Today, February 19, in 1998, hacker Trinity fends off two units of police officers and faces off with sinister sentient computer programs known as Agents (The Matrix, 1999)
A quarter of a century on from the release of #TheMatrix, not entirely convinced it represented ‘the peak of [human] civilisation’, but on balance it’s been a net regression.
"Remember, all I am offering is the truth. You take the blue pill, you go back to sleep, believe whatever you want to. You take the red pill, you see how far the rabbit hole goes."
"Wait. These are these just NyQuil and DayQuil...?"
"Indeed. As I said, I offer you the truth: A good nap and clear sinuses, or you stay awake, blow your nose, and learn what The Mucous really is."
Just watched #TheMatrix for the dozenth+ time. On a combo VCR/DVD player I bought for $20. On a $1.99 DVD. On a 720p(i) TV.
Have to say, it is aging well: inter gender and interracial cooperation. The inter-genre music still incredible. The choreography outstanding. Pays homage to spaghetti westerns, love stories, Bruce Lee, film noir, sci-fi, war, apocolypse, crime drama, and more.
Has there ever been a more quintessentially #American movie than the Matrix?
It lays bare the American fascination with guns, the individual, distrust of government, and redemption through #technology and our fear of it. It fully predicts dangers of AI. Fuck, it even predicts AI.
All while being fully entertaining and a warning.
The Matrix is #ElonMusk 's playbook.
Jesus Christ, this is a good movie and its aging well.
The police officer is the most prominent example of a simulacrum in modern society. Cops as most people know them not only don't actually exist, but they never did. Most people learned everything they think they know about cops from a torrent of pop culture copaganda that never reflected reality.
I was surprised to find even this much of a lay phone left standing yesterday. Having just re-watched The Matrix, I thought I'd tint it green and call it "No Exit."
#Serenity is IMHO the best #SpaceOpera film ever made. I just enjoy it more than any other piece of space #film out there. It's got a great opening scene (it goes from a dream, to a simulation, to real life), and the second scene is equally amazing: a SINGLE take of several minutes, following characters through the entirety of the #Firefly#spaceship (fully recreated).
It's my #2 best film of all time, after #TheMatrix. Currently can be seen for free on Tubi.
The first Matrix movie was a lot of fun. I enjoyed the world building but, to me, that's most of what the first movie was. I'm not going to kink shame but it definitely wasn't my favorite of the trilogy. Fun, thought-provoking, and cool as hell, but not my favorite