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The Third Eye
"THE THIRD EYE". Sophia Stewart's epic story that was (purportedly) stolen and used to create two of Hollywood's biggest franchises, THE MATRIX and THE TERMINATOR.
Also contains additional information such as Court documents, letters of access, registered return receipts, FBI investigations and Sophia Stewart's future projects.
Also contains additional information such as Court documents, letters of access, registered return receipts, FBI investigations and Sophia Stewart's future projects.
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December 29, 2013
I am suspicious if those that rated this highly even read it.
This isn't the book that started it all and the courts agreed. What you have here is a 36-page rough draft of a story that has many loose common themes similar to a LOT of other stories prior to this one. You are better off staying away from this one if you are looking for the Matrix.
The remainder of the book is copied court documents - to what end?
This isn't the book that started it all and the courts agreed. What you have here is a 36-page rough draft of a story that has many loose common themes similar to a LOT of other stories prior to this one. You are better off staying away from this one if you are looking for the Matrix.
The remainder of the book is copied court documents - to what end?
November 22, 2017
This isn't a book, it's a collection of correspondence with possibly the most patient legal teams ever. When the incoherent rambling gets around to the source material for the claims, we're treated to a vague outline, with no real story to it. This repeats, once with 'artwork' and another time with a dot matrix copy, I suppose to make it look like it was published in the 80s.
The only interesting part of the book was the section where the author lists the parts that infringe on their work in an itemized list. The best part is where it lists a character that wasn't in the story (at least the version in this book) and describes them as 'Non-descript woman' then cites the character Switch from the Matrix as infringing on copyright. There's a few other gems like this, and it makes me wonder if the author even watched the movies or not.
If you're interested in this, try to find it in a library, don't feed this copyright troll with money by buying it.
The only interesting part of the book was the section where the author lists the parts that infringe on their work in an itemized list. The best part is where it lists a character that wasn't in the story (at least the version in this book) and describes them as 'Non-descript woman' then cites the character Switch from the Matrix as infringing on copyright. There's a few other gems like this, and it makes me wonder if the author even watched the movies or not.
If you're interested in this, try to find it in a library, don't feed this copyright troll with money by buying it.
May 9, 2018
Like many others have stated, this isn't exactly a "book," but rather a collection of legal documents with a bit of a outline (and I use that word loosely) to a story that's a lot like various other stories.
December 28, 2021
Sophia Stewart is claiming to invent something that many authors have already explored before her, the blend of spirituality and science fiction. Does this book resemble the Matrix - not at all. In fact, it more resembles a blend of first contact stories and biblical narrative than anything like the matrix.
Would I recommend you read it? Not really. Should you wish to investigate her claims on your own go ahead, it's available on Amazon. But, unless you like biblically structured storytelling it is very dry and uninteresting to read. The book is broken up into several sections a film treatment, a prose narrative (the point where I dnf'ed it that's more biblical structured), and photocopies of court documents. None of which proves her claims that the Wachowski Sisters ever copied her work. Attached below I have proved a link to both the Black Excellence and LA Times write up of her claims. Both articles debunk the common misconceptions about her story.
There are many people, especially Black people, who wanted the story to be true. It symbolized a Black person, especially a Black woman, finally winning against the system.
...
But the story is not true. Sophia Stewart did not become the richest Black person in the country. But that did not deter her from going on several shows and publications to tell her story.
...
The conspiracy might always float around the internet as all conspiracies do, but this is an easy one to terminate.
-Black Excellence
Sophia Stewart: What’s True And What’s Fiction? - Black Excellence
The Billion-Dollar Myth - LA Times
Would I recommend you read it? Not really. Should you wish to investigate her claims on your own go ahead, it's available on Amazon. But, unless you like biblically structured storytelling it is very dry and uninteresting to read. The book is broken up into several sections a film treatment, a prose narrative (the point where I dnf'ed it that's more biblical structured), and photocopies of court documents. None of which proves her claims that the Wachowski Sisters ever copied her work. Attached below I have proved a link to both the Black Excellence and LA Times write up of her claims. Both articles debunk the common misconceptions about her story.
There are many people, especially Black people, who wanted the story to be true. It symbolized a Black person, especially a Black woman, finally winning against the system.
...
But the story is not true. Sophia Stewart did not become the richest Black person in the country. But that did not deter her from going on several shows and publications to tell her story.
...
The conspiracy might always float around the internet as all conspiracies do, but this is an easy one to terminate.
