Hah hah, well, I'll be completely honest and say that when I first realized what he'd turned into, my whole brain cried "OH DEAR GOD NO." I'm pretty sure you can guess why. (Seriously, one of these days I'm going to find those Ubisoft executives and beat them to death with my Watchmen trade, screaming about how this is how it's done, you asshats, why did you have to alienate the old fanbase?)
For a while there, I was certain I was right – the show had jumped the shark, I would never like any of the characters ever again. I don't think I'll ever be able to stop myself mentally redubbing Matrix's lines with the phrase "I smolder with generic rage!" But you and Baco seemed so gleeful about it, and around Number 7, I finally realized those mad Mainframe geniuses weren't actually completely portraying Enzo's switch as a good thing.
That was...new. It was actually rather...cool. It helped that the writers were pretty mature about it. Matrix is not uncomplicatedly badass, he just wants to be. AndrAIa is more than gratuitous cleavage, she is also awesome. Frisket continues to be the world's greatest dog. Then it all led up to that ridiculously neat fight-scene and some claw-breaking action and a fairly magnificent karmic fate for Megabyte.
And one of my favourite themes in any medium is loneliness, which endeared the big lug to me a lot. I guess Matrix eventually grew on me. Like a fungus. (I'm kidding, I really do like him as I like all the characters in the show, it just took a bit longer than normal.)
Enzo to Matrix
For a while there, I was certain I was right – the show had jumped the shark, I would never like any of the characters ever again. I don't think I'll ever be able to stop myself mentally redubbing Matrix's lines with the phrase "I smolder with generic rage!" But you and Baco seemed so gleeful about it, and around Number 7, I finally realized those mad Mainframe geniuses weren't actually completely portraying Enzo's switch as a good thing.
That was...new. It was actually rather...cool. It helped that the writers were pretty mature about it. Matrix is not uncomplicatedly badass, he just wants to be. AndrAIa is more than gratuitous cleavage, she is also awesome. Frisket continues to be the world's greatest dog. Then it all led up to that ridiculously neat fight-scene and some claw-breaking action and a fairly magnificent karmic fate for Megabyte.
And one of my favourite themes in any medium is loneliness, which endeared the big lug to me a lot. I guess Matrix eventually grew on me. Like a fungus. (I'm kidding, I really do like him as I like all the characters in the show, it just took a bit longer than normal.)