I will say, the Netflix idea dump is a bit self contradictory, and draws some pretty silly conclusions in places. The bullet time part in particular reads like

I will say, the Netflix idea dump is a bit self contradictory, and draws some pretty silly conclusions in places. The bullet time part in particular reads like nonsense. On one side they talk about eggs, people who don't know yet. Then the next post is about the camera zooming between the M and F. Well which is it, did they not know, or was it intentional? Either the red pill was intentionally modeled after an estrogen pill or it wasn't. If it was, again the egg theory is out the window. Personally, I think the movie is much better from the egg point of view. Someone not understanding their identity and searching for answers. The rest doesn't need to be spelled out as having one specific meaning. The Lilly interview video embedded in the article is much better than any of the headlines journalists took out of it as clickbait. But it's editing is questionable, and parts nearly contradict each other, I suspect because their contexts were cut. ("It was always intended as a trans allegory" vs "I don't know present my transness was in the background of my brain while we were writing it" and "we were existing in this place where the words didn't exist" the latter two implying a more eggness.) The idea of questioning your identity, purpose, and capability are broader than just specific communities. The Matrix works because it broadly touches upon themes without being overt, so many people can relate to it. I think saying "it specifically means this and only this metaphor" not only does it a bit of disservice, but is revisionist in a pigeonholing way. Lilly didn't say what these articles are interpreting her words as. Not knowing your place in society and your community is universal, and when they were making the movie I think it's pretty clear they wanted to achieve that universalness. They took bits and pieces from thousands of sources and sricked something together that is much greater than the sum of its parts. Looking at the movie through different lenses is great, and I enjoy having more ways to interpret the movie, but don't get too stuck wearing just one pair.