Title: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: Baggy on December 22, 2010, 03:54:42 PM
Post by: Baggy on December 22, 2010, 03:54:42 PM
..in the Matrix? The one which showed you reality, warts and all, or the one that made the Matrix realer than real?
It feels somehow related to the atheist's situation..
Oh - and why!?
It feels somehow related to the atheist's situation..
Oh - and why!?
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: LARA on December 22, 2010, 05:24:14 PM
Post by: LARA on December 22, 2010, 05:24:14 PM
I would've taken both pills, just to see what would happen.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: Tank on December 22, 2010, 06:36:40 PM
Post by: Tank on December 22, 2010, 06:36:40 PM
I'd do the reality pill because I'm incorrigibly curious.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: Whitney on December 22, 2010, 06:50:30 PM
Post by: Whitney on December 22, 2010, 06:50:30 PM
I don't think I'd take a pill offered to me by a stranger.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: Asmodean on December 22, 2010, 06:55:39 PM
Post by: Asmodean on December 22, 2010, 06:55:39 PM
I'm already on meds, so I wouldn't take any pill for fear of CDI 
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: McQ on December 22, 2010, 07:49:13 PM
Post by: McQ on December 22, 2010, 07:49:13 PM
I don't know. But I do want my money back, along with the seven or so hours of my life I spent watching those movies.
No, I take that back. I enjoyed the Bullet Time effect the first time I saw it.
Edit: Must add that I was talked into watching the second and third by four sons who liked the movies.
No, I take that back. I enjoyed the Bullet Time effect the first time I saw it.
Edit: Must add that I was talked into watching the second and third by four sons who liked the movies.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: Dretlin on December 22, 2010, 07:58:18 PM
Post by: Dretlin on December 22, 2010, 07:58:18 PM
I would have watched a better film.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: Baggy on December 22, 2010, 07:58:56 PM
Post by: Baggy on December 22, 2010, 07:58:56 PM
Quote from: "McQ"I don't know. But I do want my money back, along with the seven or so hours of my life I spent watching those movies.
No, I take that back. I enjoyed the Bullet Time effect the first time I saw it.
I thought the first film was great. It used up all the ideas though and the rest were pretty weak in my view. As to the OP, to me there is a bit of a metaphor between accepting the cosy but illusory comfort of religion, compared to an open, if at times harsh godless universe.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: Tank on December 22, 2010, 08:31:25 PM
Post by: Tank on December 22, 2010, 08:31:25 PM
I particularly liked the scene when the dock is broken into.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: McQ on December 22, 2010, 09:13:58 PM
Post by: McQ on December 22, 2010, 09:13:58 PM
Changed my mind. I'd take the one that showed reality, warts and all. And now that some other folks have pointed out parts of the first movie, I have to say I did enjoy that one.
However, Peter Jackson (I know, nothing to do with The Matrix) MUST be slapped for that friggin' LOTR crap!
However, Peter Jackson (I know, nothing to do with The Matrix) MUST be slapped for that friggin' LOTR crap!
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: Baggy on December 22, 2010, 09:55:38 PM
Post by: Baggy on December 22, 2010, 09:55:38 PM
Quote from: "McQ"Changed my mind. I'd take the one that showed reality, warts and all. And now that some other folks have pointed out parts of the first movie, I have to say I did enjoy that one.
However, Peter Jackson (I know, nothing to do with The Matrix) MUST be slapped for that friggin' LOTR crap!
The Woo was strong in this one. Oh yes.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: terranus on January 01, 2011, 11:56:05 PM
Post by: terranus on January 01, 2011, 11:56:05 PM
Pills are bad for you.
Now, if they would have offered me a blue joint or a red joint to smoke...hmm...i'd probably combine 'em and smoke that Purp
Now, if they would have offered me a blue joint or a red joint to smoke...hmm...i'd probably combine 'em and smoke that Purp
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: Asmodean on January 02, 2011, 04:56:42 AM
Post by: Asmodean on January 02, 2011, 04:56:42 AM
Quote from: "McQ"However, Peter Jackson (I know, nothing to do with The Matrix) MUST be slapped for that friggin' LOTR crap!...And whoever cast that Wood-guy as Frodo must be slapped even harder
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: theclassicist on January 06, 2011, 04:55:15 AM
Post by: theclassicist on January 06, 2011, 04:55:15 AM
Quite right about LOTR. Whoever thought hobbits being all misty-eyed would make good entertainment anyway?
