From:	Sebastian Wiers m0ng005e@*****.com
Subject:	FASA Trademarks
Date:	Sun, 11 Jun 2000 00:45:21 -0500

:I had heard -rumors- that The Matrix was in fact based off Chris Kubasik's
:story in the back of Virtual Realities (1.0, that is) - i.e. the story
:about Renny and Lucifer and Dr Halberstam, et. al. I know the movie rights
:to that story had been sold, prior to "The Matrix" coming out, and I'd
:heard that the movie is the eventual result of constant re-writes and
:concept shifts, but that it -is- based on that story. I could easily
:believe that; I'm just wondering if anyone has any more accurate info?
:
:Lady Jestyr
: ~ Hell hath no fury like a geek with a whippersnipper ~

IIRC, what I recall from the Gencon seminar was that there was some link
between the two (maybe not a direct one, I'm not clear on that), but that
both sides got so feed up with the compatability issues and re-writes that
the director / producers just decided to scrap all the ties to shadowrun and
the Virtual Realities story, and start from scratch.

Mongoose

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