#liveblogging the matrix

[hovershiplogos]

Guess who's doing rewatches again? It's me, and well, not entirely a rewatch:

Yes, that's right, it's Enter the Matrix. Because it's criminal that for a blog named for the little ship that could, I've haven't actually done a deep dive on the game itself! So I'm going to fix that!

I'm also going to play through as both Niobe and Ghost, as depending on who you're playing, the missions play out slightly different, and the cutscene dialogue varies as well. Also, not going to do like a  blow by blow kinda thing. Only going to comment on things that caught my  interest, or seem rather amusing to me.  If you want a little more context, I suggest checking out the couple of playthroughs/cut scene compilations on youtube.

Also of note, the game picks up right after the Animatrix short Final Flight of the Osiris.

Anyway, let's get to it!

AND IT'S THE MAIN REASON I'M STILL HERE, BECAUSE OF THIS PESSIMISTIC SNARKY COWARD RIGHT HERE. And he's self aware about it as well.

Also interesting to note is that according to this cutscene, Sparks has been operating on board the Logos for 3 years. Now, a standard US navy tour of duty (and I'm going with Navy rather than Army as Zion's army is referred to as a Navy fleet) is between 2-3 years. Not really going anywhere with this, but it's interesting to note.

Niobe is a 'my way or the highway' kinda person. No wonder it didn't work between her and Morpheus. It's also telling that Ghost has known Niobe for long enough to know that this is what she's like. I wonder if Ghost is the glue in this ship dynamic? As in, he knew Niobe and Sparks separately before they knew each other, if that makes sense?

And it's the little hovership that could, the little lightning bug of the fleet! Those red lights on the ship look like they're the same as the ones on the sentinels. I wonder if a bulb blows or something they scavenge one from a deactivated squiddie as a replacement?

It's not particularly clear, but I never realised that Niobe's hair is tied with what looks like string with gold in it? Maybe a metal band with gold on it? I'm not sure, but it's pretty!

Also, I appreciate that they give a reason why Niobe is going after this drop, rather than waiting for someone else (ie: Neo) to go get it.

Also, saying are you red or blue on this is a very cool in universe way of saying are you with me or not?

The subtitles are missing here, but what he says:

"You know me Niobe. It's not a choice, it's a way of life."

Ghost, you're awesome, you know that, right?

I get Sparks' complaint here, there are only two of them, and it would be a lot safer to wait for back up to help them out. But nope, you know what Niobe's like, get it done.

Also, as I remarked earlier, the fact that Niobe is willing to risk going in without support , especially given what she says about Thaddeus not using the drops unless he had no choice? And now they're all dead? They definitely need to get that package before the agents do.

I personally love Niobe's little eye roll here.

I also love that Ghost is more chill and amused by Sparks than exasperated like Niobe is. Yeah, Ghost is the glue holding the team together.

Also, a little mention of Zion funerary practices. As someone pointed out to me years ago, I suspect that the gardens is similar to the Exodus fleet's method of burial, but who knows?

Yup, words to live by!

Once again, Niobe is rolling her eyes behind the sunnies. This is what she has to put up with. Also, I would love to think that one time Sparks pranked Ghost by running some program that sent his guns soaring upward.

I always used to think that Ghost was the serious, no nonsense one in the crew, but I'm beginning to think I'm wrong on that front.

Sparks, why do you want his boots? They're too small for your big feet!

Niobe has great taste in old muscle cars. Good old 1967 Pontiac Firebird, in eggplant purple instead of black. Very stylish!

That's all for now, next up will be the post office. See you then!

#enter the matrix #liveblogging the matrix #niobe #ghost #sparks

[hgduo]

And who the fuck is this now???

#I had to step away for like an hour and come back to this menace on Phil's stream- who is this matrix bitch??? #I mean- vibes tbh <3 #(... also ngl I saw a flash of green and my dumbass heart and brain were like 'Staxx?!?!?! My blorbo?!' kdaskaljkl-) #qsmp #liveblog

[graceful-not]

WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?

#ninjago #ninjago liveblog #dragons rising #THE FUCKING MATRIX???? IN /MY/ NINJAGO???

[aparticularbandit]

just now noticing how when monika shows up in act 2 during natsuki and yuri's fight--

she's standing in front of her text block, but the text wraps around her on one side instead of going straight across the block and behind her.

and it's like that even in the history.

those lines are compressed instead of going all the way across the block or the screen.

which like - if monika is speaking in her world and that speech comes across in the bubbles we see, monika has somehow modified what she says to change how it looks in the bubble the player sees.

like there's a level of manipulation that monika has to do - she's in a world where everything, to her would seem like what our world seems like to us, but she's also reaching above to the level of the coding and modifying it in real time to change things for the player while also living in the moment.

....

monika has reality warping super powers like how can you live your life while also reaching into the threads of how it functions and change it for an external viewer while living your life like

....

strong argument for monika as the scarlet witch of her portion of the multiverse.

