Mr jullio's definitions

The Matrix

Movie whose main premise is that humans are fed reality directly into their brains so that their bodies may be used as batteries by a machine civilization on post-apolyptic earth. The Matrix refers to the reality fed into people's brains. The premise is fundamentally flawed however as: (a) people are not batteries; (b) you'd have to feed the people to get electricity (if you could): see perpetual motion; (c) they could just use some other animal that doesn't require The Matrix.

Why didn't the Machines just use ostrich's, elephants, horses, pigs, monkeys, apes, aardvarks (or any other animal) as batteries? They surely wouldn't require The Matrix. Other animals wouldn't revolt. Human batteries? Riiight. However, I'm sure Matrix fans can come up with some fanciful explanation.

by Mr jullio February 10, 2010