-Black Excellence
Sophia Stewart: What’s True And What’s Fiction? - Black Excellence
The Billion-Dollar Myth - LA Times
September 10, 2013
The Third Eye is a provocative and powerful story that captures the passion of the author's visionary ideals about Prophecy and combines this innovation into a futuristic worldview that inspires the reader to not only embrace the story, but to HUG it so closely that you lose yourself inside the story's timeline.
October 25, 2020
Not Convincing At All
I expected a book with a full story. It's just a film treatment that isn't very compelling. The argument presented after the material in question is presented with legal documents and a list of editorialized "facts." This argument is that The Matrix and The Terminator movies copied her word (or were at least heavily influenced by it) without compensating her.
I didn't read the treatment for her other work at the end, so I can't comment on that.
The story that she wrote is not good. Too many characters for a pretty basic storyline. It's ironic that she is at least unconsciously guilty of her own accusation in some manner.
I'm torn on the Matrix accusation. There are some similarities, but to be as aggressive as she is and call herself the Mother of the Matrix is absurd. That movie and what she wrote are worlds apart when looking at it from a birds eye view.
I have no idea where the Terminator argument came from. There is nothing at all that makes me believe that the Terminator movies took anything from The Third Eye. They are not remotely close. The only similarity that is mentioned (outside of the savior thing, but Jesus was doing it in the bible well before the 80's) is the "I'll be back" line and I don't even remember that ICONIC moment from The Third Eye. I just read it in the "facts" section and will assume "we'll be back" was said by someone.
This is so bad. Unless you have the opportunity to borrow this, I highly recommended you pass this one by.
I expected a book with a full story. It's just a film treatment that isn't very compelling. The argument presented after the material in question is presented with legal documents and a list of editorialized "facts." This argument is that The Matrix and The Terminator movies copied her word (or were at least heavily influenced by it) without compensating her.
I didn't read the treatment for her other work at the end, so I can't comment on that.
The story that she wrote is not good. Too many characters for a pretty basic storyline. It's ironic that she is at least unconsciously guilty of her own accusation in some manner.
I'm torn on the Matrix accusation. There are some similarities, but to be as aggressive as she is and call herself the Mother of the Matrix is absurd. That movie and what she wrote are worlds apart when looking at it from a birds eye view.
I have no idea where the Terminator argument came from. There is nothing at all that makes me believe that the Terminator movies took anything from The Third Eye. They are not remotely close. The only similarity that is mentioned (outside of the savior thing, but Jesus was doing it in the bible well before the 80's) is the "I'll be back" line and I don't even remember that ICONIC moment from The Third Eye. I just read it in the "facts" section and will assume "we'll be back" was said by someone.
This is so bad. Unless you have the opportunity to borrow this, I highly recommended you pass this one by.
September 23, 2024
This is essentially two books in one.
One is Stewart's pitch for the movie trilogy she claims was ripped off for both The Terminator & The Matrix. It's just an outline, and about thirty pages long, though she also includes the same outline in manuscript form. This outline is, to be blunt, unfilmable. But more importantly, it barely resembles either film. Instead it's a planet-hopping, lore-clogged sci-fi story with much more overt Biblical overtones. The only real similarities are that there's a post-apocalyptic dystopia, and that there's a chosen one, but neither resembles The Matrix much - most notably, this pitch has no Matrix, because everyone involved is fully aware they're in a dystopia. Later on there's a guide to which elements match up with which elements from The Third Eye, and they're extremely broad - her pitch has spaceships, The Matrix has a ship in it. She has chosen ones and mentors, The Matrix has chosen ones and mentors, including a claim that Switch rips off one of her characters because they're both underdeveloped.
The villains aren't killer robots, they're a group called the "Rothfellers" that own the banks and the media. And who want to kill a stand-in for Jesus. And whose symbol is a six-pointed star made of two pyramids. In other words, they're a pretty nakedly antisemitic caricature. In fact, the whole pitch has a huge conspiratorial bent, with talk of ancient aliens, pyramids, Christian apocalyptism and graphs of world power, in the form of pyramids.
The bulk of the book, though, is made up of legal documents. These are boring, and none of them prove her case, but the most telling is the story of how the "story" was stolen in the first place. See, according to this book, the Wachowskis ran a contest in the mid-80s, where they were in Hollywood. But in the mid-80s, the Wachowskis were in college. They wouldn't have a single entertainment credit until some comics work in the early 90s, and their first film credit was in 1995. That one fact just leaves the rest untenable.
