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Motionboy

Motionboy

Saint Helena
January 2004

DEC 05, 2004 10:05 PM

It seems the Wachowski bros couldnt come up for the crap storyline of matrix by themselves!



"Monday, October 4th 2004 ended a six-year dispute involving Sophia Stewart, the Wachowski Brothers, Joel Silver and Warner Brothers. Stewart's allegations, involving copyright infringement and racketeering, were received and acknowledged by the Central District of California, Judge Margaret Morrow residing.



Stewart, a New Yorker who has resided in Salt Lake City for the past five years, will recover damages from the films, The Matrix I, II and III, as well as The Terminator and its sequels. She will soon receive one of the biggest payoffs in the history of Hollywood, as the gross receipts of both films and their sequels total over 2.5 billion dollars.



Stewart filed her case in 1999, after viewing the Matrix, which she felt had been based on her manuscript, "The Third Eye," copyrighted in 1981. In the mid-eighties Stewart had submitted her manuscript to an ad placed by the Wachowski Brothers, requesting new sci-fi works.



According to court documentation, an FBI investigation discovered that more than thirty minutes had been edited from the original film, in attempt to avoid penalties for copyright infringement. The investigation also stated that "credible witnesses employed at Warner Brothers came forward, claiming that the executives and lawyers had full knowledge that the work in question did not belong to the Wachowski Brothers." These witnesses claimed to have seen Stewart's original work and that it had been "often used during preparation of the motion pictures."

The defendants tried, on several occasions, to have Stewart's case dismissed, without success."



full story here:



http://www.slccglobelink.com/main.c...yid/785067.html

circus_fuck

circus_fuck

New York, NY
May 2004

DEC 05, 2004 10:16 PM

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha


awesome, good for her

cthav

cthav

Bridgeville, PA
August 2004

DEC 05, 2004 10:18 PM

Wow. Weird. Not that hard to imagine though. If they really did base it on her stuff, they should have included her in on it and let her make some money off of it and give some creative input.
I never even bothered to watch the last one.

turin

turin

Denver, CO
October 2003

DEC 05, 2004 10:20 PM

cthav said:

I never even bothered to watch the last one.



why not? it was good.

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

DEC 05, 2004 10:21 PM

People that there was something original about the Matrix?

AkiraLi

AkiraLi

Philadelphia, PA
March 2003

DEC 05, 2004 10:23 PM

The link is dead. shocked

Derivation

Derivation

Tucson, AZ
December 2003

DEC 05, 2004 10:23 PM

Cigarette said:
People that there was something original about the Matrix?



Huh?

"People, that there was something original about the Matrix, come on!"

Better?

Finch

Finch

SUICIDEGIRL

Thailand

DEC 05, 2004 10:24 PM

Turin said:

cthav said:

I never even bothered to watch the last one.



why not? it was good.



you're kidding.

...right?

Derivation

Derivation

Tucson, AZ
December 2003

DEC 05, 2004 10:26 PM

Turin said:

cthav said:

I never even bothered to watch the last one.



why not? it was good.


The only thing good about the second one was Monica Belluci. And I could see people getting scared away from the last film even though it was better that the second.
Also, if those fuckers hosed that woman out of her ideas, I say let them get ass raped in prison a thousand times. Regardless of how you feel about the films, stealing someone's ideas and making a shit-ton of money off them is ....Gaaaaaaaaaa mad

[Edited on Dec 05, 2004 by Derivation]

turin

turin

Denver, CO
October 2003

DEC 05, 2004 10:27 PM

plaingurl said:

Turin said:

cthav said:

I never even bothered to watch the last one.



why not? it was good.



you're kidding.

...right?



nope. I've never seen such a massive middle finger flipped to the bruckheimer/disney school of storytelling. I loved it.

edit: though I admit that they're seriously diminished in the light of this lawsuit. I'd rather be shot dead than plagarized, personally.

[Edited on Dec 05, 2004 by Turin]

steelbender

steelbender

Homestead, FL
August 2004

DEC 05, 2004 10:27 PM

There is justice in the world! Even though i liked the movies that rocks. ARRR!!!

TangledUpInBlue

TangledUpInBlue

New York, NY
February 2004

DEC 05, 2004 10:28 PM

plaingurl said:

Turin said:

cthav said:

I never even bothered to watch the last one.



why not? it was good.



you're kidding.

...right?




Dead links, claims that Revolutions was good.

Spooky thread.

Derivation

Derivation

Tucson, AZ
December 2003

DEC 05, 2004 10:30 PM

BlueTrash said:

plaingurl said:

Turin said:

cthav said:

I never even bothered to watch the last one.



why not? it was good.



you're kidding.

...right?




Dead links, claims that Revolutions was good.

Spooky thread.


Let's find the proof. Troof. Spoof.

robosagogo

robosagogo

State College, PA
September 2004

DEC 05, 2004 10:31 PM

I need to have some ideas, and leave them in a box in the middle of Hollywood.

Decades later, PROFIT! biggrin

turin

turin

Denver, CO
October 2003
takakoshimizu

takakoshimizu

Baltimore, MD
February 2003

DEC 05, 2004 10:35 PM

The second and third matrix movies were quite honestly garbage.

lostarchitect

lostarchitect

Brooklyn, NY
January 2004

DEC 05, 2004 10:39 PM

well, i hope "the third eye" contained better dialogue than "the matrix", because UGH.

druhol

druhol

Loomis, CA
January 2004

DEC 05, 2004 10:45 PM

lostarchitect said:
well, i hope "the third eye" contained better dialogue than "the matrix", because UGH.



It'd almost have to.

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

DEC 05, 2004 10:47 PM

Derivation said:

Cigarette said:
People that there was something original about the Matrix?



Huh?

"People, that there was something original about the Matrix, come on!"

Better?



Fanks. smile Actually, "People thought there was something original about the Matrix?"


It's late.


That's no excuse, but it is.

gosharkz

gosharkz

San Francisco, CA
August 2002

DEC 05, 2004 10:52 PM

Good for her. I like all three movies althoguh the second was not as good as the other two. I dont really care who wrote it, but she should get fair compensation.

lostarchitect

lostarchitect

Brooklyn, NY
January 2004

DEC 05, 2004 11:02 PM

druhol said:

lostarchitect said:
well, i hope "the third eye" contained better dialogue than "the matrix", because UGH.



It'd almost have to.




i just read an excerpt.

it may even be worse.

eeek

docsmith

docsmith

Laramie, WY
March 2004

DEC 05, 2004 11:06 PM

normally I think people who sue are assholes just looking for a buck. but the legitimate ones that win rock.

saritalr

saritalr

Mexico
December 2003

DEC 05, 2004 11:09 PM

that is so lame that they would try and blatently rip off someone's ideas like that. i mean... its not like they werent making enough money off of it... had they just shared the credit at first there would have been plenty of money and credit to go around

thats just sick. what assholes.

elanmars

elanmars

New Orleans, LA
April 2004

DEC 05, 2004 11:11 PM

well, everyone's talking about matrix but no one is saying shit about the terminator movies...

so yeah, what's THAT all about?

thanks.

and i couldn't go to the second page in the link. bah.

James88

James88

West Chester, PA
February 2003

DEC 05, 2004 11:12 PM

takakoshimizu said:
The second and third matrix movies were quite honestly garbage.



I agree, but I think there was about 15 minutes of action in the second one which saved it from being complete crap. The Merovingian and highway sequence was at least entertaining.

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