tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post765303831848558334..comments2023-06-29T14:54:50.534+01:00Comments on Black Nerds Network: Sophia Stewart did write the Matrix...and Terminator!BNNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747349569561250111noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-12036582747663865552010-03-03T10:19:12.834+00:002010-03-03T10:19:12.834+00:00As Sophia Stewart, also known as Zenia Kavala, was...As Sophia Stewart, also known as Zenia Kavala, was one of the most popular trends in Google today, some sites rushed into publishing “news” about the author who claimed unsuccessfully to be “the mother of The Matrix.”<br /><br />For example, Greg Thomas, Editor of lipstickalley.com copied an older article, originally posted by Salt Lake Community College’s Globe slccglobelink.com stating that; “Monday, October 4th 2004 ended a six-year dispute involving Sophia Stewart, the Wachowski Brothers, Joel Silver and Warner Brothers. Stewart’s allegations, involving copyright infringement and racketeering, were received and acknowledged by the Central District of California, Judge Margaret Morrow residing.” Thomas’ editorial titled “Black Author wins The Matrix Copyright Infringement Case” carefully left out the initial date, informing the readers that Stewart’s trial ended today. This led to other sites, like Thaindian, copying and publishing misinforming materials online, a traffic-grabbing frenzy that leads to propagating rumors and lies.<br /><br />The truth about “The Billion-Dollar Myth” emerged at the end of July 2005, when the Los Angeles Times published an extensive coverage of the story, reporting that the Afro-American author Sophia Stewart didn’t attend her June 13 2005 hearing at the U.S. federal court building in downtown Los Angeles, and that Judge Margaret Morrow dismissed Stewart’s case for lack of evidence.<br /><br />Stewart claimed that her 1983 science fiction work titled “The Third Eye” (copyrighted the following year, but remained unpublished) was submitted in 1986 to the Wachowski Brothers in response to an advertisement posted in a national magazine by them, soliciting science fiction manuscripts to make into comic books. Prior to The Matrix, the Wachowski brothers’ professional resume was limited to the screenplay for the lackluster 1995 Sylvester Stallone action film “Assassins,” a directing debut with a low-budget noir crime flick “Bound” in 1996. Given this “lack of experience” many believed Stewart’s fraud accusations, and her claims still ring true for many black authors today.<br /><br />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.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-60495527984729747712010-02-23T23:23:56.548+00:002010-02-23T23:23:56.548+00:00DAMN
i've just gotten into sci-fi movies in ...DAMN <br /><br />i've just gotten into sci-fi movies in the past year, sci-fi books in the past month, then octavia butler's parables of the sower this week, and now just found this out about my favorite series, the matrix, today. that's mainstream for ya.sagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-39433130129693602302009-07-12T19:11:21.788+01:002009-07-12T19:11:21.788+01:00Ke1,
We cool and all but this site has been aroun...Ke1,<br /><br />We cool and all but this site has been around since 2007 (do a search and check the archives... It goes back to May 2007). Around that time Nerdwithswag was starting out as well, no? Correct me if I'm wrong. I remember Nerdwithswag in its earlier period when the paid reviews button was on the site, before your brother won a Black Weblog Award.<br /><br />The content here and on Nerdwithswag is far from similar. Your brother's site is focused on technology and Hiphop. This site is filled with culture and Black intelligentsia of various mediums. I respect your brother's site but it's not peace accusing fellow peoples of biting without serious evidence.<br /><br />It is also disrespectful to Sophia Stewart to take the comment thread's focus off the track it's meant for: <br><br>'A Black women winning a court case in David vs. Goliath style against well-paid thieves in Hollywood who jacked her book and created The Terminator and The Matrix with it.<br /><br>br><br />There's a time and a place for everything. This is not the time or the place for what you brought to the thread.<br /><br />Love&Light<br />-PZPurpleZoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-19209349947140916352009-07-12T18:57:30.101+01:002009-07-12T18:57:30.101+01:00This comment is for the commenter going by the nam...This comment is for the commenter going by the name of Rafi:<br /><br><br><br />Rafi, The link disputing Sophia Stewart's win that you provided hasn't been updated since 2005. It is totally irrelevant regarding this 2008 article reporting a win on the case. 3 years is a long time.<br /><br />Also, I'm none too surprised that there is still a hush surrounding this. Big players lost a great deal here for their thievery, and are undoubtedly intent to keep the truth as quiet as possible. Unfortunately in this society money has had its influence...PurpleZoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15194302701364476475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-60461779426677066072009-05-21T03:28:10.647+01:002009-05-21T03:28:10.647+01:00It's not only the book which the movies are ba...It's not only the book which the movies are based on & paramount had for five years (1981 to 1985) but it's also the screen treatments that she did. <br /><br />Ms. Stewart's words from her interview at http://sophiastewart.unn13.com/interview.html:<br /> <br />"It was in the winter of 1983 that I gave them the rest of the work, in 1981 they had the screen treatment, which is like a script it shows you exactly how the movie is supposed to be portrayed upon the screen. I didn't finish the whole epic until the winter of 