»Stellma?«

During Revolutions, when Seraph, Trinity & Morpheus look for the Trainman.. after the Trainman pulls the emergency stop, they chase him through a station. The station is marked as being called "Stellma". Does anybody know what this might mean and perhaps if it has any significance?

I have become accustomed to the Wachowskis making references to places in their hometown, Chicago.. for example, street names like "Clark & Lake" and also the train which the Trainman jumps in front of is marked "LOOP", which is the name used for the downtown section of the Chicago train system. The obvious exception to this has been Mobil Ave.. which has the significance of being an anagram of 'limbo'.. so I was wondering if maybe there might be a significance to this name as it seems to be a distinctive and odd name.

I am fairly familiar with the Chicago CTA and I'm almost certain that there's no stop called "Stellma".

I suppose there is the possibility that it might be a tribute to a crew member, like the Paterson Pass on the Freeway which was in reference to Owen Paterson the production designer.. and then there's Wo Ping Ave where the tea house that Neo fights Seraph is situated - a tribute to the legendary Yuen Wo Ping (fight choreographer) i also noticed that on the station map behind where the Trainman is seated on the train, there is a "Silver Plaines"... reference to Joel Silver perhaps?

I've seen Revolutions only once and have not gotten it on DVD yet so I couldn't be able to guess either. But I'll move this to a section where you might find help.

Perhaps it is an anagram of something like "LIMBO" is.

well i thought of that.. but i tried to think of anagrams.. and i couldn't come up with any! then again, its not my forté so maybe someone out there can come up with something!

So i took the word Stellma and tried to make another word from it. there are only a few words that make sense in it. Mallets, and Tell Sam. first of all whos sam and tell him what. and i cant see the mallets thing being anywhere in the matrix. It is also a last name. i checked google. its alot of peoples last names. so maybe there is a stelma that worked on the matrix and they decided to make it a name of something. you never know though.

hope that helps allittle

Most likely a crew members name. Like, there's a billboard in M2 with a new lady in red with a phone and it says something like, dial for your salvation, reference to an exit. ANd she was a crew member, a hot one too.

yeah, i tried watching the credits and picking the name out.. i didn't see any "Stellma"..

BUT.. having said that.. the credits are about a million hours long with billions of names crammed into the screen, so there is a slight possibility i dozed off in the middle and maybe missed a few names.

I just saw it in Revolutions. So is it safe to say that theres no great symbolism behind it?

as far as we know, there isn't any significance...

did u finally get your Revolution DVD Akshat?

Yup! Finally. Now I'm trying to understand bits and pieces which I didn't before and making some new theories and threads. Such is the wonder of....the Matrix.

here's what an anagram generator came up with for stellma:Mallet s
Smell at, Stall 'em
Stall me, Alms let
Last elm, Mall set
Malt les, Mast ell
Salt elm, Sell mat
Slam let, Slat elm
Stem all, Tall 'em s
Tall me s, Tell am s
Tell ma s, 'em all st
All met s, All me st
Ell mat s, Ell am st
Ell ma st

do any of these apply? i dunno...i thought it was kinda cool though...any other words we have seen i can use this tool on?

i'm going with stall 'em, it almost works since he is trying to lose them and the train he jumps in front of actually does stall them...hehe who knows...brain hurts...must sleep....

i was wondering the same thing.. heres sum anagrams i saw


MALLETS
ALL STEM
ALL METS
MALL SET
MALLS ET
SMALL ET
STALL ME
STALL EM
MAL LEST
MAL LETS
LAM LEST
LAM LETS
SLAM LET
SLAM TEL
ALMS LET
ALMS TEL
MALTS EL
MALT LES
MALT ELS
LAS MELT
SAL MELT
SLAT ELM
SLAT MEL
SALT ELM
SALT MEL
LAST ELM
LAST MEL
MA TELLS
AM TELLS
AMS TELL
SAM TELL
MATS ELL
MAST ELL
MAT SELL
TAM SELL
SAT MELL
AT SMELL


then i took out an L just incase im seeing wrong

A MELTS
A SMELT
METALS -------- this word stuck out the most
SAMLET
LAMEST
MAL SET
LAM SET
ALMS ET
SLAM ET
LAS MET
SAL MET
SALT EM
SALT ME
SLAT EM
SLAT ME
LAST EM
LAST ME
AM LETS
AM LEST
MA LETS
MA LEST
SAM LET
SAM TEL
AMS LET
AMS TEL
MATS EL
MAST EL
MAT ELS
MAT LES
TAM ELS
TAM LES
AS MELT
SAT MEL
SAT ELM
AT ELMS

Damn you're crazy

And I thought I was detail-crazy.

check the other thread bout stellma