Yeah, literally says "Warner Brothers is making matrix 4 with or without us." Can't think of a more direct explanation straight from director to audience.

@@radicant7283 Yeah exactly, it's like they knew they didn't want to do it but thought alright we'll make one but we're gonna make sure you know that this was a bad idea and we KNOW IT WAS. lol.

@@radicant7283Is that like, the fourth wall pulverised with extreme prejudice?

What about respecting the audience? People paid real money for this turd. Not cool. The movies got progressively worse and this one was the cherry on top.

If you paid money to see it you honestly got what you deserved, maybe try crying about it? Couldn’t hurt 🤷🏻‍♂ @@mthoodstyle

Glad I didn’t even bother torrenting it for free. Fuck Hollywood and modern western entertainment.

At around 4 minutes 15 seconds you can also see a sign that read "Sabor a Mierda", translate to "taste of shit". Edit: Also visible at 6m 5s.

oh my! wooow! In a way this is soothing to know....they know....and we know.... something.....shitty

​@@seamon9732 "Bugs" also slides down an electric sign in that scene that reads "ANDERSONS- FOR THOSE THAT LOVE TO EAT SHIT" in English.

@@seamon9732 well spotted

34:22

ye fuck philosophy and mythology

the same time came out a movie wich is underrated imho... around the same era i mean... The One , with Jet Li

I think of it as a cinematic similie, contrasting what was great about the first Matrix for the complete shitshow Resur-erections is.

💯💯frfr

Keanu Is the quietest g.o.a.t.

How do you know Keanu was aware that Lana was going full meme?

​@@ayoungtricknamedjim5498 how do you know he wasn't?

@@TheSometimeAfter wasn't what?

​@@ayoungtricknamedjim5498 He talked about it in an interview. He told her no, initially, no more Matrixes. Then she explained it to him and gave him the script, and he said, oh yeah absolutely.

I think there's also many sequels out there where the directors tried to do the same, but then the movie script got made anyway, even though it was horrific.

This honestly speaks to a profound level of integrity.

@@timnordstrom7383 Well we can all see what Disney thinks of producers/creators. “Buy the bastards out! Or wait until they die and it’s free pickins”.

Then when he's no longer around they make one anyway.

I kinda wanna see AI make this movie now.

You are the One!

Stop lying

same

I don't know. I still think they were set out making a serious movie, and went overboard with all the self-jokes and meta points. Besides the above is "just a theory". Another strong theory is that the Wichowski's have lost the plot themselves. Anyone changing their gender identity must be undergoing big mental changes, and there is a certainty that it affects your thinking (ie Creativity, Decision Making, Consistency, etc etc).

So, the studio wants to remake your hit movie from the 90s with or without you. What do you do? A) Turn down the job and let someone else ruin your legacy. B) Accept the job and ruin your own legacy to spite the studio and the audience. C) Accept the job and make a great movie, if you still have the chops. They didn't choose Option C because they didn't have the talent anymore. The Waschowski brothers were a one-hit-wonder. They made one great movie, two lukewarm sequels, chopped their dicks off and then disappeared into the sad world of Hollywood has-beens.

i just saw it 3 weeks ago

​@rgw5991 Lucky b*stard

I just watched it last night, and was surprised. I thought it would've been 2022, and probably late in the year.

Time do fast 😢

Time moves different in the Matrix

They don't care. It will make money anyway because it has the matrix IP. Also muh chinese markets.

Capitalism is always willing to make money off media calling out capitalism for being evil. This is just a variant of that. They don't care whether it's good or bad, just whether they can get people to watch something off the (still very strong) brand recognition. That's it.

It makes much more sense when you realise that studio execs do not care at all if their movies are good. I recall an anecdote about Alien 3, where David Fincher was at his wits end trying to convince the studio execs that the changes that they were insisting on would hurt the film, and they responded that they didn't care. They didn't give a shit that they were hurting the fim, because a good film is never their goal, only a profitable one. Great films bomb all the time, and terrible ones routinely make bank. I imagine Warner Bros thought that the brand recognition and attached talent would be enough for this film.

@daniellegales I thought that Matrix 4 completely bombed though? Which is why I'm especially confused that there are now plans to continue the series with a new director. From a marketing and profitability standpoint, I'm baffled.

