Meatrix II Animated Film Blasts Corporate Dairies
Posted: March 29, 2006
Hopefully you’ve got a sense of humor. I just had a notice about this emailed to me. It’s a Matrix film spoof to blast corporate farming called The Meatrix. I never heard of it before but this is Meatrix II. The group doing this claims the first one’s been downloaded over 10 million times and they’ve won awards for it. They are short animated movies.
I only watched the second one and thought it was hilariously funny. I’m afraid it’s done by some very ignorant people who could sure put their creative talents to use on a much more worthwile issue. However, feel free to watch and laugh although if you haven’t seen The Matrix you may not appreciate the humor.
They even have a blog about it which you can find here. The whole thing is a project of the Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE).
Of course you can find out the truth about corporate dairy farming by visiting this website.
Lisa Perrin Said,
April 4, 2006 @ 10:32 am
Hi Chuck!
I’m not sure if I would classify this propaganda as funny, as much as scary. Scary that people who have no background in agriculture will believe this. Scary that the dairy industry isn’t promoting itself enough to combat it. Scary that there are activists out there who will invest significant time and money to stop all production agriculture.
Those of us who know the facts can laugh and say, “They got that completely wrong, that’s not how it happens at all!” But, the majority of the U.S. population will believe this movie is the truth about agriculture, because there are very few voices out there combating the activists’ point of view.
I say this should be the dairy industry’s call-to-arms: unite and spread the truth about our industry! We all need to be leaders and promoters if we want our livelihood to continue. This video should not only anger you, it should motivate you to do something - whether it’s inviting your neighbor’s to your operation or serving on a local agricultural committee. We have to take charge and face this head-on because it is not going to go away. We must be pro-active so our heritage can become the next generation’s heritage!
Chuck Said,
April 4, 2006 @ 8:45 pm
I guess when I saw this I was just in a mood to laugh. I agree that it’s not really funny when you consider the people who will not see through the mis-information this campaign is putting out. I hope it does motivate people in ag to do something proactive to combat this kind of lunacy!