Musical Reference
I've looked through all 12 pages discussing topics about this movie and didn't notice once that anybody else had mentioned this:
The Crystal Method's first album, Vegas, has a song on it (the first of the album) called "Trip Like I Do". The first lines of this song are the same lines of the narration at the beginning of this movie...
"Another world, another time
In the age of wonder
Another world, another time
This land was green and good
Until the crystal cracked
Once more
They will replenish themselves
Cheat death again
The power of their source
The crystal..."
I think that's badass!