To make it funny, the Matrix 5 is now in production with a new director lol

Problem is the studio still wins because audiences paid to watch it expecting a decent Matrix movie. The studio got their money, it's the audience that gets short thrifted

@@tomoakley760 They didn't quite win if they expected a franchise

WB wanted to use new characters as the old ones were too old and expensive, and Lana screwed over Smith like WB did her. Fortunately Resurrections could just be a simulation.

@@tomoakley760 The audience who lack brains*

Being deliberately shit, doesn't make it good. It makes it shit. And it IS shit. And if you believe it was shit on purpose, you're fooling yourself. They were TRYING to make a good movie. They just failed on an epic scale.

YES, they literally explained that in the 3rd movie!

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I heard this in Colonel Sander's voice.

legend

Low key best comment

yea this

Marvel and Star Wars right now. Like is it seriously that difficult to make new interesting characters? Why bother making another super genius character with a unique personality and morals when you can just make Iron Man 2.0 with boobs, what is going through their heads.

😅 the point is to make ironic man

so smith is a software program you are saying software program`s can't be changed or rewritten, That only applies to microsoft software.

Hugo Weaving was scheduled to reprise his role as Smith, but was unable to due to a scheduling conflict.

It’s like how the second half of Adaptation was written by Kaufman’s brother and nobody got it, it was intentionally a cheesy action film at the end about a crime heist. The brother spells it out beat for beat and people still didn’t get it. Tho that movie was brilliant and wasn’t meant to bankrupt a franchise…LOL

Its a bunch of thiefes and scammers without any shame. But I guess they were right in the end, who can even blame them if you actually defend this.

"Big dome action" - I've never heard this one before. Interesting word choice.

It's obviously a automatic correct. Chill bro.

Exactly.

Lmfao

Morpheus was hilarious. He breaks out of character a couple of times. Agent White? At last.. Tragedy or Farce? No one be told what the matrix is blah blah blah.

It's such a self-aware movie. Just like its director, Matrix Resurrections identifies as something it can never be.

I would have loved to have been there and seen you all giggling at the movie

i have the same reaction when i see the directors currently....like sideshow stuff

We had the same reaction watching it at home. Especially when the bodies started falling from the sky

​@@whatyoudo9773I always think about the less assertive twin, did they go along with the transition just to remain in lockstep with Lana? It's weird

It was a dogshit movie that I could write essays on. For starters it's fucking criminal that it didn't get a Premium Large Format release, nevermind the fact that matrix 4 wasn't in 4d. The budget? Omfg where did it go??? Last I checked it had double the budget of Titanic. The core principles and ideology? Completely abandoned. There was one singular cool moment in the movie and it was the reveal of Io/new Zion. Apart from that it legit felt like a made for TV remake in the same vein as the Rush Hour TV show. I believe it was bad on purpose, but not to stick it to the studio. It was bad on purpose to shit on all the people who loved the movie, to spite the fans - because the creators hate the fact that their best work was something they stole. Its crazy the movie was so bad it made me question everything, which lead me to find out the wachowskis were sued and lost in court over IP theft. The Matrix was heaaaavily lifted from The Invisibles.

Couldn't agree more. Even films I like that do Meta-angles still kind of annoy me. Lol.

Something something Ford's voiceover narration in Blade Runner

I won't spoil the surprise of how this applies between Tim Burton and Warner Bros on Beetlejuice, but it does.

@@slablab768 What's wrong with Beetlejuice? I'm sure the recent sequel is garbage, but that doesn't reflect upon the original of course.

@@ablationer well, depends really. I liked Blade Runner voiceover because it is a direct use of the "Film noir" Humphrey Bogart detective films tropes - and I think it fit the movie well.

@@PhilipAlexanderHassialis I was more-so referring to the rumor that Harrison Ford didn't wanna do it so he did it bad on purpose so they wouldn't use it, and yet they kept it in anyway

Lol shit was a comedy show but you gota admit the comedy parts really did hit. The part where Neo tried to fly and was like "Yup that's not happening" I literally died of laughter lol

@@MistahJay7 yeah it was pretty funny if u take it as perhaps the way it was meant to. Kinda like secretly sarcastic in a way maybe

I like the part where Morpheus said "It's Morphin' time!"

