To the mainstream American movie viewer, they don't really care where the story came from.
To the person who had their idea ripped off, it's a big deal, and the average American would say "yeah, if the story was ripped off, give the person with the original idea his/her due royalties". But beyond that.....why is it such a big story to the average movie viewer? > It's the biggest payout in hollywood history. > > The woman who actually created The Matrix has won her case against the > Wachowski brothers and WB. The Matrix films grossed over > 2.5Billion dollars. > Warner Brothers KNEW that the Matrix was not the IP or original work of > the Wachowski brothers, but made the movie with them anyway. > > > FBI investigations proved that over 30 minutes of the movies were cut, 30 > minutes that would have tied in strongly to Stewart's > story, and probably would have explained the storyline a heck of a lot > better. > > I find it sad that this story is being kept out of the popular media in > the US, and hasn't gotten any air time on Access Hollywood, > E! Entertainment etc. Only the Matrix fan sites are discussing it avidly. > The power of having just a few large corporations > controlling what Americans see and hear, and squelching stories that are > critical or show these companies in a disreputable light. > > http://www.slccglobelink.com/news/2004/10/28/Entertainment/mother.Of.The.Matrix.Victorious-785067.shtml > > -Gel > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:140177 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
