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Man The Matrix deserved to stay in the culture longer. It even became double-relevant with the trans-themes
I rephrased this a few times, but basically Columbine happened and that was the end of that.
The Matrix was hugely popular for many years after Columbine.
Yeah, but everyone who wanted to look like Neo had to decide if they wanted to look like the Columbine shooter too. I'm literally only talking about the kids that cosplayed as Neo every day. Even the cowboy kids in highschool second guessed their walker Texas ranger getups after Columbine.
That explains why the never made any sequels.
Nah, they just made it a series.
No.
No.
they did make some decent comic books though
That happened before the Matrix didn't it?
Looks like it was a month after, March and April 1999
The Matrix look went on for much longer, this guy is seven years later, so I reject the hypothesis tbh
His reasoning isn't unfounded but incorrect. Those kids never even watched the matrix, the media made those connections. They planned to watch it the next day. At least according police reports gathered. His friend Dylan Klebold was interrogated.
Thats exactly why matrix cyberpunk never caught on, Columbine happened so soon after that the two events were cemented together by the media. Everyone who wore one afterwards had to deal with "uh oh school shooter!" comments. I personally knew three guys who wore one before, and well after too. By 2009ish it was weird. I worked with a guy as late as 2016 that wore one to work every day (well, two, but the other guy did it for cowboy reasons not edgelord reasons).
The guy in the picture might be just wearing a regular jacket, not a duster btw, and it's brown not black. Those sunglasses were all over the late 90's/early 2000's too.
Ya, I had leather pelle pelle jacket but it just happen to be a duster. Everyone called me a school shooter.
The Wachowskis literally wrote it with that in mind considering they have both transitioned at this point.
They didn't? They transitioned WAY after the matrix. Please don't spread misinformation.
This point meaning now as in November 2026. Obviously not saying they transitioned BEFORE the Matrix. Please don't misinterpret my writing and accuse me of misinformation.
Well then instead of fighting with me just edit the post.
Like it is a genuinely good film and here is how I know. I have only seen it once, opening week in 1999 before any of the hype had built. There was 6 of us in theater.
Despite it being 27 years, I can still tell you key characters and plot points after all this time. That is how you know it was great. The sequels... not so much.
The original film was close to perfection, the second film had its moments, like the night club scene and the introduction of the twins and flipping an SUV with a samurai sword, and the third… basically only thing I remember is watching a live-action version of a DBZ fight, which was awesome to watch in the theatre and obviously still miles better than any fight in the actual live-action DBZ movie… But I couldn’t tell you what the rest of the film was about.
Part three tied the plot together in the end and gave it a tidy conclusion, but it was like a completely different film from one and two, probably cause most of it took place outside the matrix.
I liked Agent Smith's existential rants. Those make the movie worth seeing, even aside from wrapping up the plot.
But the big battle in the cave drove me crazy because the timing was just so off. Like I think they wanted to build suspense so they dragged some things out. But for me that killed the suspense because it was like "okay time's up, they would be dead if they didn't have plot armor." Personally I can't feel suspense if the pacing isn't at least believable.
There is no live action DBZ though.
Aaaah, so that’s what they meant by that quote…
Ya we gave it the GT treatment but it is cannon Akira said so.
It's been my favorite movie since I was 11.
My reasons for liking it have changed a number of times as I grew older, but the movie has always been good.
Part of the reason that I like it so much is that you can fit into so many different allegories, but the core message of "change is hard, but you shouldn't give up hope because life gets better" stays the same.