Yep this one my favorites.

An actual fact

Strongly disagree. Didn't care for it as a kid, or in this review

@@zakarylux2271 cool

Agreed!

He also did the commentary on the DVD, one of (I think) only 3 movies he ever did commentary on/for

It was #1. One of only a few movies he ever did a scene-by-scene analysis for. He loved it..rightfully so.

I listened to that and I agree 100%.

@@danielmolyneaux2139 It was a joy to listen to!

I was hoping mr movies would have that realization while reading IMDb lol

And played the evil sorcerer Gulnar in the Robin of Sherwood series!

Dammit Janet.

And hosted the Crystal Maze! Richard O'Brien is such a unique character.

Yes such a terrific actor and song writer. But seems to excel at playing creeps. But seeing him in interviews he's just a charming wonderful spirit

That's hilarious - I do the same thing whenever I close my work laptop :-)

Same. lol

I feel like this must be pretty common, like pretending like you're moving automatic doors with your mind. Another common saying of mine is "We're gonna lose a lot in the transfer, Ken" as a response to being asked to do something outside normal parameters. It's from Apollo 13 and the correct response is "Yeah, but all we're talking about here is four amps." ("four amps" can be replaced with something appropriate to the specific situation). So far nobody's provided the correct response.

I won't do it since Windows 10 as I worry it really won't start up again...

No joke... I STILL have a Dark City mousepad setup with my computer. ;-) Completely unnecessary, but I still like it and use it.

You can see where the Wachowski's took the distinctive green color palette from Dark City for everything inside The Matrix- it's become a sorta Hollywood staple since then for setting an uneasy tone in set design- lots of pale green tile, dripping water, black tones jacked up some, etc.

That explains why Bruce Spence is in it

Many of the visual artists who worked on Dark City worked on The Matrix as well.

I like this movie more than The Matrix.

@@davestang5454 So do I!

the holy trinity, my friend

Don’t forget ExistenZ. Matrix ripped off all 3 and added more leather and gunplay.

@@bobcobb3654how can the matrix rip off of The Thirteenth Floor and eXistenZ if it came out before them?

Also look up "Nirvana" (IMDB tt0119794) and "Skyggen" (IMDB tt0136535) Was a bit of a cyberpunk virtuality inflation around that time. I'm sure there are many more examples.

Yeah...think just only i remember it.

This is better than "The Matrix" in many ways.

@patturk7408 I 'm wondering if DANIEL Craig will ever see this and think '' YOU WHAT !!'' in exasperated English fashion lol!! Mr Movies is usually intentionally funny that was an unintentional moment i found funny. Not throwing shade on one of my favourite reactors here in fact it was a great review i love how this blends 50's Noir and SCI FI fantasy into a very unique vision. i seem to get more out of it each time i do watch it again . and it is rare to find movies like this now and how it praises the power of the human spirit .

He's also 25 years older than Daniel Craig.

Great movie

Yes. The thirteen floor have much in commen with Dark city and matrix, and is a great Movie too. And Is a must see Movie.❤🎉😊

LOL, came to suggest the same. Totally needs more views, 🥰

13th floor is especially delightful for those of us who live in Tucson

I was going to suggest that movie.Good call.sir.

The odd thing is that the end could also be interpreted as the Earth we know now being tuned from the Dark City...

@@michaelklaus I suppose it COULD, but I certainly don't.

That is the thing though, they didn't need to actually see what it was like in the 1950's. They went off the memories of the people they took. It is possible that it has been the 1950's there for generations.

