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- rocknog, on 11/08/2009, -10/+451I think a lot of the baffling nature of the Matrix is that humans simply misunderstand the machines' intentions. Hell, Morpheus himself could've figured it out if he had taken two seconds to think about what he said. He specifically stated that the machines gather energy from humans, which combined with nuclear fusion, gives them their electricity. The law of conservation of energy states that using humans as batteries makes no sense, so clearly they ultimately get all their power from fusion. And I mean, being efficient, they wouldn't want energy to go to waste - they were not using the humans as a power source, they were simply collecting the wasted energy put out by the humans - simply being warm-blooded results in a lot of wasted energy.
So then, if they're not using humans as energy sources, why have them hooked up to the Matrix in the first place? And hell, why bother designing something as complex as the Matrix even if they were using humans as batteries? Why not just control them with sedatives or something? Answer - have you looked around outside? It's a nightmarish hellhole. The machines didn't enslave the humans, they friggin' saved humanity from its own stupidity, and even built them a virtual paradise to replace what was lost.
So actually, the machines' actions make perfect sense if you don't automatically assume that the machines' intentions are evil. But of course the humans are all speciesist against the machines, and so they don't see it. Hell, is there any evidence at all to suggest that the machines are evil? Not that I can see - every act of violence against the humans was a reaction to an attack started by the humans. - bubbameister33, on 11/08/2009, -0/+400He's really a machine that's spreading pro-machine propaganda. We must destroy him.
- whatthefu, on 11/08/2009, -2/+333Whoa.
- neutron7, on 11/08/2009, -4/+142"ring needs to be destroyed in mount doom"
"ok call your eagle buddies"
the end. - orenbenkiki, on 11/08/2009, -0/+124Jurassic park: Let's breed big carnivorous dinosaurs. And then use *electric fences* to cage them instead of steel bars and concrete walls, that require 1% of the upkeep costs, not to mention the obvious problem with the occasional power failure.
Not dumb enough? Ok, let's have all our computer security handled by *one* man, who loudly complains he's under-paid and under-appreciated.
But wait, there is more! said super-programmer is so clueless he gets lost on the way to the one dock on a tiny island he has been living on for months, if not years. And once lost, he goes out to pet "cute" poisonous critters. - thatonekid393, on 11/08/2009, -0/+122So goddamn true about 28 Weeks Later, the fact that the ONE PERSON who had the potential to reinfect everyone was left unguarded really confused me concerning the intelligence of this recolonizing.
- TobiasParker, on 11/08/2009, -4/+112The machines were attacking us because they hate our freedom.
- auckman, on 11/08/2009, -0/+97lol'ed at the last sentence:
"...[the Matrix] would have been better off with pretty much any animal, just as long as they went with one of the thousands of mammal species that does not know how to use a f'ing computer." - OptykUnreal, on 11/08/2009, -3/+93This is also explained in the Animatrix Renaissance parts 1 and 2.
- inactive, on 11/08/2009, -1/+90I'M TIRED OF THESE ***** SHARKS IN THIS ***** PLOT HOLE!
- juckman, on 11/08/2009, -0/+86One does not simply call eagle buddies into Mordor...
- anthropodeus, on 11/08/2009, -1/+54anybody with half a brain should have known to take the blue pill.
"You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss." -Cypher - KibblesnBitts, on 11/08/2009, -0/+43You didn't say the magic word.
- overaged, on 11/09/2009, -4/+47I love it when people overthink these things. Almost 100% of all idiotic decisions can be traced to producers. Originally humans were used as processors for the machines. It was cheaper to use human brains as processors than transistors and chips. The matrix was designed to keep them docile while the rest of their brain was used as processing for the machines.
Producers said that people wouldn't understand this and so they should be batteries instead. They said people understand batteries. So they were forced to change it. - Spoomeister, on 11/08/2009, -2/+41I like this theme better than what we saw in Matrix II and III.
Can we do a reboot of a series starting from the second film?
...on second thought, never mind. There was only one Matrix, just like there was only one Highlander, only 4 Star Trek films, etc. - JDLamb88, on 11/08/2009, -0/+34What about the fact that Neo cannot ever know that he has left or entered the matrix. Maybe when he leaves it, the matrix just changed to look like this ***** "real" world. And if they are in that real world, who says that isn't just an illusion that they must escape too. They even go as far as letting Neo use his powers in this real world, more proof that they are actually still in the matrix. -Descartes.
- theguesser10, on 11/09/2009, -0/+30Oh wow :D it worked :D
- theguesser10, on 11/09/2009, -0/+30*****.
- gdo01, on 11/08/2009, -1/+27Giant eagles v. Nazguls with built in horror effects on winged reptilian mounts with rows of teeth does not an easy journey make. In essence it would become an aerial version of the journey with the eagles fighting an all out war against the Nazgul while a smaller eagle sneaks behind the lines to drop the ring.
- Jektal, on 11/08/2009, -0/+26Shame on you, Education System.
- FordTheFin, on 11/09/2009, -2/+27you can say "*****" on the internet dude, it's ok.
