[Movie] Matrix (2021?)

[Shadowferal]

Keanu has seemingly forgotten how to make an appointment for a haircut. I'm not having high hopes. They could've stopped making movies after the first one and the story had been better off. The third movie is Michael Bay levels of cheese.

Pity.
The first mivie was almost poetic in its philosophy...certainly quotable.

[Sorshen]

Couple of thoughts:

1 - "Mom, can we get Morpheus?"
Mom: "We have Morpheus at home."

Sadly Laurence Fishburne was not asked to return, and there was no explanation. Yahya Abdul-Mateen is a good actor tho.

[eschatological]

It feels more like the machines had him in his own personal simulation outside the Matrix based on the Groff line.

Is Groff the guy at the very end?

Why would Neo be trapped in any simulation? I feel like the story would have to hinge on Neo not being aware he's in a simulation, which is hard considering his powerlevel at the end of the third movie. Thus I think for him to be not aware, he'd have to have a powerful emotion ruling over him, making him continuously live in a "dream world" like this iteration of the Matrix. Grief seems to make the most sense.

This trailer also begs the question: what of the peace reached at the end of the trilogy? Is it in jeopardy now? Supposedly they were going to release everyone FROM the Matrix - did they not do that?

[Shadowferal]

Meh, to me it was too pretentious and a movie that tried waaaay to hard to take itself seriously, irritatingly and distractingly so, as this quote kindly demonstrates. I kind of agree with @Orby I never understood why so many people put this franchise on such a pedestal, it was just some other action movie to me the story was vomit-inducing. (imho ofc)

*shrugs*
The Wachowskis apparently agreed. The tone of the sequels are very different...

[s_bushido]

Supposedly they were going to release everyone FROM the Matrix - did they not do that?

I don't think that's true. Pretty sure they were just going to give people a choice, and allow those who wanted to leave to go without a fight.

None of the scenes looked particularly color-graded. I wonder if that's deliberate, or a mistake.

[Makabreska]

I don't think that's true. Pretty sure they were just going to give people a choice, and allow those who wanted to leave to go without a fight.

None of the scenes looked particularly color-graded. I wonder if that's deliberate, or a mistake.

Whole trailer, or at least in-Matrix scenes looked very saturated to me.

[s_bushido]

Whole trailer, or at least in-Matrix scenes looked very saturated to me.

I mean the green tint that the in-Matrix scenes have in the trilogy. I guess they could have changed it for the trailer so that we couldn't tell which scenes were and which scenes weren't. Or there could be some other explanation.

[RampageBW1]

Sadly Laurence Fishburne was not asked to return, and there was no explanation. Yahya Abdul-Mateen is a good actor tho.

Wasn't it revealed that Morpheus was either abducted or murdered during the events of The Matrix Online? Or is that non-canon? If so, that may be the reason why he wasn't asked to return, his character no longer exists?

[hulkgor]

Excited for it. Hope it's a fun experience.

[eschatological]

I don't think that's true. Pretty sure they were just going to give people a choice, and allow those who wanted to leave to go without a fight.

None of the scenes looked particularly color-graded. I wonder if that's deliberate, or a mistake.

Yeah, the green tint of the "real Matrix" vs. the blue tint of the real world are both noticeably absent. Not sure Lana would make that mistake as director, since it was a deliberate choice she and her sister made in the first movie.

[s_bushido]

Yeah, the green tint of the "real Matrix" vs. the blue tint of the real world are both noticeably absent. Not sure Lana would make that mistake as director, since it was a deliberate choice she and her sister made in the first movie.

Well, someone did mention that the final scene in Revolutions took place in the Matrix and didn't have that tint. So maybe they'll be continuing on from that. I do hope it's deliberate and not simply an oversight, though. That would be pretty terrible...

[eschatological]

Just noticed that the release date (12.22.21) is a palindrome. Considering all the mirror effects we've already seen in the trailer, wonder if it's a hint to some of the themes of this movie - I'm now coming around more to Vegas's idea of him being trapped in a "mirror Matrix" created by the machines.

If you watch the trailer closely, there's a moment where Trinity is at the edge of the screen, and he can see the green code scrolling on her face, as if she's just another piece of constructed code. I don't remember how/if people showed up in his Matrix-debugging-mode, but we know machine programs like the Oracle and Seraph, her bodyguard, appeared as golden lines of code. Fake-Trinity might just be another form of control.

[StillMcfuu]

Is Groff the guy at the very end?

Why would Neo be trapped in any simulation? I feel like the story would have to hinge on Neo not being aware he's in a simulation, which is hard considering his powerlevel at the end of the third movie. Thus I think for him to be not aware, he'd have to have a powerful emotion ruling over him, making him continuously live in a "dream world" like this iteration of the Matrix. Grief seems to make the most sense.

This trailer also begs the question: what of the peace reached at the end of the trilogy? Is it in jeopardy now? Supposedly they were going to release everyone FROM the Matrix - did they not do that?

I don't believe that was the deal that was reached. Neo made it so Zion would be free, even Neo has to know there is no way to take in all the people released from the Matrix. From lore, I believe that would be a death sentence for the machines as well. So Neo just stopped the war between Machines and Zion for the most part.

[Dakhath]

Sadly Laurence Fishburne was not asked to return, and there was no explanation. Yahya Abdul-Mateen is a good actor tho.

Apparently they're blaming the shitty MMO from like 16 years ago. I remember playing it actually and man, it was bad.

[Kathranis]

Yeah, but in the Matrix everything was color graded toward green. Except the final scene with the Oracle and the Architect. The trailer didn’t appear to be.

The Matrix in the trailer looks pretty much the way it does at the end of Revolutions, with vibrant, saturated colors.

[Zantera]

There's that great shot of Neo in the elevator with everyone jacked into their phones and considering the time we live in today compared to when the original came out, I think that's an element they could plug into the plot in some way - everyone being constantly connected in and kinda zombies.

[Icelin]

Entertainment industry scared to venture out and do new things. Get stuff like this.

On the positive I believe there will some good scenes in the movie. (Action, CGI etc) Negative I am not very hyped.

**Sidenote**

Makes me think of WoW. When I think of the entertainment industry, video games suffer from this too. I love you WoW. I am happy you finally decided venturing out the past two expansions from TBC recycle. (WoD and Legion) It just sucks that Shadowlands had massive cuts to content...

[bmjclark]

Meh. I'm not sure what I was really expecting but that trailer did absolutely nothing for me

[bledgor]

I wouldn't say I am looking forward to it, but I will probably watch it. I imagine even if the story is meh I can turn my brain off and enjoy the visuals/action scenes.

[Hexian]

But what I dont get and maybe this has already been talked about is: isnt the whole point of the 3rd one is that we are now at peace with the machines and people can leave the matrix freely?