The book concludes with a pitch for another film trilogy, and that really drives home what's wrong with this book: it's just outlines, pitches, and ideas. There's no actual stories to read, just plans to write a story someday. Which isn't very much at all.
One is Stewart's pitch for the movie trilogy she claims was ripped off for both The Terminator & The Matrix. It's just an outline, and about thirty pages long, though she also includes the same outline in manuscript form. This outline is, to be blunt, unfilmable. But more importantly, it barely resembles either film. Instead it's a planet-hopping, lore-clogged sci-fi story with much more overt Biblical overtones. The only real similarities are that there's a post-apocalyptic dystopia, and that there's a chosen one, but neither resembles The Matrix much - most notably, this pitch has no Matrix, because everyone involved is fully aware they're in a dystopia. Later on there's a guide to which elements match up with which elements from The Third Eye, and they're extremely broad - her pitch has spaceships, The Matrix has a ship in it. She has chosen ones and mentors, The Matrix has chosen ones and mentors, including a claim that Switch rips off one of her characters because they're both underdeveloped.
The villains aren't killer robots, they're a group called the "Rothfellers" that own the banks and the media. And who want to kill a stand-in for Jesus. And whose symbol is a six-pointed star made of two pyramids. In other words, they're a pretty nakedly antisemitic caricature. In fact, the whole pitch has a huge conspiratorial bent, with talk of ancient aliens, pyramids, Christian apocalyptism and graphs of world power, in the form of pyramids.
The bulk of the book, though, is made up of legal documents. These are boring, and none of them prove her case, but the most telling is the story of how the "story" was stolen in the first place. See, according to this book, the Wachowskis ran a contest in the mid-80s, where they were in Hollywood. But in the mid-80s, the Wachowskis were in college. They wouldn't have a single entertainment credit until some comics work in the early 90s, and their first film credit was in 1995. That one fact just leaves the rest untenable.
The book concludes with a pitch for another film trilogy, and that really drives home what's wrong with this book: it's just outlines, pitches, and ideas. There's no actual stories to read, just plans to write a story someday. Which isn't very much at all.
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April 16, 2025
I have serious concerns about the mental well-being and health of the author, Sophia Stewart. The many 5-star reviews on Amazon and hype about the alleged theft of her story were an intriguing must-read for me. After reading it, I am really glad I didn't pay $30 for this jumbled rambling of ideas and could check it out for free. She is de-lu-lu, and so are the 5-star reviewers. I thought I was reading a different version than they were until I realized they must not have even read it. As many others have stated, this is not a complete book or manuscript. Most of it is legal documents (that show the production company took her claims seriously & looked into it & found it to be invalid), then a section of chapter summaries - I guess that's the movie treatment, and then what seems to be an essay on what the book is supposed to be, and added content for what looks like an attempt at a prequel to make it look more like the Matrix (dated afer the movie). If the Wachowskis could write the Matrix from this mess, then they are geniuses. There are very few elemental similarities. The story lines, plot, characters, and premise are completely different and seem even at odds with her original plot. She threw in aliens, corporations, time travel, Dr Frankenstein, and then god. I felt like I was reading a schizophrenic brain dump of ideas in an essay format, that doesn't organically or logically flow. There is no character narrative, or at least a consistent structure. Someone, please, get Ms. Stewart the help she so desperately needs.
August 9, 2021
Interesting. Facts and Legal Documents are repeated throughout but I understand where she is coming from wholeheartedly.
They stole her work. Ignored her, avoided her, neglected her call for justice. This books reads like someone whose been hurt terribly, abused and left to rot but no one believes her. There is a story here within this book filled with court documents and letters from movie companies. The big movie companies rejected her work through letters with their companies official logos on it. Later in the book a story is told through the pen of the original writer of The Matrix franchise and Terminator franchise. I believe Sofia Stewart. Ms. Stewart is the sole author and originator of both The Matrix series and Terminator series. It’s her baby. Her brainchild that has been abducted and raised as someone else’s child. Horrifying. She deserves justice. All Creatives deserve protection from huge companies who can steal their work.
They stole her work. Ignored her, avoided her, neglected her call for justice. This books reads like someone whose been hurt terribly, abused and left to rot but no one believes her. There is a story here within this book filled with court documents and letters from movie companies. The big movie companies rejected her work through letters with their companies official logos on it. Later in the book a story is told through the pen of the original writer of The Matrix franchise and Terminator franchise. I believe Sofia Stewart. Ms. Stewart is the sole author and originator of both The Matrix series and Terminator series. It’s her baby. Her brainchild that has been abducted and raised as someone else’s child. Horrifying. She deserves justice. All Creatives deserve protection from huge companies who can steal their work.
