Animation Origins

Rating: 10/10 (7 October 2003)

Okay- Loved the Matrix and Reloaded and will probably love Revolutions just like plenty of others. Only complaint would be thinking to hard with some of the blabbo mind job talk. My reason for adding this is a funny trivial antidote for some of the philosophical questions surrounding the origins of this fairy tale. Anybody remember the old Ray Bradbury cartoon "Little Nemo"? Was watching with my child the other day and busted a gut when Nemo goes asleep and enters "Slumberland" and meets up with King Morpheus!
I'm thinking -- Okay back in grade school the little Wachowski brothers read the same book and said "Hey! Sounds like a great idea for a full blown sci-fi epic, let's add some cool dance music and jazzy special effects and add deep meaning to Nemo (now NEO) journey into Slumberland (now the MATRIX) and save King Morpheus (Uh, MORPHEUS). Pretty ironic huh? Have to probe the brothers next time I run into them at the Quickie Mart. :)
I wrote this in October of 2003 highly expecting a debate over my uncovering of this little known comic which looks to be the muse for the Matrix series. Looks as if nobody even researched or counter-reacted my findings so I have to ask again in 2010 - did the Wachowski brothers watch Little Nemo and come up with the Matrix - and if they did unfortunately they are not original! Nonetheless I still regard Matrix series as one of my all time favorites just seeking the white rabbit...