I don't think it's necessarily true that these people are even human or abducted. They could have been made in a lab and given fake memories from the Doctor but the Doctor's memories definitely did have to come from somewhere in time. There's no way to place it in time though. The Doctor could have come from 3000AD or anything after 1950 AD. I guess at a certain point the 1950's would become so distant that nobody would really think of them very much. Last I knew manipulating memories wasn't something that we can do, yet, so I would actually assume he was from the future at some point compared to us. Then again the memory manipulation tech in the movie come from the aliens so I don't know how the doctor would have known how to do it without being taught in a training coarse on Earth unless they taught him how to do it as well. It felt like the movie implied he knew how to do it before he wiped his own memories. I don't know if there's anyway to place what solar system they are in either. They maybe able to get back to Earth or they might being 1,000 years in the future on the opposite side of the universe. These people may not even be aging anymore, either even if they are abductees. The doctor does say that "nobody remembers who they are anymore" implying they did at one time know who they were but is he just making assumptions after his memory was wiped or does he actually know that for sure.

@@parker469a The only reason why I don't think the people are grown for the experiment is because they remember things the strangers don't want. The sun or water being the main examples. If the people and their memories were homegrown I don't think they would have included those in their memories. But then I guess that makes me wonder why the strangers didn't delete the knowledge of those things.

They touch on similar subjects, but are also very different movies and not necessarily for the same audiences. I don't really see them as competing movies. The supplement each other nicely, I think. This is coming from an old fan of both, having watched both movies at least 7 times. It depends largely on what is meant by the "The Matrix". The Matrix works best as a stand a lone, with the extended universe and following movies ruining much of the openness the original movie gave us. I know they planned it as a trilogy, but I can't really with good conscious recommend people to watch Reloaded, Revolution and especially Resurrections. I got to see The Matrix when it came out, without knowing anything about it in advance, so it obviously blow me away. Dark City on the other hand has Jennifer Connelly, who'll always have a special place in my heart, growing up with Labyrinth :) The way I see it: As a story The Matrix(singular movie) is more interesting, grand and relevant and hits closer to home for more people, than Dark City. But this is obviously very subjective. The Matrix is/was more cool and 'corny'(for a lack of a better word), something that will turn off some people. Others might be turned off Dark City by the theatrical feel (something they briefly mentioned in this video), the dark(literally) theme, slow pacing and the (deliberately) overacting by Kiefer Sutherland. People will always have preferences, and that is fine. Both are obvious great movies. The Matrix focus more on the surface of things in its storytelling, while this movie has more focus on the inner thoughts of the people effected. In The Matrix you follow Neo closely, you see things from his(us the viewers) perspective, where you in Dark City are slightly more along for the ride while also getting involved in the thoughts of other people (e.g. the detective). What both movies does well is to make people think! This is the main reason why I think the original Matrix(again singular movie) edges out for me. It has an even more open ending story, something I really enjoy, and something I wish more movies would do... But when we include all the additions that was following made to The Matrix after 1999, something I personally ignore, then things can look increasingly in favor of Dark City... Slightly of topic: My guess is that religious people prefer how the human mind is portrait in Dark City. As something special and mystical versus the relatively simple and cold way it is done in The Matrix .. But then again, the Matrix have the kiss of true love going for it, that breaks this simplicity.. Any way, cool movies with a lot to talk and think about :) Cheers!

I liked the Matrix but... The human body requires more energy than it produces - that's why we eat. So...we make TERRIBLE batteries, lol. When I realized that, well, I still like the Matrix, but can never get that outta my head. With Dark City, none of the "how" needs explaining. Which, other than there being no increasingly stretched sequels, is why I like Dark City so much more.

@@fastertoveHuman bodies are terrible batteries...

Its a MacGuffin, just a fast superficial explanation to get things going. Not something particular important to the plot, imo. It doesn't matter to me why the machines made the Matrix, it could be inside another matrix for all we know, but I accept that some people feel different. That is fine. Some people will similarly be put off by the non-scientific "magic" in Dark City. I teach science to pupils btw, so I'm well aware of the different kinds of energy and how batteries work. If I were to be critical about small things like that, then I wouldn't be able to enjoy most hard sci-fi involving aliens or time travel :) @roin6916

Not important, imo@@patmcgroin6916

And MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE.

He did a pretty good Fortinbras in Brannagh’s Hamlet.

He's also the abusive prince in The Illusionist.

I like him as the Devil in "Bless The Child".

