# Matrix Ending **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matrix-ending/145485 "2002-12-29T07:35:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matrix-ending/145485/21 "2002-12-30T13:18:30Z")
By the way, Neo isn’t really flying. He’s just pulling himself up by the seat of his pants, Lorax-style. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matrix-ending/145485/22 "2002-12-31T08:17:56Z")
Or maybe he’s performing a fast Fourier transform on the Matrix. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matrix-ending/145485/23 "2002-12-31T12:26:24Z")
> [@](#): > > One could derive plenty of allusions to Christ in Sesame Street if one were to look hard enough. Yeah, it’s crazy to look for judeo-christian symbolism in a movie about transcending a world of illusion and finding your home in Zion. 😉 > [@](#): > > _That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the Matrix…_ --Exodus 13:12 ---
**Author:** ![beajerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@beajerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beajerry)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matrix-ending/145485/24 "2003-01-01T04:02:18Z")
There is a great article in the current Newsweek on the next two Matrix movies. The cover show him flying at “2000 mph” through the city. Some cool stuff is hinted at: The 2nd Matrix will be about getting a ‘keymaster’ to safety and the rallying of the people of Zion to fight the machines, and the 3rd movie will be about the people vs the machines. Apparently there are some good machines that will be allies because they have been superceded by more evil machines. The 2nd movie promises to have a highway chase scene that will be so incredible it will be talked about for years–apparently they built a two mile highway for a several million dollars just for this scene. And my favorite thing in the article was a jab they took at Lucas Films, saying that Lucas has all this cutting edge technology but his movies lack soul. That certainly is the truth. I love Star Wars, but I hate the lack of George Lucas’ depth. People like the Wakowski (sp?) brothers and Peter Jackson and the Pixar people know that storytelling is first and foremost. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matrix-ending/145485/25 "2003-01-03T01:33:21Z")
good heavens, first the man is buddha now he is christ?!?! what next? looks like i’ll be in line on may 15th. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matrix-ending/145485/26 "2003-01-03T16:18:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by skaterboarder87 \* > **One could derive plenty of allusions to Christ in Sesame Street if one were to look hard enough.** Note how Oscar, who is a “grouch” and thus represents the sins of the world, goes **down** through his trash-can to an abode deep under the Earth containing all manner of unspeakable horrors. And how those big eyebrows of his could double as horns in a pinch. I also recall one episode where Big Bird was having great difficulty trying to get home by following all the “One Way” street signs, thus clearly pointing out how that, yes, following the One True Way is very difficult and can even be heart-breaking at times, but it is the only way to Get Home to eternal life. Furthermore, for 10-15 years, only the “true believers” – Big Bird, and the local kids (who all saw through the trusting eyes of a child) – could see Mr. Snuffleupagus. All the heathenous unbelieving adults mocked Big Bird and spat upon him and made him wear a crown of thorns. These unrepentant sinners were in for a terrible shock when the Truth was finally revealed to them in the end, and Snuffy cast them into the lake of fire, for the unbelievers hadst not their names written in the Book of Life. And, finally, let us not forget that at one time there lived a “Saint Elmo.” ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matrix-ending/145485/27 "2003-01-03T17:24:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*Note how Oscar, who is a “grouch” and thus represents the sins of the world, goes **down** through his trash-can to an abode deep under the Earth containing all manner of unspeakable horrors. And how those big eyebrows of his could double as horns in a pinch. > > I also recall one episode where Big Bird was having great difficulty trying to get home by following all the “One Way” street signs, thus clearly pointing out how that, yes, following the One True Way is very difficult and can even be heart-breaking at times, but it is the only way to Get Home to eternal life. > > Furthermore, for 10-15 years, only the “true believers” – Big Bird, and the local kids (who all saw through the trusting eyes of a child) – could see Mr. Snuffleupagus. All the heathenous unbelieving adults mocked Big Bird and spat upon him and made him wear a crown of thorns. These unrepentant sinners were in for a terrible shock when the Truth was finally revealed to them in the end, and Snuffy cast them into the lake of fire, for the unbelievers hadst not their names written in the Book of Life. > > And, finally, let us not forget that at one time there lived a “Saint Elmo.” \*\* ROFL! Brilliant. That is exactly what I was talking about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matrix-ending/145485.md?page=1)