- praisethelard, on 11/09/2009, -1/+26Well, I could understand why they went with fences. They'd want the visitors to be able to see the dinosaurs.
- Kalifornier22, on 11/09/2009, -4/+28am I the only one who read that in Keanu's voice?
- lolmax, on 11/08/2009, -0/+23I'm also one of those people that enjoys over-thinking fictional movie plots to the point of ruining my ability to suspend my disbelief!
- bobbi21, on 11/09/2009, -1/+23http://xkcd.com/566/
- elislider, on 11/09/2009, -0/+21no. pretty sure that was the point
- ThatGeek, on 11/08/2009, -11/+32the nazguls are the flying things, the wraiths are the things that ride the nazguls... if nazguls were on horses they would have a problem
- vegx, on 11/09/2009, -0/+21Nazgul are the Ringwraiths.
Their flying beasts don't have a specific name. They're generally called "fell beasts". - neutron7, on 11/08/2009, -2/+21the nazguls were still on horses at that point it would have been eazy peazy
- MtheoryX, on 11/09/2009, -0/+17Ah ah ah...
- InMSWeAntitrust, on 11/09/2009, -0/+17Dennis! Our lives are in your hands and you've got butterfingers?
- adml_shake, on 11/08/2009, -1/+18The only thing that save Demolition man in my book was Dennis Leary being in it.
I was a kid when Robocop came out and I remember those evil robots scaring the piss out of me and giving me nightmares for weeks. - orenbenkiki, on 11/09/2009, -0/+15Funny, I never had any problem looking at animals in the local zoo. Through, you know, reasonably spaced steel bars. Given a T-Rex is *big* you could have a bar every foot - or even a yard - and still prevent it from munching the gawking lawyers.
- desertDenizen, on 11/09/2009, -1/+16You have renewed my faith in Digg.
For another six months at the very least. - bat-21, on 11/09/2009, -0/+15That was the original premise but the producers that the audience would have a hard time understanding it so they went with HUMANS=BATTERIES instead.
- TracerMan, on 11/09/2009, -0/+14George?
- Rachy88, on 11/08/2009, -0/+14Dugg for the transition from enemies to energy.
- appleseed1234, on 11/08/2009, -0/+14With so many options, like secure the door so nobody could get in (or out), immediately put her in an isolated area, or just shoot her. Still looking forward to another one if they ever make it though.
- Mawds, on 11/09/2009, -0/+14http://www.howitshouldhaveended.com/video.php?bcpi ...
- InsaneWookie, on 11/09/2009, -0/+13I heard that using that using the human brain for computing power was that original idea for the Matrix but they decided to go with human batteries because it was easier to understand.
- ZeMoose, on 11/09/2009, -1/+14Where was District 9 on this list? Seriously great movie, but: "Hey, a strange tube filled with alien stuff. Let me open it. And not tell anybody when I start to feel like ***** and my teeth start falling out."
- gdo01, on 11/09/2009, -0/+12It was never exactly clear when Sauron first gave the Nazguls their winged mounts. In the book, the first one was spotted while the Fellowship was rowing down the river. The previous times, the Nazgul were seen only on horses. I guess Sauron could have decided to give them winged transport after their failed attacks on Frodo at Weathertop and outside Rivendell but its probably more likely that Sauron always had them but for some reason or another, the Nazgul decided not to use them.
The Witchking comes in on a horse when he lead his armies through Minis Tirith's gate. I guess a winged mount was unfeasible for that situation. Maybe the other Nazgul had decided that the winged mounts were not necessary at first for following a lone hobbit traveling on foot. - MtheoryX, on 11/09/2009, -2/+14Brix shat for the third time this week.
- thebreach, on 11/08/2009, -0/+12It could certainly be taken as more of an experiment to examine humanit by the machines, see how they operate and think. The Animatrix shows some of this experimentation on humans to figure them out in a way, much as we would study an animal. Capture it, lock it up behind something safe (The Matrix), and probe them for secrets.
The energy produced is just a byproduct of the process. - Beonarri, on 11/08/2009, -1/+12Goldfinger: Bond sits around the villain's chateau for nearly the whole movie, drinking and flirting. The villain has a chance to kill Bond, but doesn't. The villain explains his whole plan in front of Bond, for whatever reason. Then Bond does nothing to prevent the plan from going through. It's a string of bad decisions, but the movie is still really good.
- andyroo316, on 11/08/2009, -7/+18The Matrix sequels are the worst movie plots made possible by a baffingly bad decision: to make them.
- theguesser10, on 11/09/2009, -1/+11Maybe using human minds for pleasure... like they could plug a human brain into a machine brain and then induce orgasms in it or something
- MrMischief20, on 11/09/2009, -0/+10The fact that Harry Osborn's butler waited two movies to tell him that his dad impaled himself on his glider. I almost walked out of the movie at that point.
- desertDenizen, on 11/09/2009, -0/+10I've always thought it would have been a better premise for the machines to use captive humans' brains for computation than their bodies for power (which we all agree makes no sense whatsoever).
- MtheoryX, on 11/09/2009, -3/+13lol, wut?
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