The Matrix - What is on the minidisc???

. - .... .- -. .... · 19th September 2002, 19:14

I bought this DVD when the film came out, and every time I watch it, one thing comes to mind.

At the start when he goes the door, what is he Neo selling on a Minidisc type disc that could be worth $2000??????

Some sort of mischevous hacking proggy? Porn? a WinDVD serial? The new Tori Amos album? All of the above?

You decide....

Bop · 19th September 2002, 19:16

Virtual drugs! (He got them from the unused stock in Strange Days)

baafie · 19th September 2002, 19:17

Access to the FBI network.

J. Burnaway · 19th September 2002, 19:18

Bootleg copies of Matrix 2 and 3?

Hamylde · 19th September 2002, 19:19

Actually .. a lot of "good programms" are worth a lot of money. There could have been a copy of Photoshop & FlashMX,... on there..

The most expensive prog I know of (apart from buying a prog with a lot of licences) would have to be NA's "Sniffer Pro".. I think it cost's like 20.000$

[(Hamylde)]

rm' · 19th September 2002, 19:27

I always got the impression that it was the Bible, for some reason.

psychoticguyver · 19th September 2002, 21:40

its a pre-pre-pre-pre-pre-pre-pre release of winamp 3 the movie

SNYder · 19th September 2002, 21:42

Quote:

Originally posted by J. Burnaway
Bootleg copies of Matrix 2 and 3?

eleet-2k2 · 19th September 2002, 21:46

Quote:

Originally posted by rm'
I always got the impression that it was the Bible, for some reason.

Actually, that question always bugged me too when I see the movie.

The book Neo hides all his MDs in is called Simulation and Simulacra. However, I cant quite seem to be arsed enough to open up photoshop and do all that to get the names of the stuff that's in his book.

Perhaps baaf is right in his response.

rm' · 19th September 2002, 21:56

The more that I think about it, the more I'm convinced that it's the Bible. Of course, there is no way to confirm my suspicions.

squell · 19th September 2002, 21:59

i always figured it was drugs, or some kind of information or pirated software or something...

CremoNe · 19th September 2002, 22:02

maybe in the future where the story is set 2000$ aren't so much money...

Rocky Raccoon · 19th September 2002, 22:03

Cactuar pr0n

rm' · 19th September 2002, 22:04

According to Morpheus, the present within the Matrix is around 1999, isn't it?

psychoticguyver · 19th September 2002, 22:10

but is it 1999 after the millenium bug?

Fickle · 19th September 2002, 22:11

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Originally posted by CremoNe
maybe in the future where the story is set 2000$ aren't so much money...

The movie is set in 2199, but where Neo is in that instant is the Matrix, where it's supposedly 1999, meaning 2 grand is a bit of green--too much for it to be the bible, I find. You're probably right, 'rm, but I think it was something fairly trivial, mainly because the guy who bought it didn't act like the directors perspective of a hacker.
When I first saw it, I figured it was a program to hack into some system or another, so the buyer could do something from destroy a computerized security system to delete his name from various government lists, to disappear.

bluetape2k1 · 19th September 2002, 22:12

Winamp 5

or the trilogy of Lord of the rings

InvisableMan · 19th September 2002, 22:34

playstation 9!!! inhale the spores! teleport yours today!

Trigear · 20th September 2002, 00:02

it's probably a hacking program or access codes to a high level mainframe. maybe it's something that will allow troy to clear his criminal record?

whatever it is, neo is a master hacker and he's not selling cracked copies of photoshop or britney pr0n, that's for sure.

whiteflip · 20th September 2002, 00:13

im in full agreement of with the cow man and tri gear. it is deffinately a hacker program. Mr. Anderson needs to make money for his expensive equpment and the group who he sold the disc too obviously does not have the skills to hack. Neo made them a hacking program to crack something. Perhaps a bank to secure funds for their lifestyle.

Brtiney Nudes, Bibles, Winamp 5, Or LOTR Trilogy is not worth 2,000 dollars. A good cracking program is.

Avid cinemas good program is worth 20,000 or so. Most industrial software retails for more than 1,000 dollars a box.

SNYder · 20th September 2002, 02:06

Ten bucks says I can get the bible at the dollar store.

2000 bucks says it was some hacker/cracker software shit. (note how he says "you get cought using that...")

rm' · 20th September 2002, 02:17

How do we know this is not an alternate reality, where religion is underground? Persecution is a big theme in The Matrix. It makes so much symbolic sense for it to be the Bible. Then again, this movie isn't very symbolic...

eleet-2k2 · 20th September 2002, 03:03

Quote:

Originally posted by rm'
How do we know this is not an alternate reality, where religion is underground? Persecution is a big theme in The Matrix. It makes so much symbolic sense for it to be the Bible. Then again, this movie isn't very symbolic...

Did you not read my earlier post?! Read the reviews, or even the book and you will see that some portions of the book parallel the Matrix.

n_ick2000 · 20th September 2002, 03:06

I always immagined that it was some sort of illegal computer code/program or something.

RanDom_ErrOr · 20th September 2002, 03:09

i do believe it is something to crash carnivore... but hey maybe not...

capitan3 · 20th September 2002, 03:43

their was this movie about a guy the used to sell memory from other person, on mini disc. don't remember the name of the movie. Good movie thou.

whiteflip · 20th September 2002, 03:54

neo is in america and its 1999. the computer model simulation is based on OUR 1999. their is no persecution in our 1999

you cant look beyond the facts. they do not lie.

bibles are free. you can find a church that will give them away.

rm' · 20th September 2002, 04:00

Quote:

Originally posted by 31337-2k2
Did you not read my earlier post?! Read the reviews, or even the book and you will see that some portions of the book parallel the Matrix.

I did. That's why I said it made so much symbolic sense.

Quote:

Originally posted by 31337-2k2
you cant look beyond the facts. they do not lie.

I think the point of the movie is that because they do lie, you must look beyond the facts. I don't believe that it's ever specified where Neo lives (although I can be wrong on this), but it's known that Trinity cracked the IRS database a long time ago. That doesn't really mean anything, though, because the hacker world is supposedly international (all the headlines that Neo's program is scanning through in the beginning of the narrative).

I am Jesus · 20th September 2002, 04:02

Whos' Neo?

Trigear · 20th September 2002, 04:26

Quote:

Originally posted by squell
i always figured it was drugs

read "snowcrash" by neal stephenson

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guys, i have a theory that still hasn't been disproven as far as i can tell. i believe that the matrix contains only one giant city, ala the movies "dark city" or "13th floor".

whiteflip · 20th September 2002, 05:02

Quote:

Originally posted by I am Jesus
Whos' Neo?

Neo is the digital manifestation of Jesus or New Jesus. You are Neo!?!

Xerxes · 20th September 2002, 06:40

Judging by the guy he hands it too, I would imagine its a list of phone numbers, contacts, and invite only parties.

simon snowflake · 20th September 2002, 06:56

I think its digital psychedelic drugs. I think so because right after it the go to some sort of weird party.

and a simple question added to this.
Why doesn't the minidisk take over the 3,5" disk???
I expected that that would be only a mater of time before that would happen, but it seems it takes longer then i thouht.

Twilightseer · 20th September 2002, 07:54

A copy of an actually good movie ?

SSJ4 Gogitta · 20th September 2002, 09:11

Rave music.

binary hero · 20th September 2002, 09:32

Quote:

Originally posted by triGEAR

guys, i have a theory that still hasn't been disproven as far as i can tell. i believe that the matrix contains only one giant city, ala the movies "dark city" or "13th floor".

i just assumed it was Generic City, USA.

the minidisc has TEH FLAP homepage on it.

simon snowflake · 20th September 2002, 09:40

the 13th floor was a good movie

fwgx · 20th September 2002, 09:58

It's clearly Living Dead girl by Rob Zombie that they then start to play in that club in the next scene. I always thought it was a program that he was writing to detect the Matrix. He knew he was onto something and wanted to let others know - for a price. Maybe just some of the evidence he had collected so far. Or it might have been illegal Natzi hardcore music.

Xerxes · 20th September 2002, 10:04

Quote:

Originally posted by Phily Baby
illegal Natzi hardcore music.

What? "The Sound of Music" soundtrack?

Eidielweissssss.....

. - .... .- -. .... · 20th September 2002, 10:40

Quote:

Originally posted by simon snowflake
Why doesn't the minidisk take over the 3,5" disk???

The minidisc was actually designed originally as a computer storage device - they can hold about 140MB, which, at the time was bigger than most hard drives. The only problem was that the drives alone cost thousands, and because of this the idea never took off. Recently though, sony have started to add minidisc drives to their laptops, so we could be in for a revival.

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Hamylde Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Beneath the darkened sky Posts: 227	Actually .. a lot of "good programms" are worth a lot of money. There could have been a copy of Photoshop & FlashMX,... on there.. The most expensive prog I know of (apart from buying a prog with a lot of licences) would have to be NA's "Sniffer Pro".. I think it cost's like 20.000$ [(Hamylde)]

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rm' Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 11,361	I always got the impression that it was the Bible, for some reason.

19th September 2002, 21:56	#10
rm' Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 11,361	The more that I think about it, the more I'm convinced that it's the Bible. Of course, there is no way to confirm my suspicions.

19th September 2002, 21:59	#11
squell Banned Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Island Closest To Heaven Posts: 713	i always figured it was drugs, or some kind of information or pirated software or something...

19th September 2002, 22:04	#14
rm' Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 11,361	According to Morpheus, the present within the Matrix is around 1999, isn't it?

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psychoticguyver Major Dude Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: loonieland posts: 666 Posts: 750	but is it 1999 after the millenium bug? Now accepting refugee's

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bluetape2k1 Banned Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,356	Winamp 5 or the trilogy of Lord of the rings

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Trigear bear! Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,426	it's probably a hacking program or access codes to a high level mainframe. maybe it's something that will allow troy to clear his criminal record? whatever it is, neo is a master hacker and he's not selling cracked copies of photoshop or britney pr0n, that's for sure.

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whiteflip Post Master General (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Seattle, Now Las Vegas Posts: 6,032	im in full agreement of with the cow man and tri gear. it is deffinately a hacker program. Mr. Anderson needs to make money for his expensive equpment and the group who he sold the disc too obviously does not have the skills to hack. Neo made them a hacking program to crack something. Perhaps a bank to secure funds for their lifestyle. Brtiney Nudes, Bibles, Winamp 5, Or LOTR Trilogy is not worth 2,000 dollars. A good cracking program is. Avid cinemas good program is worth 20,000 or so. Most industrial software retails for more than 1,000 dollars a box. I'm Back?

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SNYder Forum King Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 4,432	Ten bucks says I can get the bible at the dollar store. 2000 bucks says it was some hacker/cracker software shit. (note how he says "you get cought using that...")

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rm' Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 11,361	How do we know this is not an alternate reality, where religion is underground? Persecution is a big theme in The Matrix. It makes so much symbolic sense for it to be the Bible. Then again, this movie isn't very symbolic...

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n_ick2000 Forum King Join Date: May 2001 Location: - Posts: 2,501	I always immagined that it was some sort of illegal computer code/program or something. \|

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RanDom_ErrOr Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The loony bin, just outside of nutsville,USA. I would visit you, but my room is padded and i cant get out... Posts: 947	i do believe it is something to crash carnivore... but hey maybe not...

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capitan3 Major Dude Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Everything Is Shire Here! Posts: 1,158	their was this movie about a guy the used to sell memory from other person, on mini disc. don't remember the name of the movie. Good movie thou. Capitan3

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whiteflip Post Master General (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Seattle, Now Las Vegas Posts: 6,032	neo is in america and its 1999. the computer model simulation is based on OUR 1999. their is no persecution in our 1999 you cant look beyond the facts. they do not lie. bibles are free. you can find a church that will give them away. I'm Back?

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I am Jesus Major Dude Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Your mom Posts: 1,555	Whos' Neo?

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Xerxes Capitalist Alumni Join Date: May 2000 Location: my 4 Houses on Park Place Posts: 8,687	Judging by the guy he hands it too, I would imagine its a list of phone numbers, contacts, and invite only parties. Now is the time for all good Americans to come to the aid of their Country

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simon snowflake Skin Wizard (Forum King) Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Gent, Belgium. does anybody know where the toilets are? Posts: 4,600	I think its digital psychedelic drugs. I think so because right after it the go to some sort of weird party. and a simple question added to this. Why doesn't the minidisk take over the 3,5" disk??? I expected that that would be only a mater of time before that would happen, but it seems it takes longer then i thouht. don't be a thief of your own life.... : DEXYD - Digitally EXpressing Your Dreams

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Twilightseer Le Poison dans la Bouteille [Moderator] Join Date: May 2000 Location: Lavabo, fond du couloir, 3ï¿½ porte ï¿½ droite Posts: 6,296	A copy of an actually good movie ?

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fwgx Rudolf the Red. (Forum King) Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 9,315	It's clearly Living Dead girl by Rob Zombie that they then start to play in that club in the next scene. I always thought it was a program that he was writing to detect the Matrix. He knew he was onto something and wanted to let others know - for a price. Maybe just some of the evidence he had collected so far. Or it might have been illegal Natzi hardcore music. .: fwgx.co.uk.:.My art:. "We think science is interesting and if you disagree, you can fuck off."

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