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In lugnet.space, John Riley wrote:
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The Animatrix is a good resource. The first
Animatrix film, “Flight of the Osiris,” has the hovership Osiris combatting
Sentinels. They used machine gun turrets, similar to the laser turrets that
Han & Luke use to shoot down TIE Fighters in the Star Wars Millenium Falcon.
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I actually totally forgot about seeing this. After seeing Dreamcatcher I’ve been
trying to forget about it ever since. Maybe my brain accidentally lumped
“Osiris” in with it. This is perfect. Thank you!
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The last Animatrix film, “Matriculated,” shows how the freed humans try to
capture and convert the machines. So a hovership could possibly have
deployable bots for combat. Depends on the ethics of the captain.
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And I’ve seen this one as well. Peter Chung at some of his finest. Hmmm, ok now
I want to make a bot like the one they convert.
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My imagination suggests that the base hovership is designed for reconaissance
and recovery missions, and thus is lightly armed to increase stealth and
speed. In the battle for Zion, though, I assume that the hoverships have been
outfitted with additional armanents, along with the mecha suits (an unarmored
mecha suit is seen when the Nebucaneezer arrives in Zion in Matrix Reloaded).
Based on these assumptions, I suspect that the weaponry is modular.
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Yeah I bet the ships in that battle were loaded with weapons. And speaking of
that mecha, did you see the shot of the guy in it in the Revolutions teaser?
It’s a quick shot but you can definitely tell it’s being used in a battle.
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If you’re a fan of The Matrix, you should rent or buy Animatrix anyway, as it
offers more insight into the world of the machines. Two of the Animatrix
films are directly referenced in Matrix Reloaded, so it adds to the back
story. Four of the short films are available free online, but all nine of
them are worth watching. The two I’ve referenced here are only available on
the DVD. (“Flight of the Osiris” was also shown before the movie
“Dreamcatchers”).
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Yeah I’ve been meaning to buy it. My personal favorite is Koji Morimoto’s
“Beyond”. Brilliant.
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Hope this helps with your inspiration: I look forward to seeing the
hovership (I assume this is why you asked!)
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Oh definitely. I can’t believe I forgot about the Osiris. Machine guns baby,
machine guns.
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| WARNING: I forgot to put a spoiler warning for those of you who have not seen Animatrix or Reloaded yet. (...) No problem. "Osiris" is pretty much just a back story for "Reloaded." A lot of people felt it was just a chance for "Square" to show off (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| (...) Hi, I have not read the entire thread carefully, but I believe nobody has yet talked about the (PS2)game "Enter The Matrix" ?! When I came to the last level WARNING!!! SPOILER!!! I had to defend Niobe's hovercraft from Sentinels, by manning (...) (21 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| (...) The (URL) Animatrix> is a good resource. The first Animatrix film, "Flight of the Osiris," has the hovership Osiris combatting Sentinels. They used machine gun turrets, similar to the laser turrets that Han & Luke use to shoot down TIE (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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