Matrix Reloaded came out on DVD and VHS home video today. And I being the duty obeying geek that I am, went down to the store with the intent of purchasing it. But once I got to the store my plans quickly changed, the movie was on sale for $28.99, I did a double take and promptly said my pat©-ented "bullshit" line. The movie is $14 in the states, but twice as much here, with our Loonies current record high exchange rate, the price conversion doesnt even come close to the markup that these Warner Brothers bastards are gouging us with.
Being quite pissed off I decided to rent the movie instead of buying it. I figured that it was better to wait for them to gouge me all at once with the Trilogy box set, then in small gouges here and there.
The first thing I watched was the Disc-2 special features, because honestly, I've been dying to see explanations and behind the scenes, on how they pulled off some of those amazing rendered, computer graphics, shots. The only problem with that, was that they don't bloody cover the CG shots on that disc!! They just have some featuretts about some of the practical effects, like the car chase and kung fu stuff. And stuff about the Enter the Matrix game, and the matrix product tie-ins commercials, thats right a making-of the COMMERCIALS... yay!! commercials... honestly, who gives a rats ass?.
The featurettes were pretty cool for what they covered, but still I was let down. And boy am I glad I didn't buy it, that box-set is bound to come with a Revisited type full length dvd covering Reloaded in way more detail.
The movie of course was a delight to watch again, actually I saw it twice in a row. I talked about it before when I saw it in theatres so I won't cover it again, but I'll just say that I'm picking up way more stuff now that I have the power to rewind and replay scenes ad nauseam :)
One thing that I had not noticed until the second viewing today was a line that Morpheus says at the very end, right when the Nebekanezer blows up. He says, "I dreamed a dream, but now that dream is gone from me." Now I'm not 100% sure if it's suppose to be a reference to Les Misérables and the "I Dreamed a Dream" song, but if it is, thats just damn brilliant referencing on the Wachowskis part. Morpheus leaving off with those lines while we await "Revolutions"...
Being quite pissed off I decided to rent the movie instead of buying it. I figured that it was better to wait for them to gouge me all at once with the Trilogy box set, then in small gouges here and there.
The first thing I watched was the Disc-2 special features, because honestly, I've been dying to see explanations and behind the scenes, on how they pulled off some of those amazing rendered, computer graphics, shots. The only problem with that, was that they don't bloody cover the CG shots on that disc!! They just have some featuretts about some of the practical effects, like the car chase and kung fu stuff. And stuff about the Enter the Matrix game, and the matrix product tie-ins commercials, thats right a making-of the COMMERCIALS... yay!! commercials... honestly, who gives a rats ass?.
The featurettes were pretty cool for what they covered, but still I was let down. And boy am I glad I didn't buy it, that box-set is bound to come with a Revisited type full length dvd covering Reloaded in way more detail.
The movie of course was a delight to watch again, actually I saw it twice in a row. I talked about it before when I saw it in theatres so I won't cover it again, but I'll just say that I'm picking up way more stuff now that I have the power to rewind and replay scenes ad nauseam :)
One thing that I had not noticed until the second viewing today was a line that Morpheus says at the very end, right when the Nebekanezer blows up. He says, "I dreamed a dream, but now that dream is gone from me." Now I'm not 100% sure if it's suppose to be a reference to Les Misérables and the "I Dreamed a Dream" song, but if it is, thats just damn brilliant referencing on the Wachowskis part. Morpheus leaving off with those lines while we await "Revolutions"...