Anime on US cable TV

[M]

Yes, you're right that the real world turning out *not* be real is the 
twist that differentiates Tron from Matrix, but that is a  plot-point, a 
detail within the story structure.  The form and overall arc of the two 
are still the same.

The difference between what you are referring to and what I am is scope. 
I cited other movies because The Matrix is a movie and not a book .To 
try and give it some parameters, I decided to stay within film. You are 
correct to say the Wachowski's borrowed directly from cyberpunk novels, 
but outside the technical aspects of the genre, cyberpunk is just a 
smaller compartment of Science Fiction which itself is a piece of the 
total fantasy genre. Technically, The Matrix is just a rift on A 
Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court, but its character archetypes 
are pulled from other sources which would eventually leads us to 
Classical Mythology.

andrew at ozma.demon.co.uk wrote:

>M <xplar at netscape.net> writes
>
>(Tron v Matrix)
>  
>
>>The similarities are at the core scenarios: Genius computer-hacker male 
>>living in the real world is transported by others into 
>>computer-controlled reality where he is believed to be the Chosen One 
>>that will free them from the Overlord.  
>>    
>>
>
>But the Matrix's protagonist is brought _out of_ a computer-controlled
>reality. More importantly, the notions of hacker-as-hero and of virtual
>worlds resembling reality are staples of 'cyberpunk' fiction, with which
>the Wachowskis are familiar. 
>
>  
>
>>i see the anime influecnce in aesthetics, but the story to me has always 
>>been Tron meets Star Wars, with a little Videodrome mixed in.
>>    
>>
>
>Only if you presume that screen sci-fi must be the dominant influence.
>>From everything I read, the Wachowskis merrily borrowed from their
>favourite books (fiction and non-fiction) and comics.
>  
>

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