Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. (NYSE😄MH)(Borsa Italiana S.p.A😄MH), a leading manufacturer of high performance motorcycles, today announced that it is teaming up with Warner Bros. Consumer Products to produce a limited edition Ducati 998 and Ducati Monster 620i.e., each inspired by "The Matrix Reloaded." The motorcycles will be on display at the Ducati stand at the Milano trade show, EICMA (September 16-21), and available for model year 2004 at Ducati Stores and other Ducati dealerships around the world. Warner Bros. Pictures' and Village Roadshow Pictures' action blockbuster "The Matrix Reloaded" is the second chapter in the Wachowski Brothers' revolutionary film trilogy. The worldwide blockbuster features a dramatic road chase on a Ducati Superbike.
The Ducati Superbike is celebrated for its design in countless museums and for its performance on racetracks all over the world. In its various versions, The Ducati Superbike has won more Superbike Championship races than the competition combined. The Ducati Monster has become a cult bike that invented a whole class of motorcycle: the sport naked bike. The Ducati Monster Matrix 620 tweaks the category with a spectacular "Matrix" livery, special paint and graphics. It is instantly the most desirable urban street fighter around.
"Ducati is thrilled to be a part of this hugely exciting film franchise," said David Gross, Ducati Creative Director. "The Matrix Superbike and the Monster Matrix 620 capture all of the thrill of high performance sport motorcycling and the spirit of `The Matrix.' Sport bikes and blockbuster movies just don't get any bigger than this."
"We were pleased to use Ducati Superbikes in creating the unprecedented Freeway Chase sequence in `The Matrix Reloaded', and we're even more excited that two Ducati motorcycles inspired by the film will now be available to our fans," said Joel Silver, producer of the "Matrix" trilogy. "Like the visionary action and visceral storytelling that power the Wachowski Brothers' trilogy, Ducati motorcycles represent innovation, singular style and cutting-edge performance."
This fall, Ducati will celebrate the launch of the Ducati Matrix motorcycles and "The Matrix Reloaded" DVD with a series of global events. In the Netherlands, the retailer Bijenkorf, the leading specialty retailer in Holland, will display the Ducati Matrix 998 at their flagship location in Amsterdam at DAM Square, across from the Palace. Ducati France will launch "The Matrix" night during the week of the Paris Motor Show from the 25th of September to the 5th of October. 400,000 visitors are expected.
October 14 marks the highly anticipated DVD release of the record-shattering blockbuster "The Matrix Reloaded," which has earned over $770 million in worldwide box office to date. Warner Home Video's October 14 street date makes "The Matrix Reloaded" available to fans three weeks before the theatrical release of the final explosive chapter in the phenomenal "Matrix" trilogy, "The Matrix Revolutions," on November 5.
Well, what we need is this: A spacecraft that can fly close to the speed of light, and board it. Einsteins theories of relativity states, that relative to time onboard such a craft, flying at such high velocities, time will speed up here on Earth.
I mean, all it takes is 99,978296 % of the speed of light (299,726 km/s) and in one day we’ll get to November 5th.
It’s getting the spaceship that can DO that, which constitutes a problem! 😄
I envy any and all jeapsies that can see into the futur.... MAN... DUDE..... OR i could go matrix style...
There is no time,
Time Is only An illusion,
A system of control,
You must learn to breack all rules,
And see through the fake,
the cover that blinds you,
Must see through,
there is not time......
WOAH..... Korri is married to Keanu...........
Omega>lol, I wish we could. But I imagine that by the time we Could build one of those spaceships, it would be well past Nov 5th. Probably past Nov 5th in the year 2040 for that matter. However if we Could somehow manage to make a near-light-speed space ship we would enjoy the added benefit of barely aging for a month.
Maybe instead we should try cryo freezing. hmm. Or hypnosis.
SimplePriest> or November 5th 2103 or…
No, you’d still age while onboard the ship. You can’t escape aging trough good old Albert. However, if we did the stunt mentioned above, everybody else would’ve aged 48 days, while we’d only have aged a day. But the time elapsed would, for us onboard the ship, have been nothing BUT a day.