You have to know Bhuddishm, Numerology and the basics of Zoroastrian dualism to say you even watched matrix Resurrections. A genius level event so alienating to its audience it won’t be seen as a masterpiece that it is for years to come. Absolutely loved matrix resurrections. I got no qualms with it whatsoever. As the worlds biggest matrix fan I have watched the original 78 times (yes I counted) it changed my life, it forced me to question my own reality and it made me love movies as my favourite personal interest. This movie is so sincere and exquisite in writing, subtext, allegories, performances etc. I love it for what it is. Any matrix film requires the viewer to upgrade their mindset and to watch it with clarity and vigilance. This film is no different. Like the original it gave me that feeling of reawakening. Rediscovering something for the first time like love or reuniting with an old friend. The film is a beautiful experience and one of the best sci-fi love stories ever committed to film. The visual storytelling on display here is excellent. The biggest irony for me is that the original changed the game, it’s influence on technology, media, culture, etc,it was a critical and commercial success. The pedigree of the original is unparalleled. What’s interesting is that over twenty years later the next instalment is ridiculed, panned, dismissed as nothing more then a sleazy cheap cash grab right? Everyone who didn’t like the film are all saying the exact same thing. Financially the film flopped too. If there’s one thing I know about this franchise is that every film was made with precision, meticulously crafted, it’s no accident or mistake that resurrections is considered a flop. That was the whole point! However if you take the red pill, adjust your mindset and rewatch this film again, you’ll see how deep rabbit

@@master-of-mind5881 it's not that deep, chill with the wall of text.

in the first movie they mention a bunny

It's all a Monster Jam reference, the Bhop map in Counter-Strike Source

I believe Lana is portrayed by Bugs. She is treated like a circus actor but cunningly made a movie that mocks WB by seeking help from Keanu.

You realize there was a girl with a rabbit tattoo in the first movie? The _reference_ was to the tattoo in the first movie. If that weren't the case, your idea would be more plausible.

In the original the white rabbit tattoo was a thematic reference to Alice in Wonderland. They replaced it with an insincere nostalgic reference and brand tie-in in a way that looks good on paper but is just cringe in context. One of my favorite moments from the movie

I agree, as far as the corporate greed part goes, it's an interesting "meta" take on it. How many movies are poking fun at the very studio that's responsible for its creation? Plus, although I'm a huge Matrix fan, I felt like the series started jumping the shark midway through Reloaded. The series was already getting bogged down in commercial appeal, actiony "rule of cool" more than intrigue. The Animatrix had fresher ideas than anything in the last half of the trilogy. The Wachowskis were clearly running out of steam by the end. The franchise was already getting "milked" by that point. And Matrix 4 came out at a time when we'd already had so many half-hearted reboots and remakes.

@@Virtuasamsara I completely agree. I used to blame the Wachowskis for the degradation of the trilogy, but this video has made me wonder how much fault lies with the studio...and how much the Wachowskis perhaps degraded the films on purpose to discourage the studio's requests.

@@pnut3844able No they literally spell it out to you _in the movie_

Yes! That’s exactly the word for it, an antifilm! Slopjamming! Brilliant.

@@Virtuasamsara Bruh you realise all the dumb shit they added in the sequels BECAUSE of the wachowski's dumb as ideas. After the first Matrix WB let them do whatever the fuck they want and the films literally got WORSE. This shit is not on WB.

I was like: "wait, Matrix 3 was that bad?" I had totally forgotten this existed

Or you chose the right one.

​@@theterriblepuddle1830So did I

Uniform was a left over from Starship Troopers that he was in .

Hey, he was pretty unsettling in Doctor Who. He had a whole Spice Girls musical number and talked in exaggerated fake-German and fake French accents and still ended up being one of the most intimidating villains of the show.

Yeah, but the make up he wore in Cabaret WITH the SS uniform was transforming my freaky.

His best characters are from how I met your mother and the White Castle movies

I think he managed with Series of Unfortunate Events

I saw it on TNT a few weeks ago and wasn't impressed.

Absolutely. The scene with the CEO was an actual conversation, I found out. Abridged, but the same energy. Basically, "We're doing it with or without you" "If you're going to ruin it anyway, I'm going to ruin it MY WAY." I have nothing but respect for that decision.

Research. That's hilarious

I didn’t watch the trailers bc I wanted to be surprised by what I was seeing 😢 I sure was

@@pnut3844able It's not a theory. The one Witchowski that worked on it said as much.

bro thats a dude in makeup and a dress

@@jeremywoods770 Are you talking about Hugo in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert?

