Comments on: Flaws in the Matrix? http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/ Come back when I've thought of a pithy tagline Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:16:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Joe Dokes http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-127 Joe Dokes Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:46:27 +0000 http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-127 I just saw Matrix 3 and it is chock full of plot flaws. First of all, it seems that the EMG is a major weapon that should be all over the place. It is deadly to machines but has no effect on humans. Just keep a bunch of them in the tunnels leading to Zion, and they would be safe (unless the Robot people use nuclear bombs or gas). Also, why would the Robots need to create humans to generate electricity (coppertops) when they should just as easily use cows? Or, humans with their brains destroyed. Well, ok - it's just a plot device! I just saw Matrix 3 and it is chock full of plot flaws. First of all, it seems that the EMG is a major weapon that should be all over the place. It is deadly to machines but has no effect on humans. Just keep a bunch of them in the tunnels leading to Zion, and they would be safe (unless the Robot people use nuclear bombs or gas). Also, why would the Robots need to create humans to generate electricity (coppertops) when they should just as easily use cows? Or, humans with their brains destroyed. Well, ok - it’s just a plot device!

]]> By: Mark Wittkowski http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-22 Mark Wittkowski Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:10:06 +0000 http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-22 The biggest flaw of all! ...is them plucking Neo from the death river, after the initial release from the Matrix in episode #1. They could never get close to the central city until Neo in part 3 delves into the impossible...the main frame city. How can they come in to that place and pick out the many survivors like Neo, in the first place? Please provide some insight! The biggest flaw of all! …is them plucking Neo from the death river, after the initial release from the Matrix in episode #1. They could never get close to the central city until Neo in part 3 delves into the impossible…the main frame city. How can they come in to that place and pick out the many survivors like Neo, in the first place?

Please provide some insight!

]]> By: Todd http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-21 Todd Sat, 15 Jul 2006 06:27:46 +0000 http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-21 There is a bigger flaw that has always bugged me in this movie. If the agents can move to any person still plugged into the Matrix, why in the begining of the movie did they have to search for Thomas Anderson through the office space and he was able to escape (until he pussied out on the ledge) and why would it have been necessary to install a "tracking" bug on him, since again, he was still plugged in at that time? There is a bigger flaw that has always bugged me in this movie. If the agents can move to any person still plugged into the Matrix, why in the begining of the movie did they have to search for Thomas Anderson through the office space and he was able to escape (until he pussied out on the ledge) and why would it have been necessary to install a “tracking” bug on him, since again, he was still plugged in at that time?

]]> By: krish http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-20 krish Sat, 27 May 2006 03:19:22 +0000 http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-20 if being in the matrix is like being in a dream then no one cud possibly die if killed inside the matrix because it is only the mind which is makin us feel like dying if being in the matrix is like being in a dream then no one cud possibly die if killed inside the matrix because it is only the mind which is makin us feel like dying

]]> By: luke http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-19 luke Thu, 18 May 2006 11:47:19 +0000 http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-19 but yer, i think what's said here is about right. i wonder if you ate a dodgy steak in the matrix, (whose bacteria would properly harm you) you'd fall ill in reality. do they have doggy steaks in the matrix? but yer, i think what’s said here is about right.

i wonder if you ate a dodgy steak in the matrix, (whose bacteria would properly harm you) you’d fall ill in reality.
do they have doggy steaks in the matrix?

]]> By: luke http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-18 luke Thu, 18 May 2006 11:40:41 +0000 http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-18 ^nuggetbro meant 'Cypher' not 'Mouse', i think. ^nuggetbro meant ‘Cypher’ not ‘Mouse’, i think.

]]> By: nuggetbro http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-17 nuggetbro Fri, 05 May 2006 08:34:25 +0000 http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-17 Well i beleive the reason that mouse didn't go into a simulation, is because he didn't want to know it was virtual and not real. See he asked the agent to wipe his memory aswell, before putting him back in, so that he would never have to worry about what was real or not. Well i beleive the reason that mouse didn’t go into a simulation, is because he didn’t want to know it was virtual and not real. See he asked the agent to wipe his memory aswell, before putting him back in, so that he would never have to worry about what was real or not.

]]> By: Firas http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-16 Firas Wed, 03 May 2006 22:20:45 +0000 http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-16 <i>If that was the case, the bullets inside the Matrix shouldn’t be able to kill you.</i> Hm? I assume that, like the bullets hurting you, the steak satisfies you. But there's an existential point here—the steak is not <em>real</em>, see. To choose a weird analogy, an escort will attend to you, but it's not like having someone who <em>really</em> cares about you. If that was the case, the bullets inside the Matrix shouldn’t be able to kill you.

Hm? I assume that, like the bullets hurting you, the steak satisfies you. But there’s an existential point here—the steak is not real, see. To choose a weird analogy, an escort will attend to you, but it’s not like having someone who really cares about you.

]]> By: Charles http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-15 Charles Wed, 03 May 2006 01:38:51 +0000 http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-15 If that was the case, the bullets inside the Matrix shouldn't be able to kill you. Unless... maybe <strong>that's</strong> how Neo got up after Agent Smith shot him in the 1st movie! If that was the case, the bullets inside the Matrix shouldn’t be able to kill you.

Unless… maybe that’s how Neo got up after Agent Smith shot him in the 1st movie!

]]> By: Firas http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-14 Firas Tue, 02 May 2006 23:58:43 +0000 http://charlesstricklin.com/2006/05/02/flaws-in-the-matrix/#comment-14 Ah, it's not about being able to bite into a juicy steak—it's about being able to do so without knowing it's fake. Ah, it’s not about being able to bite into a juicy steak—it’s about being able to do so without knowing it’s fake.

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