The original is so fucking trans omg I cried on a recent viewing

I keep thinking about that Kurt Cobain thread that asked what if the Wachowskis had died before they came out? There were already trans people trying to claim the Matrix before they did. It’s a series that resonates with a lot of trans people. But cis people would be fully insisting that it was disrespectful to try and make that claim posthumously or that people were just projecting themselves into the text; that the text is by default Not Queer and has no reason to be analyzed that way.

Thank you, Wachowski sisters

matrix 4 was fucking great. easily the most heartfelt blockbuster of the last decade. it'd be foolish to disagree

I actually haven't watched The Matrix since long before I found out I was trans, I should do that

I am sorry but Matrix 2 and 3 made it so I will never watch another Matrix movie now. Some movies should not have sequels.

Also, I only like to crossdress.

Speaking of the Wachowskis, their first movie, Bound, is a lesbian crime thriller that like. After watching it I don't understand how anyone ever thought they were men. I know one of the Wachowskis is straight but like. This movie was the most Seen a movie ever made me feel as a lesbian

I'm still the same gender as in 1999 and this movie still fucking rocks. Pacing, writing, sfx, messaging, soundtrack all crush it. Keanu reeves is a bit of a stoner doofus sometimes but it works fine for his character so who cares. I can't wait until my child is old enough for us to watch it together.

The Matrix aged incredibly well. I remember seeing it in the early 2000's during the height of the 9/11 hysteria. The messages of questioning society and waking up to the truth resonated hard with me at the time. A lot of people I knew interpreted the Matrix as a message of realizing how rotten the status quo is and how it controls our lives. Most choose to be liberals or conservatives dutifully fulfilling whatever needs to get done in order to finish the day. Never really questioning anything and going along with what the state tells them.

The few that choose to think outside of that are awakened in another world where the powers that be do everything they can to keep them down out of fear that society will follow their lead and begin to question authority. Growing up in both a post-dictator country and the US during the Bush years really shaped how I viewed the Matrix.

The sequels are kind of okay. The remake is awful.

The Red Pill they don't tell you about.