bracket and is a total nerd (which we love) and I'm amazed that he totally indifferent to this band. Literally I could write a whole architect-style speech about how he is an algorithmic anomaly of unknown origin. Simple amazing. [I personally was too young to get the Thom York/Radiohead hype but my older brothers were deffo infected]
I loved this whole trilogy as a kid because the action and effects blew me away. As an adult I've definitely developed an appreciation for the ideas and themes the Wachowskis brought to this concept and think for the most part they pull it off! It doesnt' all work but as a three-act epic story its very entertaining and feels fresh!
Complete the canon! Do all of it! Even a video of Mason just reading the tie-in comics. And a Shadows-of-the-Empire retelling of the entire Matrix Online story. I want it all!
I really love this trilogy, it was always one of my favourites as a teenager and still is. The Animatrix is absolutely brilliant too, definitely cover that!
Do an episode on The Matrix Comics, they're probably free online somewhere still. I love this series! The Matrix that is, not Caravan of Garbage... but also Caravan of Garbage, it's great! But I think the Matrix is a bit better overall.
In Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin, Ramba Ral complained about the 1st mobile suits not having a covering to protect the pilot. Ramba Ral would have been great for Zion
Yup, in earlier drafts the machines WERE using humans for processing power. They borrowed that plot beat from the Hyperion Cantos. Essentially they had everyone’s minds networked into The Matrix and essentially used their networked brains as a neuronet computer to enhance their own processing power. WB forced them to change it though, because they thought it would be too complicated for the audience to understand.
This movie isn't too bad. The action sequences and atmosphere were the only parts I really like. I would've preferred Smith to become a big Kaiju made out of pieces of the city as the big boss, like in Path of Neo.
The funny thing is that the human body takes more energy in then it gives out. Especially when you realize to that the human body gives out more energy when it’s happy not when it’s sad. These things were not put into account at all when making this movie and even Guy as someone who is not a doctor understand this fact. Not to mention in the late 90s and early 2000s, we were not stupid even as kids, we realized parallel processing. This could have been used instead of the whole humans generating energy thing which is just absolute bollocks. I was in my teens when the first matrix came out and even I understood that it would’ve been much better to say humans act like individual cores for the machines so they could be having extra processing power to, I don’t know, take over the universe or something hell even my mother, came up with the theory that people could’ve been just studied because the machines were curious about human behavior and so they put them into the matrix so they could study them and make sense of this strange creatures. Even if it came at the cost of how much energy they would have to put into them.
burnt eyes Neo in this movie always reminded me of the Age of Apoclypse version of Daredevil with that blindfold, anyway I love this movie and they should've gotten Bane's actor back to play Smith in the new movie
The EMP *does* shut down the ship that employs it. They need an electrical jump from another ship to get restarted. That's why the Zion dock doesn't have an EMP, and that's also why Locke says that they "handed the dock to the Machines on a silver platter" after the Hammer uses its EMP. The EMP killed the Sentinels in the dock, but it also shut down any remaining defenses they had, leaving it and the rest of Zion vulnerable to the Sentinels that were outside of the EMP's range.
And if I recall wasn't there supposed to be some well placed line of hovercraft ready to blow emps in sequence and stop the attack? But Bane sabotaged the plan and that's why they broke through so easy.
Not completely contradicting, but they don't always need a jump, as long as they shut down the ships systems before firing it. If everything is still online while it fires though, it's taken out.
PLUUSS Locke is/was the only man that had the authority to open the doors and give the go ahead to the Hammer to blow the EMP. HE gave the order, then pouts and blames the Hammer? Like, bro, take some fuckin accountability. No wonder Niobe keeps leaving Jason on 'read'.
@@coolguyhino92 No doubt. He wants to try to act like if they hadn't blow that EMP they would have been better off before we're reminded before this, the machine were so content at that point, most of them even stopped attacking and just flew around for shits and giggles, but sure, this is all their fault for blowing the EMP.
@@mccarthy5825 I believe the city's defenses rely on always having some ships docked for that reason, that was the main source of conflict in Morpheus arc where he wanted to take captains out of Zion and people even mention that he's weakening the defenses by taking away ships.
since the ships themselves dont seem that heavy on firepower when they get attacked I reckon their defensive value to the city lies entirely on their EMPs
I was the leader of the largest Zion faction on one server of The Matrix Online. One thing that should have been mentioned, is that the MMO had Live Events, featuring characters like Niobe, Ghost, The Merovingian, Agent Pace (and early on, Morpheus.) No MMO had, or since has, dedicated Live Events which wrote the player characters who participated in them, into the official story. For example, my character had the very first and very last private meeting with the character Niobe, played the first time by a member of the Live Events Team, and the last time by the only remaining developer, handle "Rarebit." It was truly a unique MMO, and you couldn't convince anyone deep into playing it, that it wasn't the best game going, because of the unique Live Event opportunities.
