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Originally Posted by fudgecake
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Originally Posted by chrisjordan
The Matrix wasn't actually all that original. It's just that the ideas were presented to a mass audience for the first time, and a lot of people won't have seen the stuff it's derived from, so would see it as something exciting and new.
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Well, in my opinion The Matrix was still an original idea. I'm not saying the Matrix was the first time anyone suggested we were controlled by something, or even that we were being controlled by computers - the former idea has been around probably since the first person thought "How come we're here, anyway?", the latter has been the subject of science fiction novels for years. I'm just saying that the basic ideas implemented in the Matrix were original, such as the humans being used for energy, and the tools the 'free people' (I don't know if they gave themselves a proper name? :?) used to gain access to the Matrix.
Also the idea that deja vu meant a glitch in the Matrix. I love that idea.  |
Yeah, the being controlled by computers/virtual reality was what I meant by the unoriginal bit (I'm not back-pedalling, honest!). There is a lot of clever and original stuff in it, but the main concept isn't new. If it was very unoriginal, I doubt I would have bought the DVD. 8)