Both were great in their own way, but I was in 7th grade when the first came out, and the hype with all of us 12 year olds was off the chart. T1 was also the one we sat around and recreated scenes from the movie. T2 was great, but for folks my age, T1 had the bigger impact.
The franchise always had subtle hints of "sjw" subversion. The Resistance were mostly minorites who felt a need to break away from the system. Trinity was a badass who could stand toe to toe against Ridley from Aliens. Hope I didn't ruin the franchise for angry snowflakes with that revelation... A new Matrix in the post truth world where people now choose their digital selves over their fleshy connections is potentially chilling. What is their commentary of millennials whom many pictured themselves as Neo? Neo saved the world by letting the machines win and convincing them that Free Will was a better paradigm than Determinism. What happens when we collectively discard our decisions and reboot with a digitally shopped version? The experience machine has become the new opiate for the masses. Never here. Never there.
Friendly tip for those making the next Matrix move. * More sunglasses, leathers and guns. Being IN the matrix is the fun part. * Less burlap sacks in Zion and dancing around raving.
No dunlop here. But "big ol" has to be bigger than my waist (36" post-covid eating) and equal or better to shoe width (D). Without standards there is chaos.
Some geek shower thoughts... A lot of Black Mirror sci fi talks about us jacking into the digital world as we slump into a coma-like state, but it seems like it'd be just as easy to put in an "autopilot" mode for people who don't want their meat bodies to waste away in real life. Hate running on a treadmill? Flip on Autopilot while you're mentally online slaying dragons or Influencing others with digital selfies and glamor shots. So you allow the robots control you in real life while you're controlling your best digital life. Ergo... machines have won as long as they give people the feeling that they've won something better.
The Wachowski sisters can drop this...but Mel Brooks can't even muster anything for a Spaceballs 2??!? There's been so much good Star Wars material that I'm shocked Mel hasn't tried to throw something together.
Would you want a reboot of SpaceBalls with new parody elements or a sequel with the original cast (Bill Pullman's gotta be like, what, 60?)?
