A phenomenon that captured the imagination.
Even if the Wachowski’s had ideas for it to be part of a trilogy, The Matrix itself stands by itself.įate would not have it that way however, because The Matrix became massive, gigantic even. The Matrix is a story which if it had not had sequels greenlit by Warner Brothers, could exist on its own. What we can see is what we follow and are interested in, Neo’s journey to master himself and the world around him, and to best Agent Smith. Machines are bad, they enslave the humans in dreams. Every world has to have causes, and the causes in the Matrix are stripped down, unknown, and simply defined. It briefly references the larger conflicts surrounding them, the war of the Machines and against Zion, but they are alluded to like an oral history, events experienced by others which set the background to the conflicts your following. The Matrix of 1999, the original is a world unto itself. So now, after fifteen years since its final installment, I thought it might be nice to do a retrospective of the series. Its impact spanned both the Western and Eastern hemispheres, and the disciples of this film spirit are legion (something producer Joel Silver actually predicted during its production).
THE MATRIX RELOADED SERIES
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