After a six year dispute, prolific writer and profound spiritualist, Sophia Stewart has received justice for copyright infringement and racketeering and will finally recover damages from the films, The Matrix I, II and III, as well as The Terminator and its sequels. Yes, you heard that correctly – the entire Matrix & Terminator franchises, and her suspected pay off is expected to be the highest in history – an estimated 2.5 billion.
Her case is a true landmark, and far too uncommon as countless creatives are exploited by the snake-like dealings of the movie industry. Here’s a recap of her triumphant journey by way of George2.0:
“Stewart filed her case in 1999, after viewing the Matrix, which she felt had been based on her manuscript, ‘The Third Eye,’ copyrighted in 1981. In the mid-eighties Stewart had submitted her manuscript to an ad placed by the Wachowski Brothers, requesting new sci-fi works.
According to court documentation, an FBI investigation discovered that more than thirty minutes had been edited from the original film, in an attempt to avoid penalties for copyright infringement. The investigation also stated that ‘credible witnesses employed at Warner Brothers came forward, claiming that the executives and lawyers had full knowledge that the work in question did not belong to the Wachowski Brothers.’ These witnesses claimed to have seen Stewart’s original work and that it had been ‘often used during preparation of the motion pictures.’ The defendants tried, on several occasions, to have Stewart’s case dismissed, without success.
Stewart has confronted skepticism on all sides, much of which comes from Matrix fans, who are strangely loyal to the Wachowski Brothers. One on-line forum, entitled Matrix Explained has an entire section devoted to Stewart. Some who have researched her history and writings are open to her story.”
Although it’s long overdue, and buried in large part by the media machine, Stewart has finally received official credit (and hopefully financial settlement by 2009) for her prodigious contributions to both Hollywood, and the world for her ground breaking sagas, both the Matrix & Terminator franchises. Let us hope that this landmark ruling provides a measure of hope for other ripped off screenwriters seeking justice even if only by way of public recognition.
To echo her 2004 victorious press release:
‘The Matrix & Terminator movie franchises have made world history and have ultimately changed the way people view movies and how Hollywood does business, yet the real truth about the creator and creation of these films continue to elude the masses because the hidden secret of the matter is that these films were created and written by a Black woman…a Black woman named Sophia Stewart. But Hollywood does not want you to know this fact simply because it would change history. Also it would encourage our Black children to realize a dream and that is…nothing is impossible for them to achieve!’
We’d like to believe that the justice she received was not in name only, and she is able to reap the benefits of her enormous creative contributions.
ALWAYS STEALING THE BLACK MAN IDEAS WHATS NEW
in it it says that she is a black woman why is it that any time n e thing happens it has to be brought up as something of a racial matter… why even say she is “black at that” ….. dumb ass journalist..
because it’s the truth. most people would argue that this would not have happened if steward would’ve been a white male.
NO U R the “Dumb ASS”!
You need to really check the history of this country and you’ll see that a lot of inventions, creations or works of art have been ripped off from minorities.
However you choose to believe the propaganda that’s handed to you!
The fact is if she was “WHITE” they would have been drooling at the mouth asking her what else does she have in that wonderful brain of hers!
However you choose to eat the bull$h!t the masses feed you simply because they tell you it’s caviar!!!!
FUCK YOU cause she black that’s why! yall want everything! whites aint shit first of all. Steal everything then want all the credit! even stole jesus from black ! Our concept and story got all fucked up as everything cause our weak as genes created and invented you mother fuckers! yea i said it and mean it – trust and note that!
we afrikons hate yall and taking back what’s our!
Her verdict is just the beginning!
Empre Zion, your hatespeech is not needed or wanted here. As a proud Black woman myself, I find your poor grammar, poor spelling, unintelligible ranting, unfixed wrath and absolute unreasonable loathing of all races beyond African-American to be far more damaging to the image of Black people in this nation than anything the Caucasians have done. We were Kings and Queens once, members of the most educated, powerful, beautiful nation in the ancient world. We will never attain even a shadow of that if young Black men and women behave like common gutter trash. Respect yourself enough to behave.
You may notice J K Rowling doesn’t have that problem.. wonder why?
It is important for history to be recored correctly, at a time when we can still taste the bitterness of racism and hatred; it’s important to mention the race because otherwise it would go unaddressed. The journalist is not stupid, but you’re perspective is narrow.
u really have no clue of what country you live in. Yes raise plays a big part of it because popular belief is that no way a Black person can come up with something so sci-fy(ish) and futuristic as this. Most Black movies are centered around a bunch of jestering and that is what this country and the world knows blacks for (singing, dancing, acting a fool, comedies and be an athlete). They robbed her of her own visions and creativity for a possible movie
No tht is credit, where it is DUE! Anytime there is achievement in other races the color banner and flag wave high. So hate or love it, the under dog is on top. And so I’m not being tht sticky finger lying thief, those were 50′s lyrics. See how it works hun, credit where it is due?