Oh, and i do think that the motorbike chase scene in Matrix 2 is one of the great underrated scenes in movie history toon BUT what i really want to say is that no-one ever notices that in Matrix 1 Keanu is clearly dealing in vitrual narcotics of some kind and is hanging out with people who do a lot of mascaline...see where im going with this? After going out clubbing with these guys he meets Morpheus (god of sleep) and is offerred more drugs, with a little référence to Louis (Lewis?) Carrol. Ergo, he should have quit while he was ahead, Neo's experience of 'awakening' never actually happened, and I spend far too much time thinking about this stuff...
For my next trick, i shall explain Inception...
Oh, and i do think that the motorbike chase scene in Matrix 2 is one of the great underrated scenes in movie history toon BUT what i really want to say is that no-one ever notices that in Matrix 1 Keanu is clearly dealing in vitrual narcotics of some kind and is hanging out with people who do a lot of mascaline...see where im going with this? After going out clubbing with these guys he meets Morpheus (god of sleep) and is offerred more drugs, with a little référence to Louis (Lewis?) Carrol. Ergo, he should have quit while he was ahead, Neo's experience of 'awakening' never actually happened, and I spend far too much time thinking about this stuff...
For my next trick, i shall explain Inception...
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: theclassicist on January 06, 2011, 05:00:30 AM
Post by: theclassicist on January 06, 2011, 05:00:30 AM
Jeez, ive just read my last post and i sound pretentious as feck. Sorry. Maybe I would take the pill that let you see reality. But just a half if ive got work in the morning.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: Ultima22689 on January 11, 2011, 11:19:20 PM
Post by: Ultima22689 on January 11, 2011, 11:19:20 PM
Well after the car ride where I had a gun put to my face and a robot parasite painfully sucked out of my belly button I would have no problem taking that red pill.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: Alexander on February 27, 2011, 12:38:54 AM
Post by: Alexander on February 27, 2011, 12:38:54 AM
I hate not knowing the truth (hence my atheism) so I'd take the blue pill.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: skwurll on February 27, 2011, 06:35:00 AM
Post by: skwurll on February 27, 2011, 06:35:00 AM
I'd rather go with reality.
Ignorance may be bliss, but I prefer to be in control of my life.
Ignorance may be bliss, but I prefer to be in control of my life.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: ForTheLoveOfAll on February 28, 2011, 01:58:23 PM
Post by: ForTheLoveOfAll on February 28, 2011, 01:58:23 PM
The one to show me reality. Better to live horrified of the truth and working towards a better end than to live comfortably in a lie.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: rawrdog822 on February 28, 2011, 05:50:56 PM
Post by: rawrdog822 on February 28, 2011, 05:50:56 PM
I honestly don't know. I mean a part of me would rather just live the life I found meaningful, but my inner curiosity probably would have made me take the reality pill.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: Lost on March 02, 2011, 12:43:43 AM
Post by: Lost on March 02, 2011, 12:43:43 AM
My curiosity would have gotten the best of me, so probably the blue pill. I can't say I wouldnt have regretted it though.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: Will on March 02, 2011, 01:04:07 AM
Post by: Will on March 02, 2011, 01:04:07 AM
I'd gladly take the painful truth of reality over the blissful ignorance of illusion any day.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: Feanor Thunder on March 06, 2011, 10:54:44 PM
Post by: Feanor Thunder on March 06, 2011, 10:54:44 PM
I wish I could take the truth one...it'd be cool to know all. But I wonder how many athiests/religious folk would be suprised.
--FT
--FT
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: JuggernautJon on March 12, 2011, 06:52:54 PM
Post by: JuggernautJon on March 12, 2011, 06:52:54 PM
Quote from: "terranus"Pills are bad for you.
Now, if they would have offered me a blue joint or a red joint to smoke...hmm...i'd probably combine 'em and smoke that Purp
Yeah, that.
Title: Re: Which pill would you have taken?
Post by: MariaEvri on March 12, 2011, 08:02:03 PM
Post by: MariaEvri on March 12, 2011, 08:02:03 PM
I admit I am a coward. I wouldn;t want to face reality