03-06-2003 10:44									#1
	"Matrix" Brother Begins Transformation Into Woman Tired of ads?

Everyone:

Yeah, I know. My eyes popped open and mouth dropped, too. But it's apparently true. I found this little article while scanning the raw news wires at work earlier tonight for entertainment copy for one of my pages. Read the article and contribute as you see fit afterwards:

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quote: The British tabloids have been having a blooming field day ever since ‘‘Matrix’’ visionary Larry Wachowski showed up at the Cannes Film Festival fully made up, wearing dangly earrings and accompanied by Karin Winslow, 36, an S&M dominatrix. Wachowski, who conceived of and directed the epochal sci-fi film trilogy with his brother Andy, is in the middle of a nasty divorce with his wife of nine years, Thea. Winslow has just shucked her transsexual husband. The tabs, which have dubbed the couple ‘‘Mr. Matrix and the Dominatrix,’’ say not only is Larry a cross-dresser, he’s undergoing hormone treatments in preparation for a sex change. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, one studio exec quipped, ‘‘Now I know why Larry paid so much attention during our costuming meetings.’’ Compiled from The Associated Press, Reuters and Knight Ridder reports.

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Gatekeeper

	03-06-2003 10:49									#2
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i didn't need to know this. the movies rock.

	03-06-2003 11:23									#3
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quote: Originally posted by Uber KruX i didn't need to know this. the movies rock.

Tsk, tsk, Uber. Don't let a little thing like this ruin your enjoyment of the Matrix trilogy. I certainly won't, although it does make me look at the Zion rave/tribal scene a bit differently.

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	03-06-2003 13:50									#4
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But saying the Wachowski brother and sister created the movies just isn't the same as saying the Wachowski brothers.


Maybe that's why reloaded sucked so much

	03-06-2003 13:58									#5
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Well, technically, it will always be the Wachovski brothers who created the Matrix movies, even if Larry grows breasts and, ahem, other female-themed bodily changes. After all, his/her/its DNA will still by XY ...

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	03-06-2003 15:23									#6
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Might Neo's residual self image turn into chick next flick? Stay tuned...

	03-06-2003 16:19									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Gatekeeper Well, technically, it will always be the Wachovski brothers who created the Matrix movies, even if Larry grows breasts and, ahem, other female-themed bodily changes. After all, his/her/its DNA will still by XY ... Gatekeeper

Though politeness alone would force you to refer to a person as the gender they choose to identify with, regardless of chromosomal designation.

	03-06-2003 16:25									#8
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Yes, we all know women can't make good movies... what the hell is this?

	03-06-2003 21:40									#9
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Why would I care again? It's a free planet.

	03-06-2003 22:00									#10
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quote: Originally posted by St Leo Why would I care again? It's a free planet.

No it isn't. It's only partly free, and even there, everythng costs money.

	03-06-2003 22:23									#11
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Who ****ing cares? It's his life.

	03-06-2003 22:27									#12
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Kudos to the man for doing it in style! Fantastic!

	03-06-2003 23:17									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Starchild Though politeness alone would force you to refer to a person as the gender they choose to identify with, regardless of chromosomal designation.

Well, of course. And I'm nothing if not polite. Ms. Wachovski it shall be if he goes through with the hormones and whatnot.

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	03-06-2003 23:20									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Tuomerehu Who ****ing cares? It's his life.

Aww, don't get ticked off. How often do you read about high and mighty Hollywood power movers preparing themselves for new lives as women? Not often, so this topic was posted more out of the "unusual" news angle than anything malignant. We can save that angle for Bush-bashing, hmm?

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	03-06-2003 23:28									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Osweld Yes, we all know women can't make good movies... what the hell is this?

Y'know, I don't quite understand the *sensitivity* some people are ascribing to motives and/or the news blurb itself.

I don't care if he wants to be a woman. He can be a Michael Jackson-type or a space alien trapped in a male body and I wouldn't particularly care, insofar as I'm concerned. It's his/her life. I posted the story because it's unusual, nothing more. Unusual. Y'know, the stuff that piques curiosity, that gets people to read.

Jiminy crickets. You'd think some SF types were horrified to learn one of their idols was, well, not comfortable with being a male.

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	04-06-2003 00:05									#16
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I don't understand it, but then again it's not my business...as long as the movies are good, I shouldn't care.

	04-06-2003 00:28									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Gatekeeper Jiminy crickets. You'd think some SF types were horrified to learn one of their idols was, well, not comfortable with being a male. Gatekeeper

Cause SF's a man's pursuit baby. What, you thought T'Pal was there to raise the intellectual side of Star Trek? If SF was written for women, every other character would be a sculpted hero from a race of shirtless warriors.

	04-06-2003 03:31									#18
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No it isn't. It's only partly free, and even there, everythng costs money.

I believe in Free Software, not Free Beer.

If SF was written for women, every other character would be a sculpted hero from a race of shirtless warriors.

Wow, that's a lot of Captain Kirk impersonators.:P

	04-06-2003 05:24									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Starchild If SF was written for women, every other character would be a sculpted hero from a race of shirtless warriors.

Wouldn't this also be the male idea for SciFi?