That sounds amazing. When was that? Was it around the time of the movies?
That sounds so fucking cool. Not alot of games where developers add to the experience live. Only other one i know is that horror game where the devs would go in as the killer and respond accordingly to what you say through your mic
The Matrix Online ran from March 22, 2005 to July 31, 2009.
No-one cares
@@ryanallison1100 clearly you care enough to respond
The best thing about this CoG series is that James can show the world the majesty of Path of Neo.
Given the premise it's crazy that we didn't get more Matrix games
It's such a fantastic game and one of the only reasons I tracked down an original Xbox
@Andrew Watson the game was fucking wild dude espcially the final boss fight 😂
@Andrew Watson give it a replay now your older and wiser 😅
Even with the jank it was amazing. Replayed it a lot.
"I'm not going to play it, I'm going to explain it." Mr. Sunday Movies is the Architect confirmed.
Ergo, concordantly, vis-a-vis.
Like that Morpheus quote: "No one can see the Matrix for themself. You have to have it explained to you."
I can’t wait for you guys to talk about The Animatrix!
I agree
@jeremy ray chef’s kiss to that comment.
@jeremy ray lol good one!
Wow that would be amazing
I haven't seen it. Where can I watch it?
"Just because I'm a guy in my late 30s doesn't mean I have to give a shit about Radiohead!"
I feel this so much.
JGL Corridorrrrrrr Spin-Around!!!!!!
I'm 37, felt it too.
Radiohead have their moments. They're too cold and clinical sounding though, and Thom Yorke's vocals become grating pretty quickly. I prefer music with more warmth and humanity to it.
@@choronos I swear to god, one of my best friends loves Radiohead. I asked him once, “why do you love them so much?” and he said “I love how cold, cynical and mechanical they sounds, it’s really nothing like it.”
is he in his late 30's? I thought he was in his early 40s at least?
@@elck3 They're in their 20's according to podcasts where they're definitely not lying about their age.
Seraph was from one of the previous versions of the matrix where it was a paradise like heaven. As opposed to agents they had angels and seraph was one of them. Seraph being one of the more powerful “agents” of his time might be why his code is gold.
I don't think that's confirmed canon, but it's definitely my favourite interpretation.
Am I remembering the history correctly that the original Matrix was a heaven/utopia, but that was too much for humans so they created one that was more akin to the real world? Or am I just making that up?
@@DinerLingo the first matrix was supposed to be a paradise, but the humans couldn't accept it so it failed. This was followed by an opposite, essentially a hell matrix, with similar results.
Then they made the third, 1999 matrix.
@@trevvonhiggle1980 Thanks!
@@trevvonhiggle1980 Well considering his name is Seraph....Safe to say he was since Seraphs are angels
Something I admire about "The Matrix: Path Of Neo" because it's basically the Wachowski's just redoing the trilogy just as a pure popcorn power trip. You get crazy ants, you get homages to samurai films and, as said, the final stage involves you fighting against a giant smith which promptly goes back to the reveal of the war being over to "We Are The Champions". I mean, credit where credit is due, if it seemed the films acted too *intellectual* or *Ambitious* for your taste, for better or for worse, this sets that right back down to earth.
oof, that game does not hold up at all
That giant ant level is the single worst level in all of 2000s gaming history
@@talleywa5772 It’s bad, but the 2005 King Kong game is worse for its sheer pointlessness…and (as far as the Nintendo DS version) not even giving us an Empire State Building level.
@@obelix703 nah that game slaps, it ain't perfect but it's mindless fun
Mason likes Radiohead because he's a creep. He's a weirdo
What the hell is he doing here?
He tried the best he can. He tried the best he can. The best he can is good enough. AHH.
He wants you to notice
I KNEW IT
No surprises there.
Seraph was an angel in the original version of the Matrix. The paradise one. Hence, why he is called "wing less" by the thugs in the scene with Morpheus and Trinity @Club Hell.
