Yeah, Gun katta was apparently a whole new field of martial arts using guns that was made for the movie. Visit http://www.freewebs.com/equilibrium-movie/gunkata.htm for more info, including a wicked looking (although surprisingly matrix like) conceptual drawing of the effect they were after. From what I've seen, it looks a hell of a lot like the matrix. --- VH16

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this film rocks, i have it on dvd, VERY underrated, it was limited on release because of middle eastern guys flying planes into tall buildings about 3 years ago to the day and such. The film is VERY heavy on censorship, about governments telling you what you can and cant do and can and cant feel . anyone who's read 1984 or Brave New World know what this is all about and the ideas arent that new. its a shame, this could have been a GREAT hit, but too many people used "the matrix" as a way to describe what is essentially a world apart. The fighting is martial arts...with guns, the tetragramaton clerics have no advanced powers, just very well trained.

WOAH Creepy we were just talking about this movie in class. and i want to see it so baaaaaaaad. it looks great

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What the heck is a "tetragrammaton" anyway? who came up with that name? did they make it up? I tried to look it up but (gee surprise!) no result

@FF Same here Ive never heard of that word

I remember a guy in a game called The Grammaton Cleric .... I finally get it now (even though its not the exact same word)

"I'm still an atheist, thank God."

the Tetragrammaton (Greek derived from Hebrew) is the name given to the four lettered "name" of God in ancient Hebrew, YHVH, spoken as "Yahweh" but erroneously known in the West as "Jehovah" While you see it around in various places, the true significance of the word and the letters Yod, He, Waw and He) that form it are hidden deep in Jewish mysticism and kabbalism (not the rubbish Madonna's into, but the real thing)

YHVH (corresponds to IAUE or "ee-yow-u-way" is only one of the names of God. it corresponds to Heavenly Father I suppose. Other names are Adonai (Lord) Elah or El, Elohim, El-Shaddai and many more. YHVH is the revealed name of God and actually means "I am who I am" or "I am who I will be"

I haven't seen Equilibrium, think i might give it a whirl now. If Will-burr says it's worth watching then it will be, he hasn't been wrong yet!

Edited by - Tawakalna on 9/10/2004 5:27:36 AM

Seen the movie, it's good. The plot is kinda simple, but the fighting scenes are worth seeing.

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Taw YHVH or Yaweh is the Lord God. God is a different word in hebrew.

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I said there are different words, and I'm sure Lord God is Adonai. let's ask FD, he'll know.

Edited by - Tawakalna on 9/10/2004 9:48:15 AM

I will definately watch this one. I am a Martial Arts nut...........


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anyone who's read 1984 or Brave New World know what this is all about and the ideas arent that new

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You missed the most obvious influence! Fahrenheit 451 of course!
But yeah, it's pretty much an amalgam of various bits of dystopian literature and kung fu thrown in.
Personally I found the fight scenes a bit silly till the final fight. The way they kept trying to draw aim and simulatneously block the other guy from doing so was really cool.

On the Yahweh note, I've heard the translation of "I am who am" interpreted as, "I am your god, my name doesn't matter. Mind your buisness." Or is this just a Catholic spin on it? (I assist in 4th grade sunday school, where we learn about the ten comandments so this subject comes up). --- VH16