Why is (or was) this not FRONT PAGE NEWS!!!!
Are there any efforts to reach the mainstream media? Otherwise; we’ll never be able to bring our ideas to the front!!!
That’s right minorities have contributed tons and tons of movie,art and music! just comes to show that money drives people to take from those who are the true creators…I think I will be boycotting all their movies when they come out in theaters…dirty dirty bastards…..lmao….shadiness is the new corporate mod do
Correction: Black Woman’s idea!
Incredible, wow she is a freakin genius TALK about ambitious!!!! It’s tacky hollywood can’t bow down to us. who would have knew a black women is the mastermind behind brilliance: The Matrix and Terminator her mind and thought process is far futuristic….Just saying!
You bloggers just make this crap up as you go along don’t you. Just another internet rumor.
All these racist ass white fucks on here need to quit hating and stop stealing. We were here before all you murderous fucks. Go back to your cave. You don’t belong here. You’ve stolen from everybody and claim it as your own and hide the facts cause you know you don’t have the creative ability as we have. The Pyramids, music, The Matrix. What are you gonna steal next? That’s why the sun is gonna melt your fucking skin. Genetically degenerate pale ass fuckers. That’s right I said it! What the fuck you gone do?
I love it that is so funny. You know we shouldnt hate their time will come.
It is a rumor. Go to Snopes. It has been proven false.
you sound just as bad as a KKK member with all of that hatred. not a good look homey
YES! YES!! WELL SAID
lol, too funny, always trying to blame other people for things, why dont you stop blaming people and focus on your own lives, your always so caught up in who else is doing what and who’s talking shit about you, why so insecure? Just shut the fuck and deal with the world like the rest of us. You fucking people never stop bitching about shit. Im white, I havn’t had an over exceptional life, or stolen anything and called it my own…? So who the fuck are you to label all of us murderous fucks, I certainly have never murdered anyone.
And im not going to do anything cuz I cant, were on the internet incase you havnt noticed, internet tough guy…
The information is false and outdated.
Can anyone shed a credible link to validate this? So far I haven’t seen anything to show she one the case.
Okay DM, I think you meant to say “she WON the case”….if you kept up with current events, or any, this is been in the news since The Matrix and the Terminator hit the airways. Also, hit MSNBC search engine or JURISTA where all federal lawsuits by state are public record..it’s there. It’s not the end of the world, just fact. It isn’t the first time and damn sure will not be the last. Some are just afraid of the unknown, instead of cutting a person in, they rip them off.
Actually, she didn’t win. Her case was dismissed in 2005 after she failed to show up for a preliminary hearing and failed to produce any evidence, whatsoever, in her favor. http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/matrix.asp
You’re wrong. Her own attorneys did not notify her of the court date so she fired them. They were bought off. She was, however, able to get another court date and she did win. She had a radio interview afterwards discussing it. I notice that whatever proof we have, white people will continue to try to disprove black people when it comes to our talents, skills, inventions, and heritage. I feel sorry for you people. The MSM won’t cover it for the most part because Warner Bros. was involvedj in the theft and they own the media. In fact, I sent an email asking Oprah why she never covered it, but she’s owned by the Ashkenazi Jews too.
I’d bet 2.5 Billion that the two brothers who stole the Matrix and Terminator are of
Askanazi decent. Stealing, it’s what they do. They can’t help it. Stealing is in there
DNA. Just like they have tried to steal the Hebrews Israelite identity and Land!
Rev.: 3: 9 Those who say they are Jews, but who are not. But are of the synogouge of Satan.
yep!! great bible verse as well… wish more people knew of the true Israelites
nail on the head Guardian II, often i have to remind myself not to hate a certain people, because it’s happening in many places in the world, banks-corporations-governments encourage this, happening here in the states in many ways, happening right now on this post, people getting aggressive towards each other, angry, sending out hate
we need to listen to each other, really listen, turn off tv, smash them if necessary, hang out with family-friends-neighbors more, stop walking in circles and put our masks down and walk away from the horror world they have created which we have unknowingly participated in,
find a way to wake up, people in the real world are ready for God (force, field, higher power, creator, etc.) Love is all we are…
Um, case proceeding not yet won, since 2004
Sorry, case won 2004, started file 1999.