Seraph
Because seraphim are a class of angel in Judeo-Christian-Islamic mythology
Also because seraphim is just an angel
And if I recall right: When the paradise matrix was scrapped he was saved from deletion by The Merovingian who he worked for but eventually betrayed to serve The Oracle (and had his wings cut off as punishment)?
@@ChestHighWalls Delving deeper into the lore. Yes, I love it.
shoulda called him sans seraph
My favorite part about Trinity's death is when it cuts to the wide shot of her having been impaled multiple times, and Neo says "Oh no."
Did she really die though? LOL
@@charisma-hornum-fries lol
Except he can't see that she's been impaled multiple times since his eyes don't work. He only feels the one
Being impaled multiple times is nothing new for her.
- Adûnâi
Thaank you 😂
Bane’s actor was pretty spot on with that impression of Hugo Weaving. Enough so that I could not believe it took Neo that long to figure out what the hell was going on.
It's Ian Bliss aka Rodney
Holy shit, Jamie, pull that video up
Until the credits rolled, I was sure that it was Hugo Weaving in some kind of face prosthetic.
At 8:04 this scene i almost thought the superpose Hugo weaving face on him because it looks so much like Mr Smith
I only just noticed on my last rewatch that the makeup around bane's eyes is dark and in the shape of smith's sunglasses
But it's like hella subtle
The editing on this one is phenomenal. I laughed so hard when James was yelling about being at the pub and it cuts
"Look at me!"
This comment bricked my iMac
When James said "You know what it's time for?" I half expected Mason to answer "What we reading?"
What we gonna read?
Westworld!
I’m doing the thing
Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa PaPa Pa. Nanananana Nanananana What are we reading, today!
Mason really sends the most insightful emails James is lucky to have him sending such insightful emails.
"Licky licky botty botty" - yatzee crowshaw
If I remember rightly, the end of the matrix online was that they gave everyone highest level and power as a goodbye party which increased users online and overloaded the servers.
It's the humor and relatable personalities of James and Mason that keep bringing me back.
AND THE EDITING that pairs so well with their comedy.
@@isaiahheaden The editors on these vids never get enough credit. They do excellent work.
@@kingrix seriously, it’s just an all-star team all around.
How can this be relatable when James express such indifference towards the greatest alt-rock band of the 90s and 2000s?
I demand that James publicly apologize to Radiohead by singing "Fake Plastic Trees" from the album "The Bends" on the next video. ALL THE LYRICS.
This is a wholesome comment
That image of dead Neo with googly eyes fucking wrecked me, guys.
That they bothered to process James's voice to sound like he's on the phone for that split second scene at the pub is the kind of attention to detail that keeps me coming back
I'm actually glad to see that the Matrix sequels are being re-evaluated and some people are starting to come around to liking them or at least appriciate where the story ended up going.
There are massive problems with the sequels and they dropped the ball in some regards when it comes to pacing and characterization of many of the side characters. But the idea of how Neo and the "prophecy" ties into the entire story... I always liked it. I think that was a good way to go after the first movie.
reloaded was always good. revolutions is still pretty much crap
Both sequels are great but just fell short of the mark in many ways due to the astronomical standards set in the first.
One piece of trivia I wish you had mentioned. Some of the prop metal used for the mechs in the final battle had some copper corrosion on it, which made the crew have to painstakingly scrape the corrosion off of the affected pieces of metal before reassembling the mechs, a procedure which the crew nicknamed "the Blue Harvest" which led to the working title of the film being Blue Harvest, which was also the working title of the original Star Wars from 1977.
I highly appreciate all three Matrix movies and I consider that they form a solid, cohesive, unique and memorable Trilogy. Sure, the first Matrix is the best by far, but still, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions are really good sequels that cleverly expand the original universe and add more layers to it. For me, the Matrix Trilogy is rather a "unified whole" than a "sum of three unequal parts": I don't really separate these movies in my mind. It's actually my favorite movie Trilogy.
I think as a film The Matrix is far superior and simpler in many ways with a traditional hero's journey. But The Matrix sequels is far more interesting to talk about themes and ideas which are much more complex and "out there" than the first one.
I see them as bad sequels, but good movies (just like Alien 3). They don't need to exist, but I'm glad that they do.
@@BirdsElopeWithTheSun09 wrong
They’re great
Scientific fact
@@OfAngelsAndAnarchist You mean they're objectively good. Sure, maybe.
Agreed
"That woman changed her face, Mason!" Jfc, I'm in tears. Also, great shoutout to that Curio video - I watched it a few weeks back and it was amazing!