LoL... I almost hate-watched for Ms. Movies reaction. This is too much for her, it is just going to be too much of a "what is happening" for her.

I thought it would be a shitty horror movie when I first rented it. Had never even heard of it before. But the cover was pretty intriguing.

When this came out on DVD the copy I rented was double sided. One side was pan and scanned, or flip it over for letter-boxed. Now of course everything is letter boxed.

@@davidmarquardt9034 I think I still have mine, I've got my double sided copy of Se7en you have to filp mid movie just like a laser disc. My first dvd player cost $600. My dad drove 9 hours to come watch movies with my brother and I when I set up my home theatre. Ahh the good old days.

And one of the others is Bruce Spence: Stork from Mad Max

7:44 "Jennifer Connelly has _always_ looked young." Ah. I see I'm not _alone_ in this sentiment.

Underrated - no. Overlooked - yes´.

Bad guy in "The Illusionist"

I understand in part why people compare Dark city to the Matrix, and why people think Dark city is the father of the matrix because it came before. And I can see a bit of that they have something in common and parallel to each other. However, I believe that these are 2 different Movies that each have their own vibe, and in their own unique Way, despite the fact that they have things in common. But I'll agree with you that it would have been cool if there had been a sequel. But I can Live with the fact that there is only one. And unfortunately, I don't think that many people know about it either. And I don't think it was very successful either. And some of that, we can thank Titanic and James Cameron for. But yes, a movie I love and is High on my list❤😊🎉

What if I were to tell you about the concept of Jungian Archetypes? (See Joseph Campbell's "The Hero of a Thousand Faces). The Matrix was released less than a year after this film, and it's stretching credulity to think "The Matrix" was inspired by "Dark City". If you know anything about film making, it can take years to bring a script from concept to screen, especially for a film as complicated as "The Matrix". If you were to follow the making of "The Matrix" you'd find that the Wachowski's had been story boarding every single scene of their film, for years prior to the release of "Dark City". It is not uncommon for many films to contain the same themes and ideas as movies released with in the same time period (Deep Impact v. Armageddon, Volcano V. Dante's Peak, et al.) This could go into Jung's ideas about the collective conscious, but that is beyond the scope of this comment. While the Wachowski's have been accused of plagiarism, most internet articles written about the subject fail to realize the Wachowski's were inspired by a great deal of philosophy and existential thought that has been around for hundreds (if not thousands) of years. Plato's allegory of the Cave explores the limits of human perception and "The Matrix" was obviously inspired by that archetype; yet I don't see anyone claiming "The Matrix" was a ripoff of Plato's philosophy.

@@MarsterKanobi Proyas was developing what will seemingly act as a sequel in tv series form, as reported up until a yr and a half ago. Don't know what happened to it. There's been no updates.

it should be noted that the film was delayed a fair bit, so got released alot later then originally planned. also the wachowski's were there for the early screenings of the film, before they made the matrix, and as many have pointed out, even bought some of their sets from this and reused them in that film.

He did. I listened to it as well as the director's commentary. very interesting stuff.

Sort of. There are four of them, myself included. Some times there is an extra 5th one if the month has 5 Wednesdays. They only pick the Wednesday videos. Everything else is YM&TM choosing it. Unless it’s a month when patreon gets to vote on picks.

yeah, and thats just the worst offense. alot of stuff was changed around, cut, reordered, etc. even recolored or using alternate shots. movie-censorship gives a detailed breakdown of all the changes.

Yeah, I always wanted to hear more about that. I remember watching the DVD commentary, for this movie, before The Matrix came out, and they said that he (I believe it was Joel Silver) couldn't be here for the commentary because he was off filming some movie called "Matrix" or something. Makes me wonder now how much the Warchowski's really the driving force behind The Matrix, since they had nothing to do with Dark City. It really is a rip-off. Kind of like Wall-E is of Idiocracy, but that's another story. :)

i think you meant 1996, 1997, and 1998 there.

Anything with a young Jennifer Connelly, especially doing nude scenes.