Further Down the Rabbit Hole

Blogger and all-around good egg Mrs. P points out that there's more to the story about the whole "Mother of the Matrix" thing that I posted about a week or so ago.

Namely, it's not all cut and dry, and that's putting it nicely.

First, the story about the Sophia Stewart winning her case against the Wachowski Brothers for the boys allegedly stealing her ideas and turning it into the wildly profitable "Matrix" film trilogy.

Well, apparently, there was a correction ran that I missed.

In reference to the recent article entitled "Mother of the Matrix Victorious," some information has been deemed misleading. Ms. Sophia Stewart has not yet won her case against Joel Silver, Time Warner and the Wachowski Bros. The decision on October 4th enabled Ms. Stewart to proceed with her case, as all attempts to have it dismissed were unsuccessful. Ms. Stewart's case will proceed through the Central District Court of California.

That's the first thing that needs clearing up.

The second is this (which Mrs. P pointed out to me): Another take on the events, with links to the recent (as of Dec. 7, 2004) ruling.

The hardest part about reading through these links is the utter lack of coherent information on the case. Thanks to instantaneous content posting on the Web, the recessive genetics of blind faith take over and you're left bamboozled, suckered into thinking "Hey wow, that's wild. A woman sued the Matrix guys and won" and really, sadly, you should have done more homework. You look over on an adjoining wall and see your masters degree in journalism in its pretty frame and wonder just what you remembered from those halcyon days of studiousness.

So, here's my correction. I should have dug a little harder. I'm very sorry for misleading you.*




*At least it's more than what Fox News would do.