CBR

  • A fourth Matrix movie offers an opportunity to confront the series' worst fans. 1 / 8

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  • In the Matrix films, the Red Pill awakens you to the truth of The Matrix. 2 / 8

  • MRAs and incels have appropriated "Red Pill" terminology into anti-feminist rhetoric. 3 / 8

  • Perhaps the vagueness of The Matrix's metaphors made such appropriation easier. 4 / 8

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  • Ironically, The Matrix films were created by two trans women. 5 / 8

  • The original Matrix almost made Switch a trans character. The new film should be queer-inclusive. 6 / 8

  • We expect it to follow in The Animatrix's path of complicating the series' world and narrative. 7 / 8

  • Hiring the writer of Cloud Atlas also gives us hope for the sequel's intellectual amibitions. 8 / 8