After seeing each of the Animatrix shorts multiple times, I can say they're just excellent. Kid's Story is the worst of the bunch IMO (story, not style) and it's still pretty good. Also, for anyone who liked the BMW Films, you can get a free copy of the D

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>After seeing each of the Animatrix shorts multiple times, I can say they're just excellent. Kid's Story is the worst of the bunch IMO (story, not style) and it's still pretty good. Also, for anyone who liked the BMW Films, you can get a free copy of the DVD (with minor S&H charges of course)</div>

[ManaMan]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>That one was just thrown in there to explain the new character in Reloaded I believe...</div>

[Ishamael]

<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>Yep, it's really a very cool collection of shorts. Probably my least favorite was Matriculated. I'm still not 100% sure what the heck all that meant, but I've only seen it once...</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>I did not like the Detective story, though I haven't seen the DVD yet. (Bought it a few days before, though.)</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Kid's Story? Yeah, it was the weakest for sure, but it was still pretty neat</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>What? That's one of my favs. The style (B&W and so reminiscent of noir films) and the idea were great and fit the whole world of the Matrix (and followed some of the "mystique" the great "hacker" Trinity had from the first one)</div>

[Torgo]

<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Yeah, that one was my favorite.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>The ending ruined the whole thing. It's like they trying to cram a whole series worth of anime talk into a 4-minute short film. "Oh, I'm sorry, it was my fault." Jesus, you just met the chick!</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>That was rather neat, even if I couldn't quite make sense of it.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>I kinda liked it. Philysophical in a way. I just don't like how the character ends up.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Though, I didn't like the style too much, World Record was one of the good but underrated stories. That one kinda freaked me out.</div>

[Shellie]

<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>I know it was animated, but thats how I want to see fights, especially sword fights, done. I hate it when the move the camera all over the place so I guess it looks more real, and confusing. I want to see every move they make with the sword.

And Beyond was awesome, kinda reminds me of dreams Ive had.

I didnt like the detective story much at all. It was rushed, and all I could think was, why would Trinity care about some guy trying to find her? For all she knows, he could turn into an agent at anytime, which he almost does.

I liked Kid's story a lot, the style was awesome, and I liked the story, although, I wish there was more explanation on what happened, and what do they mean by self sustaining whatever they said.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>I'd hit that chick, animated or not. (I'm sure the girls were thinking the same thing about some big black guy with ripped abs.) And yes, Beyond was really neat. I really like the anime style, as well as the story.</div>

[Shellie]

<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>Sorry for the crappy background/text, it screws up when Sine decides to use the same PC as me to post I think.</div>

[Shellie]

<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>Also, it was a lot of fun trying to guess who the animator was, Final Flight and Matriculated were easy.</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Am I the only one who liked Detective Story? Reminded me so much about playing Under a Killing Moon or watching Blade Runner, it was great</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Other than the visual style, it was the least inventive of the bunch, more like another Neo getting freed. Final Flight wasn't overly inventive either, but the story was much cooler (not to mention the graphics). The rest were all quite inventive</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>That and World Record I didn't like until they were nearly done, then I dug them. Very different, but so neat and fit in so well with the idea of the Matrix's world (Matriculated shows kind of "reverse psychology" on the machines)</div>

[Tessian]

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>I didn't Dislike it, it was a unique view</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>But they decided that it would be too much like Neo's awakening if he was freed. So they asked "what if he failed?", and it turned out to be a good story.</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>? He was NOTHING like Neo in ANY WAY.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Look, just go into the bonus shit on the CD and see the entry about World Record. (Not the director's audio track, but the other one.)</div>