the Matrix ASCII

Post by **Sparkfist** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:59 pm

I just got a movie called that. Apperintly a group took the whole movie the Matrix and re-encoded it into text. It's... very geeky watching the movie made of ASCII letters and in only two colors (green and black).

http://onyx.chattanoogastate.edu/~jack/matrix/
This is the website. And the version I have is on DVD. I just though everyone, or most people here could really appropriate something like this.

What do you guys think? It's a big improvement over the first 20 minutes of Star Wars in ASCII.

wolfchanger89 · Post by **wolfchanger89** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:47 pm

cool

geeky but

still cool

how is the quality of the movie does it look good in text form??

NES_fanatic · Post by **NES_fanatic** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:35 pm

Kind of old news to me. But it's definitely something really cool.
A chap by the name of Mr. Atari got The Matrix Reloaded to play on an anchient Atari computer. Ben should know what I'm talking about, and remember where it was, because I don't.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:35 pm

The quality is a mix of good and bad, depending on the frame. You get good very recoginizible images when there is light and a big image (like Neo's head). It's kind of bad if there is a lack of light and the people of objects are further away.

The whole thing isn't ment to be picture perfect, just either prove it's possible, make a joke out of the whole Matrix idea (the numbers and such) or "what-the-hell" consept. Either one works for me cause I just think watching it in ASCII is cool.

limpport · Post by **limpport** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:02 pm

What program are you all watching this on? I've tried Realplayer and Quicktime, but it says it needs to download new software, but there is no software that can support it.

NEVER MIND!!! I FOUND IT!

Post by **Sparkfist** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:08 pm

I downloaded a VOB DVD format off a torrent. Burned it and throw it in the DVD player to see what it looks like.

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:55 am

I remember seeing a program to convert an image to ASCII... what was it... JavE that's what it was. It's a pretty cool little app. I guess with a little magic you could make it batch convert every frame of a movie. Pretty cool.

Super Mulletman · Post by **Super Mulletman** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:29 pm

Just the fact that it's The Matrix in text makes it awesome.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:33 pm

frame 1337!!!