@@_BangDroid_ i love that movie. But no

@@jeremywoods770 Keep it to yourself dude nobody cares about your phobia.

@@Nyla_Corvina waaaa cry me a fucking river

The issue with this is that if it was the whole movie it would have never been greenlighted by the studios. And so Lana would have been fired from the project and we would have had a movie even more barebones than this one. Not saying that it's not a good idea tho, I would have loved a whole movie with just the plot of the first half.

we all stumble into fanservice

⁠@@1neinate0I agree, i stumbled across it a few months ago, now im also a lextorias sub and i love it.

@@1neinate0 I got suggested and watched the "I watch random animes" first though. But it might have been before the "fanservice" video was done.

Got me too

Considering Lana confirmed this guy's entire theory... you look super silly for being so sure about yourself.

@@brantendo6488 I thought the op agrees with the theory?

The problem is that copium is a thing. It's like those conspiracies that turn out to be true, and they had proper evidence in the first place, but they still get lumped with all other conspiranoid crap.

I could believe that if every movie they made hadn’t sucked since the first Matrix movie.

That's more imagination than the movie actually had - kudos to you!

@@3nertia I read my comment again and revived those short precious moments one more time. Thanks for commenting.

I had the same idea while watching it. I thought "huh, maybe it WAS all a simulation in some guy's computer who turns out to be Neo" but actually it just turned out to be a bunch of slop.

That’s so good!

That's so goood! I wish it was like that damn

And the answer is usually green-backs.

because the mass population is so stupid... they keep going to watch them... even out of curiosity... even if they know reboot or remake or sequel will be probably shit .... and studios think wow this movie was net profit... lets remake some other 100 movies... thats why.... stop going to watch trash, if they start bleeding money... they will start thinking of quality maybe again .....

They literally tell you why in the movie 😂 ITS A CASH GRAB most studios make bad films hoping to make a quick buck which in it self makes no sense and in most cases they have contracts where they have to use existing IP or they lose the rights which is why most bad movies are made

You know WB is still gonna let the matrix sit for a while before they destroy its corpse and make another movie without the wachowskis, probably a reboot.

they have been making films bad on purpose for years now(marvel,disney etc)soon people will be fed up and make better ones with ai tools@@EdgeO419

Well said.

@@EdgeO419 It could always be worse, the matrix couldve been bought by disney where theyd make a matrix TV series on disney+

lol...riiiight. Is that what they were doing with Terminator then? Or Resident Evil? Or all those terrible sequels to all those terrible movies that never stopped???

Did you get to smell Keanu

​@@chrispekel5709WTF

She lmao.

he

@@Digit0wL the matrix is a trans allegory, if you can't respect the gender identity of the woman who made it you're missing the point of the trilogy.

@@IllegallyIris everything is a trans allegory

@@IllegallyIris they are dudes, literally. Go check your brain

*"...where [Lana] wakes up, as a dude..."* You mean like he has done every day since he was born?

@@bricaaron3978 Ouch... Harsh.

Less a middle finger. It's more a "the trilogy was good, but stop overanalyzing it. There's a reason why it stopped there."

More of a big fu to WB

You have to know Bhuddishm, Numerology and the basics of Zoroastrian dualism to say you even watched matrix Resurrections. A genius level event so alienating to its audience it won’t be seen as a masterpiece that it is for years to come. Absolutely loved matrix resurrections. I got no qualms with it whatsoever. As the worlds biggest matrix fan I have watched the original 78 times (yes I counted) it changed my life, it forced me to question my own reality and it made me love movies as my favourite personal interest. This movie is so sincere and exquisite in writing, subtext, allegories, performances etc. I love it for what it is. Any matrix film requires the viewer to upgrade their mindset and to watch it with clarity and vigilance. This film is no different. Like the original it gave me that feeling of reawakening. Rediscovering something for the first time like love or reuniting with an old friend. The film is a beautiful experience and one of the best sci-fi love stories ever committed to film. The visual storytelling on display here is excellent. The biggest irony for me is that the original changed the game, it’s influence on technology, media, culture, etc,it was a critical and commercial success. The pedigree of the original is unparalleled. What’s interesting is that over twenty years later the next instalment is ridiculed, panned, dismissed as nothing more then a sleazy cheap cash grab right? Everyone who didn’t like the film are all saying the exact same thing. Financially the film flopped too. If there’s one thing I know about this franchise is that every film was made with precision, meticulously crafted, it’s no accident or mistake that resurrections is considered a flop. That was the whole point! However if you take the red pill, adjust your mindset and rewatch this film again, you’ll see how deep rabbit

it's honestly not even a theory . Lana has said in multiple interviews where she said that WB contact her and her sister to tell them that they would make a reboot/sequel and revive the IP, regardless if anyone of them wanted to or not. Lana took the opportunity to do the funniest thing possible :D

