he was influenced by many people. He was also influenced heavily by Akira Kurosawa, whose work included nothing of mesiahnism. only battle, honor, and subtler themes of the human experience.
True but then Star Wars never set out to be philosophical, it’s pure fantasy in a galaxy far far away-- escapism. The Matrix’s philosophy wasn’t that deep, let’s face it, superficial at best I think. I think the question is flawed because both films set out to be very different things, so judging them with regard to each other is impossible. You might as well judge Lord of the Rings against Fight Club for all the similarities they exhibit.
Listen, I’m not equating these movies on the grounds of philosophical themes or messages. Indeed, as FJ says, I would be posting about movies like 2001 or eXistenz if that were the case. I am equating themm on grounds that Dualism hinted at; namely, that they are both generation defining movies that revolved around a Hero’s journey.
Don’t tell me which one you think is better quality, tell me which one got to you more.
Why are escapists losers? It’s not like they don’t wake up put on their shoes and go to work like everyone else. Some people like to relax with a fantasy some don’t, It hardly makes them a loser if they do. Not everything has to have some deep and intrinsic meaning, people might like both the depth and the fantasy…
I likes me fantasy and I likes me depth. Don’t judge me on it because I like a breadth of things.
I am Honest, my life isn’t so miserable that I wish to escape from it.
I simply enjoy a good story, I like to encounter certain settings and ideas, recurring themes and all that.
In order to increase my own understanding, in fact my view of life is that of a story; so with that I see it as a way to be entertained and also learn at the same time.
I view slavery simply as a first step in cultural assimilation. After all, you only get the slaves for a certain number of turns. Also, it makes sense that order goes up if you exterminate most of them. The few left are like “Ok, ok, just… just put the sword away.” I do it if the place I counquered gave me more trouble then thay are worth, Alexander style.