Mmn. Well. I suppose, just as easily, Stephen King, Clive Barker, and the directors of "Sphere", "Jacob's Ladder", "Session 9", and a whole slew of other movies could sue Akira Yamaoka and the boys at Konami for Silent Hill. After all, I'd be hard-pressed to find a damn thing in those games that's original, outside of the music and some of the plot points. Even the characters look like other people.
If, as she claims, the heart of the Matrix story truly does come from her, I suppose this lady deserves her money...but the fact that she's getting it for the Terminator movies as well...nngh. I dunno. The Wachowskis had nothing to do with that one, primo, and secundo, she's certainly not the first writer to posit machines overrunning the earth and mankind. Phillip K. Dick, were he not in his grave, might have two cents to throw in right about now, among other writers.
(Pssssst, I bought the Übermenschen Box Set today. Because the Matrix rules, regardless of court settlements)
Personally, I too am a bit sketchy on the Terminator thing cause, really, if such is the case then she's roughly 20 years behind on that one, ne? When did the actual 'Terminator' movie come out?
That having been said, we're talking about The Matrix here, and if she did in fact submit a manuscript to them, which they "didn't use," and yet this Trilogy is hers... plus, there's a difference between "we created an amalgam of philosophical-type thingies" a la Silent Hill and "we took your story and put our name on it." And the fact that The Brothers W and Warner themselves seemed to be conscious and covering up... That's a bit incriminating.
But yes, I still plan on getting Der Uberboxen myself, as though I have gripes with the second and third movies, I love philosophy, and I devour whatever I can find. Or something.
I still maintain that the third movie is the most flawed. I love the second. Nothing's as good as the first, but...they're all wonderful movies, beautiful-looking and in-depth films, still by far my favorites.
I think you'll love the commentary the Brothers have done for all three of them. The first commentary track features a pair of philosophers who loved the movies. The second, a trio of film critics who hated them. The Brothers say that if they'd had the budget for it, they would've also had philosophers who hated the films and critics who loved them, but...anything's better than the typical "Hey, remember that day? When we did that thing? That was awesome" kind of commentary.
I just find it highly amusing that if they had paid her the money to let them use her story in the first place, they'd be saving billions of dollars. She sent it to them, she obviously would have been happy to let them make something out of it. If they had paid her to buy the manuscript from her then, this probably wouldn't be such an issue. Oops. Stupid people.
-nod nod- That's something of my point for having put it up here. One wonders what they were thinking. One feels cynical, but further notes one may need not wonder too far.
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Date: 2004-12-07 06:31 pm (UTC)If, as she claims, the heart of the Matrix story truly does come from her, I suppose this lady deserves her money...but the fact that she's getting it for the Terminator movies as well...nngh. I dunno. The Wachowskis had nothing to do with that one, primo, and secundo, she's certainly not the first writer to posit machines overrunning the earth and mankind. Phillip K. Dick, were he not in his grave, might have two cents to throw in right about now, among other writers.
(Pssssst, I bought the Übermenschen Box Set today. Because the Matrix rules, regardless of court settlements)
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Date: 2004-12-07 07:42 pm (UTC)Personally, I too am a bit sketchy on the Terminator thing cause, really, if such is the case then she's roughly 20 years behind on that one, ne? When did the actual 'Terminator' movie come out?
That having been said, we're talking about The Matrix here, and if she did in fact submit a manuscript to them, which they "didn't use," and yet this Trilogy is hers... plus, there's a difference between "we created an amalgam of philosophical-type thingies" a la Silent Hill and "we took your story and put our name on it." And the fact that The Brothers W and Warner themselves seemed to be conscious and covering up... That's a bit incriminating.
But yes, I still plan on getting Der Uberboxen myself, as though I have gripes with the second and third movies, I love philosophy, and I devour whatever I can find. Or something.
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Date: 2004-12-07 08:25 pm (UTC)I think you'll love the commentary the Brothers have done for all three of them. The first commentary track features a pair of philosophers who loved the movies. The second, a trio of film critics who hated them. The Brothers say that if they'd had the budget for it, they would've also had philosophers who hated the films and critics who loved them, but...anything's better than the typical "Hey, remember that day? When we did that thing? That was awesome" kind of commentary.
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Date: 2004-12-07 07:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-07 07:46 pm (UTC)That's something of my point for having put it up here.
One wonders what they were thinking.
One feels cynical, but further notes one may need not wonder too far.
Has nothing to do with the story
Date: 2004-12-07 09:22 pm (UTC)(Interesting story though)