The Matrix: De-booted References and Further Reading

The Matrix:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(franchise)
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2271446529/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpW_JHUEyQg

The Wachowskis:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905154/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905152/

Disney Buys Star Wars:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2012/10/30/disney-star-wars-lucasfilm/1669739/

Plinkett Reviews The Phantom Menace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI&list=PL5919C8DE6F720A2D

Ned Ludd and the Luddites:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Ludd
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-really-fought-against-264412/

John Henry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_(folklore)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLRBzT7VbXc

Metropolis:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film)

Cyberpunk:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cyberpunk_works

Isaac Asimov:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics

First Computer:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC

2001 and HAL 9000:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJ8cAGm6JE

H.R. Giger
https://www.artnet.com/artists/hans-rudolf-giger/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._Giger

Brain Salad Surgery:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Salad_Surgery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBYRiK7sOAo

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep%3F

Blade Runner:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWK6oSbSKKc

The Singularity:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

Terminator:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103064/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_(franchise)

Plato's Allegory of the Cave:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave

The Truman Show:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120382/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truman_Show

Productivity:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/11/productivity-workforce-america-united-states-wages-stagnate

Nerrel on Reboots and Sequels:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrMM33uHAo8&t=2115

Twitter Thread about the Decline of Originality in Hollywood:
https://twitter.com/ercjhnkrbs/status/1561284538940145664

Hollywood and China:
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/21/1081435029/china-hollywood-movies-censorship-erich-schwartzel

Warner Bros. Contemplating Replacing the Wachowskis:
https://screenrant.com/matrix-reboot-zak-penn-shared-universe/

Matrix Reboot Announced:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/20/the-matrix-rebooted-sci-fi-trilogys-fourth-film-announced.html

Lilly Wachowski on Reboots:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170316024421/http://www.timescolonist.com/wachowskis-unfazed-by-negativity-ahead-of-jupiter-ascending-launch-1.1751638

The Animatrix:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328832/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Animatrix

Tom Green:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162118/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QG5cxudhCk

Freddy Got Fingered:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240515/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Got_Fingered
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEn3wcpNsg8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4QxEMYwo2M

The Matrix Resurrections:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10838180/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_Resurrections

Box Office Bomb:
https://www.gamereactor.eu/the-matrix-resurrections-is-officially-a-flop/

End of the Series:
https://screenrant.com/matrix-4-resurrections-box-office-failure-no-sequel/
https://comicbook.com/movies/news/the-matrix-resurrections-future-plans-franchise-sequel-prequel/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mkNIs2XWZU