July 8, 2020
Strange and litigious...
What an odd book. The first fifth of it edifies author and her case against the Wachowski brothers, Warner Brothers, and a lot of Hollywood movers and shakers. I couldn’t see much resemblance between her characters and the Terminator and Matrix characters until she breaks them down, point by point. This is the only reason I give this book two stars instead of one. Whatever the case may be, their stories were a lot better than this mess.
What an odd book. The first fifth of it edifies author and her case against the Wachowski brothers, Warner Brothers, and a lot of Hollywood movers and shakers. I couldn’t see much resemblance between her characters and the Terminator and Matrix characters until she breaks them down, point by point. This is the only reason I give this book two stars instead of one. Whatever the case may be, their stories were a lot better than this mess.
February 23, 2019
The book/story from which the first 3 Terminator films and the Matrix trilogy were stolen from. Includes many official court documents and other legal paperwork including a summary of the FBI investigation in to the theft, all of which details author, Sophia Stewart's battle and struggle in taking the Hollywood moguls and film companies to court.
May 16, 2010
heavy sci-fi from the the Mother of the Matrix and Terminator series.
March 8, 2010
I can some similarities between the movie and the book.
January 14, 2017
Sophia Stewart remains one of my greatest inspirations to write Sci-Fi. I absolutely loved the book, and am grateful for a clear third eye.
December 19, 2021
Not worth your time and all those false accusations and lies make the writer a liar who's selling crap. Disgusting she should be sewed for slander.
October 26, 2024
I picked up this book as soon as I heard the story about the author and how Hollywood allegedly ripped her off for the Terminator and Matrix movies. Movies that allegedly evolved out of this script. Given that I am a fan of these movies it was only natural I check this piece out.
Most of this book is not the work of itself. The beginning is the author discussing how the work came about, her submission of it after seeing a request for ideas, nothing and then those movies being made and her getting no credit for the ideas. After the work is a bunch of documents related to her lawsuit and then some other small works of hers at the end, which I will admit, I skipped over.
I can see where the studios got the ideas for both movies (I never actually pieced together that the two could be related, but thinking about it I can see it) from her. This work draws a lot inspiration from other works, peoples and events. Not hard to see. The writing style is like it was an over-view of a much bigger work. I will admit I liked the creativity within the story showing how the two movies are interwoven with each other.
In the end, you can tell it was written by someone who, at the time, really hadn't put their time in as a writer. That's not to say it's bad, I think the author has potential, just this work is not a good indicator of it.
Three stars.
Most of this book is not the work of itself. The beginning is the author discussing how the work came about, her submission of it after seeing a request for ideas, nothing and then those movies being made and her getting no credit for the ideas. After the work is a bunch of documents related to her lawsuit and then some other small works of hers at the end, which I will admit, I skipped over.
I can see where the studios got the ideas for both movies (I never actually pieced together that the two could be related, but thinking about it I can see it) from her. This work draws a lot inspiration from other works, peoples and events. Not hard to see. The writing style is like it was an over-view of a much bigger work. I will admit I liked the creativity within the story showing how the two movies are interwoven with each other.
In the end, you can tell it was written by someone who, at the time, really hadn't put their time in as a writer. That's not to say it's bad, I think the author has potential, just this work is not a good indicator of it.
Three stars.
December 13, 2021
Sophia clearly stole her story from the bible story. Her writing style is predictable and lame. Clearly NOT similar to the Matrix or Terminator.
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July 18, 2021Interesting info and good arguments..
But this is not a completed novel and barely more than handwritten, freeform outlines to a story. Grand in scope, and with vision, maybe even inspired, but it is my belief the message was delivered and came through better in the actual trilogy. It's a shame Stewart couldn't have been more involved in her work or at least compensated for her ideas.
I do not buy the argument for terminator being a directly stolen property, though. The Matrix is an easy sell, though.
But this is not a completed novel and barely more than handwritten, freeform outlines to a story. Grand in scope, and with vision, maybe even inspired, but it is my belief the message was delivered and came through better in the actual trilogy. It's a shame Stewart couldn't have been more involved in her work or at least compensated for her ideas.
I do not buy the argument for terminator being a directly stolen property, though. The Matrix is an easy sell, though.
May 18, 2025
Lo peor que he leido en mucho tiempo
The worst i ever reed
The worst i ever reed
July 25, 2023
I wanted to like this. I did not. The writing left a lot to be desired in multiple areas. The only thing that pushed it up to two stars was the world building, which needed more description. That having been said, I can see where the author is coming from with her Matrix claims. It requires a lot of extrapolation, but I see it.
