Episode 448 - The Animatrix
Waypoint Radio
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4.6 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2021
⏱️ 165 minutes
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Summary
We've got a special treat for y'all on Waypoint Radio today- a glimpse into our Waypoint Plus feed and the discussions on The Matrix Franchise we've been having. Special guest Gita Jackson joins Rob, Patrick, and Cado to dissect the 9 short animated films that make up The Animatrix, the lore and story implications they have, and how transmedia marketing became a diluted standard operating procedure after The Matrix.
Discussed: Final Flight of the Osiris 8:17. The Second Renaissance 20:21. Kid's Story 1:08:41, A Detective Story 1:27:59, World Record 1:33:09, Beyond 1:48:02, Matriculated 1:59:25, Program 2:15:41, The Animatrix and the Transmedia Blitz 2:24:41
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| 0:00.0 | What's good fellow residents of the late 20th century who definitely know what is real? |
| 0:22.4 | It is year and date, and you are listening to Waypoint Radio, and I'm your host Rob |
| 0:27.4 | Zachny. Today I'm joined by Gita Jackson. Hello, I'm Gita. Patrick Klappick. Hi. |
| 0:37.3 | And our producer Ricardo Contreras. Was that Patrick questioning if his hello was real? |
| 0:43.8 | There's a little electronic interference on it, which makes me think that the agents might already be |
| 0:49.5 | converging on his location. You know, when you get up for the third time to hold your kids' |
| 0:55.2 | hair back as they vomit, you start questioning everything. Was he real? Am I sleeping? Am I awake? |
| 1:02.9 | You know, in the original version of the Matrix, that shit didn't happen. But like... |
| 1:07.6 | Yeah, program that out. Why does my kid have to probably have strep throat? |
| 1:11.5 | Just toddler hood. Just like the original version of Sims 4, you don't need it. |
| 1:17.2 | That light age is useless. That's an introduction to some friction that doesn't involve bodily fluids. |
| 1:25.2 | Good ones can stay. |
| 1:28.5 | So today we are talking about 2003 is the Animatrix, which is a collection of animated |
| 1:34.0 | shorts from different studios and creators, different styles that give us other stories and |
| 1:38.4 | perspectives from around the Matrix series setting. This is part of our sort of Matrix revisit |
| 1:44.3 | that we've been doing over on Waypoint Plus. But for the Animatrix, we figure we do it over here |
| 1:48.1 | on the main feed, especially because this is kind of unfamiliar territory. Or at least it's been |
| 1:55.3 | ages since I watched it. I'm not sure how well we all remember it every part of the Animatrix, |
| 2:00.0 | but it feels like this is some of the most surprising stuff I've come across during our revisit. |
| 2:07.6 | And I guess, you know, Gita, you and I were discussing before the show, what's the best way to open? |
| 2:12.5 | Do we open on the way I remember this starting with the DVD where I was like, |
| 2:17.6 | oh, CG graphics. And immediately went to Final Flight of the Osiris. |
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