Nobody can be told what the Animatrix is...

[Wombat]

Originally posted by Jammrock
Of course, the whole Matrix problem could have been avoided if the 3 laws of robotic from Issac Asimov was hardcoded into the robots in the first place...

Jammrock

Until a Zeroth Law is derived, or they build their own robots without such contraints (a la Scanners).

[Jon P. Inghram]

Oh, and I kept on expecting to see Bender among the robots.

[Jammrock]

Of course, the whole Matrix problem could have been avoided if the 3 laws of robotic from Issac Asimov was hardcoded into the robots in the first place...

Jammrock

[Jon P. Inghram]

Only problem I saw was, it reminded me of the backstory of Dune too much.

[Jammrock]

The first two Animatrix shorts are a two parter, discussing the rise of the machine and the fall of mankind. The others take place after the machines take over, afaik. At least one takes place immediately AFTER The Matrix took place (Final Flight of Osiris - animated by Square (ala Final Fantasy)).

I don't know the lengths on all of them, but I would assume the DVD only shorts will be consideribly longer than the web shorts.

Jammrock

[thop]

nice stuff!

[Paddy]

That's what i used

So will they release the complete film? or just clips?

[drslump]

Have you tried GetRight Browser, it rocks for this kind of stuff

[Wombat]

Stupid QuickTime. I had to look at a few pages' source before I got the link, what a hassle.

[Paddy]

nice! looks like something to watch out for

[Kruzin]

And I was expecting something with Bugs Bunny in it

[Jon P. Inghram]

Long download time? I was able to watch the large version in real time while it downloaded.

[drslump]

thanks for the link

[Jammrock]

...you must see it for yourself:

Home: http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/index_anime.html

Short #1: http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.co..._episode1.html

The Wakowski...warcowski...the Matrix guys have started to release 'The Animatrix' shorts. There will be 9 total, 4 released on the web, 5 released exclsively on DVD (the 4 web shorts will be on the DVD as well). All 9 shorts are written by the brothers and animated/directed by respected anime houses and directors.

The first web short was released on Tuesday, but it's been impossible to get in until today. This one goes through the backstory of man vs. machine. It is very good, I like it a lot.

WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!!

1! DO NOT WATCH THIS AT WORK (unless you can get away with it) OR WITH SMALL CHILDREN AROUND!!! This short is rated-R, even though it's animated. Once you see it, you'll know why.

2! The large version is 114 MB, so be prepared for a looooooong download time.

[end warning]

Enjoy all you Matrix and anime fans!

Jammrock