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I just found out that there is a new Matrix movie and I am honestly a little bit horrified. I have zero confidence that the downhill progression in movie quality will somehow be turned around given the current state of Hollywood.

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This is the sequel that broke the camel's back for you and not all of the other sequels, prequels, sidequels, spin-offs, reboots, remakes, retcons, and reimaginings that Hollywood has been indulging in since it was founded?

Let's move past the fact that he came to the party late and celebrate the fact that he showed up at all.

Relevant: https://xkcd.com/1053/

Also relevant:

https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2001/08/28

Everyone has their pet film and it so happens that the first Matrix movie is mine. Anyway, I stopped watching movies over a decade ago and i can't pinpoint the precise straw that did the trick.

Maybe it was the million other straws underneath it.

Not only the state of Hollywood but also the Wachowskies who should not be given money anymore as they have proven again and again.

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