I had put a link from Snopes, accredited Myth-Buster but I guess you do not acceot their TRUE result?
Snopes isn’t always accurate…not everyone can be right all the time.
Rumors, however cannot change the facts: Sophia Stewart, the self-alleged mother of The Matrix, lost the trial in 2005. The case was never reopened, and although the author has enough supporters to state the contrary, there is no evidence that The Matrix was inspired by The Third Eye.
Oh My Gosh! I must meet Sophia. Everyone who knows me knows about my thing with The Matrix. I indeed had heard about the movie being stolen at least 5 years ago, but I couldn’t find any info. At last. I absolutely must meet her and talk to her. This is an answer come true.
Carolyn
WOW , ITS REALLY SAD THAT SOCIETY HAS NO PROBLEM AT ALL SHOWING OUR SEXY WOMEN SHAKING THEIR TAIL FEATHERS OR JUST TRYING TO GET BY OR THE GHETTO WELFARE MOTHERS CONSTANTLY CALLED WHORES AND OTHER LEWD NAMES STRIPPING ARE CULTURAL VIEWS OF WHAT REAL INTEGRITY SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN A PEOPLE BY USING BLACK WOMEN WHO DONT MIND PLAYING THESE PRESENTED ROLES ON T.V. …..BUT THEN YOU HAVE A REAL LIFE HISTORICAL GROUNDBREAKING EVENT THAT WILL NOT GET ANY MAJOR EXPOSURE BECAUSE THOSE SAME POWERS THAT BE WHO RUN MOST OF THE MAJOR MEDIA CHANNELS MAGAZINES NEWSPAPERS ETC. THE LIST GOES ON ARE THE SAME ONES GUILTY OF VIOLATING THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING TWO OF ”HOLLYWOODS” HIGHLY INNOVATIVE MOVIES (UNDERSTATEMENT) BUT THE SAME MEDIA WHO IS RAN BY THESE VIOLATERS CAN MAKE NEWS ABOUT JESSICA SIMPSON GAINING TEN POUNDS . HE WHO HAS EARS LET THEM HEAR. P.S. SHE IS A ANNOINTED CHILD OF GOD WHOM BELEIVES IN JESUS AND HE WILL ALWAYS SEE TO IT THAT HIS CHILDREN ARE TAKEN WELL CARE OF .NOW BACK TO THE HALF NAKED WOMEN ON THE SIDE OF THE SCREEN .DID YOU SEE THAT ?REMEMBER WHEN ARSENIO CAME OUT WITH THINGS THAT MAKE YOU SAY HMMM……..GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU JESUS IS GOD ,PEACE
**SHE IS A ANNOINTED CHILD OF GOD WHOM BELEIVES IN JESUS AND HE WILL ALWAYS SEE TO IT THAT HIS CHILDREN ARE TAKEN WELL CARE OF ** If he makes sure that they are taken care of, does that include making sure that they are educated enough to compose readable text with all the good stuff like grammar and punctuation? If so then I would start praying if I were you because you have been sorely neglected.
Typical. When you can’t win you resort to insults. I understood perfectly what was said, so what’s wrong with you?
Hey English scholar. Why aren’t you hanging out somewhere more scholarly. I bet you could give God a couple of english lessons.
It’s funny to me how many people come out of the woodworks to attack this woman without really understanding her phlight. I’m not sure of the exact court proceedings but have seen links to various sites which suggest the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. The woman still stands by her statements and let it be know there are no statute of limitations on a fraud case. She has plenty of supporters to back her up but I believe the real evidence lies in the book. Read that then make your comments. I am currently looking for it and can’t find it on any major sites. I think I’m gonna try scribd. These movie companies do it to people everyday. They specialize in f&^(ing people in th @$$ and making millions off of other people’s ideas while the offer the real authors pennies. Look what Steven Stealsburg did with Paranormal Activity. These kids didn’t even get 50k and the movie made millions! We the people need to stand up for each other and stop believing the crap the media peddles to us cuz guess what? The same guys who own the movie companies……..own most of the media outlets! Believe that!
claps 4 u! well said sista, well said!
I came across this information a few years back – but I couldn’t find much online about it then….
Glad that her persistence paid off – literally and figuratively
@ GLENN G – it is very necessary to acknowledge number one that she is a Nubian (Black… Afro-American… or whatever)
because so often OUR creations are stolen and reserved to us as if we don’t know our own flavor….
so sit back and savor…
this soul sista who is truly from the salt of the earth
I know seeing the Matrix opened my mind to my immeasurable potential –
the same year the Matrix can out I submitted some of my poetry to Def Jams, Def Poetry Jam Anthology
and I was excepted, the ONLY Texas poet included.
