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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 06:53 PM
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4. The Matrix was "inspired' (read copied) from Ghost in the Shell
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  -THX 1138+Star Wars=Matrix nytemare  Jun-21-05 06:46 PM   #0 
  - Whoa!  redqueen   Jun-21-05 06:48 PM   #1 
  - LOL  nytemare   Jun-21-05 06:51 PM   #3 
  - I think you would have to combined 2 crappy movies to get the Matrix not  Bombtrack   Jun-21-05 06:50 PM   #2 
  - I am talking of the idea behind Matrix  nytemare   Jun-21-05 06:55 PM   #5 
     - Yeah and I'm saying people who get that obsessed with such an overated  Bombtrack   Jun-21-05 07:03 PM   #6 
        - I like Matrix but Reloaded was not as good  ikojo   Jun-21-05 07:28 PM   #8 
        - I thought it was pretty cool  nytemare   Jun-21-05 07:47 PM   #16 
  - The Matrix was "inspired' (read copied) from Ghost in the Shell  ChavezSpeakstheTruth   Jun-21-05 06:53 PM   #4 
  - Colossus: The Forbin Project predated them all  Lannes   Jun-21-05 07:23 PM   #7 
  - Colossus is an underrated gem of a movie  Enraged_Ape   Jun-21-05 07:35 PM   #10 
  - agreed...  bridgit   Jun-21-05 07:36 PM   #11 
     - Forbidden Planet was more of an influence on Star Trek  Lannes   Jun-21-05 07:43 PM   #14 
        - my sense is that 'dune' influenced lucas greatly...  bridgit   Jun-21-05 07:50 PM   #17 
           - One of my friends claims Lucas ripped the whole Star Wars  ikojo   Jun-21-05 07:55 PM   #19 
           - Actually Star Wars was influenced by Ford and Kurosawa  Lannes   Jun-21-05 07:56 PM   #20 
              - reasonable enough to conclude...  bridgit   Jun-21-05 08:08 PM   #21 
              - Lucas cites them as his biggest influence in making Star Wars  Lannes   Jun-21-05 08:10 PM   #23 
                 - who are you arguing with?  bridgit   Jun-21-05 08:11 PM   #24 
                    - Noone of import I guess  Lannes   Jun-21-05 08:12 PM   #25 
                       - snark...  bridgit   Jun-21-05 08:13 PM   #26 
                          - meow  Lannes   Jun-21-05 08:13 PM   #27 
                             - bwahahahaha....  bridgit   Jun-21-05 08:27 PM   #29 
                                - Like that says anything  Lannes   Jun-21-05 08:36 PM   #30 
                                   - ok, so lucas is your freaking god....  bridgit   Jun-21-05 08:48 PM   #31 
                                      - Good job going off on a tangent  Lannes   Jun-21-05 08:58 PM   #32 
              - I sense a lot of mythical references in Star Wars  nytemare   Jun-21-05 08:08 PM   #22 
                 - this is part of my point...  bridgit   Jun-21-05 08:22 PM   #28 
                    - The story in the myth was a bit off for a couple of chapters  nytemare   Jun-21-05 09:21 PM   #34 
                       - agreed...  bridgit   Jun-22-05 12:47 AM   #37 
  - Whether you like the Matrix or not the equation posted  ikojo   Jun-21-05 07:33 PM   #9 
  - I disagree  Lannes   Jun-21-05 07:36 PM   #13 
  - I'm not really fond of  Dave Reynolds   Jun-21-05 07:36 PM   #12 
  - LOL  nytemare   Jun-21-05 07:45 PM   #15 
  - the last starfighter + enemy mine = complete cinematic diahrrea  datasuspect   Jun-21-05 07:51 PM   #18 
  - The Black Hole + Flash Gordon =  Neo   Jun-21-05 09:17 PM   #33 
  - I don't know, but THX  Terran   Jun-21-05 10:04 PM   #35 
     - Well, elements of each could combine to come up with  nytemare   Jun-21-05 10:13 PM   #36 
 

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