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Old 16th September 2008, 12:23pm   #16
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Re: Equilibrium
I once wondered in to this at the cinema, after watching something else, with my old ex, and tanking about 4 boxes of popcorn, haha.

Aye it was good - don't think I've seen it since then, mind you. Might have to remedy that.
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Old 16th September 2008, 12:26pm   #17
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I like the film, but I don't really think it's THAT similar to the Matrix. Sure, minor touches here or there, and it came out around the same time, but I think I actually prefer it to The Matrix.
It's a blatant rip-off of The Matrix. It's not bad, but I wouldn't put it anywhere close to The Matrix, it'd be a terrible film without Bale in it.
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The matrix is a blatant rip off of a hundred other things though so thats ok. [whogeek]The deadly assassin for one.[/whogeek]

Genre films, comics, novels being similar - who would have thought it?
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Re: Equilibrium
Yep, I'm aware of that, but to say it's not *that* similar to The Matrix when the guy who made it clearly sat down and watched The Matrix then read 1984 one after the other, is just silly.
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Equally its a little bit silly to slag off genre fiction for being similar to other genre fiction.
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The only thing I can think of that was remotely similar was bullet time and the uniforms (slightly). Apart from that, it wasn't similar at all. The story was completly different.
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There wasn't even any bullet time...

Tonally its fairly similar, the "good versus evil"-eqsue plot, the grey/blue colouration used and the fact it featured martial arts and guns. Along similar lines you could say the Matrix ripped off blade...

But on nearly every point its similar its usually more to do with the "dystopian" genre then its is directly "ripping" (or even riffing) off the Matrix.
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Equally its a little bit silly to slag off genre fiction for being similar to other genre fiction.
Well colour me silly then.
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Re: Equilibrium
I never actually sat through it the other night as I have it on DVD. I could have sworn the end scene where he is running down the hall was done in bullet time. Never mind.

But yes, I agree.
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It's more Jet-Li esque slo-mo I think.
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THIS FILM RIPPED OFF JOHN WOO!!!

IT HAD GUNS AND THAT!!!

ALSO THE MATRIX WAS PURE RIPPED OFF FROM SOMETHING!!!

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Hahaha, nae chance.

I JUST REMEMBERED WHAT THE MATRIX RIPPED OFF...IT WAS JOHN WOO........AND DESCARTES!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!1
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Love this film. Everybody bashes it though cos there a bunch of fannies.

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