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    gain the power to control and manipulate the images on the screen more than it was ever possible before, and the directing duo of the Matrix trilogy brilliantly succeeded at exploring new frontiers of filmmaking. A perfect example of this is the Bullet-Time effect, expression created by its own inventor John Gaeta, who worked with Manex Visual Effects for The Matrix 's digital effects. It originally refers to a scene where the protagonist is able to dodge the agents ' bullets at an extreme speed;

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    Is Ignorance Bliss? Movies like 'Inception' and theories like Hedonism often support the proverb "Ignorance is Bliss", while movies like "The Matrix" and thought experiments like "The Experience Machine" often give reasons about why that is not true. In this essay I will come to a conclusion based on my beliefs by outlining a few of the arguments in each side. I will also give examples of times when ignorance truly is bliss. At the end of the movie ‘Inception’, we see Cobb return to his home

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    4.1. Identify customer requirements The customer is given a questionnaire and their responses are recorded in their own languages. SMEs may not immediately have knowledge or action plans to meet the customer demands, but the requirements need to be documented in the same way that it was delivered by the customers. After which the CRs can be organized hierarchically with no limit on the number of the hierarchical levels [3]. The customers are categorized as internal customers (e.g., stakeholders

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    Brandon Harris 7/26/17 NMAC 4431 Dr. Brennan Symbolism and Duality in The Matrix Some of the deepest symbolic scenes of any film with a battle between symbolism and duality, at a time where man feared its own technology in the year 1999’s fear of Y2K. The Wachowkis Brother’s usage of such a time was attempted to introduce the new millennia to a new style of film. Wachowkis’s The Matrix (1999), set in a future where reality as perceived by most humans is actually control by sentient machines to

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    Avatar' and Imperialism

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    The movie Avatar shares many themes with the Age of Imperialism. In the movie, the human protagonist takes the form of a local alien Na'vi in a conflict between humans and the Na'vi. The conflict arises because the humans in the film have arrived at the home of the Na'vi, Pandora, and begun to exploit its resources. At first, they ignored the Na'vi, but their quest for resources is now taking them into direct conflict with the native peoples of Pandora. The Na'vi are the only humanoid residents

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    what they perceive to be reality is seen in both the Matrix and Plato’s famous ‘Allegory of the Cave.’ But in the case of said works, those who inhabit the fictional universes are lead to believe their perspective on the nature of reality is the sole possible viewpoint, much like individuals in real life. Although unlike humanity, these individuals are later shown that their past reality was nothing more than a cruel facade. In the case of the Matrix, It tried to implant such thought provoking messages

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    1999 film The Matrix is largely based off Plato’s book, Allegory of the Cave. The Matrix and Allegory of the Cave have a similar storyline in that there is at least one character that discovers the world they live in is actually false. They are then basically thrust into the world of truth and concepts which they’ve never been encountered before. Though not a remake, the film and the book both have more similarities than differences. The key similarities and differences between The Matrix and Allegory

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    just an illusion. One movie with an exceptional amount of parallels to Baudrillard’s ideologies is The Matrix, directed by the Wachowskis. Many people believe that foundation of The Matrix’s plot is based off Baudrillard’s philosophies, however this has been met with numerous counterarguments. While The Matrix’s plot may correspond with many Baudrillard’s beliefs, it is my belief that The Matrix is not solely based on Baudrillard’s works but instead incorporates ideas from a variety of different sources

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    brain”(Morpheus from The Matrix). A ground breaking work of art that forces us to question everything we think we know to some, and a narcissistic, self absorbed movie that takes itself and its ideas way to seriously to others; The Matrix is one of those movies that you either completely love or undeniably hate. With it's strong philosophical themes on the nature of our perception of reality, The Matrix could easily be considered a modern take on Plato's Allegory of the Cave. The Matrix tells the story

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    Evolution Of Zombies

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    Assuming all the other information is the same, a new transition matrix for calculations after week 4 can be written as: Next week: This week: Using matrix multiplication, we can calculate the proportions and percentages for the three different stages over time: 1 Week: S1: = The result for this week is the same as explored before, because the new transition matrix only comes into effect after week 4. Therefore, after

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