Middle finger to the studios not their movie

I don’t think the Hobbit film was so bad. Overblown and enormously long for no reason - true. But ultimately the main screenplay is directly based on the book and it’s quite entertaining and passes the spirit of that fairy tale pretty fine. My kid enjoyed it.

Hobbit was completely and genuinely fine. People usually "disliked it" because they're subconsciounsly comparing to LOTR.

@@unowndassombras509c'mon it's 9 hours of nothing. It's like stretching a gum for 5 miles. Even when something happens, it completely missed the mark by trying to be a LOTR prequel, which the book wasn't. I would rather the SW sequels, atleast something happens there. The Hobbit trilogy is just the dullest, most boring slog I ever watched

@@juannaym8488 You lost me at SW sequels tbh. Hobbit doesnt destroy its own legacy and stuff the public with demonic politics. It's still a fun and harmless oldschool high-fantasy puzzle adventure. Unironically better than 90% of what mainstream Hollywood produces today.

@@unowndassombras509 When have you last watched The Hobbit? Like fr, how the hell can you have "fun" from it? Again, it's 9 hours of *nothing*. There's no character development, there's some (very thin) plot progression that's ultimately meaningless and... man that's it. Nothing happens. It's 9 hours of boredom. The singing scene from the first movie is good. That's legit it I don't like the sequel trilogy but again, it's atleast not boring. I can watch The Last Jedi and have some response to it beyond really wanting to grab my phone Better than 90% of hollywood production? Madame Web is more entertaining than the Hobbit trilogy. Watching the Hobbit trilogy is like being locked into a bunker for 9 hours. It's pure boredom. I quit the third movie an hour in and went for a walk during a massive thunderstorm with hail. I enjoyed being flayed by hail, freezing in mach speed winds and being afraid of getting struck by thunder over watching the rest of this borefest

I was thinking that before I even reached the theater. I knew that both Wachowski's hated the idea of a new sequel as the story is complete, and the "Warner Bros is making this with or without you" line was in the trailer, so it was obvious that this movie was made out of spite. This theory is barely a theory, it had might as well be a fact

Keanu was also apart of Cyberpunk 2077 launch so.. He seems like a cool guy tho 😎

Keanu got paid $12 to $14 million upfront for Resurrections. Easier money than most people will ever make.

Because: 1. He's a nice guy. 2. They need the big names. 3. He was riding the sequel train already. 4. It's funny (only way to get NPH on board btw, he makes a fantastic villain.) 6. Money (even though he spends it generously, I would imagine he enjoys being generous.)

Keanu Reeves... You mean, John Wick?

He*

@@Mr_Bones. And that to me is the only reason why Matrix 1 was their only good film (-- .. --) I'm sure Disney will love working with them

@@mikepoxtronThe two sequels are good too. It's just that you have too low IQ to understand them.

Lana = Bugs.

It's sad to think that movie making studios will return to this franchises eventually and this time they'll remake it into something very shallow.

@@jamilmustafazadecan't be worse than Reloaded, can it?

@@veilofreality Like this film, reloaded was both great and crap

Isn't this theory though potentially giving her too much credit? What if a grief stricken Lana just wrote a bad movie and so they made a bad movie especially during COVID?

@@UberFoX Oh I'm sure they will eventually. Lana slowed them down but I don't think she can stop them.

The fact anyone cares about John Wick perturbs me. Those movies are just as bad and ill-conceived as this.

​@@majorpwner241not even close

Nah. The fact is that the 2 brothers turned into trans and now they can't make anything good to save their lives.

Filming got hamstrung in Germany at the beginning of the pandemic. All the San Francisco scenes were shot prior to the shutdown of the city.

