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| − | [[File:The_MainFrame.jpg|thumb|The Mainframe poster]]'''The Mainframe''' is a film released in [[1998]] produced by [[Love Media]] with advertisments shown in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] and mentioned in [[Grand Theft Auto V]]. It is a clear parody of [[wp:The Matrix|The Matrix]], though The Matrix technically did not premiere until 1999. The movie poster shows [[Alan Crawford]], [[Barbara Schternvart]] and [[pedestrians]] from [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]. [[Jock Cranley]] is one of the actors in this movie. |
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| + | '''''The Mainframe''''' is a film released in [[1998]] produced by [[Love Media]] with advertisments shown in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] ''and mentioned in'' [[Grand Theft Auto V]]. '' |
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| + | It is a clear parody of [[wp:The Matrix|The Matrix]], though The Matrix technically did not premiere until 1999. [[Jock Cranley]] is one of the actors in this movie. |
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| − | The movie is about five teens who take LSD and discover the 'truth'. They actually live in a computer. Quotes from the movie include |
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| + | The movie is about five teens who take LSD and discover the 'truth'. They actually live in a computer, and they have to supposedly "make the decision of their lives". According to the script of The Electron Zone, a radio show hosted on [[Liberty City Free Radio]], the movie has a character who saves everyone, controversy of cyber-sexism, and a metaphor of backdoor hacking, which [[Bill]] praises. |
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| + | The show is mentioned by [[Bobby June]] in [[Bless Your Heart]], where she mentions that The Mainframe was one of [[Jock Cranley]]'s several film roles before he became a politician. |
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| − | It is rated '''PS''' (Pretty Stupid). |
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| + | '''Narrator''': The event movie of the year everyone is talking about. |
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| + | '''Male #1''': You're just a virus! You're not real! |
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| + | '''Female #1''': I'm your mother, stupid! |
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| + | '''Narrator''': A group of people who think the whole is trapped in a computer. |
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| + | '''Male #2''': We can't get out! |
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| + | '''Female #2''': Hurry, stick your hard disc inside my drive. |
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| + | '''Male #2''': I can't! My hard disc crashed! |
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| + | '''Female #2''': Reboot it! |
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| + | '''Narrator''': The Mainframe. What happens when five college students take LSD, and discover the truth. |
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| + | '''Narrator''': They have to make the decision of their lives. |
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| + | '''Narrator''': The Mainframe, it's real. |
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| + | '''Female #3''': Oh no! The MAINFRAME! |
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| + | '''Narrator''': Coming to theaters this Friday. Rated PS for "Pretty Stupid". |
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== Trivia == |
== Trivia == |
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| + | *With the exception of the girl to the right of Jock's character (she is a pedestrian seen within [[Bone County]] and [[Tierra Robada]]), all pedestrians in the poster had a role in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; The girl to the left was used as [[Sweet's Girlfriend]], the man to the left was used as [[Alan Crawford]], Jock's character is a model used for the members of the [[Da Nang Boys]], and the last girl is [[Barbara Schternvart]]. |
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| + | **This is the second movie in the game which uses Barbara's model in a movie poster, the other is the poster for [[Silent But Violent]]. |
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*The movie breaks the fourth wall of the gaming world, much like the [[soapboxers]] in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. |
*The movie breaks the fourth wall of the gaming world, much like the [[soapboxers]] in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. |
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| − | *The second man to the left from the middle on the movie's poster looks like rapper and music manager/producer, [[Alan Crawford]], from [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]. It couldn't possibly be Crawford himself, as he [[Management Issues|died]] in [[1992]]. This is just a re-use of San Andreas character models. |
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| − | *The last female pedestrian to the right, uses the same model as [[Barbara Schternvart]] from [[San Andreas]]. |
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Revision as of 04:20, 27 July 2019
The Mainframe poster
The Mainframe is a film released in 1998 produced by Love Media with advertisments shown in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and mentioned in Grand Theft Auto V.
Description
It is a clear parody of The Matrix, though The Matrix technically did not premiere until 1999. Jock Cranley is one of the actors in this movie.
The movie is about five teens who take LSD and discover the 'truth'. They actually live in a computer, and they have to supposedly "make the decision of their lives". According to the script of The Electron Zone, a radio show hosted on Liberty City Free Radio, the movie has a character who saves everyone, controversy of cyber-sexism, and a metaphor of backdoor hacking, which Bill praises.
The show is mentioned by Bobby June in Bless Your Heart, where she mentions that The Mainframe was one of Jock Cranley's several film roles before he became a politician.
Commercial
Narrator: The event movie of the year everyone is talking about.
Male #1: You're just a virus! You're not real!
Female #1: I'm your mother, stupid!
Narrator: A group of people who think the whole is trapped in a computer.
Male #2: We can't get out!
Female #2: Hurry, stick your hard disc inside my drive.
Male #2: I can't! My hard disc crashed!
Female #2: Reboot it!
Narrator: The Mainframe. What happens when five college students take LSD, and discover the truth.
Male #1: AHH! Your face is a big pixel!
Narrator: They have to make the decision of their lives.
Female #3: What's it gonna be? Yes or no!? One or ZERO!?
Narrator: The Mainframe, it's real.
Female #3: Oh no! The MAINFRAME!
Narrator: Coming to theaters this Friday. Rated PS for "Pretty Stupid".
Trivia
- With the exception of the girl to the right of Jock's character (she is a pedestrian seen within Bone County and Tierra Robada), all pedestrians in the poster had a role in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; The girl to the left was used as Sweet's Girlfriend, the man to the left was used as Alan Crawford, Jock's character is a model used for the members of the Da Nang Boys, and the last girl is Barbara Schternvart.
- This is the second movie in the game which uses Barbara's model in a movie poster, the other is the poster for Silent But Violent.
- The movie breaks the fourth wall of the gaming world, much like the soapboxers in Grand Theft Auto IV.