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May 16, 2003
Reloaded
It seemed that almost every team at Microsoft was taken out to see The Matrix Reloaded. Our team went at 4:30 yesterday afternoon, and we filled the theatre. I can't say I was terribly impressed with the plot, but the special effects were astounding.
I'll avoid spoiling the movie for anyone who hasn't seen it, but I will tell you what it's like seeing a movie with a theatre full of software employees. There were two parts of the movie when the theatre erupted in laughter. If you were there and are not in the software field, you would wonder what the hell everyone was laughing at, because they weren't jokes. At least they weren't supposed to be.
- Trinity hacks into a computer system from a Unix prompt. To Microsoft employees, there's not much funnier than watching someone get "rooted".
- Much like buildings, software is designed by architects. This apparently holds true for the Matrix as well, but in the software industry, very few people introduce themselves as The Architect.
Besides that, the movie was a lot of fun to watch, and the price was certainly right.