“We’ve almost got some of their telecommunications cracked; the front end even runs on a laptop!” The Mac that sunk a thousand ships could have been merely clunky product placement, not a bafflingly stupid tech-on-film moment.

“Senator Amidala is in a coma. Even if she recovers, she will never be the same and may not live long.” But no… George had to have his god-damned funeral scene, even if it demanded Simone Biles levels of mental gymnastics to save Carrie Fisher’s most emotionally resonant moment from ROTJ, as well as one of the more intriguing OT lore dumps.

Bonus points if a scene was scripted or filmed and got cut.

  • @saltesc@lemmy.world
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    Also instead of Neo Jesus, when he kills the squiddies outside of the matrix, that should’ve been because they were still in there but Zion and co didn’t realise there was another layer to go.

    Instead we got Revolutions.

    • @BallShapedMan@lemmy.world
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      258 months ago

      This is what I thought was going to happen at the end of 2 and was so excited I had to watch 3 right away. I was disappointed.

    • Rikudou_SageA
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      118 months ago

      Disagree, the “another layer” thing would be extremely lazy writing.

      • VindictiveJudge
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        158 months ago

        Depends on how it’s done. What little EU there was for The Matrix does have it as a thing that a small percentage of redpills go crazy, thinking that Zion is just another layer of the matrix. The Oracle being another part of the system of control would also be on brand for the machines and would work well with the Architect’s bit about how if he’s the father of the matrix then she is its mother.

        • @CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
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          I kinda just assumed that was how it was meant to be interpreted and the other stuff was just crappy writing. The mention that Zion had been destroyed multiple times kinda implied it was just another matrix.

      • Veraxus
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        Unless… there is always another layer because different people require different illusions… and therefore there is no escape from the Matrix…

      • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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        08 months ago

        Disagree, the “another layer” thing would be extremely lazy writing.

        And “Neo has actual superpowers for no reason” wasn’t?

        • Rikudou_SageA
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          What do you mean “no reason”? IMO it was executed and explained well.

            • Rikudou_SageA
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              It was because he’s connected to the machine network and he has some limited interfacing with them. He could trigger their destroy sequence or whatever.

              At least that’s what I remember, haven’t seen it for a while.

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      It’s easier to explain, he had WiFi connection to the matrix/machines.