"Denial is the most predictable of all human responses."
-The Architect (to Neo); Matrix Reloaded
Creator of the award-winning web series, Abnormal Fixation. One of the horror genre's "most widely read critics" (Rue Morgue # 68), "an accomplished film journalist" (Comic Buyer's Guide #1535), and the award-winning author of Horror Films of the 1980s (2007) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002), John Kenneth Muir, presents his blog on film, television and nostalgia, named one of the Top 100 Film Studies Blog on the Net.
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Sci-Fi Wisdom of the Week: Matrix Reloaded
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good quote. I just finished rewatching another Wachowski brothers film. V for Vendetta. Good too. different, but good. I just watched it yesterday.
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Just thought maybe you hadn't heard that enough today...
Oh, I loved V for Vendetta. Next to United 93, I thought it was actually the best film I've seen this year. Amazing work.
ReplyDeleteAnd you're great too! Thank for the pick me-up, sweetie!
It actually made me think about a lot of things, and given my unusual perspective on the world, the questions about how far is too far for liberty are still not easily answered...
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