The courage I connected with was seeded in seeing the Matrix.
think what that means for the children who look like me across this country-
i know that kind of thing scares a lot of you….
educated – motivated – on fire – creative – youth of a Darker Hue….
Pure Beauty!
the spoon is not bending… it is you…
so…. do you want the red pill or the blue pill?
NEO… WAKE UP!
racism comming from blacks bout whites seem to be ok. Why is that?
Racism of any kind is not OK that’s why I served in the armed forces. If this woman is the Creator of these two hits than justice must be served.
It’s not called racisim, it’s called truth. Take a look at history. Not the one that white America has written, but the true history.
It’s not really ok, but it’s a vent. When you don’t have the power ,resources or support of the mainstream, but you are constantly fed junk, you will eventually throw-up or die. Is it really racism when you don’t have the power or control. Or is it a cry of pain?
Why use a racist term (racism) to describe a reaction to the same. Stagnation has occurred and all we do is draw on each other, rants, guns, blame. White angst is rising now, because middle and lower class whites are experiencing what has been our life since supposed emancipation, which was nothing more than a cover to steal the South’s wealth and what better way to deflect fault but to distract with racism and blame the very neighbors who got got!
Why does Amazon show her book: “The Third Eye,” with her name and the subtitle: “The Mother Of the Matrix?” Couldn’t Amazon get into legal trouble, if this were not true?
Bravo! You have to understand that white people are not trying to find the truth because they don’t want to believe it – plain and simple.
Congrats Sophia Stewart!!!!!!!!!! This is long over due!
She has not won the case yet.. this is false!!! Case was dismissed back in 2004!! What she did win was for the case to be heard again!! Basically overturning the dismissal ruling!!
Convinced yet?!?!?
Why make things racial?
WE didn’t make it “racial”….if you want to be technical. WE never did. From the moment those who came before us were denied basic human rights, “THEY” did. Excuse us if we seem a little bitter and jaded from being treated like shxt and having others steal/take credit for everything from the traffic light and rock n’ roll to peanut butter.
And please stop linking to Snopes. THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE, AND ARE NOT THE BE-ALL END ALL SOURCE OF INFORMATION. Good fxcking grief.
so were u denied all these rights yourself! hell no so shut up! im sick of hearing this shit. U have a black president!
having a black president doesnt mean shit..its the people of the country that make the difference. and as for you being tired of hearing about salvery and hardships of not only blackss but people of a darker tone..kill yoself…our voices will allways be heard so that our children’s children are aware of what happened and to know that they shall never go through the same
Well said!!
Maybe we should ask Oprah to cover it. If its actually true.
I used Lexis Nexis (paid subscription, searches all the world’s press since 1980)….and no mention of this.
Someone keeps bringing this back up.
Proves you can’t believe everything you read on the internet.
I’m sure that other sci-fi fans out there would love to read some of her work. Can you provide some published titles besides the “Third Eye”?
The fact that the only photo that exists of her is a Polaroid from 1979 discredits this.
Whether its a 79 polaroid or not….This Sista is about to get paid….Furthermore, she’s one of my FaceBook Friends!!!
the basic story line is what she created. Thats it! not the awesome matrix movies or even the terminator movies either. So pay her out n move the fuck on! Black is not the issue! Blacks want to make it a black thing. What things aren’t even enough. shit u have the presidency!!! Dont turn everything into it being black!!! Lately i see more black racists then white.
“blacks” cannot be racists. “Blacks” don’t hate white people because they are white, but because of the way “whites” have treated them. What is the “White man’s excuse for hating “blacks”…jealousy. I am embarrassed to be white. Major kudos to this woman.
I’m not sure why you or the other guy that I read a response from keep saying that “we”have a black president. He is the president of the US, not just for black people. This is the reason why can never grow as a country.
America has a black president but the country is still full of vile racists.We dont hate white people in anyway were just sick of the persecution and want to be treated like everyone else is,even i myself cannot understand what it is we do that is so wrong to have people treat us this way
It would appear that she is not mentioned on wikipedia at all concerning the Matrix franchise. That should be corrected by someone who knows more than I on the subject.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrixhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(franchise)
It has not been corrected on any of the websites that’s why it’s called a mass coverup. Warner Bros. was part of the original lawsuit and they own practically everything. That’s okay though because she’s getting what’s rightfully hers $2.5 million plus. Kudos to Sophia Stewart.