Bugs indeed sports a tattoo that serves as a visual homage to Bugs Bunny, the iconic cartoon character. This choice is deeply intentional, reflecting both her namesake and the spirit of her character. Bugs Bunny is known for his cleverness, wit, and ability to outsmart his adversaries, traits that Bugs in the film embodies as she navigates the complex realities of the Matrix. Additionally, the reference to Bugs Bunny plays into the larger tradition within the Matrix franchise of using names and symbols that carry deeper meanings and connections to cultural touchstones. Her character, much like her animated counterpart, is resourceful, rebellious, and plays a critical role in challenging the status quo within the Matrix, making the tattoo a fitting symbol of her identity and role within the narrative

@@LucidSim Seems more like hamfisted product placement by Warner Brothers, the owner of Loony Tunes IP, as well as the Matrix.

@@velocitor3792You're replying to a bot. That comment was written by AI.

@@johannescarl4283 I should have seen that. Thanks.

@@johannescarl4283 that's pretty discriminatory against the bot. it's provided more value to this discussion than you have. i think you should apologize

You mean in this version of reality? Sounds plausible, yes.

LLMs?

@@master-of-mind5881 Large Language Models... the data-driven mechanism behind Chat GPT, GPT4 and other interactive AI products on the market (some of which are open-source.)

@@master-of-mind5881 Large Language Models, e.g. ChatGPT.

@@master-of-mind5881 Large Language Models, such as GPT4/ChatGPT of OpenAI, Llama of Meta or Gemma/Gemini of Google.

That makes sense lol

It also makes the PS2 cgi in Matrix reloaded make sense. 😂

You mean the Matrix online was canon. I think they made it a video game so the executives wouldn't figure it out personally. It's too obvious if it's a film

It wasn’t the fans asking for more. The story was complete. It was all WB and their greed.

@@lemond2007 I was honestly confused until I googled them. Now I understand at least as much as I can.

or call redirection to a mobile phone.

WB would've made a better Matrix movie Disney would've made a better Matrix movie EVEN GEORGE LUCAS WOULD'VE MADE A BETTER MATRIX MOVIE

People sleep on Speed Racer but it's great.

They're horrible, the matrix was good because of the amazing team working on it. They took all the credit, every other movie they ever made from Jupiter ascending to others have all bombed even their shows lol

At least, we won't be getting another sequel (for least a while)

​@@richardblack3385 Speed Racer is amazing

​@@richardblack3385sense8, V for Vendetta and Speed Racer are fantastic, what are you on

It's not a dedicated prison cell, just some place they stuck Neo in until they figured out what to do next. He's basically under house arrest in a hotel room.

Why is it unimaginable? Both actors have a deep respect and thanks for the original directors. It seems entirely plausible they would have played along and helped Lana in her sabotage if asked.

@@brantendo6488 That’s just not Reeves dude. Think about it, Matrix 4 isn’t just a dump taken on Warner Bro’s desk, it’s a dump taken on The Matrix (and Reeves’) legacy and its entire fandom. I believe Reeves cares too much about his fans to intentionally disappoint them. If he really wanted to sabotage the production, he could have just refused to take the role. That would have pretty much upended the entire project. Imagine Warner Bros recasting Neo, yeah right. Combine that with the fact that Fishburne doesn’t even know why he wasn’t invited, and it looks more and more like Lana just went fucking rogue and played them all like pawns. That or Lana genuinely tried and failed to make a good film, which I still think is the most likely scenario.

@bunksoup8137 My perspective is that we, as fans, are also fans of Lana; it's her and her sister's creation. The IP we are such big fans of was intended by its creators to be finished, done, nothing left to tell. Knowing that WB was going to continue to oversaturate the market and treat us fans like shit by treating the franchise as a cash cow... Knowing all this, we as fans should support her shitting on the WB desk and not act like we are the kids of a divorce thinking mommy and daddy don't love us anymore. However, as adults, we realize that our father was deeply abusive to our mother, and she was right to torch his refurbished classic car when she left.

