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[prog]

A couple of details I noticed (and which I can't recall anyone else ever mentioning) rewatching movies on the big screen:

Matrix - There's a scene where Neo sweeps fire from a pivot-mounted chaingun all over a room, chopping up the bad guys, and leaving Morpheus (who is sitting in the middle of the room, tied to a chair) completely unharmed. This is unintentionally hilarious. (It would have been another matter had we seen Morpheus using his Vulcan Meditation Power to make the bullets curve around him, or something). Correction: it would be hilarious if the same scene hadn't appeared in the Zucker Bros' Top Secret, 15 years prior. (It was played for laughs, there.)

Alien - When Ripley is reading the instructions to the ship's self-destuct system, we see that it includes a little caution label with one of those standard this-device-can-mangle-your-fingers icons. This is very witty.

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[mrmorse.livejournal.com]

I've picked up on the chaingun thing. When I've needed to rationalize it, I think that the agents are standing to the left and right of Morpheus and Neo passes over him when he changes sides. Although it looks like Neo is spraying, he's really targeting. Also, Morpheus couldn't stop the bullets because only the One has that power. Most of the time I just ignore it, noting that the movie frequently takes liberties with reality.

Another example: when Trinity says, "Dodge this," she is standing to the side of the Agent, who is leaning over Neo. In the next shot the Agent is standing upright and facing Trinity. But it's cool enough that I'm willing to let continuity slide. Part of the reason is that The Matrix is a live action continuous comic book and it wouldn't bother me to see two consecutive panels in a comic book with a change of position like that.

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[prog.livejournal.com]

A comic book, or a video game. Shots don't hurt other players. Yet.