Thanks to the pandemic I've watched a lot of movies with my son. He's thirteen. (Man, I'm old.) He loved the Matrix trilogy and the Animatrix. I remember being disappointed by the second and third movie. They didn't seem to bother my son at all. I think that there was a lot of hype after the first movie came out. The sequels couldn't live up to that level of hype.
I also watched them at that age, and I loved the 3 films all the same. Still do.
No one in Hollywood thought that a movie about hacking and philosophy that had people in S&M gear running around doing martial arts filmed in Asian style would work. Now someone might read that and say ‘duh of course it worked’ but at the time any single one of those wouldn’t have worked in big tentpole films. Studios didn’t believe in it and directors consistently screwed them up. The Wachowskis brewed up a perfect storm that paved the way for modern films.
Perhaps the real Matrixolgy were the friends we made along the way, or the eyes we lost along the way, definetly one of the two.
That's blindingly obvious.
Ha...69 likes... Nice
You’ve gotta cover the Animatrix… it gels so much of the trilogy together. After the first movie it’s probably the bit the franchise that has stuck with me the most
Animateix is the only sequel that didn't suck
The EMP does shut down the spaceship when it's activated, that's one of the reasons they only use it last.
Then they need to bring another ship that was out of range to use jumper cables on it or whatever.
I don't think it always does, as long as they shut everything down before they fire it, they can switch back on afterwards. In Reloaded they didn't have time to do that though, so it disabled the ship.
@@trevvonhiggle1980 I guess that was how it worked, I don't remember exactly. But yeah they would have to turn everything off or at least have offline backup power wossnames to start up certain things. I remember the problem when they EMPed Zion was that they only bought some time and all their stuff was disabled so they were helpless once the drill restarted. Not that there was much stuff left to disable.
I remember them turning everything off early in the first movie, but I think that was for stealth, not to preserve their equipment, otherwise they would just have EMPed away instead of hoping not to be detected.
Why couldn’t they just get some jumper cables to restart the city?
not a space ship. everything else is correct
My love for these movies are immense, so it brings me great joy to see so many people talking about them. In my opinion, the sequels deserve way more love than they get. Mostly because they actually added to the overarching story instead of just being action packed cashgrabs that were just rehashes of the first movie. In any other context, movies would be shunned for that and the Matrix sequels for some reason are shunned for doing the opposite, which is unfortunate.
I didnt care much when matrix came out...i thought it was too latexy with people whispering in shades at night...too techno punk for me...part 3 sucked me in and gave it a shot...i understood the underlying themes a little better and the loose computer lingo..i really appreciate part 2 and 3 alot more..im glad they tried to get away from the rated r and senseless killing of people in the matrix which led to the columbine masacre.
@@serwinzzalot9989 Okay
I don’t think the issue was ever that the movies were shunned for doing the opposite. They were shunned for adding to the story and plot in ways that were overly wordy and confusing. On top of that all of those scenes and a lot of that additions to the plot is given to us by characters we don’t like and or care about to begin with.
@@sergiomendoza4850 I can respect that, although I didn't personally find the expositional seems to be confusing I can see how it can be a turn-off for some people. The sequels are definitely not perfect, at points the dialogue can be a little pretentious and some characters definitely could have been flushed out more. But considering what they were able to do with a complicated premise like The Matrix and the fact that they actually took some time out to add to the lore and explain some of the themes and not just be another cash grab sequel, I think it is a testament to how ambitious the movies were and effort that was put into them. The biggest criticism for these movies is how different they are from the first one, but for me the differences are what made the movies memorable.
It was absolutely a cash grab. Lmao. They did not go into the first matrix thinking it would be a trilogy at all. Ffs, y'all just make shit up to zag against what most reasonable people say.
What if the matrix was originally designed by humans, as a way to ‘escape’ the horrific real-world after nuclear war… its just that the matrix-machine broke, and machines rose (they think they’re helping us escape suffering, whilst also using us for energy, to keep them powered, so that they can keep helping us)
Watch the Animatrix it explains the history leading up to the matrix.
One of my favorite fan theories is that humans ruined the planet and built the Matrix to basically go into hibernation while the machines fix the planet. But there was a faction of humans who didn't agree with this plan, and over the years they became a terrorist cell who think that they are freedom fighters trying to liberate humanity, when in fact they are just messing everything up and getting innocent people killed. And do those humans in Zion even know this, or are they being fed propaganda and fake history?
You reminded me of my post-Matrix fanfic idea!
