TOPIC
My topic of choice is the movie "The Matrix" (1999).
I plan on creating a story chronicling the events before the first movie in the matrix series. I have outlined the basic plot from the original movie below, and will follow up with what I plan to do.
GENRE: SciFi/Cyberpunk
DISCLAIMER: the characters, names, and themes of this Fan fiction are the original work of Lana and Andy Wachowski, I do not own any rights to this material and only the ideas within this story are the original work of the author. The source material is taken from The Matrix (1999) and is copyrighted to Warner Brothers. Pictures. This Fanfiction is created purely for entertainment purposes and was inspired by my passion for The Matrix series and love for it's original creators, The Wachowski's.
My topic of choice is the movie "The Matrix" (1999).
I plan on creating a story chronicling the events before the first movie in the matrix series. I have outlined the basic plot from the original movie below, and will follow up with what I plan to do.
GENRE: SciFi/Cyberpunk
DISCLAIMER: the characters, names, and themes of this Fan fiction are the original work of Lana and Andy Wachowski, I do not own any rights to this material and only the ideas within this story are the original work of the author. The source material is taken from The Matrix (1999) and is copyrighted to Warner Brothers. Pictures. This Fanfiction is created purely for entertainment purposes and was inspired by my passion for The Matrix series and love for it's original creators, The Wachowski's.
SYNOPSIS
What we know, from the original "The Matrix" movie.
Earth no longer exists as we know it today. Due to technological advancement, Artificial Intelligence has surpassed Human control. The planet is now overrun by a Mecha of machines known as Sentinels. Humans are now an energy source, grown in pods to supply the machine run world with power.
While our physical bodies rest in pods and exist as human batteries, our minds are kept sedated, wired into a mass virtual reality computer program known as The Matrix. This is the world as we know it today, in which we live. Within The Matrix, humans live out "lives", none the wiser of their actual physical existence.
Deep below the surface of The Earth, near the core, exists "the last human city" known as Zion. Here a faction of humans live as rebels fighting to regain Earth and to free others trapped in the virtual reality that is our daily lives.
A group of rebels lead by Morpheus, are living inconspicuously aboard a hover ship known as The Nebuchadnezzar, and are leading a mission in search for "The One". A messiah of sorts, powerful enough to defeat the machines, fight the agents (matrix law enforcers that appear as ultra powerful FBI agents) and set free human kind. This leads them to the discovery of Neo who may or may not be that one, as we learn there have been many "Ones" before him.
Morpheus and his crew of super hackers and computer programmers have found a way to hack the matrix and re-enter the simulated reality, where their understanding of its true nature allows them to manipulate its physical laws, granting them superhuman abilities and acquire knowledge about almost anything.
WHAT I PLAN TO DO
I would like to tell the story as a series of events in 5 chapters or "episodes", up to the point before the discovery of Neo in the first movie. Elaborating on elusive plot details mentioned in the first movie such as exploring character relationships, and may start after the death of the previous "One". I also plan to introduce my own background on the character of Trinity, this might include her trip to The Oracle and what she was told as much of her story is left unexplained or ambiguous.
These are some Links to other Matrix Fanfictions, the general consensus for the matrix series when it comes to fanfic is that most people tend to use the same characters and invent continuation story lines, post movie canon. Others write alternative stories by entirely made up characters who might exist in the universal concept of The Matrix (as according to the movie, it goes through many "reboots" essentially starting a fresh.
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I would like to tell the story as a series of events in 5 chapters or "episodes", up to the point before the discovery of Neo in the first movie. Elaborating on elusive plot details mentioned in the first movie such as exploring character relationships, and may start after the death of the previous "One". I also plan to introduce my own background on the character of Trinity, this might include her trip to The Oracle and what she was told as much of her story is left unexplained or ambiguous.
These are some Links to other Matrix Fanfictions, the general consensus for the matrix series when it comes to fanfic is that most people tend to use the same characters and invent continuation story lines, post movie canon. Others write alternative stories by entirely made up characters who might exist in the universal concept of The Matrix (as according to the movie, it goes through many "reboots" essentially starting a fresh.
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I keep uploading to my draft and then deleting it, mainly because my FanFic is Long...... I'm not sure what to put here now... Other than to go through the process of what I did... which was write this entire outline, and structure my fanfic as a 5 chapter story... this is obviously going to be over the word count.
Now, I have spent hours meticulously sifting through every line of every paragraph for every error, word and sentence/s that can be removed I have probably cut out 20 percent, from what I originally started with, and have also structured and re structured my sentences and para's so they flow better.
I think You will find it a compelling, and hopefully not TOO long of a read. As Chapter 2 is the second act perse it acts as the BULK of the story.... the rest is very simple and straight forward... but I really feel no less necessary.
EPISODE 1: False Idols.
That's another one dead, how much more can we take? Cypher is sitting at the ships control center, another mission failed. He thought Morpheus was a hard task master, or was it that he thought him a man of dreams. A dreamer who put too much hope in one man, one man to save us all? One man to free us from the machines, defeat the sentinels and beat the Agents, how could one person achieve all this? "The One", bullshit, its ridiculous. He was sick of it, but he better keep it to himself he thought. Morpheus was a god among men here, the beacon of hope, or was he just the king of dreams?
