Animatrix -The Second Renaissance: sorry for the Doom

Posted by Shinespark7@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 26 comments

It felt utterly outlandish at the time to imagine a world where humanity would not just accept, but actively applaud, the systematic destruction of the atmosphere.

I'm also just curious in general - I'm sure 90% of us has seen The Matrix, but have most of us also seen the Animatrix?

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cheerful_cynic@reddit

I watched that DVD on repeat, I loved the one in Japan with the cat. I loved them all, who am I kidding, but that one haunts me.

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BadstoneMusic@reddit

Second Renaissance 1 & 2 gave me the bloody chills - TV preacher in a shopping cart reading last rights - still own it but I gotta be way down to get thru it

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BaronGalactic@reddit

I definitely think they're the strongest and most visually stunning of all the films. Plus, "Supermoves (Animatrix Edit)" by Overseer absolutely kills in the battle scenes.

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BadstoneMusic@reddit

Entirely a master class in combined styles portraying the over all narrative - as a collection simply brilliant

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cheerful_cynic@reddit

Yes this came out similar timing to the video game - I swear I would watch 6 more hours of this format of material

The two (3? 4?) other matrix sequels were fine, but the animatrix was absolute peak

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I was talking about "Second Renaissance 1 & 2" specifically - it's probably the most memorable of all the shorts, at least for me - but I think the whole collection does a great job at fleshing out the Matrix universe (even more than the movies, at times.)

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