History as we know it. I bet they even tried to make Ms. Steward look crazy. Sad thing is her lawyers will get the most of the money, not that they shouldn’t be paid but what else can we do? ONLY IN AMERICA.
This is so stupid. get over it. Black white red yellow. We all suck. If you are hung up on the race issue you suck more.
This is false.
THATS THE WAY TO GET THAT GREEN MONEY LOTS OF IT
Good for her. This is an amazing story of triumph over hugh corps!!
I personally spoke to Sister Sophia Stewart back in March of 2005 via telephone conference. She was coming to Los Angeles on official business. She also agreed to do a videotaped interview with a film director friend of mine which did take place at a Public Access television studio in Hollywood, California. She showed up a day later than the interview was scheduled with security force in tow for safety reasons. She had received numerous death threats for having the courage to publicly speak out against the greedy, cowardly powers that be who stole her material, changed the names and profited handsomely for such a great cleanup job. Bottom line, you can sweep dust under the rug all day long for centuries, but the dust will still be there when you lift that rug up, and the american corporate system has always hated having its skirt lifted up, especially when the people doing the lifting are people of color. The fact that your everyday run-of-the-mill broke ass, overly sensitive caucasian victim of class-ism who are just as enslaved by a corporate system that doesn’t give a fuck about them these days feel the need to speak from a moral soapbox about getting over race-ism…..is maniacally hilarious at best.
Sophia Stewart is a crackpot. Most of those ideas she mentions post-date Dune by Frank Herbert where many of those same ideas stem from. Did the Herbert estate sue these movies? This story for some reason keeps popping up and just cares to show how ignorant we can be about the information we collect and disseminate.
When this article was published, the court case had not been closed or even tried, she missed the court date…
False she never won anything….
The topic was interesting, I was about to share it on Facebook until you brought races “encourage our Black children to realize a dream ” ….. garbage, you are the ones who encourage racism by constantly mentioning in all single issues and topics, …. and if it was relevant to talk about minorities, what about Asians, Latinos? do they count? LAME. Lets end the racism dog and a pony show, if you do not want to interact as a intelligent person fine, but do not poison your children’s hearts (please), by telling them all others hate them because of color, which not only is false but wrong. Do not lie to your kids.
Apologies to all my intelligent black friends, the comment is just for the a-holes who still use on the racism card as joker for all situations.
yeah you’re just another moronic racist, who seperates good blacks, those who kiss your ass, and ‘bad blacks’, those who stand up for themselves and tell racists like you to go to hell.
By the way, I did not like any of those movies and I believe that the main attraction on both as the special effects not the plot… Ask your friends what they remember…. hasta la vista Baby.
By the way simple ass kemo, plenty of people were interested in the actual STORY and not the damn special effects. What movie out now doesnt have special effects?? who gives a damn about that… more movies need a story plot of some sort so dumbass kids wont walk around thinkin they can emulate what they see if films…think about that kemo, or whateva the hell yo name is
Truth of the matter is she wrote only the first one. Warner Bros. did the other two Matrix movies on their own, which is why they made absolutely no sense. They didn’t know where to go from there because they did not write it. As for the Terminator, same thing. She was informed by the FBI that the Terminator was stolen from her because she hadn’t seen the movie. Wake Up People!
THIS STORY IS A HOAX, IT HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE 2005!
i think she has a brilliant mind …. congrats on the decision
there was no decision, this article is not accurate.
Racial tension aside, she didn’t win anything. The lawsuit was thrown out once, and she was given permission to proceed in 2005. Her saying they stole her idea is like the Egyptians and Persians attacking Christianity for stealing the idea of the virgin birth and messiah.
This isn’t just a racial thing. It’s the same story anywhere in the world; there are always those people who are incapable of creating ANYTHING original themselves who, instead, learn how to GRIFT from the works of others as a means of becoming Rich and Famous…AND, being seen as “Creative Genius”… Someone mentioned J.K. Rowling…. and NO, this did not happen to her and she (at one time) was a single mother living on welfare in the UK. The difference is… whether she was white, black, blue, green or purple… the racial climate in the UK and a lot of other nations is very different than it is here. Sadly, there is a difference in what information is available to people of various enthnicities, and an even bigger difference in how some ethnicities may be open or closed off, by CHOICE, to education and information. YES, many Black people are taken unfair advantage of in this country….but it happens to people of ALL ethnicities….ALL. And, SOMETIMES, Black people (and other ethnicities, to be clear) CHOOSE NOT to involve THEMSELVES in opportunities that DO EXIST…..EQUALLY in THIS Country. It’s a double-edged sword…. there are options out there and if you value yourself and your work, you overcome the element of “not wanting to” become involved with people who may or may not consider you an equal. Case in POINT….Oprah !!!!!!! Enough SAID…
This is an old hoax that keeps resurfacing
I know they settled out of court and she got a big payoff re: the Matrix Movies, but The Terminator? I don’t think so … unless she was writing scripts in the 60′s the Terminator was based on two Outer Limits The ‘Glass Hand’ & I think the other one was called Soldier!