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit liveblogs ddlc #like #the player is an outside presence who can look at and modify the code of the simulation monika is in #monika is /inside/ the simulation - an /internal/ presence #even as a self-aware being #how does she even have ACCESS to the codes #how did she GET access to the codes #-sits and chinhands and thinks- #it's more like neo in the matrix #being able to SEE the matrix #the other characters might be self-aware that they're in the matrix #but that doesn't mean they can mess with the codes #until they're UNPLUGGED FROM THE MATRIX #like what sort of being even IS monika #sorry i'm having thoughts #(and obviously monika - like the characters in the matrix - is able to unplug herself and escape #as strongly implied by ddlc+ #but like #how do you even get the POWER or the ABILITY to do that????)

[i-know-you-wanna-kiss-me]

Now why is Rupert walking like one of those matrix bitches?

#Have never seen the Matrix but I assume they walk like that #rupert mannion #ted lasso liveblog #ted lasso season 3 #ted lasso tv #ted lasso

[goblinwithartsupplies]

I’m currently in Athens and an Italian teen boy wearing a skull t shirt just walked into the hotel lobby with a blonde boy wearing a citrus button up.

In unrelated news I am also listening to the sun and the star on audio book

#pjo #percy jackson #the sun and the star: a nico di angelo adventure #tsats liveblog #tsats #pjo stuff #my life is weird #glitch in the matrix

[fukiana]

segue of all time

#mass effect liveblog #i didn't pick it obviously MY shepard pines for his normal human man forever and matrix dodges all me2 romances but lol

[daisyachain]

Another thing about Higuchi’s writing is that she knows the trick of pairing every character to make self-sustaining binary subplot systems. Doesn’t matter if you forget to give someone an arc; if you make each character reciprocally dependent on another, it generates story. The problem this creates is that if you want to explore one of the several interesting dynamics outside of the Assigned Pairs then the whole thing collapses in on itself

#playing a game of Mennonite dancing to try and maintain the pair structure while also keeping Akimaru solo #you can swing abe around to be haruna’s partner and then give mihashi an arc with kanou or hamada without much disturbance #but if you stick mihashi with his most obvious choice of tajima then that leaves Hanai dangling and collapses the whole matrix #not that the characters don’t have dynamics outside of their assigned pairs #the assignment is just so clear-cut that it feels wrong to mess with it #kelsey liveblogs oofuri #except for Aki/Haru man I just feel so sorry for the both of them. please forget each other’s names

[a-passing-storm]

Is it just me or does Zac Oyama kind of look like Keanu Reeves, but specifically with the vibes of like... Neo being really confused after initially coming out of the Matrix?

#im sorry i will be liveblogging me rewatching the matrix for the thousandth time #d&d plans are going well also btw <3 #zac oyama #dimension 20 #keanu reeves #the matrix #matrix

[luminecho]

YOU LITTLE BITCH

#DONT TOUCH THE MOOD MATRIX ILL START GROWLING #// #echo's aa liveblog #echo plays dual destinies #echo screams #aa spoilers

[synthient]

ok fascinating. the early draft “megacity” was straight up just Chicago

#sorry im gonna be insufferable about this i have to liveblog this whole thing now #the matrix

[stargazerken]

the original matrix trilogy is so wonderfully diverse and it makes me so happy to watch and see how everyone looks like normal people. there’s not just a bunch of pretty white actors being completely heterosexual and male machismo. Zion is such a beautiful blend of people of all races and ages and philosophies and sexualities and personalities. And it makes me angry to know that we made such an amazing diverse casting in 1999 and apparently learned almost nothing from it !! like obligatory white male lead but! literally every other character is so *chef’s kiss* i just wish more movies would aspire to present humanity like these movies do. i thank the wonderful wachowski sisters for their service !!

#the matrix #you guys are lucky i’m not gonna liveblog the whole thing #but yeah it’s my comfort movies for sure #mine

[joshuaalbert]

hey. what the fuck is going on.

#watching the thaw #I feel like I’ve been exposed to a lot of weird shit secondhand but I never heard about The Matrix But There’s Clowns #actually. matrix came out later so I guess it’s technically The Thaw But There’s No Clowns #voy liveblog

[mmliveblog]

Oh you.

Guess that settles it, the fox is a shapeshifter.

#imposter factory liveblog #or there's a glitch in the matrix

[luxflora]

sorry excuse me does this comic realize im in love with rodimus and drift? no? WELL THAT EXPLAIN WHY THEY'RE FUCKING UGLY HERE THEN. GOD WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR FACES

#myposts #luxflora liveblogs transformers #now given. rodimus is hot rod right now so i'm willing to forgive that #but the general vibe i got from the volume of this that i read out of order was that this was a very op-favoring comic #and i got mixed vibes from rodimus #drift wasnt even in it #*he was rodimus at that point so sometime in the next 4 volumes i gather he gets matrixed

[bruisedconscience]

AND IT FUCKIN ENDS? STEM WINS?????

NOOOOO..

#[ well im writing .post canon sh!t FR ] #[ matrix resurrections style ] #ooc #[ kris liveblogs upgrade ]