> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Litchman [davel23--rcn.com]
> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 9:47 AM
> > Subject: Re: AR vs. The Matrix...?
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> >Coincidentally, a number of films in 1999 played on this
> metaphysics 101
> >idea - the already mentioned Matrix, Dark City, Thirteenth
> Floor, Truman
> >Show, and Existenz. I think anyone interested in
> metaphysics would enjoy
> >all of them, but Id rank them in order as Truman show,
> Matrix, Existenz,
> >Dark City, Thirteenth Floor (which wasnt bad!).
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> Good list, but I'm a bit surprised at your rankings. I
> thought Truman Show
> was a load of sappy crap, while Dark City was at least as good as the
> Matrix, if not better. Existenz was also very interesting, if a bit
> low-budget. Gamers would especially enjoy Existenz, as there
> are a lot of
> references to computer gaming in general. And I really didn't enjoy
> Thirteenth Floor at all. I think it could have been good,
> but the script
> and the acting killed it. I've never been a huge fan of
> Vincent D'Onofrio,
> but in Thirteenth Floor he just plain stank. And Gretchen
> Mol should've
> had no lines at, and just stood around looking pretty.
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> Of course, these are just my opinions. To each his own.
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