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Originally Posted by Stellar
The largest difference between The Matrix and Equilibrium was BUDGET.
Don't forget that, has much to do about everything.
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I'd have to disagree. Equilibrium cribbed way too hard from 1984 and Brave New World. Was the Matrix entirely original? No. But 1984 and Brave New World are highschool syllabus books and are foundation learning for a lot of people. It gets to the point where if you see one new movie/book with a version of Soma you want to punch the screen/page because you feel like you're watching a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy and may as well be just watching it for the gunplay.. so really, any straight to dvd (which i think it was) Chuck Norris or Steven Seagal movie. It was just wrapped up in a setting that borrowed interest from other more interesting and literate works.
If you want to compare the Matrix to something, try Dark City... Although they were released far too closely together for Matrix to be a ripoff. They were probably in filming at the same time.