I am also a black male but I know that using racism to fight racism and lies to fight lies doesn’t help! Mis-information is worse than no information at all remember a ‘little’ knowledge is dangerous … do your research!
please check ‘snopes’… this is supposedly a hoax
http://www.screened.com/news/under-the-influence-the-matrix/2218/
I must say, as an African-American I am disappointed at the lack of research of the creators of this website and the supporters of this incorrect information. I followed this story since I found out about it many moons ago. There is no hard evidence that supports what this page is saying.
So many stories relate in some way to each other. It’s pretty hard to come up with something that is truly original these days. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, it’s just that almost everything has been thought of! Just because there are some similarities in one story to another story doesn’t necessarily mean that it was stolen.
As far as the racist remarks on this page – it’s pretty sad. When will people realize that in our generation, we have no reason to hate each other? Whatever happened hundreds of years ago should be left in the past. People also need to realize that for the most part, it’s not a racist thing – it’s all about finances. If you’re rich you’re treated better. If you’re poor, then everyone shits on you. The only color that really matters today is green. If you don’t realize this, then you are completely oblivious to what is really going on.
amen. i agree with you 1,000%
Can i get 2,000 . It would help out so much .
What does that even mean
you guys keep saying congrats on the decision, but there has not been a decision, she has not won anything..
Here you go idiots. Don’t believe everything you read.
There are some racist fucks on here. How is it that a man who is half black can become president but the rest of the black community can’t take the blame for their own problems. I love how you can turn every subject into a racially driven subject, and every problem into a problem created by the white man.
Grow the fuck up, take some damn initiative, and do something with your fucking life.
Our problems stemmed from the white man. We were kings and queens in our country, on our continent. You grow the fuck up and learn the true history of what your people stole and the consequences of it. And guess what, I’m not a racist I just hate it when dumb fucks like you make statements like that.
Good for her! However, I truly doubt that it had anything to do with her being black. Please, people! Hollywood takes advantage of ANYONE it can. Don’t use that for an excuse.
That’s true, but the mass coverup involved afterwards leads me to believe that it’s racially motivated.
Having read some of the comments here it’s no wonder the opinions people from outside the US of A have about those living there.
We have hate, racism, maybe even sexism, poor spelling/grammar and whatever else.
The only reason for people to be judging on race and making such comments is because of their own low self-esteem. They try to feel better about themselves by making degrading remarks about others, putting in so much effort into writing a comment on the internet. WINNER! That’s really going to make the world a better place, free of such hatred.
I can bet how many I’m going to get on this reply too.
Now since you’re so clever, you guess my race and gender
I can’t believe Hollywood let this go on for so long, I mean, all the Terminator series and Matrix was a stolen idea? How could the people who stole her idea even sleep at night, actually I would sleep pretty good at night with billions in the bank but it wasn’t theirs to have/keep. This is huge, black, white, orange, purple, blue, justices is justice, it does not see color. I just hope she uses all that money for some good use and not blow it like professional athletes we’ve seen time and time again.
Madam, you could start it by throwing me some money so I can go back and finish school. I promise to pay you back. You probably dont care sitting on your golden throne now. Thought I’d just put it out there.
The whitey be stealing again! Always look’n out for their greedy selves. They even steal from other whitey too. The white dude who invented the intermittant (sp) windshield wiper had to sue FORD and GM and he finally got paid $20,000,000. It took 20 years but he got paid. When whitey steals from you (white or black) get em in the court room – it’s all they understand. Maybe has more to do with green – the color of money – than anything else?
She never won anything. This story is faker than tits on a Vegas stripper. Of course, that doesn’t mean anything to the conspiracy nuts, the religious weirdos, or the race card freaks, who’d rather point and scream “I told you so!” instead of actually doing research on the topic at hand. Anyone whose ever seen the anime “Ghost In The Shell “, read William Gibson’s “Neuromancer”, or Jean Baurillard works know that the “Matrix ” films were based on these sources.
