100 Things Related - Now With Matrix: Reloaded Added

[redfiona99]

Matrix: Reloaded is a lot more connected than I thought.

I'd completely forgotten that Joel Silver was one of the producers. He connects the Matrix: Reloaded to Romeo Must Die.

I was expecting him to be the only link. So you can imagine my surprise when Matrix: Reloaded is linked to both Wolverine: Origins and Ghost Rider by stunt co-ordinators and fight choreographers (Chad Stahelski and Glenn Boswell [Boswell also links Ghost Rider and Wolverine: Origins]). This surprised me in particular because the Matrix series had a very distinct visual identity which ran all the way through to its fights and stunts so it's odd to see people who worked on those being links between it and the other films on the list.

Comments

[lilacsigil]

What you're missing there is that all three were filmed in Australia! A huge part of the Australian film industry got a big kick-start with the Matrix trilogy, including various CGI studios. Ghost Rider was particularly hilarious to me because they filmed parts of it on the Geelong Road (the way I get to Melbourne) and it's such a boring road, not where you would expect flaming headed Nic Cage at all.

[redfiona99]

Ah ha! I didn't know that. It's cool though. I know that's similar to why a lot of films shoot in Prague and its surroundings.

I'm loving the image of Ghost Rider aflame along a suburban road (or is it more like a motorway?).

I may have to add a location graph :)