If, by some chance, you haven’t seen the original Matrix trilogy, this article contains spoilers.
And don’t forget the obligatory background music.
Children of the ‘90s—as in, children who grew up in the ‘90s—occupied a cultural moment in which the common man’s non-digital life was in its last gasp. Our pop culture was filled with techno-dystopian themes, the perfect prelude to the oncoming haze of always-on connectivity.
Back then, dystopian sci-fi in film was a trend that had held-over from the ‘80s with the continuation of franchises like Terminator and RoboCop. The ‘90s and early ‘00s brought us movies like Total Recall, Johnny Mnemonic, Minority Report, and, yes, The Matrix.
Everyone remembers the distinctive flair of the Matrix series....