A Machine Faction decided they’d rather rocket themselves to the moon and get Solar Energy again.
And other factions... didn’t last long
XD
@@Dannihilate hmm this is a more likely theory
@@KiomonDuck I love that you point out the history is already established in the lore, but people continue to go on theory-crafting and fanficing.
The speech that the Mech leader gives before the battle is underrated. Gives me chills
"Im an alien or whatever" that 3rd rock from the sun clip is such a genius insert. Bravo Ben.
Still love captain mafuni’s last stand though and that “vagaries of a human perception trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose” speech…
And oh yes “although only a human mind could create something as insipid as love”🤣🤣
Gosh i love Agent smith
Why Mr. Anderson?
Missed opportunity to have Smith make a speech entirely out of words that begin with ‘S’
Yes Im absolutely trash 👀
@@gateauxq4604 Still struggling, Mr Anderson? Of course you are. I see it in your face. Beneath the blood and the dirt and the skin, you can't seem to grasp how superficial your efforts are. And yet...you try, with every fiber of your being you try and you try and you try. That's what I've never been able to figure out Mr Anderson. What's the point? What drives you? Is it faith? Hope? Will? Spite? Love? Electronic signals Mr Anderson! Psychological stimulation stemming from short sighted shallow static synaptic senses all as simulated as the matrix itself although....only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love.
Close enough 🤷
I'd love to see you guys cover Enter the Matrix and Animatrix, and maybe even do a brief recap of what happens in The Matrix Online in one of them. Just be fully ready when the fourth movie comes out for any possibility.
I just don't think it helped how similar Reloaded and Revolutions sound as titles. It's too similar for films just 6 months apart.
The original Wii U
The crazy agent Smith mech battle was crazy. Definitely my favorite game from my childhood.
Let the record show that James canonically loves Kid A.
But does he love OK Computer?! I need answers!
Animatrix would be a great subject to cover when Star Wars visions comes out.
The giant kaiju Smith fight would have been so much better if Neo was like, "two can play that game", and it turned into a city-levelling kaiju brawl, King Of The Monsters shtyle, proper melee mechanics, tearing out skyscrapers and using them as bats etc. Fake Plastic Trees is a good song.
May as well go 100% complete everything that is matrix, and I think the reason behind lore wise of why the mechs don’t have front armour is that Zion knew about the original mechs from the war and how they didn’t held up so Zion were like screw it bigger guns and no armour.
Suuuuure, they remember that detail from the original war but the 12 people who go through the ‘reset’ 5 times don’t bother explaining to any new people unplugged that Zion was trashed a few years back and they are doing a weird purge cycle with the machines every 100 years…..
@@jonsmith5058 I'm pretty sure they did it's just been deluded to more of a fairy tale by this point (if each cycle is about a century and this is the end of this cycle it's probably been about 90+ years) it probably was faith based at the beginning of the reset, we can assume everyone treated the last "The One" like they did with Neo. The majority of people in Zion were probably disenfranchised with the religion after a few generations. We see that in Morpheus and people thinking he was a crazy fanatic before Neo shows up.
In forgot to mention I was referring to the second renascence that’s where my guess came from stating it was the Zion archive sorry for the mess up on my part
@@furyan9850 Oh I totally get where you got your info from.
I’m just saying its absurd that there is a Zion archive, that survives multiple extinctions of Zion, yet they is no clue had by the survivors that there was a purge 100 years ago….
Or that the survivors had any incentive to keep this quiet.
I mean ffs, wouldnt you use this knowledge to try and break the cycle somehow?
Plus they have to rebuild a huge ass city.
The story makes zero sense unless the ‘real world’ in another Matrix layer.
DEFINITELY interested in a look at Animatrix. Brilliant stuff in there; I wasn't much of a fan of Matrix 2/3, but that Animatrix really knocked it out of the park for me.
9:30 From what the Animatrix says as I remember, putting us into the matrix was how humans brokered 'peace' after losing the war that humans started. The machines agreed not to wipe out humanity and then became our reluctant caretakers.
You know something that's always stuck me as funny about the, "Did Neo die. Is he alive?" ending of the movie. Is how no one ever points out the thing I noticed a long time ago in rewatching it once it came out on DVD. So the animatrix came out between reloaded and revolutions like around july-ish 03' I believe. and the final story in that movie "Matriculated" is one of Runners luring robots and jacking them into a low key matrix trap to make them find their humanity essentially.Once a robot comes out of the trap their eyes go from red to green.