Just stop! You’re so wrong on just about all accounts.
@GetItRight-you really need to get-it-right! Here is the real deal on modern, current and past racism. How dare you say it is in the past. Look how our current president is being treated by the culture of the barbaric heart. Get skooled by this social educated doctor.
http://www.radioproject.org/2011/05/breaking-the-psychological-chains-of-slavery/
Is the link contained in your post supposed to sway my opinion on the matter of racism in America? I only posted my thoughts, and you attack me because of it. What does this remind you of?
In case you decided to just tune in for this presidential term, people have always found some way to criticize every president we’ve ever had. There is always something that they’re doing wrong. Why do you think that is? Anyhow, my point is – Obama is certainly not the first to endure such.
I truly am sorry that you can only see in black and white. I only speak from experience. I started out life having absolutely nothing.. After doing my best in school (which by the way, I had to use all the financial aid I could get) and being rewarded for my efforts with a well-deserved job, I have more than I will ever need. I will never forget or have disregard for what happened over four hundred years ago, but America has come a long way. However, I am not sorry if I believe that EACH ONE OF US has the power of controlling our own destiny.
Wrong again!! There is no fairness in this country for black people. If you were black you would know that!
I don’t know what to believe!
Assuming she didn’t “win” a decision or it was thrown out doesn’t preclude the fact that the american corporate justice system of this day and age is more flawed than a fucked up haircut from a blind barber. Most cases aren’t appealed but believe that a great many cases were wrongly decided not on necessarily ETHICAL grounds but on PROCEDURAL VIOLATIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY AND DUE PROCESS, i.e. decisions that could’ve been overturned on appeal has they been appealed because the judicial system is run by the most flawed of all lawful instruments, and that is people. It always has been and always will be flawed because people will always be ruled by their emotions, beliefs, and inner personal bullshit at the end of everyday, which is what governs all personal ethics/morals. Whether the emotion was a correct or an incorrect one is irrelevant. Most people have a great deal of common sense and know right from wrong, even if they deny that psychic part of themselves. The problem is that ethical decisions are never impersonal, they are in fact ultra-personal because the human condition is such that feeling is forever married to all logical conclusions. Even when an incorrect feeling is recognized as such, it will be replaced by a correct feeling in the human heart and mind, before that mind arrives at a logical conclusion of correctness. When a group-dominated psychological mental-emotional ethic is what decides 99% of jury trials, a phenomenon known as peer pressure is the final judge and jury of most juries. Most individual jurors are scared shitless to go against the group consensus, even if he or she doesn’t agree with a verdict before it’s announced by the jury group, and that is why the Sophia Stewarts of the world will always be tried and judged a second time by the ignominy (go look it up the word if it’s new to you) of a public who takes its cue from the trust they place in a judicial decision that would’ve seemed utterly outlandish in their minds, had it been decided otherwise. Martha Stewart’s guilty ass was treated better in jail than Sophia Stewart was treated outside of a jail cell, regardless of whether Martha was wrongly tried or not. We won’t get into that discussion though, will we…
Fortunately, hers was decided on procedural and factual grounds. She had no evidence to back up her assertion, it was thrown out. She didn’t show up because she knew she had no evidence. It’s not racism.
Dave, you’re an idiot.
First, I am black, Second, she didn’t win anything. Her lawsuit was dismissed. Why does this hoax not die.
Was wondering if anyone has read Asimov? He wrote between 1939 and 1950 several books about the rise of robots and how they take over the world, and how a small human rebellion fights in order to destroy the robots? Sound familiar???? Ah by the way for those who haven’t read his books he also wrote I.Robot…..
Her book was not about that. It’s about so much more and is so much deeper. Read The Third Eye.
Greetings, im from South Africa, Durban im starting a local arts project under a non profit organisation that we are trying to get of the ground and i would like to use some of your photo’s, its actistic
Greetings, im from South Africa, Durban im starting a local arts project under a non profit organisation that we are trying to get of the ground and i would like to feature this article. so for the first message.
Hello,
This case is actually very interesting to me, as I would want to be the first to know whether there is a “cover” story going on. So I did my own legal searches. Seems that there was in fact a case– several of them– relating to the matter. Case 1 was for RICO claims against the Wachowski brothers, but that was abandoned to pursue the copyright claims. Case 2 was for the copyright claims, but a summary judgment motion dismissed Stewart’s claims. Case 3 was for malpractice claims against the attorney Stewart thought represented her, but the court dismissed those. There is no brief suggesting that this lawsuit is true. No case either. All litigation ended in 2005. Is there other legal information out there that I’m not finding?
