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    1. David Weigel‏Verified account @daveweigel 9 Sep 2021

      Quality aside ("Revolutions" is pretty draggy), I feel like the "Matrix" sequels are disliked because they replaced the heroic metaphor of the first one with a more powerful but less fun "lol nothing matters, we're stuck in a loop" metaphor.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Sep 2021
      Replying to @daveweigel

      Same trajectory as the Dune books!

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        1. Prufrock451‏ @prufrock451 9 Sep 2021
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          ok wow, unfollowing now. was a big fan of his toppling of House Corrino but was not aware that his Great Jihad killed 40 billion and that he lacked the strength of will needed to sacrifice himself to symbiosis with Shia-Hulud and set humanity upon the Golden Path
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        1. Gary‏ @ultravires1776 9 Sep 2021
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          I think the moral of this story is *always* stop after the first book/movie/season

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        2. SteelIsReal‏ @Bradorado1 9 Sep 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @daveweigel

          Could argue that they did the same thing with Star Wars franchise, where the mystery of being a Jedi was replaced first with science ("mitochondria") and then with some quasi-religious Calvinism that runs through one family.

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        3. Justin Morgan‏ @justin276 9 Sep 2021
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          Star Wars turned into a billion dollar game of "exquisite corpse."

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        1. Andy Pearlman‏ @apearlma 9 Sep 2021
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          SW Prequels too

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        1. Frank Herbert West‏ @DSA_Arrakis 9 Sep 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @daveweigel

          Dune at least laid out that trajectory from the start and followed it through to a relatively satisfying conclusion The Matrices couldn't decide if they wanted Neo to be a saviour or a just a pawn, to where Agent Smith has to just be handwaved into an even bigger threat

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        1. I'm not mad I actually think it's funny‏ @herr_naphta 9 Sep 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @daveweigel

          Also Terminator 2 vs (the first) Terminator 3.

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        1. EAll‏ @EAlluia 9 Sep 2021
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          Dune was written with a "messiahs are bad, actually" idea already in mind, so the subtext is there from the jump even if you don't get to the point in the narrative where the theme is increasingly obvious.

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