At the end of revolutions when the carrier (I don't know the proper name of that machine) drags Neo onto its back and it carries him away. It does a quick pan to the front of the machine and you see the machines, eyes are green. But I never hear anyone talk about this. Or how a rehabbed machine is the one that takes Neo away.
"At the end of revolutions when the carrier... drags Neo onto its back and it carries him away. It does a quick pan to the front of the machine and you see the machines, eyes are green" :
This was edited after the Animatrix came out... the original Thatrical release had the eyes still being Red !!
“We get movies the first time we watch them”
“I didn’t notice the colour palette change despite watching this multiple times”
CONTINUITY ERROR
Glitch in the matrix
I really enjoyed them both on a recent rewatch, so much so that I’d happily watch them again. The big thing for me is the feel and general ambience and I think the sequels carried that over from the first films brilliantly. The boys mentioned it in the last one: the spooky antiqueness of the run down areas, lost splendour for long dead people who might never have existed. The Matrix itself is so eerily timeless and the whole Merovingian cycle fits it perfectly. Similarly, I like that the lore is kept fairly vague and that nobody has really kept track of real time, and the sequels build that into an almost Dark Soulsy sense of mystique and horror. Even Zion feels, and is, improbably ancient. They’re just great and most importantly they fit the first film very comfortably, after an initial disturbance from all the new faces. I loved pretty much every minute apart from the ropey cgi - next time I’m rewatching on DVD to smooth out the edges.
When I saw this in the cinema (day 1) near enough everyone burst out laughing when Trinity died - surprised james thought it was moving. interesting! this was in england though perhaps a tad more cynical
The funniest scene was the slow-mo Neo punch to Smith…
I've always loved the entire trilogy, obviously 2 and 3 could've done with a bit more refinement but I think they came out pretty great all things considered, could've been a LOT worse.
I'm concerned about 4, but remain optimistic.
James' "I dunno..." regarding The Bends is the funniest thing I've ever heard him say.
I loved that a game (The Matrix online) came out that was online and emerse you in what i have seen in those movies. I was invited to participate into a group that was going to do assignment but got told off why i did not fly and the whole thing. Later, i was instructed on how too build the character up with powers and skills. So there where people that take upon themselves to instruct people how they could play (leveling up) and probably have more fun in the game. What was striking also, for me, was that i could play a game and someone in Canada, a girl, i could see and talk to in the game while being several Swedish miles and kilometers away in the "real" world.
“I’ve never cared about Radiohead” is exactly the motivation I needed to get through the day
I'm not sure if it's James or Maso, but whoever has that in-depth knowledge of MxO is a true gem. I was there at MxO's server crash; Ballak of Syntax server. Cool of you to give that small corner of the internet in 2005-2009 a shout-out!!! Matrix 4 HYPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Every time I see a CoG, it takes precedence over every other video. And i always hit that like button before the video buffers!
Animatrix please its actually pretty good. Oh and to be "that guy" the machines can't go through the clouds because it's somewhat of an EMP itself. If they get too close they shut down the same way the ship did when Neo and Trinity passed through it.
I left a like for the algorithm, (the TH-cam algorithm not the Matrix algorithm, the Matrix is fictional) you’re welcome.
But is it, though?
I really love revolutions commitment to kind of, epic spectacular absurdity. Like, reloaded to me always felt like it was just the matrix, again, but also slightly worse, like it didnt look as good as the first, and it wasnt as tightly written as the first, etc; but revolutions just says fuck it, absolutely massive mech battle with a gigantic swarm of squid robots destroying everything? real life neo controlling robots but also getting his eyes burned by a newly human smith while flying to the machine city? neo taking on smith in a city literally made of smiths with crazy orchestra and they're flying through the air and punching each other through walls in the rain with sunglasses? its just this commitment to showing the most climactic finale they could think of and I absolutely love it, like its really cool
This has been my favourite trilogy from you since the Twilight films.
When did they do that?
Can't see those videos on the channel and don't remember them
I’ll be honest everyone: I was dumb and got caravan of garbage confused with adum and pals
Shout out to Lawrence! I love that Mr Sunday appreciates his editors because they definitely work hard!
When I watched this as a kid, my only complaint was why didn't they have shields over their human bodies in the mech's🤣😭
They are shielded by destiny and fate. Or they are dumb. Whichever works for you.
They do have them in Animatrix.
Maybe these mechs are made with scraps and seem to be more mechanic rather than electronic, probably so they can withstand EMPs, but considering what we know of Zion, maybe they should have invested in more turrets instead.
