Jolly Rogers

Because Smith has the Oracles memories. He had seen it before because she had that vison. That's how Neo new how to beat him. Neo asked her if she knew how it would end and she said that it didn't matter, She never said she didn't see it. I'll need to see that scene again to be sure, but wasn't it Smith who picked up Neo and said something to the effect of "this is where I beat you and say..."? Doesn't sound like something that the Oracle would say.

If the showdown with Agent Smith never happened before, why did he have memories of it happening before as he tries to recollect the exact detail when he beats Neo? You are assuming that the Architect told Neo the full truth, not half truth or minced words regarding his predecessors.

LOL, I know exactly what you mean. I was feeling kind of disappointed with the open-ended ending that left more questions than answers that we started with, but the cool thing is it provides a great basis for discussion. The Smith that beat Neo is "Super Agent Smith" because he was a clone with the Oracle's power. You can see that even the Smith that copied himself onto the Oracle was afarid of the new copy. The last thing said by The Architect (asking Oracle how long she things this peace would last) seems to indicate that this is nothing more the latest cycle of The One returning to The Source. The machines gave Neo a perceived choice - return to The Source like a good boy, or do what you fancy and try to save Zion your way. Neo went his own way in Reloaded but by the end of Revolutions we find out that the machines rigged the chain of events (having Agent Smith able to cancel him out no matter how powerful he gets) so Neo has to return to The Source no matter what. What I don't get is that a lot of the things Smith said seem to contradict. At the beginning of Reloaded, 2 Smiths were talking about how things were just happening as before, then one of them reminded the other "well not exactly", implying that in the previous versions of The Matrix, something similar happened although not exactly the same way. By the end of Revolutions, we find out that Smith beats Neo every time, if he knew this was gonna happen, why does he bust his balls trying to go after Neo and the others when he knew that fate was preordained and that he was gonna kick Neo's ass no matter what?

First impressions: - The siege of Zion was incredible. One hell of a roller coaster ride. This sequence along redeems the Zion rave/orgy scene. I was afraid this would suck but it turned out to be the best part of the movie. - In many ways, Revolutions echos the first film. Not sure if it was done because of how Reloaded was so ill-received. - All the "pretentious talks" are still there, in plenty of dosages as well. Not sure why many reviews said they were "gone". Too bad there weren't mindblowing revelations like Reloaded had. - The replacement actress for The Oracle did a great job. She really did her homework getting the character down. If she acted like she did in the game then it'd have really sucked. - I am having trouble with Agent Smith's last couple of lines - they seem to create some huge plot holes for the trilogy.

I thought what Chase said to Bauer in the first episode made it pretty obvious that he became a junkie in order to get close to Salazar. He said something to the effect of "I know what those people did to you, you had to do it in order to get their trust."

For the record, the above were not my words and were uttered by *cough* Max *cough*.

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Just goes to show how underpaid government workers are prone to corruption, huh? It's the Jack Bauer Power Hour, yo!

Apparently some theaters are already showing it... a friend from out of state e-mailed me and said he liked it. I read about the ending online last week and it sounded like a cop-out. Post your thoughts here, please no "diss posts" if you have nothing substantial to add to the discussion.

LOL, they used the same soundboard the pranksters used to call Bath and Body Works.

The original Agent Smith figure made by N2 Toys was "normal" posed.

The rights holder of the Evil Dead / Ash character are in talks with NewLine to toss him into the mix for the sequel. There's supposed to be a Mike Myers vs Pinhead movie with Carpenter and Clive Barker working together on the movie, but it fell through because the rights holders couldn't agree on the money.

Since we're on the lookout for the bizarre... Tunak Tunak Tun music video (Real Media) Crazy Flash animation inspired by the song

The longer the better. I'm only months younger than you and have been successfully dodging the ball n chain. Ah, the sweet taste of freedom. Protect your kid from the likes of Just Vinnie.

You're a parent already? Your kid is adorable.

I can't stop laughing at this: Videogame for the Homeless

Here ya go

II's music just sounded flat compared to the original's. I didn't like the character designs for IV that much. The greatest thing about 3 was Genjuro's near infite combo. Man, what a badass he was in 3.

This was a novel written by series creator Tomino and if I remember correctly, it was serialized in the magazine Newtype until the story was released in audio drama format on several CDs (all currently out of print, I think there were 5 of more released). Disc 1 Disc 2 The only problem is that Tomino painted himself into a corner by naming the UC year in which this story took place. By the time F91 and V Gundam came out, the technology in these shows have become way more advanced than the Man Machines for Gaia Gear to make any sense, so Gaia Gear basically became a parallel universe story instead of part of the official UC timeline.

There are currently no Resident Evil/Biohazard games worth getting on the PS2. Code Veronica X looks bad graphically for a PS2 game, and the 4th Gun Survivor (Dead Aim/Heroes Never Die) sucked so hard it swallows. Gun Survivor 3 was never released in the U.S. so it might be worth importing if you can find a used copy for cheap. I'd recommend Sakura Taisen: Atsuki Chishio Ni to anyone who hasn't played any of the Sakura Wars games. It's a remake of the original game with a lot of updates that makes it feel more like a sequel to the latest chapter on the Dreamcast than a remake of the first game. Gundam: Lost War Chronicles and Giren's Greed: Zeon Revolutionary War Chronicle are also highly recommended. The only Gundam games that got ported over to the US are crap compared to these two Japan-exclusive titles.

Magician Lord was da bomb. Did you ever beat it? I've seen people who can beat it with 1 quarter but I've never been able to accomplish that feat.

I suggest you take another look at the Zaku II figure and compare it to the machine gun that comes with it. The gun is way oversized for the figure, a big screwup that still went unfixed even with the version 2.0 release of the Zaku II figures.

Holy cow... my NeoGeo cart system has been gathering dust. Looks like it won't after blowing $300+ this Xmas.

Is Samurai Shodown Zero out already? I thought they only announced it last month.

Just noticed that Charlie's Angels 2 came out on DVD this week in 2 flavors - rated and unrated. Did anyone pick up the unrated DVD? Are the extras worth it or is it basically the same movie?