Because you demanded it, Scott tumbles down the rabbit hole and reviews The Matrix Trilogy.
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A Listener Request Episode: The Matrix Trilogy
- 0:00-1:15: Intro! Scott introduces all of his pets, the loud ones and the quiet ones, and blames this entire episode on Geoff Simons, who requested it.
- 1:16-1:27: The Matrix review begins
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8e-FF8MsqU&w=450]
- 1:28- 2:40: Scott gets ahead of himself and compares The Matrix to Vertigo and Citizen Kane
- 2:41-7:01: The story and world of The Matrix
- Allegory of the Cave
- Influences and Interprations of The Matrix
- 7:02-8:34: Comparing this hero’s journey to other heroes’ journeys
- 8:35-11:16: Does The Matrix Inspire the Disturbed?
- 11:18-13:14: The Wachowskis introduce the East to the West
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj-hU1xHpig&w=450]
- 13:15-17:00: What is Bullet Time?
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KtghA0rkDY&w=450]
- 17:01-19:24: Who created Bullet Time?
- Michel Gondry
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vj4jppqwkw&w=450]
- 19:26-21:01: How well does the movie hold up?
- 21:03-23:56: The End(ing)
- 23:57-24:53: Final thoughts on The Matrix
- 24:54-24:58: An Alice in Wonderland reference
- 24:59-25:14: The Matrix Reloaded in a nutshell
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epLtiVMy93k&w=450]
- 25:15-26:26: Why does full-screen exist as a thing!? Why did no-one catch the soft box in Smith’s glasses?!
- 26:27-29:15: Scott shares a little personal and Internet history
- Angel in Chains
- 29:16-30:35: Confronting people’s frustrations with Reloaded
- 30:36-31:29: The Quentin Tarantino Dilemma
- 31:30-34:35: The Superman Dilemma
- 34:36-36:35: Upping the ante with Smith
- 36:36-38:49: The problem with the Ninja Turtles
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c61q2vQ-MTI&w=450]
- 38:50-39:53: Plotting and Pacing Problems
- 39:54-44:35: The Greying Dilemma
- Grave of the Fireflies
- 44:36-48:33: Losing the plot
- 48:35-55:50: A Bad Case of Sequelitis, Other Confounding Things, and Some Good Things Too
- The Merovingian Dynasty
- Persephone
- 55:50-56:36: So Neo’s just a superhero now? Wha — how?
- 56:37-57:06: Scott confesses his love for The Matrix Revolutions
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhoaoTZJSX4&w=450]
- 57:07-57:27: Scott loves the women of The Matrix
- 57:30-58:27: Unsung hero Don Davis
- 58:28-59:40: So really, it’s just an allegory
- 59:41-1:00:15: A little less conversation, a little more action, please
- 1:00:16-1:01:50: The Breaking of the Fellowship
- 1:01:51-1:03:34: Neo’s new-found powers mean . . . what exactly?
- 1:03:35-1:05:23: We’ve done this before, haven’t we?
- 1:05:24-1:07:31: Fighting for peace
- 1:07:32-1:10:39: We always knew the ending from the beginning
- 1:10:40-1:12:10: What people don’t like about Matrix Revolutions is Matrix Reloaded
- 1:12:11-1:15:00: Final thoughts on Matrix Revolutions and the entire trilogy
- How Did This Get Made?
- 1:15:00-1:16:03: If you liked The Matrix, Scott recommends you check out Dark City.
- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrGSLMl1XFs&w=450]
- 1:16:04-1:16:36: Outro!