Time To Be Matrix !!
The Matrix
Andy and Larry Wachowski (directors)
Andy and Larry Wachowski (directors)
The Matrix belongs to the science fiction sub-genre cyberpunk. Cyberpunk originated in the novels of William Gibson, beginning with Neuromancer in 1982 and features the following characteristics:
• An oppressive, futuristic and computer technology-dominated society
• Computer hacker protagonists attempting to undermine the oppressive society through infiltrating and taking control of its computer systems
• Protagonists who are alienated and/or disconnected from the society around them
• A depiction of alternate worlds, often between dream, virtual and conscious, actual worlds
• Computer hacker protagonists attempting to undermine the oppressive society through infiltrating and taking control of its computer systems
• Protagonists who are alienated and/or disconnected from the society around them
• A depiction of alternate worlds, often between dream, virtual and conscious, actual worlds
The sub-theme of utopias versus dystopias is very important to the Visions of the Future theme presented in The Matrix. The imagined world of the Matrix is neither an ideal utopia nor an horrific dystopia, but a familiar world made strange. It is therefore conceivable that humanity could accept it in place of the dystopic reality of the future, as Agent Smith specifically states while he tortures Morpheus. Agent Smith recounts that people need the balance of misery and sorrow with happiness in order to accept their reality. The film therefore suggests that utopias are impossible, as human beings always require a degree of suffering in order to make sense of the world.
