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[[File:The_MainFrame.jpg|thumb|310px|The Mainframe poster]]
A parody of The Matrix, though The Matrix technically did not premiere until 1999, the year after Liberty City Stories is set in.
 
The movie was about five teens who take LSD (according to the billboard) and discover the 'truth'.In the movie poster in Liberty City Stories appears pedestrians of Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas
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'''''The Mainframe''''' is a film released in [[1998]] produced by [[Love Media]] with [[Commercials in GTA Liberty City Stories|advertisements]] shown on the [[Radio Stations in GTA Liberty City Stories|radio]] in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]'' and mentioned in ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]''.
   
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==Description==
 
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, 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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==Commercial==
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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 world 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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'''Male #1''': AHH! Your face is a big pixel!
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'''Narrator''': They have to make the decision of their lives.
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'''Female #3''': What's it gonna be? Yes or no!? One or ZERO!?
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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==
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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]]''.
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Revision as of 04:14, 26 July 2020

File:The MainFrame.jpg

The Mainframe poster

The Mainframe is a film released in 1998 produced by Love Media with advertisements shown on the radio 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 world 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