to all nerds

Rating: 10/10 (31 January 2001)

Let me start off by saying that I don't regularly watch animae, though I respect it for what it's worth.
Before another 'animae-head' goes into detail on how The Matrix "stole" action scenes from movies like Ghost in the Shell or others, let me say this.
It is one thing to copy something that has been widely recognized to be part of another film entirely. Like, American Beauty and the motif of roses everywhere. If any other movie copied this (at least in the next 25 years) it would be a total rip-off and should be burned immediately. But, come on! Ghost in the Shell? In a case of animae-imitation, I would say The Wachowski Bros. were paying homage and practically doing GITSa favor by using their ***p, ok? So sue me=)
Copying anything from a film is only STUPID if it is clear the producers think they are copying a big-budget money-maker to ensure success. Or if they are trying to create the same atmosphere without original ideas of their own. (ie: A Little Princess's ripoff of The Secret Garden.)
However, to all you animae-phreaks, imitation is still the "sincerest form of flattery."
And stop finding so many "goofs", please!