Wish thist was true but this was debunked in 2005 http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/matrix.asp
She might want to have a talk with Grant Morrison… http://www.killermovies.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-388287-grant-morrison-vs-the-matrix.html
Justice had prevail.
Why doesn’t the media cover this kind of news. Maybe because it’s positive?
Maybe the media doesn’t cover this kind of news, because this is bullshit. It’s fake. Do your research Sheeple. http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/matrix.asp
Another case in sooooooooo many. Not a surprise.
Maybe the media doesn’t cover this kind of news, because this is bullshit. It’s fake. Do your research Sheeple. http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/matrix.asp
Moderator: I fully expect that you’ll remove that last comment. Probably because you can’t handle the truth. You wish this were true. You wish it so badly that you will allow the fallacy of it to continue to spread without actually giving a shit of whether or not it is even real. That’s the problem with the internet. The fact that you even allowed this article to be perpetuated on your webpage is shameful at best, and probably has a lot to do with the fact that the article mentions this so called “artistic genius” as being black. Not only black, but black with a capital B. Tell me. If you spread lies about a minority, even if those lies have good intentions, do you not do more damage?
Don’t you see what is wonderful here? True or not, look at the debate and then look at yourselves. Turn your mirrors around and stop projecting, try reflecting. Don’t you get it, she is not the joke, the debate is. If she won or not, what is the real message of this story and in fact of the Matrix itself?
Thats a shame she even has to go through all of this to recover what belongs to her. It is extremely difficult to prove a case like this, i hope justice comes through for her quickly that she doesnt give up, that those who are guilty be shamed into doing the right thing. I dont just see this particular situation as a racial offense but an offense against regular people. Individuals who dont have the money to hire big time lawyers to defend themselves against a large coorporation. It doesnt take a court of law which is usually thoroughly unjust to validate the truth.
Why didn’t it happen to JK Rowling? Because she stole all HER ideas from Jill Murphy, Alan Garner, C S Lewis, Ursula Le Guin and Diana Wynne-Jones, that’s why!!
I don’t really give a damn about whether she’s black or pink. All I want to know is whether she has any more scripts similar to the Matrix and Terminator franchise that could be made into block busters. because I will be the first in the cue
First, I am happy that she won this case! It lets Hollywood know that they should stop stealing from artistes and give people human respect. The Wachowski Brothers assumed that it would be easier to rip off a Black woman because this country has a vast and ugly history of devaluing Black women.
Speaking of this country….Americans usually make themselves look bad! Generally-speaking, Americans are self-indulgent, rude, overly opinionated, immature, disconnected from reality, insensitive, greedy and bullies. I’ve viewed some of the commentary and people here are so off-focus and childish. We are talking about the story of Sophia Stewart standing for her rights against Hollywood and WINNING!
There is a positive spin on this story. I haven’t heard of this author and although her work was stolen it has brought her name to ears who might have never heard of her otherwise. Her work is amazing and now I have someone else to add to the list of POSITIVE BLACK AMERICAN FIGURES! Things happen for a reason. These movies might have never been heard of. In the end she got paid,her name put out there for people to see, and the truth about those brothers REVEALED…
How the hell did this women come up with the Matrix when i was the that came up with the idea, the idea of the Matrix was based on a true story, this is bull and i will prove it in court, i am the Warner Brothers Gate Crasher, If you need any answers then speak to Martin Scorsese or Dr, Barry Seedman, Clinical Hypnotherapist
This is bull. Snopes it. Trust me, I bought the ‘The Third Eye’ script like a sucker, half way through I realized it had nothing to do with The Matrix or Terminator, beside some loose mythological ideals that can be traced back to the Creation Myth in the Bible (no, I’m not religious).
You are all arguing over whether she got the money or not, whether she wrote the matrix and do not realize you are still caught in the real matrix. Nationalism, racism,Tell a lie vision, and yes misuse of the internet, all distraction. The constant feeding of more and more materials while they are stealing everything this country has. We will all suffer together and color will what it is, a damn color. Wake up !! and you don’t need a pill to do it.
This was unbeknownst to me until a co-worker brought it to my attention. I’m soooo proud that Sophia Stewert received a well deserved payout. Being a creative black woman myself, I too am afraid of submitting certain things for his very reason. I salute u Sophia Stewert.
Im so happy for her! This is just further proof of how hollywood the media and the government work together to divide the human race and enslave us not to question there information they put out! Question..research and wake up people!!! She finally got her just dues….great job Sophia