@bunksoup8137 and that goes for the character of Neo and Reeves' decision to go along with the film. I like to imagine Lana telling Reeves of her ideas for the film and reasoning for it and him responding with, "If you're certain they are going to fuck up the franchise and my character either way, then let us fuck it up for them", and then proceeds to do exagerated force power moves in her office. Thus inspiring his own embaressing combat scenes. That is all conjecture, but I truly think fans should be mad, but at WB, for trying to feed us recycled garbage instead of searching out and funding creative, original IP from young talents like Lana and her sister. They forced Lana into killing her darlings and that's fucked up. An artist should own their IP and it's future, not its fandom. If they want to blow it up and start over, cool. I blame the studio machine's profit drivers and creative malfeasance, not the artist who burries their finished project before it can be turned Frankenstein

@@brantendo6488 I appreciate your points, however I disagree about a fandom’s obligation to stand by the creator(s) of a given work, even when they have clearly derailed. I bet you wouldn’t make your same argument about JK Rowling. We have to be able to separate artists from their art. We don’t owe our loyalty or anything else to the Wachowskis, their stories earn our praise, or in this case our ire. When we start obsessing over an artist, we lose the ability to fairly evaluate their art, and just end up making excuses for them instead of holding them to the standards we used to. All that aside, it still ignores the biggest nail in the coffin - that it would have been more effective, infinitely easier, and less career damaging for Lana (and Keanu and Carrie-Anne since you think they were in on it) to simply refuse to do the film. If they were so outraged at the prospect of Warner Bros screwing up their life’s work, why would their brilliant plan be to go and screw it up themselves? I think Keanu and Carrie-Anne probably WOULD have respected Lana’s wishes to boycott the film if that was the request, but I very much do not think they would have intentionally sabotaged their own legacy, intentionally disappointed their own fans, or intentionally burned a bridge with Warner Bros if Lana came to them with such a wildly risky and unprofessional request. Most conspiracy theories survive by inserting irrational motivations onto rational actors, and ignoring realistic incentives (like self preservation). I think Lana Wachowski is actually far more rational than this conspiracy makes them seem.

And yet they're making a fifth and she's producing

the false sense of freedom

it was a masterpiece that fools couldn't see past and decided to run to social media to bash.

Yeah. It was an amazing movie that really cared about its core fans, but that was also terrible. The best 4/10 I've seen

Admittedly, had a lot more fun with Path of Neo by comparison since it still felt like they enjoyed it to some degree. Straight up putting a bamboo forest fight in homage to sword flicks for one thing at least means they were able to show that fun better, even if it may have been under protest. Hey, I admire Path of Neo in that regard that they were essentially just remaking the series with less self importance and more just being dumb fun and throwing whatever ideas they wanted at the time. As opposed to Resurrections where it's half the creative team, nowhere near the budget or choreography and even it's small bits like Neo and Trinity having more human conversations and feelings that are nice don't really elevate it a way that still makes me confused if this was supposed to be a success for trolling or a failure for not even trying....I suppose it'll just have to be up to the individual if it works, but it doesn't for me.

Thanks for clearing that, but why do you think they hated it? I thought they were involved with it in the same way as they were with Enter the Matrix.

@@BlondeManNoName Oh they were involved, before the final boss fight they even cut in with a filmed explanation of what was about to be different from how things went in the movie.....And then the game did the worst thing since Darth Vader turning into a scorpion in the old Super Nintendo version of Star Wars. They are Star Wars fans, so I would venture to say they knew about people's reactions to it. I think that was giving WB the finger for forcing a Neo game. Enter The Matrix allowed them to expand on the story of the films themselves, Path of Neo just FELT like it was made because of interest in playing with Neo's powers. It didn't offer anything terribly new to The Matrix universe and when you think of how deep rooted in philosophy that Neo's story was, it meant something to them. I really think THEY never intended for Neo's story to be some quick cash grab videogame throw away.

Are there any interviews where they state their disdain for the Path of Neo video game?

Not if your intention is to have the franchise shelved forever, or at least indefinitely.

@@AbraCaStabra That is probably true.. Break it before it can get corrupted.

Yeah they are making a matrix 5 by the way​@@AbraCaStabra

My thoughts exactly. I genuinely enjoyed it as being a parody/satire of the Matrix series, much like what the first Jurassic World was

Only reason it doesn't hold up to the first one is that the first movie (and to a degree the rest of them) broke the meta *and* were good movies in general, that still hold up to this day. This one stinks even if you susbend disbelief/inhale liquid shit beforehand/sacrifice to satan etc. It makes you cringe, and is inherently not a good Matrix movie. But as a blockbuster shitpost, this one takes the spot, and probably will for a long time.