1983 and I called over to Fox looking for Susan Merzbach she had moved over to Paramount she told me send it to David Madden's office via Donald -- at Fox and that's what I did and didn't know it at the time but while they were giving me the runaround about getting agents who are signatory with the writer's guild they were in essence creating The Terminator...It was in the winter of 1983 that I gave them the rest of the work, in 1981 they had the screen treatment, which is like a script it shows you exactly how the movie is supposed to be portrayed upon the screen. I didn't finish the whole epic until the winter of 1983 and I called over to Fox looking for Susan Merzbach she had moved over to Paramount she told me send it to David Madden's office via Donald -- at Fox and that's what I did and didn't know it at the time but while they were giving me the runaround about getting agents who are signatory with the writer's guild they were in essence creating The Terminator."<br /><br /><br />And I believe her. That belief is based on White people's present & historic treatment of Black people and women (particularly Black women) in the United States, especially as it is in regards to the media and Hollywood, and the fact that the culprits have never denied stealing her work. Their only defense was that her lawsuit was outside the statute of limitations regarding The Terminator. That's not a claim of innocence. That's not good enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-61337842949409131292009-02-27T09:54:00.000+00:002009-02-27T09:54:00.000+00:00REPLY to KE1We've never heard of you!?..."Urban".....REPLY to KE1<BR/><BR/>We've never heard of you!?..."Urban"..."Swag"....what do those words mean? <BR/>In the UK thats like calling yourself COLOURED! LMAO!<BR/><BR/>Anyways respect for your shameless self promotion on our page, but what are you promoting?<BR/><BR/>If I wanna see the latest gadget, motorbike etc i go check Kanyes blog which i see you obviously do. LOL!<BR/><BR/>PeaceBNNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747349569561250111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-86927089481079944592009-02-26T23:52:00.000+00:002009-02-26T23:52:00.000+00:00YA DAMN SKIPPY!YA DAMN SKIPPY!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-39379811409733579122009-02-24T03:40:00.000+00:002009-02-24T03:40:00.000+00:00Wow this blog is a complete emulation of Nerdwiths...Wow this blog is a complete emulation of Nerdwithswag.com. But I guess the UK would have its own share of bitters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-1822886172565605852009-02-22T05:36:00.000+00:002009-02-22T05:36:00.000+00:00werd, im glad u guys are posting more info about t...werd, im glad u guys are posting more info about the black genius in sci-fi. Please let folks know about "Octavia Butler"(RIP) and Walter Mosley-they have both written some of the most amazing sci-fi I've ever read!<BR/>-Robert Trujillo/Tres<BR/>Trust Your Struggle Collective<BR/>"Come Bien" Books<BR/>CA-NYCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-12573835169228838372009-02-06T11:06:00.000+00:002009-02-06T11:06:00.000+00:00http://www.amazon.com/Third-Eye-Mother-Matrix/revi...http://www.amazon.com/Third-Eye-Mother-Matrix/review/product/0978539648/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful?ie=UTF8&coliid=&showViewpoints=1&colid=&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending<BR/><BR/>You should read the comments by people who bought the book. Apparently, any similarities are very vague.Artificial Wisdomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596383987021017812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-78839657892088184552009-01-21T00:12:00.000+00:002009-01-21T00:12:00.000+00:00What kind of Nerdy activities are keeping you blac...What kind of Nerdy activities are keeping you black nerds away from your nerdy blog?NightOwlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12367614472278839305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-36975907431708612772009-01-14T17:57:00.000+00:002009-01-14T17:57:00.000+00:00better late! word upbetter late! word upjon jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563341803182699115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-26343457963629938042008-12-30T17:22:00.000+00:002008-12-30T17:22:00.000+00:00I knew it! I knew it! I had been following her s...I knew it! I knew it! I had been following her story, and I find it very ummmm interesting that the mainstream press kept the win on the D.L.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting.<BR/><BR/>GiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-18607807837411692412008-12-24T20:09:00.000+00:002008-12-24T20:09:00.000+00:00It's a good story though!It's a good story though!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899900267018791762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-12893148589615299842008-12-24T13:05:00.000+00:002008-12-24T13:05:00.000+00:00This is what happens when people don't do their re...This is what happens when people don't do their research.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Oops!Niyi Maximus Crownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14117973191971575559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868008130674314044.post-22653400364994215982008-12-18T18:37:00.000+00:002008-12-18T18:37:00.000+00:00false. saying something you want to be true does n...false. saying something you want to be true does not make it so.<BR/><BR/>snopes explains:<BR/>http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/matrix.asp<BR/><BR/>see no new news on google news search:<BR/>http://news.google.com/news?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS291US305&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q="sophia%20stewart"&um=1&sa=N&tab=wnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com