Welt Am Draht "predicted" The Matrix in 1973, and it was based on Simulacron-3 which also "predicted" The Matrix, written in 1964. The Matrix was not a specifi

Welt Am Draht "predicted" The Matrix in 1973, and it was based on Simulacron-3 which also "predicted" The Matrix, written in 1964. The Matrix was not a specifically unique concept, it was just unfamiliar to audiences at the time. That isn't to say that there isn't something especially good and powerful in it's blend of the aesthetics and themes that Welt Am Draht and the remake The Thirteenth Floor didn't have.