[Antoninus]

"The Matrix" is what passes for intellectual discourse among the brainless Hollywood elite and their vapid followers. It's a good action movie, but I spent more time laughing at how cheesy their attempts at intellectual depth were than anything else.

Post-modernism is dead, dude.

[goldstategop]

Post modernism is gibberish. Gnosticism and by extension, mysticism will be around for the ages. There's something about Plato's "Forms" and the notion of a perfect world existing this one that has exercised the human imagination for millenia. Gnosticism was originally pre-Christian and later entered Christianity and fused Platonic philosophy with the Christian understanding of the Messiah and Heaven. The Gospel Of John is seen by many as taking the language and ideas of Gnosticism to refute it. The Matrix is a fascinating movie apart from its title and one can enjoy just as a pure sci-fi action movie or for the deeper meanings intuited in the story that it plays out. Come to think of it, that's a lot of fun.

[Helms]

"Post-modernism is dead, dude"

Duuuuude, if you were only right about this. Postmodernism and passive nihilism are active in media, entertainment and higher education throughout the land.

This "MEME" has invaded from European soil circa 1920 when the Frankfurt school spawned the resurrected ideologies of Fitche, Marx and Hegel (circa 1841, Germany).

[jocon307]

"Post-modernism is dead, dude."

Killed by Sept. 11th. Dude, I hope you are right!