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Escaping the matrix becomes harder every year.

rustybelt 4y ago
This was a fun 2002 movie that would make no sense to zoomers: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183649/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183649/
- Markoff 4y ago
  it made no sense to anyone by then, in 2002 every adult who wanted the mobile had one already for few years, by then I've had already at least 3rd one and I was really poor, just finished my military service and had no work yet after all phone booths were always seen mostly in American movies and no average person would use one in home country by 2000
mlindner 4y ago
It'll be interesting that in a few years that will become the most poorly aged portion of the movie.
- ekianjo 4y ago
  Nope. The movie takes place in a recreation of 1999.
  - apocalyptic0n3 4y ago
    Yep. And Resurrections, which takes place in a recreation of 2021 (or thereabouts), allows for using cellphones to exit. They even make a point of pointing that out in the film. I think within the context of the movies, they made it very difficult for anything to "age poorly" like that because it's all meant to be a representation of a very specific point in time.
TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
Superman would have something to say about this, too.
- uptown 4y ago
  Stu Shepard is fine with it. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183649/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183649/
actionablefiber 4y ago
Nah, you can still do it via the LinkNYC terminals which let you place calls. That said, it's vanishingly rare that I actually see anyone using them to make calls, and it looks kind of silly when you do use them because you need to plug headphones into the jack. Their primary utility is for device charging and free Wi-Fi.
- rob74 4y ago
  - Use your personal device to connect to LinkNYC’s super fast, free Wi-Fi - Access city services, maps and directions from the tablet - Make free phone calls to anywhere in the U.S. using the tablet or the tactile keypad and microphone. Plug in your personal headphones for more privacy. - Use the dedicated red 911 button in the event of an emergency - Charge your device in a power-only USB port [...] Sounds cool! Wish we had terminals like these in Germany. Here, they just remove the pay phones, period.
  - actionablefiber 4y ago
    I imagine that these could be useful to tourists who don't have a local phone plan, and the free Wi-Fi / USB charging / scrolling information bulletins are definitely useful, but I feel like this program came about 5-10 years too late for them to really shine now that a lot of people have smartphones with generous/unlimited data plans and don't necessarily need a kiosk for points 1-4. From 2010-2017 or so, unlimited data plans were some combination of rare/slow/expensive, and especially in the early 2010s smartphones had a lot less penetration. I imagine these terminals would have been life-savers back then.
  - itisit 4y ago
    In reality, they're: - monolithic eyesores that take up precious sidewalk space - yet another bright display running advertisements 24/7 - charging stations for the homeless to use and loiter around Poor execution of a good idea. I smile whenever I walk by one that has been vandalized.
    - colejohnson66 4y ago
semitones 4y ago
My first thought exactly when seeing this news!
duluca 4y ago
Mirrors are still an option, presuming people are still keeping those around post pandemic.
codegeek 4y ago
I never understood that part about Matrix. They already had cellphones where they would discuss how to get to the nearest pay phone. Why not just use the cell phone to transmit ? Ah well, it wouldn't be as fun though especially that iconic scene where Trinity almost gets hit by a vehicle.
- anon_123g987 4y ago
  From an interview with the directors: Sinclair: Why were they only able to jack in through hard-lines, but still able to communicate over cell? WachowskiBros: Sinclair, good question! Mostly we felt that the amount of information that was being sent into the Matrix required a significant portal. Those portals, we felt, were better described with the hard lines rather than cell lines. We also felt that the rebels tried to be invisible when they hacked that’s why all the entrances and exits were sort of through decrepit and low traffic areas of the Matrix. The full interview: https://www.matrixfans.net/movies/the-matrix/wachowski-brothers-chat-transcript/ https://www.matrixfans.net/movies/the-matrix/wachowski-broth... More speculation by a fan about this: https://screenrant.com/matrix-phone-hard-line-enter-exit-explained/ https://screenrant.com/matrix-phone-hard-line-enter-exit-exp...

