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Post by hydrophilic on Oct 16, 2014 6:45:21 GMT
I love Sci-Fi movies (like Aliens, any Star Trek, The Terminator) and "psychological" movies (like [The] Butterfly Effect, Limitless, Vanilla Sky). So it should be no surprise that The Matrix Trilogy is one of my all-time favorites!
I've been planning (semi-working) on a Ex-Matrix "movie" for C128. Ex-Matrix = Exclusively inside the Matrix. The original Matrix was (almost) completely (95% ?) inside the matrix, but in the 2nd movie (The Matrix Reloaded) only about 75% was inside the matrix, and the 3rd movie (The Matrix Revolutions) was only a mere 50% inside the matrix.
As you might imagine, the 3rd movie I hate the most (but it is still okay compared many other movies). The 1st and 2nd movie are ALMOST a tie... but recently I got to see the 2nd movie (The Matrix Reloaded) and I think it is my favorite... besides the many action scenes (common to all, but very nice in #2) it features a love story that takes place (mostly) in the Matrix.
In other words, #1 and #2 can reasonably called "The Matrix" but #3 should be called "Zion... and oh yeah, the Matrix".
The love story in #2 is really touching to me. Like when Neo asks Trinity not to enter the matrix... she asks why? and he responds (with hesitation) I can't explain (he knows, but wants to spare her horror) and then she looks directly in his eyes and answers "Of course" (unconditional love). Truly moving to me (call me a hopeless romantic)... and then later when Trinity dies but Neo is able to revive her due to his mastery of the matrix... a really touching dialog in that scene too.
Umm... yeah, I've been drinking a bit tonight, but still I think this is a very revolutionary set of movies (hence my desire to make a special video), and would love to hear what you folks think about these movies... (I assume you have seen at least one of them  ) |
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Post by hydrophilic on Oct 17, 2014 6:04:59 GMT
Has nobody seen any of these movies? Or perhaps they are all so lame that nobody cares to comment?
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Post by donno128 on Oct 17, 2014 12:01:45 GMT
It seems like an impossible project, and therefore perfect for C128. Would extra hardware would be needed, sd2iec, easyflash?
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Post by VDC 8x2 on Oct 17, 2014 15:04:25 GMT
It must of ate my reply.
My favorite scene is where he is fighting all those agent smiths.
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Post by hydrophilic on Oct 20, 2014 3:47:34 GMT
@dunno128, You would need a mass-storage device (like sd2iec or cmd-hd) preferably with fast-serial transfer. Without fast-serial, you would need a 16MB REU compatible (1541-Ulitmate or similar). The thing is, I don't think the entire trilogy (even with editing to be EXCLUSIVELY inside the Matrix) would fit in 16MB. Well, guess I could break it up into multiple 16MB chunks. Actually this would be required if you use CMD-HD due to partition size limits. So I guess the only real way to watch it non-stop would be a SD2IEC/MMC (with fast-serial firmware). Even at low frame rate (all that is possible with fast-serial), the current encoder runs about 500K / minute... so I'm thinking something like 200 minutes of video... or about 100 MB total. Not a problem for SD2IEC... I have at least 150 minutes of music videos (around 75MB) that all play fine in a single playlist, so I'm pretty sure this Matrix idea will work. You know, as long as the final video is under 700MB it could go on a CD... so maybe a CMD-HD that has an attached SCSI CD-ROM would work? I've never owned one... they do work fine for reading standard CD-Rs, right? Can CMD-HD with CD drive access files of any size? Or is it limited to 16MB like the HD (that would suck)? The thing that worries me is the CMD-HD seems to be slower than the C1581... based on extremely limited feedback... could be an issue with the actual SCSI hard disk that particular user had. Sorry for going off-topic about my software / theory... I was REALLY just curious about what you folks think about these movies. @vdc8x2, Yes the fight scenes with all the Smiths is a real pleasure to watch. I like the highway chase and fight sequence too ... except for the way the semi-truck crumples like an accordion when it crashes (neat graphics but 100% unrealistic). I'm still not sure which highway scenes were real vehicles and which were CG... it is fantastic cinema! In another life, I'll make a video game based on the highway chase |
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