{"id":12479,"date":"2021-09-26T16:51:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T22:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=12479"},"modified":"2021-09-26T16:55:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T22:55:12","slug":"im-asking-alice-about-the-matrix-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=12479","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Asking Alice about the Matrix Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12482 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/matrix.jpg?resize=67%2C98&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"67\" height=\"98\" \/>I was reading something recently that dumped all over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0133093\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Matrix\u00a0<\/em>(1999),<\/a> the movie that gave us\u00a0 the term &#8220;red-pilled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s pretty gnostic, but I liked it. I did not see the second two in the series.<\/p>\n<p>But now there is a new one coming at Christmas, and John Morehead posted the trailer at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theofantastique.com\/2021\/09\/09\/new-the-matrix-resurrection-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> TheoFantastique.<\/a> It&#8217;s on YouTube, so I lifted that. Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Jada Plnkett Smith will be back.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ix7TUGVYIo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, are <em>Matrix, Reloaded <\/em>and <em>Revolutions <\/em>worth watching? Is there more there than CGI and explosions?<\/p>\n<p>The sound track for the trailer is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_Rabbit_(song)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White Rabbit<\/a>&#8221; which rock historians know was released in 1967. That song has legs! (Insert Energizer Bunny joke here.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was reading something recently that dumped all over The Matrix\u00a0(1999), the movie that gave us\u00a0 the term &#8220;red-pilled.&#8221; It&#8217;s pretty gnostic, but I liked it. I did not see the second two in the series. But now there is a new one coming at Christmas, and John Morehead posted the trailer at TheoFantastique. 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