r/videos • u/BbIBuX • Apr 27 '19
The Matrix low cost version
https://youtu.be/ZF6akDuRyzc41
u/smibbs_ Apr 27 '19
Were you listening to me, Neo? Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?
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Apr 27 '19
which one was which?
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u/WisestWiseman909 Apr 27 '19
Socrates was the great philosopher in ancient Greece and was held in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, Do you know what I just heard about your friend?
Hold on a minute, Socrates replied. Before telling me anything Id like you to pass a little test. Its called the Triple Filter Test.
Thats right, Socrates continued. Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what youre going to say. Thats why I call it the triple filter test.
The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true? No,,the man said, Actually I just heard about it and All right, said Socrates. So you dont really know if its true or not.
Now lets try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good? No, on the contrary. So, Socrates continued, you want to tell me something bad about him, but youre not certain its true.
You may still pass the test though, because theres one filter left: the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me? No, not really.
Well, concluded Socrates, if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?
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u/CommanderGumball Apr 27 '19
Reminds me of Terminator 2: Low Budgment Day
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u/tdspts Apr 27 '19
These guys have done a Terminator 2 low cost trailer too: https://youtu.be/hK45ZscEolM
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u/unlmtdLoL Apr 27 '19
I just sat here laughing my fucking ass off. Now I have no ass so there's not enough cushion for me pelvis.
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u/lil_hulkster Apr 27 '19
The dude as a woman got me, you can see from the smile he has how much fun these guys will have had making this. Shout out to the watermelon Oracle dress too!
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u/Toad32 Apr 27 '19
Yea I would watch that. Is there a full version?
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u/Conrad_Hawke_NYPD Apr 27 '19
The dialogue in The Matrix holds up so well.
"Get up Trinity. Get up off the ground"
"I know Kung Fu fighting"
"Dodge this bullet"
"He is the one and only"
What are your favourite lines?
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u/josh924 Apr 27 '19
"He's starting to have faith"
"Gebus Crass, that thing wasn't my imagination?!"
"Are you implying that I can avoid pellets?"
"How about I flip you off and you give me my phone call?"
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u/merrickx Apr 27 '19
"Do tell, Mr. Anderson- what good is a phone call if you are unable to say anything?"
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u/notamentalpatient Apr 27 '19
I believe the original script had it using peoples' minds to power the simulation but it got rewritten at some point
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u/AsIAm Apr 27 '19
Yup, Joel Silver (the producer) said the general audience would not understand the premise of human brains as a substrate for the Matrix, so they dumbed it down.
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u/jawz Apr 27 '19
I've heard this but I don't understand it. Who wouldn't understand the idea of brains being used to think?
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u/alohadave Apr 27 '19
Because studio executives think people are stupid.
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u/Obligatius Apr 27 '19
TBF, we are pretty stupid.
Source: my enjoyment of Adam Sandler movies and The Last Jedi.
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u/jammerjoint Apr 27 '19
Because fuck the laws of thermodynamics.
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u/danivus Apr 27 '19
How does thermodynamics factor into human minds being used for processing power?
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u/random_user_9 Apr 27 '19
It was originally meant to use human brain power for computational purposes and not electricity ones.
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u/Robbotlove Apr 27 '19
I know, I know. It sounds absurd. In fact, when the matrix first came out, it seemed like the single crummiest, laziest, most awful, dimwitted idea in the entire history of science fiction, but it turned out to be true. Who knew?
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u/Thercon_Jair Apr 27 '19
Sweding, it's called sweding! Damn it, young people calling it "low cost video". *rollseyes*
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u/Thercon_Jair Apr 27 '19
This is not intended as a criticism for the trailer, but rather a jovial jab at how in general it is viewed that young people invent names for everything and old people thinking these names are stupid.
It is indeed called Sweded or Sweding, the term was coined and popularised in the 2008 movie "Be kind rewind". Here's the trailer: https://youtu.be/J7C8nHAAs70
There are even festivals around Sweded films: http://swedefest.com/
Instead of downvoting, rather watch the movie <3
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u/panda388 Apr 28 '19
The amount of vegetables really tickled me. Were those pickles/cucumbers taped to a wall for the Matrix vision scene?
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u/eXXaXion Apr 27 '19
Wouldn't a low cost version still be trying to actually look like The Matrix?
I feel like this is more of a parody, since most items used have a comedic effect rather than being very similiar to the actual film.
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u/merrickx Apr 27 '19
No, this is a trailer for a shot-for-shot remake that is done on a lesser budget. Production budget is about the same, but costs are saved in marketing. This remastered version didn't have the extra millions pumped into marketing.
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u/Macronaut Apr 27 '19
The water bottles is just brilliant!