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Gotta hand it to the Wachowskis, they've really put dedication into the Matrix mythos. 20 years later and long since it's end they're STILL commited to making i

Gotta hand it to the Wachowskis, they've really put dedication into the Matrix mythos. 20 years later and long since it's end they're STILL commited to making it stupider. If you actually watch the video. It's all about a bunch of general themes and tropes featured in most works of fiction that can be easily twisted to whatever the interpreter desires. In this case, it's their after the fact transition. "It speaks to trans people because transformation in the sci-fi genre is just about imagination and worldbuilding and seemingly impossible things become possible" "It was sci-fi and fantasy because we're trans" "Being trans gave us ideas that hadn't been done before on film" "We incorporated multiple genres because we're trans" If you think I'm being unfair, that's literally all the context given. The actual explainations of the supposed themes last for like 30 seconds combined and the the rest of the video is completely unrelated word salad. The most concrete evidence of ANY potential transgender themes is switch and it's glossed over in about 5 seconds. WTF? We've reached "Rugrats is actually Angelica's coma dream" levels of fan theory at this point. Hats off to them.

rhinoceraptor 6y ago
The movie is about Thomas Anderson, who lives a secret life as Neo by night. He feels there is something deeply wrong with his experience, but he doesn't know why. He endlessly searches the internet, looking for other people with the same feelings. He is interrogated by agents, who silence him and reject his chosen identity as Neo. He is then freed by a group of (pretty queer dressing) rebels, who offer him the truth in the form of a red pill (oddly enough, Premarin is also a red pill). Neo is reborn, and undergoes extensive medical treatments. But he still has the port in his neck reminding him of his old life. As time goes on, his residual self image changes. Even still, he has self doubt about his identity. When he goes back into the matrix, he is consistently deadnamed by the agents. The movie ends with Neo asserting his true identity, killing Agent Smith, and pledging to free the rest of humanity. Yep, there's nothing there that could possibly be a trans allegory.
- TeaDude 6y ago
  I stand by my "universal themes that are easy to project on" argument (Feelings of not fitting in, being silenced by THE MAN (Conspiracies were popular in the 90's), Agents and peers calling you by your legal name instead of your online username, rising up against the enemy and proving them wrong) but I feel there are some specific points not addressed by this The ragtag band of rebels Neo joins are all dressed in black trenchcoats and leather because it was fashionable at the time. (See: Blade, The Crow, The X-Files, Sin City, Hackers etc.) This would be like saying that the rebels in Half Life 2 were LGBT coded because they all wore denim. (And oddly enough all identify with the lambda symbol) Premarin comes in multiple colours including BLUE, green, yellow and white. Medicine is colour coded by design. It's statistically unremarkable that a brand of oestrogen happened to have a red OR blue variation. Neo does indeed go through complicated surgery. His surgery is to make him look identical to how he looked previously except he now has a cooler haircut, shades and wears more leather. Also, none of this is even vaguely referenced in the article or video. That's not me knocking you @rhinoceraptor. That's me knocking whoever wrote the OP article.

rhinoceraptor 6y ago

The movie is about Thomas Anderson, who lives a secret life as Neo by night. He feels there is something deeply wrong with his experience, but he doesn't know why. He endlessly searches the internet, looking for other people with the same feelings. He is interrogated by agents, who silence him and reject his chosen identity as Neo. He is then freed by a group of (pretty queer dressing) rebels, who offer him the truth in the form of a red pill (oddly enough, Premarin is also a red pill). Neo is reborn, and undergoes extensive medical treatments. But he still has the port in his neck reminding him of his old life. As time goes on, his residual self image changes. Even still, he has self doubt about his identity. When he goes back into the matrix, he is consistently deadnamed by the agents. The movie ends with Neo asserting his true identity, killing Agent Smith, and pledging to free the rest of humanity. Yep, there's nothing there that could possibly be a trans allegory.

TeaDude 6y ago
I stand by my "universal themes that are easy to project on" argument (Feelings of not fitting in, being silenced by THE MAN (Conspiracies were popular in the 90's), Agents and peers calling you by your legal name instead of your online username, rising up against the enemy and proving them wrong) but I feel there are some specific points not addressed by this The ragtag band of rebels Neo joins are all dressed in black trenchcoats and leather because it was fashionable at the time. (See: Blade, The Crow, The X-Files, Sin City, Hackers etc.) This would be like saying that the rebels in Half Life 2 were LGBT coded because they all wore denim. (And oddly enough all identify with the lambda symbol) Premarin comes in multiple colours including BLUE, green, yellow and white. Medicine is colour coded by design. It's statistically unremarkable that a brand of oestrogen happened to have a red OR blue variation. Neo does indeed go through complicated surgery. His surgery is to make him look identical to how he looked previously except he now has a cooler haircut, shades and wears more leather. Also, none of this is even vaguely referenced in the article or video. That's not me knocking you @rhinoceraptor. That's me knocking whoever wrote the OP article.