El Sitherino Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 yeah, so I was bored decided to see where all the matrix stole it's ideas from then suddenly, I came upon this I do wonder how she got royalties for terminator though. :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormHammer Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 I read a while ago about the Wachowski brothers getting sued. I'm glad she won her case, and will now receive money that was rightfully hers. I'm sick of the underhanded methods employed by big corporations, who think they can get away with anything due to their sheer size and clout. The Wachowski brothers should be ashamed of ripping off someone else's work. I'd actually be intrigued to read this manuscript 'The Third Eye' - it might prove to be a lot better than the Matrix movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckcsaber Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 DAMN! She is getting P A I D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 6, 2004 Author Share Posted December 6, 2004 meh, I still think the matrix movies sucked. Perhaps her story was horribly butchered by them so they could try and get away with it. *shrugs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapNColostomy Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Or maybe her story sucked even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 6, 2004 Author Share Posted December 6, 2004 Originally posted by CapNColostomy Or maybe her story sucked even worse. possibly. Point is.... I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wassup Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Well, she did have her manuscript copyrighted, so she has some pretty good evidence on her side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 I always thought "The Matrix" was a just a sampling of "The Terminator" mixed with a lot of "Tron." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 6, 2004 Author Share Posted December 6, 2004 Originally posted by edlib I always thought "The Matrix" was a just a sampling of "The Terminator" mixed with a lot of "Tron." TRON! that's what I was thinking of. Damn, I kept thinking where have I seen this kinda thing before. TRON that's what it was. Ed, I owe you so much for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 They also didn't rip-off the intro style from Ghost in the Shell...no no... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shok_Tinoktin Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Originally posted by lukeiamyourdad They also didn't rip-off the intro style from Ghost in the Shell...no no... Yeah, when I read the thread title, that was the first thing I thought of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Actually, I finally saw Matrix: Revolutions last weekend. The ending reminded me of the ending of a series of books I read years ago "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" by Steven Donaldson. Very, very similar. Of course, it could be said that there's really only a small handful of story plots out there, and everything we hear or see is just a variation of on one of those themes, with just the specific details altered. Similarities are bound to exist. And Tron was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw The Matrix the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalukai Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Originally posted by StormHammer I'd actually be intrigued to read this manuscript 'The Third Eye' - it might prove to be a lot better than the Matrix movies. tru because the matrix movies sucked harder than a Hoover. Especially the third one...at opening night we were there and the last 20 minutes of the movie ppl were throwing dirnks and stuff at the screen cursing it and leaving... when the credits rolled there were maybe 25 ppl left in the whole theatre. and to think they even had the freakin nerve to put out a TEN disc DVD set....rofl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 6, 2004 Author Share Posted December 6, 2004 Originally posted by edlib Tron was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw The Matrix the first time. same, but for some reason the name kept escaping me >_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverhoodian Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Hmmmmmm, maybe I'll read The Third Eye. Then I can say that I read the book before I saw the movie! <_< >_> ...What? I can't be the only one who hasn't seen any of the Matrix films! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Phhhh, I don't care if they ripped it off. I still love all three movies, and you can all die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Originally posted by edlib Actually, I finally saw Matrix: Revolutions last weekend. The ending reminded me of the ending of a series of books I read years ago "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" by Steven Donaldson. Very, very similar. Of course, it could be said that there's really only a small handful of story plots out there, and everything we hear or see is just a variation of on one of those themes, with just the specific details altered. Similarities are bound to exist. And Tron was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw The Matrix the first time. yay someone else that just recently saw Revolutions!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Yeah, I was in CompUSA and I saw it for less than $10 for the widescreen version... I figured at that price I had to get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datheus Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 We're missing the point here. I honestly don't care who had the suckier script. This is ****ing revolting. I'm so glad this has been brought to my attention. The most important part of the article is when the woman mentions why we've never heard about this case. And it's because Warner is so large. There ought to be an outcry. These people are suing children and college students for thousands of dollars those people do not possess. Over MP3s. Over sharing. And said lawsuits are almost completely baseless. Not to say that I'm surprised that corporations are grabbing for as much cash as they can before turning around and being as hypocrtical as possible. I'm just saying it has to stop. Tell everyone you know about this. Not to tell them that the Matrix is a lame movie, but to illustrate to them that these pigs need to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 7, 2004 Author Share Posted December 7, 2004 Datheus. I love you. I seriously think for that post alone datheus should be made a mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Originally posted by InsaneSith I seriously think for that post alone datheus should be made a mod. That's why nobody listens to what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 7, 2004 Author Share Posted December 7, 2004 Originally posted by ET Warrior That's why nobody listens to what you think. pffft, you're obviously just jealous... of something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breton Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Bleh. There are made millions of movie scripts. Now, what are the chances that one script isn't somewhat similar to another? Not very large. Greedy woman. Very greedy. She should be happy whith what she has, rather than suing everyone and their mother too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shok_Tinoktin Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 The investigation also stated that "credible witnesses employed at Warner Brothers came forward, claiming that the executives and lawyers had full knowledge that the work in question did not belong to the Wachowski Brothers." These witnesses claimed to have seen Stewart's original work and that it had been "often used during preparation of the motion pictures." This tells me there was at least some wrong done by at least someone. That doesn't sound like "chance" to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Originally posted by Datheus ....These people are suing children and college students for thousands of dollars those people do not possess. Over MP3s. Over sharing. And said lawsuits are almost completely baseless. well said man F**K Corporations, seriously F**K em all, always making life hard for the little guy.... *shares teragigs of copyrighted material* mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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