Re: [microsound] Matrix muzak

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Whoa, for what everyone seems to think is a terrible movie, it's sparking
some interesting dialogue :)

devslashnull wrote:
>>  > >
>>>  >
>>>  >and the neo-luddism...
>>>  >
>>>
>>>  i didn't notice any neo-luddite themes... but then i am a bit thick
>>>  in the skull.
>>
>>Don't scare me... it's the whole premise of the movie, right? Maybe it's
>>just good, old-fashioned luddism.  That technology will destroy us--that
>>we must rise up and smash the technological demons with our superior
>>humanism...
>>
> uh.... maybe i saw a diff movie... what about the scene in
> engineering in Zion? where the old guy is talkin about how without
> those machines there would be no way to survive? seems more about
> control structures. also if the machines were destroyed, what would
> end up happening to all the people? they'd all be these atrophied
> flesh wads with no way of even feeding themselves, where would they
> live? in Zion? what keeps Zion going? Machines. I don't think it's
> about destroying them at all.
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