This was a fun 2002 movie that would make no sense to zoomers: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183649/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183649/

Markoff 4y ago
it made no sense to anyone by then, in 2002 every adult who wanted the mobile had one already for few years, by then I've had already at least 3rd one and I was really poor, just finished my military service and had no work yet after all phone booths were always seen mostly in American movies and no average person would use one in home country by 2000

mlindner 4y ago

It'll be interesting that in a few years that will become the most poorly aged portion of the movie.

ekianjo 4y ago
Nope. The movie takes place in a recreation of 1999.
- apocalyptic0n3 4y ago
  Yep. And Resurrections, which takes place in a recreation of 2021 (or thereabouts), allows for using cellphones to exit. They even make a point of pointing that out in the film. I think within the context of the movies, they made it very difficult for anything to "age poorly" like that because it's all meant to be a representation of a very specific point in time.

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago

Superman would have something to say about this, too.

uptown 4y ago
Stu Shepard is fine with it. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183649/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183649/

actionablefiber 4y ago

Nah, you can still do it via the LinkNYC terminals which let you place calls. That said, it's vanishingly rare that I actually see anyone using them to make calls, and it looks kind of silly when you do use them because you need to plug headphones into the jack. Their primary utility is for device charging and free Wi-Fi.

rob74 4y ago
- Use your personal device to connect to LinkNYC’s super fast, free Wi-Fi - Access city services, maps and directions from the tablet - Make free phone calls to anywhere in the U.S. using the tablet or the tactile keypad and microphone. Plug in your personal headphones for more privacy. - Use the dedicated red 911 button in the event of an emergency - Charge your device in a power-only USB port [...] Sounds cool! Wish we had terminals like these in Germany. Here, they just remove the pay phones, period.
- actionablefiber 4y ago
  I imagine that these could be useful to tourists who don't have a local phone plan, and the free Wi-Fi / USB charging / scrolling information bulletins are definitely useful, but I feel like this program came about 5-10 years too late for them to really shine now that a lot of people have smartphones with generous/unlimited data plans and don't necessarily need a kiosk for points 1-4. From 2010-2017 or so, unlimited data plans were some combination of rare/slow/expensive, and especially in the early 2010s smartphones had a lot less penetration. I imagine these terminals would have been life-savers back then.
- itisit 4y ago
  In reality, they're: - monolithic eyesores that take up precious sidewalk space - yet another bright display running advertisements 24/7 - charging stations for the homeless to use and loiter around Poor execution of a good idea. I smile whenever I walk by one that has been vandalized.
  - colejohnson66 4y ago

semitones 4y ago

My first thought exactly when seeing this news!

duluca 4y ago

Mirrors are still an option, presuming people are still keeping those around post pandemic.

codegeek 4y ago

I never understood that part about Matrix. They already had cellphones where they would discuss how to get to the nearest pay phone. Why not just use the cell phone to transmit ? Ah well, it wouldn't be as fun though especially that iconic scene where Trinity almost gets hit by a vehicle.

anon_123g987 4y ago
From an interview with the directors: Sinclair: Why were they only able to jack in through hard-lines, but still able to communicate over cell? WachowskiBros: Sinclair, good question! Mostly we felt that the amount of information that was being sent into the Matrix required a significant portal. Those portals, we felt, were better described with the hard lines rather than cell lines. We also felt that the rebels tried to be invisible when they hacked that’s why all the entrances and exits were sort of through decrepit and low traffic areas of the Matrix. The full interview: https://www.matrixfans.net/movies/the-matrix/wachowski-brothers-chat-transcript/ https://www.matrixfans.net/movies/the-matrix/wachowski-broth... More speculation by a fan about this: https://screenrant.com/matrix-phone-hard-line-enter-exit-explained/ https://screenrant.com/matrix-phone-hard-line-enter-exit-exp...