Matrix (the movie) & connections to lacrosse

[RYU]

I've been noticing a lot of names from The Matrix appearing in lax products lately. Some of it is coincidental, some of it is intentional. Since the original Matrix was such a cool & successful film, the lax companies lifted some its names to give their gear the same cool word association. Same thing happened after Jurassic Park. All these products (completely unrelated to the movie) came out being dubbed, "raptor". E.g. STX Raptor head, Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighter...

Obviously you have Matrix the movie :: Brine Matrix head and shaft (new for 2005).

The Oracle character :: Gait Oracle head (2005)

The Sentinals killer machines :: Gait Sentinal goalie head & chest protector (2005)

The Matrix Revolutions (title of part 3) :: Warrior Revolution head

Vector (minor character in Reloaded) :: STX Vector head

Not sure, but there were probably numereous references to cyber-whatever (cyberspace?) :: Brine Cyber head

Was there ever a product called the Morph or had feature called morph? Maybe it was influenced by the character Morpheus? I bet there's a girls' head that's getting ready to be released as the Trinity. Me, I'm waiting for the Agent Smith mlax head.

Can anyone else think of other Matrix :: lax connections?

[TRELAX]

You're crazy.

[DaveLax90]

he's not crazy he's just making good connections.. i never really thought of that till now.. good thinking

[midman17]

some of this stuff came out before the movies some after and yes they are good connections I have thought of some of the same things too.

[NickBritt]

All i know is if hes right and they come out with the "Mr. Anderson Head" i'm buying it

[BTlaxripper]

lol thats cool-- but off topic I always like STX names the best... "octane" "proton" those were cool ones. But I never really thought of it that much, The Matrix head was obvious though.... nice thinking

[thestizzle]

next head- "the one"

[midman17]

the revo came out before the movie that is a fact like 3 years before but all the others are probably connected

[faceitoff]

the Agent Smith head will be so cool

[WarriorLax22]

actually, the revolution analogy isn't accurate. the revolution head came out in like 2000, but the movie was released in 2003...i'm not sure of the exact years, but the head came out before the movie.

[RYU]

the revo came out before the movie that is a fact like 3 years before but all the others are probably connected
and
actually, the revolution analogy isn't accurate. the revolution head came out in like 2000, but the movie was released in 2003...That's true. The Warrior Revo came out in 1999. The STX Vector also came out before Reloaded did. To quote from my original post, "Some of it is coincidental..." For those unclear on the concept, the root word of coincidental is coincidence.

coincidence - (noun) an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental [syn: happenstance]

Back to the subject...
Prophecy (that Neo is The One) :: Brine Prophecy head

Good one LM32.

[jazzjon9]

Originally posted by thestizzle
next head- "the one"

haha, that's what I thought up when I heard about "the answer". It sounded very matrix (movie) like to me. Whoever was talking about the best head names, I think some company should do animals. Think about some it ("the giraffe" would be a hilarious lax head name, but like, "the tiger" would kick). Or, choose a specific species of animal, like the black widow spider. I think it's better than naming heads after electronic stuff (proton, aftershock, other stuff)

[midman17]

Originally posted by RYU
and
That's true. The Warrior Revo came out in 1999. The STX Vector also came out before Reloaded did. To quote from my original post, "Some of it is coincidental..." For those unclear on the concept, the root word of coincidental is coincidence.

coincidence - (noun) an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental [syn: happenstance]

Back to the subject...
Prophecy (that Neo is The One) :: Brine Prophecy head

Good one LM32.

ok thanks for the analysis buddy I was understanding were you were going with that

[NickBritt]

not only coincidence but i have known about those movies long long time before they came out because they taped them all at the same time there fore being big companies they would be able to get cool things like early scripts so they could have heard about it a while maybe even 3 years eariler.....

Matrix is my faviorte movie... and Lax is my faviorte game.... wow theres another coincidence!!!

[fungi27]

wow i never thought of that.

[Alex]

I think the coincidence is due to the trend of lacrosse equipment being named after badass math/science terms (torque, matrix, evolution etc). Since The Matrix is themed around such terms, they will coincide with the lax equipment names. The other main theme is weapon/object names or cultural names (Razer, Money, etc). Obviously the movie the Matrix popularized these terms further which would lead to the likelihood of them being included in names of various products; note that these names have been used in other sports's equipment as well (Revolution football helmet, Vapor soccer shoes, etc).

[faceitoff]

ooh ooh a cool stick would be Pi. and like for a little design on the throat could be a pi.

[fungi27]

what about cosine shaft or circumfrance sholderpads?

....never mind those are pretty stupid. ill go punch myself now

[senor_k]

I like the idea of naming them after animals. The new names suck, they're unoriginal. If anyone ever markets a head called the "Naked Mole Rat", I'm buying it, even if it sucks.

[Alex]

Originally posted by fungi27
what about cosine shaft or circumfrance sholderpads?

....never mind those are pretty stupid. ill go punch myself now

Haha, they have to be BADASS science names, like fusion, supernova, quark, cryo, plasma, trigger. Or maybe the MIT team has the Brine Coeffecient and the STX Derivative.

[BTlaxripper]

ok call me a nerd, but the concept of phi is the coolest in the world..... the mathematical equation of beauty... something like 1.86666666666... theres a set i believe sierpinski? that goes 2/3, 3/5, 5/8,8/13.... add the numbers together to get the denom of the next fraction and you get ever closer to 1.8666666666....

I'm a geek I know, but it's proven that 3x5 rectangles are the most appealing and used them to measure the columns of the acropolis.... ok done rambling and explaining entry level geometry.....

[pumba]

lol yh it seams a bit funny but

[endoftheline]

i think this guy smokes a bit of reefer

[endoftheline]

Btlaxripper
you need to play more lacrosse and do less maths

[faceitoff]

Originally posted by senor_k
I like the idea of naming them after animals. The new names suck, they're unoriginal. If anyone ever markets a head called the "Naked Mole Rat", I'm buying it, even if it sucks.

id go with the stx blue footed booby.

[nVlax]

your wrong, its the fibbonaci series... 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 so on so on
divide a term by its preceding term and it approaches the 'golden' or 'divine' ratio, seen everywhere throughout nature, its [ 1 + (5)^0.5 ] / 2, thats the exact value of the ratio, for all u who r interested...
do a search for golden ratio on google and be amazed.

[LCNlaxman]

Originally posted by endoftheline
i think this guy smokes a bit of reefer

i'd say at least a pound a day :agree :rofl

[SheepShank]

Your thinking to far into this stuff:laugh

[lax_warrior]

the baboon would be a cool name i think

[BTlaxripper]

not my fault you forgot your geometry......

::goes behind house :smokin ::