i'm fascinated by conversations about the matrix because i was there from the beginning. i was a 9yo nerd when it first came out. I remember how novel and strange and exciting it felt to me, and to the people around me. maybe not so much to older nerds of the deep lore...
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maybe it was just the timing for me – it felt like the matrix really changed something in the world. I didn't watch The Truman Show until very recently (interesting that it came out just a year before), nobody discussed it in Singapore. but The Matrix was everywhere
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and the fact that things like Bullet Time started showing up in other media made it feel *really*... what's the word... "intrusive"? omnipresent? like it was truly permeating everything, echoing through all media, through all thought. and this was before social media!
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it was parodied, re-parodied...
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anyway, tell me your matrix stories! what was it like for you when it came out? did you care? did your friends?
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watched it at a sleepover with my 2 best friends in middle school. probably the absolute best time to watch it. totally immersed. sits somewhere deep in my subconscious