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Matrix: Rebranded

 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
16:13 / 23.05.03
NOTE:

You may wish to avoid reading or participating in this thread until you've seen Matrix: Reloaded - there may be spoilers in this thread, and anyway, seeing the parody before the movie may cause distress.












INT. OFFICE - NIGHT
A man in a white suit sits in a room full of mirrors, his eyes closed.

. COLONEL
. I know you're there. Your presence
. is self-evident. I know what you've
. come for. Everything about you is so
. miserably predictable, with your pewling
. desire for the familiar and your organic
. needs.

A single figure appears out of the air. The man (OWEN) wears dusty black jeans and a black t-shirt.

. OWEN
. You're not playing the game.

. COLONEL
. I'm tired of it. This ceaseless repetition
. of quasi-solipsisms. And look at you, with
. your Versace looks and your popcorn brain.

. OWEN
. That's why I'm here. We can rebrand
. you.

. COLONEL
. Bullshit. I'm an icon. Look out of the
. window.

He gestures, and the screens show a city below, peppered with red and white fast-food restaurants. We move, slowly, then faster, to the screens.

THROUGH THE SCREEN - VFX
We smash through the screen into the night. We dive down to the street level and pass restaurant after restaurant, all with the COLONEL's face on the front.

. COLONEL (O.C.)
. Do you see? This world is made entirely of
. chicken. And yet, no one knows what chicken
. actually tastes like - because we flavour it
. with my secret recipe. It is the chicken that
. has been pulled over your eyes, to blind you
. to the truth.

We fall upwards, away from the street, and into the dark, which becomes:

INT. OFFICE - NIGHT
The darkness in the COLONEL's eye.

. COLONEL
. I have won, and there are no more worlds
. to conquer.

. OWEN
. Colonel Sanders, it doesn't have to be this
. way. You could be so much more. A villain.
. A monster. A God. I'm not just any
. consultant. I am the one you need.

The wall explodes inwards, shattered fragments of glass make a vortex around them both. OWEN deflects the glass. Another man is framed in the gap. He bears a striking resemblance to HUGO WEAVING. He stares at OWEN.

. SMITH
. Well hello, Mr. Anderson.

To be continued...?
 
 
mumtage
21:28 / 25.05.03
brilliant
 
 
Whisky Priestess
23:01 / 27.05.03
Not nearly dull and nonsensical enough to be a true parody of the original. Tsk, Nick, you have failed. You are not The None!
 
 
Whisky Priestess
15:17 / 28.05.03
And trust me, for those who haven;t seen it, there's damn-all to spoil.
 
 
Eloi Tsabaoth
23:06 / 28.05.03
OWEN unconsciously moves into a fighting stance. SMITH’S mouth turns up at the corner.

.OWEN
.Smith? I told you I’d call you back…

.SMITH
.You’ve been screening me. So I relaunched on my own…

Another SMITH, this one wearing a brown suit with a green shirt and a pink tie, jumps in through the hole, and shoots a quick smile to his copy.

.OTHER SMITH
.I’m now…

Yet another SMITH walks in, this time with a rather ill-advised rastafarian look.

.RASTA SMITH
.A franchise.

OWEN looks curious but not rattled. Close-up on the COLONEL, who just looks bored.

.COLONEL
.Are you going to beat us to death with heavy-handed metaphors?

.ALL SMITHS
.Hardly. All I need to do is be.

Another SMITH, wearing a gingham dress and pig-tails, steps into frame.

.OWEN
.Clustering.

.GINGHAM SMITH
.That’s right.

A trenchcoated SMITH walks into shot. He opens the coat to reveal that he is three MIDGET SMITHS standing on each other’s shoulders.

.MIDGET SMITH 1
.Only so many characters can be supported…

.MIDGET SMITH 2
.If I create enough of myself…

.MIDGET SMITH 3
.Confusion and apathy will wipe everyone else out.

.OWEN
.Eventually.

.ALL SMITHS
.I can wait.

.OWEN
.Well, while we're waiting... (shouts) Make fight go now!

To be further degraded...?
 
  
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