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Reac­tion to the news of a Matrix reboot has been… passionate

15 Mar 2017

A man in a black suit with sunglasses gestures with his hand in a field of floating spheres.
A man in a black suit with sunglasses gestures with his hand in a field of floating spheres.
The appetite to hang out with Neo and the gang once more doesn’t appear to be that strong.

Time is fold­ing in on itself as Warn­er Bros have announced that they are all set to reboot The Matrix for a new gen­er­a­tion. A gen­er­a­tion who can’t remem­ber 1999. The film fol­lows a low­ly com­put­er hack­er as he’s ele­vat­ed to the lev­el of dig­i­tal god­head upon dis­cov­er­ing that all life as we know it is a mere smoke­screen being cre­at­ed by an enclave of humans liv­ing in caves and ward­ing off robot­ic squids.

The Matrix has recent­ly been back in the news because it has been sym­bol­i­cal­ly embraced by mem­bers of the so-called alt-right” (Nazis) who have mis­ap­pro­pri­at­ed the essen­tial con­spir­a­cy the­o­ry ele­ment of the film, in which real­i­ty is revealed by the inges­tion of a sim­ple coloured pill. But back in anoth­er, pos­si­bly more cosy dig­i­tal real­i­ty – Twit­ter – ini­tial reac­tions to the news have been rolling in…

"Warner Bros. in early talks to reboot The Matrix." pic.twitter.com/rxMy6RClzQ — Charles Lai is stuck with you in 2024 (@comtar) March 15, 2017

https://​twit​ter​.com/​a​d​a​m​_​o​r​t​h​/​s​t​a​t​u​s​/​841825629712576512

https://​twit​ter​.com/​I​n​d​y​a​n​d​M​a​r​i​o​n​/​s​t​a​t​u​s​/​841825460426272770

https://​twit​ter​.com/​T​h​e​C​i​n​e​m​a​M​a​n​101​/​s​t​a​t​u​s​/​841863635068698624

pic.twitter.com/Uy9EM5Nenf — Blossom 🤙 (@itsbrose_24) March 15, 2017

https://​twit​ter​.com/​B​r​o​k​e​n​S​S​t​u​d​i​o​s​/​s​t​a​t​u​s​/​841837287944122368

https://​twit​ter​.com/​t​a​b​l​o​i​d​_​q​u​e​e​n​/​s​t​a​t​u​s​/​841834160717201408

@wbpictures pic.twitter.com/kRGPQq0dFS — bostonandrew.bsky.social 💪🏻🇵🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼🇪🇺 (@BosCityFAN) March 15, 2017
pic.twitter.com/WsgY9FxADf — Tolu Rachael Akisanya (@trakisanya) March 15, 2017
Nope. pic.twitter.com/2UWQLFo9bB — *Confused DEI Noises* (@shizzy_snorlax) March 15, 2017
pic.twitter.com/4Qm6gCTVtt — Muhd Lukman (@muhdlukman) March 15, 2017

What are you thoughts about a pos­si­ble The Matrix reboot? Let us know @LWLies

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