Tag: computers
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FRANCHISE REWIND: The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
The Matrix Reloaded, 2003 (Keanu Reeves) Warner Bros. “Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without.” Sequels come about for different reasons. Sometimes (very rarely) it’s the continuation of a story. Most times it’s a different story with characters from the previous movie dropped in to chart their own evolution. Of…
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FRANCHISE REWIND: The Matrix (1999)
The Matrix, 1999 (Keanu Reeves) Warner Bros. “There is no spoon.” How much of The Matrix makes sense and how much of The Matrix doesn’t make sense? Let’s try to break it down from the perspective of a computer (at least what I understand about computers). If you want to be stupid about it, computers…
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Vintage Cable Box: “Superman III, 1983”
“I ask you to kill Superman, and you’re telling me you couldn’t even do that one, simple thing.” Superman III, 1983 (Christopher Reeve), Warner Bros. Richard Pryor was at the top (the very top!) of his game in 1983. His stand-up comedy movies were the stuff of legend. He had made Bustin’ Loose in 1981,…
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Vintage Cable Box: “WarGames, 1983”
“Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, Sir, I’ve come to the conclusion that your new defense system sucks.” WarGames, 1983 (Matthew Broderick), MGM/UA The entirety of John Badham’s thriller, WarGames is encapsulated in the personal anguish of John Wood’s programming genius Stephen Falken, who had tried (and failed) to make his computers understand the concept…
Misadventures in Blissville 