If you've seen The Animatrix, you'll know that they don't help judging by the poor dude who got ripped out.
Thanks for this CoG boys. The Matrix was my favourite movie growing up, and I was obsessed with the trilogy. Never disliked any of the movies but watching them again recently has made me appreciate the third movie more. Also seeing the giant Agent Smith in Path of Neo was one of the highlights of my childhood. Excited to hear what you guys say about the Animatrix and can’t wait for the 4th
The bends fucking slaps, one of my absolute favourite albums, maso gets it
The King of Limbs (2011) is generally underrated and misunderstood as an album.
I think that album is really good. It just works better live. Case in point: The King of Limbs Live From The Basement.
@@Missjunebugfreak ill check it out!
You've gone this deep into the world of the matrix you might as well keep going. I say cover "Into the Matrix" and "The Animatrix"
Hey Ben! Back me up... when the boys are talking about the kid saying that "neo, I believe " and they don't know why. I believe he is referring to his story line in "The Animatrix" . I'd love you guys to review that too please. Much love!
Frank Herbert burned out Paul Atriedes's eyes, and that did NOT stop sequels...
Damn bruh why you gotta spoil the dune sequels like that
@@Feelix24 I mean...they've been out for quite a while 😂 not a huge factor at all either
I’ve rewatched The Matrix countless times.
I’ve rewatched Reloaded two or three times.
I’ve watched Revolutions once. 20 years ago.
I’ve always assumed the Mechs didn’t have coverings because they were made for construction and used to build the giant mechanical structures in Zion then converted to war machines. Zion doesn’t have unlimited resources so they didn’t really have a choice but to equip them with guns and send them into battle.
I dunno, i'd still put safety features on a construction vehicle, since that's not exactly a hazardless occupation either, but i guess limited resources makes some sense.
@@peterstangl8295 Could go either way, I feel like most construction vehicles have very little “protection” and if they do it’s to protect from the elements. There are no elements underground so maybe it’s not necessary. Besides the machines ripped through the hull of the ships like butter so maybe it wouldn’t make a difference.
With scenes shot specifically for Enter the Matrix with the actors as well as a storyline that follows Last Flight of the Osiris from Animatrix, running parallel to Reloaded and to the opening scenes of Revolutions I think a single video covering both Animatrix and Enter the Matrix could be a lot of fun.
James, just like everyone in their 30s should start thinking about saving for retirement and creating a living will, you’re overdue to start fleshing out a fully formed opinion on the Radiohead catalogue. C’mon mate.
on the animatrix is explained your question about the mech suits used on zion: (why they dont have some sort of cover on them to protect the humans)
on the first time zion was destroyed, the centinels rip out all the protection (they look like the mech suit the evil guy uses on the ending of avatar when tries to kill the main character with the huge ass giant mech blade one on one) as well as the humans on it. ripping only the torso leaving the legs and arms tight to the safety features. once zion people retake the city, they took the bare bones of the mech suits and fix the ones that could be started up again, never knowing (or having the skills to) restore the "egg" metal shape they had. witch would be stupid since the centinels would rip them out clean.
I just want to say that the entire trilogy bled over into the "real" world, has a unique solid structure that keeps true to the previous and whoever were to be given the chance of finishing The Matrix during those times..... none of us would've done fk all....
Matrix:
amazing script, amazing action sequences.
Matrix Reloaded:
so-so script, amazing action sequences.
Matrix Revolutions:
so-so script, so-so action sequences.
NGL, knowing this was coming kept me going during my overnight shift.
😂🤦♂️ Such a loaded statement
@@Noone-jn3jp This would've been a good reply had it been used on the second video of the Matrixology. #bloodygotem
@@TT-md7mm I can only work with what you give me
@@Noone-jn3jp If only you could, that would be....revolutionary. #IBloodyGotemAgain
Can we just say that Ben is one of the best editors on earth. All theses videos are edited with utmost precision
I can’t believe james came around to the matrix sequels. I know they are flawed but it’s a great trilogy compared to most.
Exactly like Radiohead, there’s hope for him yet
6:15 Maso has so many great points, he can't remember what great point James was talking about. Must have been a really long email!
I saw these when they came out at the theater and felt very underwhelmed after loving the first one. Several more viewings of them over the years has not changed my opinion.
I was so underwhelmed by the second one that I couldn't be arsed to watch the third.
