How The Matrix Resurrections Was Influenced By The Rise Of Social Media

There will be The Matrix Resurrections spoilers below. The power of the Matrix is that it’s a narrative device that has both plot and thematic function. In the original 1999 movie, the machine-built simulation is literally a mirage to imprison the human race so they become living batteries, and by that same token it can be seen as a stand-in for expectations ingrained in society or countless other readings. Furthermore, The Matrix has shades of countless other kernels of truth and philosophy, something the Wachowskis would explore breathlessly, sometimes to a fault, in its sequels. The latest entry, The Matrix Resurrections, does all this again but now has the advantage of being released at a time when the real world as we know it has come to resemble the prison built for humanity by the machines even after the franchise collectively freed our minds – namely, the engagement-driven realm of life on social media.