Matriculated
Matriculated
| 03 June 2003 (USA)
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The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.

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sairfilmemat

I saw this in my fist DMT trip. I lived in same scenario. While tripping I forgot that did I watch this or did I experience it. And I've seen this many years ago.

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Shawn Watson

In this rather depressing Animatrix short, from Aeon Flux director Peter Chung, a group of humans living on the Earth's ravaged surface experiment with robots. The capture a 'living' sentinel and plug into the Matrix where they proceed to trick it into believing that it is human through a series of bizarre scenes and imagery.The look of the animation is very much in the style of Aeon Flux, so fans of that show will get a kick out of it. The humans don't have much character though, which helps focus on the 'de-robotizing' theme on the captured sentinel. It's an interesting concept that I wish could have been explored a bit more with a follow-up. I guess it will have to live in ambiguity.

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TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews

The ninth and final Animatrix short, as well as the longest, running at about 16 minutes. This is the most surreal of them all, with downright psychedelic images. The animation is amazing, well-done 2D Animé with well-integrated and utterly stunning 3D CGI elements. One can tell that this was done by Peter Chung(directed as well as written), the man who brought the world Aeon Flux(the television series, *not* the movie). With a brief philosophical debate making up nearly all of the dialog in this, this also has food for thought, including some in the basic idea of it, in which there is great irony. The sound and visuals are impeccably well-done. I could imagine many not enjoying this on account of how weird it is(not to say that anyone who doesn't care for this has that particular reason for it), it definitely is not for everyone. There is a making of on this, as with all the others(albeit in a couple of cases, two share one), on the DVD, and it is an interesting watch at almost seven minutes. There are various disturbing things here, and it will be up to the individual viewer to decide what is and what isn't, really. I recommend this to fans of the Matrix universe, trippy, off-beat and imaginative efforts and/or science fiction. 7/10

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Polaris_DiB

Whereas the rest of the Animatrix shorts attempt an animated realism or an animated surrealism, this one is going full-fledged psychedelic. A resistance group attempts to re-program robots to join their side, basically (as I can understand it) by seducing them in a program of their creation. Somehow this is supposed to tie into choice and discussions of slavery and will, but really it's more like an attempt to see brightly colored naked figures run through phantasmagoric flowing light. It's story would be kind of sad if it wasn't for the fact that it's pretty much nonsensical. I can't even tell if its set during the primary narrative of the Matrix trilogy or if it's set before (the robot designs are different). Instead, just sit back and enjoy the visuals. It's kind of hard not to.--PolarisDiB

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