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Summary: CHRISTIANITY COOPTS THE MATRIX
Review: This book really deserves two and a half stars. I give the authors credit for their more liberal slants on traditional christianity. That said, throughout its 2,000 year history christainity has played the role of mind control that the makers fo the Matrix movies are criticizing. A central theme of the Matrix Reloaded sequel is that the Machines are using the cult of Neo's messiahood as a mechanism of social control. However, this book misses that point and joins the current trend in christianity to coopt popular aspects of pop culture (as opposed to creating anything original itself) and misuse them to gain converts. (Christianity, like Walmart, always needs new customers.) For that "original sin", I docked the book a couple of stars. The authors seemed interesting and bright, why spend their time trying not to stand on the shoulders of the Wachowski brothers when the Wachowski brothers make movies that undermine the dogma of christianity?
Rating:
Summary: CHRISTIANITY COOPTS THE MATRIX
Review: This book really deserves two and a half stars. I give the authors credit for their more liberal slants on traditional christianity. That said, throughout its 2,000 year history christainity has played the role of mind control that the makers fo the Matrix movies are criticizing. A central theme of the Matrix Reloaded sequel is that the Machines are using the cult of Neo's messiahood as a mechanism of social control. However, this book misses that point and joins the current trend in christianity to coopt popular aspects of pop culture (as opposed to creating anything original itself) and misuse them to gain converts. (Christianity, like Walmart, always needs new customers.) For that "original sin", I docked the book a couple of stars. The authors seemed interesting and bright, why spend their time trying not to stand on the shoulders of the Wachowski brothers when the Wachowski brothers make movies that undermine the dogma of christianity?
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Summary: Surprisingly good
Review: This is a surprisingly good book, vastly better than LaVelle's Reality Within the Matrix, though they are both books that basically draw upon the movie(s) for evangelical purposes. If you are from a Christian background, this book will give you a take on the movie from a reasonably sophisticated theological viewpoint. It is not at all like the dumbed-down fundamentalist exhortations of LaVelle's book. If the evangelism - even this kind of sophisticated evangelism - annoys you, but you want to learn more about the Matrix movies, this book is still worth a try. It has a lot of information about other belief systems, philosophy, mythology and so on, used in a way that genuinely engages with the detail of the first movie and (though to a much lesser extent) The Matrix Reloaded. There are better Matrix books around than this one - e.g. Yeffeth's Taking the Red Pill - but The Gospel Reloaded is not a waste of time by any means. Also, it will only take you a couple of hours to read, since it is relatively short and the style is very clear, interesting and easy to follow.
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Summary: good book
Review: this is an amzing book , written by an amzing guy. I COMPLETELY RECOMEND THIS BOOK. I know chris and he has written a great book. Oh and dont let those 3 people who gave it bad reviews influence you, they just dont know a good book when they read one.
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Summary: Unbelievable, it is a great read for any Matrix Fan
Review: When I first saw The Matrix I was blown away and this book is the perfect companion to the films. Seay and Garrett pack the book with information about the varied symbols and influences in these films such as anime, greek mythology, postmodern philosophy, gnosticism, budhism, comics, and of course Christianity. The discussion of both films make it the only book out that is current and timely. I am buying more for gifts.
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