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Once we've amassed a volume of artistic media so large that it would take hundreds of human lifetimes to make use of, what is the point? Movies like the matrix

Once we've amassed a volume of artistic media so large that it would take hundreds of human lifetimes to make use of, what is the point? Movies like the matrix have already had an eternal effect on the Zeitgeist of a generation, forever altering human culture in some small way, at the very least. Why worry about it still being on a drive somewhere in 200 years?

ekianjo 2y ago
The Matrix had an eternal effect on culture? in what ways?
- walterbell 2y ago
  "Top 400 Films & Shows in The Matrix Style", https://www.imdb.com/list/ls041343358/ https://www.imdb.com/list/ls041343358/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_time
  - ekianjo 2y ago
    i was asking about everyday culture not Hollywood's
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walterbell 2y ago
> Why worry about it still being on a drive somewhere in 200 years? Movies like The Matrix don't materialize out of thin air. They are the cultural and creative descendants of countless prior art pieces. There's a reason why film creators publish commentary about their production process. To neglect history is to starve the future.
- BobbyJo 2y ago
  > They are the cultural and creative descendants of countless prior art pieces. Yes, but applied in a sliding window with considerable drop out. The world decides every day which art is worth keeping around and which can be allowed to be forgotten. Just because a film is important to the common psyche in 2001 doesn't mean that will be the case in 3001.
autoexec 2y ago
> Once we've amassed a volume of artistic media so large that it would take hundreds of human lifetimes to make use of, what is the point? By that logic we should stop creating music or writing books right now. What's the point? There are already enough of both that no one could ever have enough years of life to read/hear it all. Obviously there are a lot of very good reason to keep creating new things, and a lot of good reasons to preserve the old ones, not the least of which is that old works create the inspiration and material for new ones. A good song or a good story is timeless and can be enjoyed no matter many years have passed since it was created. Media says a lot of about our culture and history. It shows how art has evolved and can provide a lot of education and wisdom that can get lost when fads and trends steal the spotlight for a long time, but when older works are still around to be studied and enjoyed they can be rediscovered.
- BobbyJo 2y ago
  > By that logic we should stop creating music or writing books right now. Your presuming that old media and mew media is of equal importance/relevance, which I disagree with.
Dylan16807 2y ago
> Once we've amassed a volume of artistic media so large that it would take hundreds of human lifetimes to make use of, what is the point? There's billions of people and they all like different things.
theshrike79 2y ago
The problem is that future generations need to be shown the Matrix, if it doesn't exist they can't do it. There are a bunch of movies for every decade that are still "must see" just for the impact they had on media.
- BobbyJo 2y ago
  > The problem is that future generations need to be shown the Matrix I don't believe this is actually the case.
  - theshrike79 2y ago
    There are seminal cultural works that "everyone" should be aware of. You don't need to see the full movie or read the whole book, but you need to know it exists and how it changed the world.

ekianjo 2y ago

The Matrix had an eternal effect on culture? in what ways?

walterbell 2y ago
"Top 400 Films & Shows in The Matrix Style", https://www.imdb.com/list/ls041343358/ https://www.imdb.com/list/ls041343358/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_time
- ekianjo 2y ago
  i was asking about everyday culture not Hollywood's
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walterbell 2y ago

> Why worry about it still being on a drive somewhere in 200 years? Movies like The Matrix don't materialize out of thin air. They are the cultural and creative descendants of countless prior art pieces. There's a reason why film creators publish commentary about their production process. To neglect history is to starve the future.

BobbyJo 2y ago
> They are the cultural and creative descendants of countless prior art pieces. Yes, but applied in a sliding window with considerable drop out. The world decides every day which art is worth keeping around and which can be allowed to be forgotten. Just because a film is important to the common psyche in 2001 doesn't mean that will be the case in 3001.

autoexec 2y ago

> Once we've amassed a volume of artistic media so large that it would take hundreds of human lifetimes to make use of, what is the point? By that logic we should stop creating music or writing books right now. What's the point? There are already enough of both that no one could ever have enough years of life to read/hear it all. Obviously there are a lot of very good reason to keep creating new things, and a lot of good reasons to preserve the old ones, not the least of which is that old works create the inspiration and material for new ones. A good song or a good story is timeless and can be enjoyed no matter many years have passed since it was created. Media says a lot of about our culture and history. It shows how art has evolved and can provide a lot of education and wisdom that can get lost when fads and trends steal the spotlight for a long time, but when older works are still around to be studied and enjoyed they can be rediscovered.

BobbyJo 2y ago
> By that logic we should stop creating music or writing books right now. Your presuming that old media and mew media is of equal importance/relevance, which I disagree with.

Dylan16807 2y ago

> Once we've amassed a volume of artistic media so large that it would take hundreds of human lifetimes to make use of, what is the point? There's billions of people and they all like different things.

theshrike79 2y ago

The problem is that future generations need to be shown the Matrix, if it doesn't exist they can't do it. There are a bunch of movies for every decade that are still "must see" just for the impact they had on media.

BobbyJo 2y ago
> The problem is that future generations need to be shown the Matrix I don't believe this is actually the case.
- theshrike79 2y ago
  There are seminal cultural works that "everyone" should be aware of. You don't need to see the full movie or read the whole book, but you need to know it exists and how it changed the world.