January 3, 2019
One of the most powerful books of all time. I saw myself in this book and Sophia Stewart is a creative genius who is truly a gem in this world!!
September 20, 2023
I bought this book out of curiosity
I found a book of legal filings and a trivia section with a small story treatment in there somewhere. I wish I had never purchased this.
I found a book of legal filings and a trivia section with a small story treatment in there somewhere. I wish I had never purchased this.
January 10, 2025
this is not the book
It is a pamphlet about the book. Thought I was getting a deal, $3. Disappointing. Going to see if I can return.
It is a pamphlet about the book. Thought I was getting a deal, $3. Disappointing. Going to see if I can return.
July 20, 2024
When Morning Star arrived on Earth, businessmen were already gaining power by using their "business management" ways to get whatever they wanted.
I thought, "What the hell - I'll humor the seemingly endless comments on social media calling for justice for this woman. I'll face the possibility that my heroes are counterfeit. I'll actually read the damn thing." And now I know exactly none of those commenters have.
Ahead of the actual "story" you are greeted with the 'About The Author' section which is absolutely dripping with narcissism. "Child prodigy, prolific writer, poet and creative genius" are words she uses to describe herself before you get to the weakest manuscript you've ever seen. I knew it was gonna be a winner when she gave us a preface and an introduction.
"In space, there is no time as we know it; there is only light."
These are the words of someone who is trying desperately to pose as an intellectual. She writes like my ex-roommate speaks. She's convinced herself that she's spitting verbal wildfire, fully unaware that the rest of us can see right through her hollow offerings of "wisdom." I especially like the part where she suggests video games are brainwashing the youth and subconsciously preparing them for war.
The whole thing is laughably vague, completely devoid of style and attitude. Sophie Stewart's brilliant and never-been-done-before "original" concepts include "aliens", a "Super-race", a "Space Star", and a "Gallactic Rebellion." Woman spends 30 dreadfully dull pages borrowing more from George Lucas and the Bible than the Wachowskis and Cameron ever did from her, then has the audacity to spend the next 200+ pages attempting to gaslight you into believing that she wrote two of the most iconic action movies ever made instead.
The most amusing bit is that The Terminator doesn't even enter the picture until the Warner Bros. executive brings it up while (way too patiently) trying to explain that a couple of loose thematic similarities do not equal plagiarism. I guess that was the point where she decided to try her luck whining to 20th Century Fox instead.
June 15, 2024
Therefore, even though I really like the first two Falk books, I feel like I read a completely different book than everyone else based on the ratings for Exiles geometry dash subzero.
This novel struck me as being plodding and overly laden with material better suited for small-town romances, women's fiction, or family dramas. I was unpleasantly surprised because this series has never been any of those. Even if it was good to see Falk in a domestic environment and with a family of sorts, I was not present for the pages and pages of family life with the Racos, caring for or nursing the children. Long-winded flashbacks and dialogue felt more like hardcore retconning to fill in the gaps rather than adding to the mystery.
This novel struck me as being plodding and overly laden with material better suited for small-town romances, women's fiction, or family dramas. I was unpleasantly surprised because this series has never been any of those. Even if it was good to see Falk in a domestic environment and with a family of sorts, I was not present for the pages and pages of family life with the Racos, caring for or nursing the children. Long-winded flashbacks and dialogue felt more like hardcore retconning to fill in the gaps rather than adding to the mystery.
February 4, 2023
Bought this expecting the story that inspired the Terminator and Matrix franchises. This is instead a collection of court documents with a 40 page outline that has very little that could even be considered equivalent to the named franchises. Luckily I was able to return this for a refund so landed up not wasting my money.
December 16, 2023
The 5 star reviews cannot be real. This is incomplete all over. Its no wonder she's never gotten the justice she wants. This is nothing like Terminator or Matrix. I came here to this book wishing I could connect the stories, but its not even remotely close to either franchise. Even the story, for what it is; a completely unpolished brainstorm at best.
May 1, 2021
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Great eye opening read for those with ears to hear and eyes to see!
Thank you Ms. Sophia Stewart! 💎
Great eye opening read for those with ears to hear and eyes to see!
Thank you Ms. Sophia Stewart! 💎
September 10, 2021
Enlightening and revealing! She was ahead of her time in her level on consciousness. Not surprised about the plagiarism. Seems to be a historical pattern in society or should I say Hollywood.
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