MATRIX MOVIE: was stolen idea from a 1985 book

dexy · 01-19-2005, 10:10 AM

Did anyone else see this story, I heard it on a whole radio interview today. I haven't been on TV for a while, neither am I a hollywood follower, but this story blew my mind. Some links.. But this lady freaks me out with the stuff/ideas she talks about. She scared the **** out of me.

http://www.slccglobelink.com/main.cf...id/785067.html

http://www.killermovies.com/forums/a...x.php/t-315546

http://www.daghettotymz.com/matrix/p...hepirates.html

drait · 01-19-2005, 10:40 AM

I'm sure this kind of stuff happens all the time. Typical greedy execs trying to cut out the 'little' people. Good for her. I still enjoy the Matrix series, and the Terminator series, even if they were both hijacked. Good thing she planned ahead and copyrighted all her works.

Cris · 01-19-2005, 11:06 AM

So...the movie was better than the book anyway...

Scouse Monkey · 01-19-2005, 11:12 AM

i liked Matrix but was very dissapointed with the second so didn't bother with the third....was it any good?

dexy · 01-19-2005, 11:39 AM

The story was that, they had to back off the original story as she started the legal proceedings after Matrix 1, and then they had to re-edit the movie DVD release to take out some of her copyrighted work out, and in Matrix 2, they had to come up with a whole new twist, new characters e.t.c

This lady is a sci fi maniac though, on radio she was talking about some crazy stuff that freaked me out(some of em), like in future, we'll be all tagged with scannable id's so u walk into a store, eat and get out, and you'll be automatically charged. She also talked something hollywood fading in the future b/c of the digital age. Also about like satellite technology will be the new thing, every digital device connecting to satellites, Digital cameras that can take pictures of somewhere else on earth by connecting to satellites, and getting remote shots e.t.c, anyone else in NY hear that Radio interview this morning?

mp3hombre · 01-19-2005, 01:30 PM

Die Hard was also ALLEGEDLY based on a book by a canadian writer.

lgbr · 01-19-2005, 03:04 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Scouse Monkey

i liked Matrix but was very dissapointed with the second so didn't bother with the third....was it any good?

Trinity dieing was the only part that sparked any remote interest in the third movie.

Scouse Monkey · 01-19-2005, 03:16 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by lgbr

Trinity dieing was the only part that sparked any remote interest in the third movie.

drait · 01-19-2005, 04:43 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Scouse Monkey

i liked Matrix but was very dissapointed with the second so didn't bother with the third....was it any good?

It was better than the 2nd one, that's for sure

And if the storyline wasn't so convoluted, you could probably go straight from 1 to 3 and not really miss all that happened in 2.

Quattro · 01-19-2005, 05:45 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by dexy

anyone else in NY hear that Radio interview this morning?

The one on Hot97 right? I heard parts of it, some of the stuff she talked about was a little bit freaky. There were other things that I didn't believe, like when she said she can see 103 years into the feature. Yeah sure, if she could do that then she wouldn't be sitting at a radio station explain how they stole her ideas, instead she should go play the lotto.

dexy · 01-19-2005, 06:36 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Quattro-A4

The one on Hot97 right? I heard parts of it, some of the stuff she talked about was a little bit freaky. There were other things that I didn't believe, like when she said she can see 103 years into the feature. Yeah sure, if she could do that then she wouldn't be sitting at a radio station explain how they stole her ideas, instead she should go play the lotto.

true that, thats why all future telling still remains a myth.

meddler · 01-19-2005, 08:46 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Quattro-A4

. There were other things that I didn't believe, like when she said she can see 103 years into the feature. Yeah sure, if she could do that then she wouldn't be sitting at a radio station explain how they stole her ideas, instead she should go play the lotto.

But wouldn't she have seen this coming?