I'm in the mood for some good old Matrix ripoffs. Anything worth watching? I don't care how blatently the copy is.
One of my favourite movies:
The Thirteenth Floor
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139809/
Green and black glowy cover? Check
World is actually a computer simulation? Check
Ambiguously philosophical storyline? Check
1999? Check
Some other films..
Dark City
Dark City and The Matrix were filmed on the same sets, although DC came out first. Great film, not sure which is best, but they're definately both worth watching.
Inception
Great film. Christopher Nolan: "[I was influenced by] that era of movies where you had The Matrix, you had Dark City, you had The Thirteenth Floor and, to a certain extent, you had Memento, too. They were based in the principles that the world around you might not be real"
In Time
Ok, I'm at risk at branding any sci-fi film a Matrix ripoff. In Time clearly isn't intentionally, but there are so many themes continued between the two;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_time
Great film, starring Justin Timberlake of all people, and Amanda Seyfried (search for her interview with Johnathan Ross: she's a fucking psycho and I want to marry her. Before she kills me and stuffs me. (She's into that.))
To a large extent, the dystopian grunge-world from the Matrix shows up in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. I know that general theme preceeds Matrix but it really set it off as it's own genre.
But I'm after something that more closely rips off The Matrix. Something that's blatantly there to cash in on the look and style, like this:
One of my favourite movies:
The Thirteenth Floor
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139809/
Green and black glowy cover? Check
World is actually a computer simulation? Check
Ambiguously philosophical storyline? Check
1999? Check
Some other films..
Dark City
Dark City and The Matrix were filmed on the same sets, although DC came out first. Great film, not sure which is best, but they're definately both worth watching.
Inception
Great film. Christopher Nolan: "[I was influenced by] that era of movies where you had The Matrix, you had Dark City, you had The Thirteenth Floor and, to a certain extent, you had Memento, too. They were based in the principles that the world around you might not be real"
In Time
Ok, I'm at risk at branding any sci-fi film a Matrix ripoff. In Time clearly isn't intentionally, but there are so many themes continued between the two;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_time
Great film, starring Justin Timberlake of all people, and Amanda Seyfried (search for her interview with Johnathan Ross: she's a fucking psycho and I want to marry her. Before she kills me and stuffs me. (She's into that.))
To a large extent, the dystopian grunge-world from the Matrix shows up in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. I know that general theme preceeds Matrix but it really set it off as it's own genre.
But I'm after something that more closely rips off The Matrix. Something that's blatantly there to cash in on the look and style, like this:
