{"id":92,"date":"2003-11-08T11:55:51","date_gmt":"2003-11-08T16:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=92"},"modified":"2005-12-04T11:18:52","modified_gmt":"2005-12-04T16:18:52","slug":"revolutions-always-leave-you-back-where-you-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/revolutions-always-leave-you-back-where-you-started","title":{"rendered":"Revolutions Always Leave You Back Where You Started"},"content":{"rendered":"

Haven’t gone to see the third Matrix film yet. I enjoyed the first (insofar as it was a live-action version of Grant Morrison’s Invisibles<\/a> comic), but the second one was terrible, and the third promises more of the same. Nice article by Matt Feeney over on Slate, explaining exactly where the sequels went wrong. Check it out<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Haven’t gone to see the third Matrix film yet. I enjoyed the first (insofar as it was a live-action version of Grant Morrison’s Invisibles comic), but the second one was terrible, and the third promises more of the same. Nice article by Matt Feeney over on Slate, explaining exactly where the sequels went wrong. Check … <\/p>\n

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