Worth noting that the Matrix was originally supposed to be about harvesting CPU power from humans, not about using us as energy batteries. Concept was changed b

Worth noting that the Matrix was originally supposed to be about harvesting CPU power from humans, not about using us as energy batteries. Concept was changed by the studio to make it easier to understand as this was all before cloud computing. I think that was dumb, but must remember audiences were so different in 1999. The Matrix was incredibly complicated for most people then, and they didn’t have the benefit of all the summaries and even academic texts we have on it today. Also If you go back and read reactions to the marketing of the Blair Witch Project at almost the same time, many people, while not believing it fully, had a tough time understanding it was 100% a marketing campaign.