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From: Mark Fender markf@******.com
Subject: SR Vs. "The Matrix" (Re: Deciper press release link)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 10:09:47 -0500
> > Only one point: does anyone else have corroborating evidence of this
> > Matrix/SR link?
>
> Yes, Yes I do. And you know what, it should be enough to suffice for most
> of
> you to know that the *LINK* between the two did/does exist, and live with
> it.
>
So, all of us are too stupid to accept the truth and must be told it by you?
That's interesting. I'm not sure what you're trying to say here.

> In the end, the *final* draft of "The Matrix: The Movie" was NOT the
> original draft story idea that *DID* have to go past the watchful eyes of
> FASA's SR/Corporate staff and Lawyers. In fact, it was at *LEAST* the
> third
> or fourth draft for the story idea, unless I have completely forgotten
> everything. As it stands now, "THE MATRIX" as a motion picture
> entertainment
> will remain in the hands of those that have it now, and know that the "the
>
> Matrix" (copyright by FASA Corporation) is something else from now on.
>
> As it was said, you are not likely to see any "Matrix Action Figures" or
> "Matrix Trading Cards" or anything similar because of the copyright
> conflicts
> that exist. This even extends, so I'm to understand, to the idea of a
> "Matrix Video Game" based upon the movie.
>
That's interesting, because Matrix Action Figures are coming out. Previews
listed them in their current catalog (including pictures of said figures).

> I'm not lying, nor am I incorrect in what I'm relaying to any whom read
> this
> posting. The MVG I mention there at the end is the *ONLY* place where *I*
> am
> not certain. I am more than certain that the people at FASA Corporation
> do
> know however.
>
> -K

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