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Discussion: What we love about The Matrix
What should the “reboot” be like if it happens?
On March 15, The Hollywood Reporter, citing anonymous sources, announced plans for Warner Bros. restart the cult “Matrix”, and without its original creators. Then I came across a Mashable article by editor Angie Khan, “How to Make The Matrix Reboot Don't Suck,” which got me thinking.
Khan made five points in her material:
1. Forget Neo - both the character and the embodiment of the role by Keanu Reeves. The ageless actor still cannot be replaced, and he himself agreed to participate in the project only if the Wachowskis were the directors. in the project yet However, they are not participating . At the same time, it is proposed to forget Morpheus and Trinity, since they “have already seen a lot.”
2. Watch “The Animatrix” - a cartoon that fills in the gaps between parts of the original trilogy and expands the universe. There is no need to make a reboot based on the plot of the first film, you can tell a new story, for example, adapted from the animated version of The Matrix.
3. Harness the talents of sexual minorities - the original films already had references to LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning), and this is not just the fact that the film was directed by transgender women. The entire plot of the film can be interpreted as an allegory about the life history of many transsexuals. And there is no need to abandon this; on the contrary, we need to develop this topic.
4. Don't get hung up on the Bullet Time effect - or any other visual signature of the original films. Of course, it makes sense to take some of the things that made the original so memorable, but The Matrix was so mind-blowing precisely because we had never seen such effects before. But now such decisions have become boring and will only irritate. The new director will need to show something that the audience has not yet seen.
5. Just DON'T reboot The Matrix - All the studios these days are taking classics and remaking them for the "new generation", but no one has really been clamoring for prequels, sequels or reboots of the original Matrix. Warner Bros., better spend your time and money on a new Mad Max movie or at least one really good DC movie. Leave The Matrix alone.
I do not agree with some points, and some, it seems to me, hit the nail on the head. However, Angie Khan did not raise the most important questions. I know that many TJ readers, like me, are fans of The Matrix, and some simply love these films. The question is: what do we love most about the original trilogy? Since The Matrix is such a tasty morsel for studio bosses and they want to re-make it, what would you like to see in the new film? What, on the contrary, would you like to avoid?
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