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I liked the first Matrix film, yes; but the sequels left a lot to be desired. I think the time of "The Matrix's" franchise popularity has passed...much like the MIB franchise.
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As for "bomb" - Matrix Reloaded cost $150 million to make, and grossed over $450 million worldwide, which means it didn't exactly do Avengers: Endgame numbers, but hell, I'd settle for a "bomb" like that!
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You are probably right about Zion being part of the Matrix. If the humans darkened the sky in the wars, then the robots can just find alternative methods of power rather than using the completely inefficient human battery method. It is also possible that humanity turned themselves into batteries due to VR addiction and forgot that they put themselves there. So using human batteries would be an efficient method of keeping the Matrix powered not to power robots. Zion would be full of former VR Junkies that forgot that they or their parents put them in the Matrix not evil robots.
The Matrix was the most curious and pretentious garbage movie trilogy of it's time. The first one is a really badly aged but still okay-ish action flick (it's somewhere out there with Equilibrium - Killer of Emotion), and the rest imcluding "The Animatrix" is in my opinion best forgotten. Just like the "other" MIBs or Ghostbusters.
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I'm talking stuff they did like:
"Speed Racer"
"Cloud Atlas"
"Jupiter Ascending"...
IE - nothing they've done post their Matrix films really stands out Box Office wise, and they've of late done some HUGE miscalculations WRT what an audience finds entertaining in that the majority of their recent work has cost A LOT but in the end BOMBED BIG.
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And we have absolutely no idea how much energy is required to operate the Matrix or the amount of energy that can be safely extracted from a human. However, the energy required for a million people in the same simulation is less than the energy required for a million people in their own unique simulations.
The Matrix would be far more interesting if it was a Corporation responsible for trapping humans within the Matrix to use their unused neurons for profit. There would be a lot of people willing to rent out their neurons to experience their ideal world and even more if they didn't realize they were renting out their neurons.
My point with MIB and Ghostbusters was that those series had one good movie that even entrenched itself in popular culture - the first, naturally - and then delivered sequels over a longer period of time and none of them even comes close to the magic formula the first ones had. It's the same with The Matrix in my opinion, the first one works because it doesn't try to be much, the sequels pretend to be all deep philosophical pieces which are interrupted by firefights and kung-fu choreography. Of course we all have different opinions and that is fine, as @azrael605 pointed out. My point with Equilibrium was that that movie is also good for what it is, but it's also a blessing that they didn't try to make more of it. Terminator fell in the same trap which was an amazing one-off, but a horrible franchise (again my opinion), despite the fact that I actually liked Genesys which literally killed the franchise for good.
On top of that, The Matrix has pretty much ran it's course. Something like Star Wars or Star Trek despite varying individual quality of their installments is more or less always relatable. The Matrix is something that in my opinion hasn't aged well. Cranking out a sequel just because it's what we do these days is not a good idea.
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If you want to get into the philosophy behind it, then a sequel now (or even a dreaded reboot) would still work because AI and the implications thereof are more mainstream now than when we first got the Matrix. If it's a generic action film then, whatever, it'll still most likley make money due to the name.
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Amen. I also agree the time of the Matrix should be done. Enough of this resurrection of past trilogies and the such. You have enough material in books as well as making the movies that were first released in black and white, be done in color now. Thanks.
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> IE - nothing they've done post their Matrix films really stands out Box Office wise, and they've of late done some HUGE miscalculations WRT what an audience finds entertaining in that the majority of their recent work has cost A LOT but in the end BOMBED BIG.
Hey I really liked Jupiter Ascending, it should have gotten a sequel.
Anyways given Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure 3 is also coming out can we also expect a Speed sequel?
Also the social, cultural, and even religious context is alot different from when the first Matrix Movies came out. The Red Pill has been used by MRAs, Neomasculanists, Gnostics and possibly other religious and political groups that believe they have the true insides behind the illusions if reality (politics). There is even a wonderful documentary called the Red Pill.
Personally, I find Jupiter Ascending to have some of the most interesting starship designs that I have seen in a movie.