The “look at me” phone cutaway. Excellent
ah yes, the matrix revolutions; the movie that inspired WB to make another superman movie and yet that superman movie had no superman style fight scenes at all
Anyone else want to bet that one of the biggest retcons in Matrix 4 will be that humans werent actually batteries, but a neural network, like the original idea? And the machines didnt want humans to know that they essentially share a mind, so they fed them false information. It would fix one of the biggest flaws in the entire series and seems like a very natural retcon to me.
Mason needs love, like everything does
Whoever edited this video deserves a raise.
Or at least a bonus.
The animatrix is the best part of the franchise IMO
I feel like the boys didn't watch it?
My takeaway from all this is omg James has no opinion on Radiohead! I'm 30, right, and so from being a teenager until now literally _anyone_ who was 4 to 14 years my senior _loved_ Radiohead. James is square in the middle of that bracket and is a total nerd (which we love) and I'm amazed that he totally indifferent to this band. Literally I could write a whole architect-style speech about how he is an algorithmic anomaly of unknown origin. Simple amazing.
[I personally was too young to get the Thom York/Radiohead hype but my older brothers were deffo infected]
I’m from Oxford so I have to like Radiohead. We have very odd and specific British laws
I loved this whole trilogy as a kid because the action and effects blew me away. As an adult I've definitely developed an appreciation for the ideas and themes the Wachowskis brought to this concept and think for the most part they pull it off! It doesnt' all work but as a three-act epic story its very entertaining and feels fresh!
I love Radiohead. Kid A is my favorite. It's a masterpiece.
Me too! Kid A is brilliant.
Complete the canon! Do all of it! Even a video of Mason just reading the tie-in comics. And a Shadows-of-the-Empire retelling of the entire Matrix Online story. I want it all!
The Matrix sequels are some of the most unfairly maligned movies of all time.
Err no. They're mostly awful.
@@JohnnyZenith no there re great go watch marvel
I really love this trilogy, it was always one of my favourites as a teenager and still is. The Animatrix is absolutely brilliant too, definitely cover that!
Do an episode on The Matrix Comics, they're probably free online somewhere still. I love this series! The Matrix that is, not Caravan of Garbage... but also Caravan of Garbage, it's great! But I think the Matrix is a bit better overall.
In Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin, Ramba Ral complained about the 1st mobile suits not having a covering to protect the pilot. Ramba Ral would have been great for Zion
I'm really hoping they talk about the Animatrix
Yes cover both Animatrix AND Into the Matrix.
If Matrix 4 doesn't have John Matrix in it I will be upset.
Yup, in earlier drafts the machines WERE using humans for processing power. They borrowed that plot beat from the Hyperion Cantos. Essentially they had everyone’s minds networked into The Matrix and essentially used their networked brains as a neuronet computer to enhance their own processing power. WB forced them to change it though, because they thought it would be too complicated for the audience to understand.
This movie isn't too bad. The action sequences and atmosphere were the only parts I really like.
I would've preferred Smith to become a big Kaiju made out of pieces of the city as the big boss, like in Path of Neo.
Begging you guys to cover Enter The Matrix and Animatrix before December!!! These videos are the best way to re-experience this story by far.
The funny thing is that the human body takes more energy in then it gives out. Especially when you realize to that the human body gives out more energy when it’s happy not when it’s sad. These things were not put into account at all when making this movie and even Guy as someone who is not a doctor understand this fact. Not to mention in the late 90s and early 2000s, we were not stupid even as kids, we realized parallel processing. This could have been used instead of the whole humans generating energy thing which is just absolute bollocks. I was in my teens when the first matrix came out and even I understood that it would’ve been much better to say humans act like individual cores for the machines so they could be having extra processing power to, I don’t know, take over the universe or something hell even my mother, came up with the theory that people could’ve been just studied because the machines were curious about human behavior and so they put them into the matrix so they could study them and make sense of this strange creatures. Even if it came at the cost of how much energy they would have to put into them.
burnt eyes Neo in this movie always reminded me of the Age of Apoclypse version of Daredevil with that blindfold, anyway I love this movie and they should've gotten Bane's actor back to play Smith in the new movie
I've always loved this trilogy. It's just a great time and it's extremely creative. Very excited for Matrix: Resurrections
Excitement level: ResurErections
@@GeronimoPlaz ohhhhh yea I was insanely disappointed
I watched this... Then go back to TH-cam homepage and... THE MATRIX 4 TRAILER.... HOLY MOLY BATMAN