Morpheus: Cypher, un-jack me, we lost him. Such a pity it is... I had so much hope for this one. I truly believed.
Cypher sneered, you can't win em all Morph, we tried, he lasted longer than the previous one's, what happened?
Cypher un-jacked Morpheus, opening his eyes, he looked around, he was back in "the real world" he looked around the safety of his ship, he turned to see the lifeless body of the man in the chair next to him, another "One" gone, another hope lost.
Morpheus: What else? Agents. Too many of them, they moved much too fast, we couldn't hold them off... they're getting stronger. He's riddled with bullets... I wanted to help him, I just kept hoping....
Cypher: What? What did you think he could do Morpheus? Dodge bullets? That's impossible, this whole damn thing is IMPOSSIBLE!
Morpheus: Cypher, please. Un-jack him and let us put him to rest. I know you're losing hope, but it is not the way. We must believe in The One, he is out there, I know it. "Now let us gather, I have news... news of a new recruit. There is still hope, and she's waiting for us.
She? It had been a long time since Cypher had been in the company of a woman, the day he agreed to leave The Matrix, to be unplugged, the promise of "freedom" sounded good... power also sounded good. It wasn't until a year went by that Cypher truly missed what he had in the other world... sometimes he wondered if he was really free at all.
Cypher: Well, here's hoping we don't kill her too.
Now, I have spent hours meticulously sifting through every line of every paragraph for every error, word and sentence/s that can be removed I have probably cut out 20 percent, from what I originally started with, and have also structured and re structured my sentences and para's so they flow better.
I think You will find it a compelling, and hopefully not TOO long of a read. As Chapter 2 is the second act perse it acts as the BULK of the story.... the rest is very simple and straight forward... but I really feel no less necessary.
FINDING NEO
EPISODE 1: False Idols.
That's another one dead, how much more can we take? Cypher is sitting at the ships control center, another mission failed. He thought Morpheus was a hard task master, or was it that he thought him a man of dreams. A dreamer who put too much hope in one man, one man to save us all? One man to free us from the machines, defeat the sentinels and beat the Agents, how could one person achieve all this? "The One", bullshit, its ridiculous. He was sick of it, but he better keep it to himself he thought. Morpheus was a god among men here, the beacon of hope, or was he just the king of dreams?
Morpheus: Cypher, un-jack me, we lost him. Such a pity it is... I had so much hope for this one. I truly believed.
Cypher sneered, you can't win em all Morph, we tried, he lasted longer than the previous one's, what happened?
Cypher un-jacked Morpheus, opening his eyes, he looked around, he was back in "the real world" he looked around the safety of his ship, he turned to see the lifeless body of the man in the chair next to him, another "One" gone, another hope lost.
Morpheus: What else? Agents. Too many of them, they moved much too fast, we couldn't hold them off... they're getting stronger. He's riddled with bullets... I wanted to help him, I just kept hoping....
Cypher: What? What did you think he could do Morpheus? Dodge bullets? That's impossible, this whole damn thing is IMPOSSIBLE!
Morpheus: Cypher, please. Un-jack him and let us put him to rest. I know you're losing hope, but it is not the way. We must believe in The One, he is out there, I know it. "Now let us gather, I have news... news of a new recruit. There is still hope, and she's waiting for us.
She? It had been a long time since Cypher had been in the company of a woman, the day he agreed to leave The Matrix, to be unplugged, the promise of "freedom" sounded good... power also sounded good. It wasn't until a year went by that Cypher truly missed what he had in the other world... sometimes he wondered if he was really free at all.
Cypher: Well, here's hoping we don't kill her too.
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ReplyDeleteI love the idea! I think it is clever and can be written out nicely!
ReplyDeleteLots of useful information and reflection on your fan fiction
ReplyDeleteThanks Frank, I had explained it alot better the first time round, but compulsively tidied it up and made it a bit shorter. If I need more elaboration let me know.
DeleteThis idea sounds cool, but it will probably be a bit wasted on me as I've never seen the Matrix :o
ReplyDeleteBut I'm sure I will enjoy it anyway
Go watch it!
DeleteAlso, you know what would be cool? If my Fanfiction inspired you to go watch the movie/s :D
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Main thing now is to post your final fan fiction and then edit.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good draft, I don't know anything about the Matrix as I haven't seen it, but this looks well written and thought out. I'm sure it will be good. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a well planned story and Im sure it will be a well crafted piece as well. I'm not too familiar with the movie, but I still look forward to reading the rest of it.
ReplyDeletehey daniel this is a brilliant idea and i really cant wait to read the rest of your story. Also i like how you chosen characters such as "trinity" and "the oracle" which both characters have a lot of features and you do a lot with those characters. good luck.
ReplyDeleteThank you! They were both my favourite characters, I thought it would be fun to make them a good feature for my Fanfic as I didn't want to risk repeating storylines/elements from The original movie because that would be boring, plus I tried to avoid using/conveying information we already know in the film. :)
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