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spydar1982
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Dues Ex Machina
If you look at Nickydirtrider's post about the WB statement (http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f42/t15263.html) you will see that the name of the "Speak" machine is Dues Ex Machina. I looked that up on a Shakepearian site and found this.
Dues Ex Machina
-Latin for "god from a machine"
-In ancient Greek and Roman plays, a deity brought in by stage machinery to intervene in the action
-Today it refers to any unconvincing character or event brought artificially into the plot of a story of drama to settle an involved situation
_______ Websters New World College Dictionary 3rd edition
Examples:
1) In 'Trifles' a play by Susan Glaspell, the women notice all the little things that don't seem important at the time but help to solve the mystery in the end.
_ These little quirks like the half clean table and the bread outside the bread box. When the bird is found it puts everything into place. The dead bird is the
_ 'dues ex machina of the story.
2) In 'Tender Offer' by Wendy Wasserstein, the dues ex machina are the leg warmers that Lisa is looking for. They symbolize the beginning of the talk with
___ Paul and then the end of the argument when they both realize that they need to spend more time together and talk through their problems.
3) In 'Romeo and Juliet' by Shakespeare, the lovers are stopped by their parents from being together. The dues ex machina would be the poison that Juliet takes.
__ It is introduced into the story as a solution that is not alluded to previously. It is also the major event in the ending of the story.
Not sure what it all exactly means. maybe we can build off of this.
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Oct 18th, 2003 05:09 PM |
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Sifer
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I downloaded the production notes about 2 weeks ago - I didn't say anything cause you will get the usual:
LIES!!! I WON'T BELIEVE IT!!!
All that bullshit 
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Oct 18th, 2003 05:29 PM |
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spydar1982
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Who would say such things? I mean I can name a few... But who cares what certain people with negative view points think. post away.
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Oct 18th, 2003 05:34 PM |
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GABRIEL05
Doom Herald
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actually deus ex machina means work of the gods
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Oct 18th, 2003 05:46 PM |
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Clavis
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No it depends on how you interpret-ate it... it als depends on the sentence it is in..
I do latin at school and I looked it up too so I think it's both
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Oct 18th, 2003 06:46 PM |
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GABRIEL05
Doom Herald
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Ahhh I see your schwartz is as big as mine! I too took latin too but now the circle is complete. now I am the master
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Oct 18th, 2003 06:53 PM |
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Clavis
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I am master!! I took it since I was 6 and still am doing deep backgrounds and stuff..
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Oct 18th, 2003 06:59 PM |
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GABRIEL05
Doom Herald
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OK so you have some skill. I took it for three years in highschool and forgot everything.
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Oct 18th, 2003 07:02 PM |
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Clavis
HOT
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I am 16 now so I've been doing it about ten years now!!! hehehhee another 2 years...
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Oct 18th, 2003 07:05 PM |
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GABRIEL05
Doom Herald
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Yeah it's a fun language. I wish I could have had a better experience with it. I also wish I could continue studying it, but I guess I could do it on my own.
veni vici nates calce concidio
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Oct 18th, 2003 07:13 PM |
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priestjim
Grovda
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In Greek it is spelled as "Apo mihanis theos" and it represents a person (in ancient drama a god) that intervened in a very difficult moment to help the whole play progress because without him the play would end there mostly with the good guys losing.
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Oct 18th, 2003 07:49 PM |
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spydar1982
What Up G?
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hmmm just like a certain movie maybe?
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Oct 18th, 2003 07:57 PM |
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JediHDM
Jedi of the Matrix
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...THE MATRIX!!!! RULES!!!
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Oct 18th, 2003 08:40 PM |
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spydar1982
What Up G?
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I CANT WAIT FOR NOVEMBER 5TH!!!!!!! THE COOLEST THING IS WE WILL ALL BE WATCHNG IT AT THE SAME TIME! WE WILL ALL BE PLUGGED INTO THE MATRIX!!!
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Oct 18th, 2003 09:21 PM |
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JediHDM
Jedi of the Matrix
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you mean FREED from the matrix...
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Oct 18th, 2003 09:22 PM |
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spydar1982
What Up G?
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hopefully!
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Oct 18th, 2003 09:48 PM |
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Ushgarak
Paladin
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It is also a term used in role-playing when the Referee or Gamesmaster has to introduce coincidental events to save the players from otherwise imminent destruction (like if I had Neo suddenly turn up and save you all in my Matrix game)
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Oct 18th, 2003 11:34 PM |
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spydar1982
What Up G?
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like the game? (dues ex?)
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Oct 19th, 2003 11:06 PM |
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audioheem
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is there any online matrix roleplaying game?
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Oct 19th, 2003 11:34 PM |
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Sifer
The Originalé
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It's in development.
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