The Matrix (1999)

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Wikidata Q83495, film, IMDb tt0133093, TMDB 603: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 4 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Matrix ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read). Sean breaks the staging down into influences: Bruce Lee, The Matrix, and Phantom of the Paradise.
    “It's one part Bruce Lee, one part the Matrix, one part Phantom of the Paradise.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:03:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Connected to

Fight Club: 2 lines theme ×1 industry ×1

  1. theme (mirror image): The Matrix → Fight Club. Norton's cubicle drone is called the mirror image of Keanu's in The Matrix.
    “He is the mirror image of Keanu in the Matrix, the same mirror, the, you know, the cubicle guy with the fucking, you know, ill-fitting white shirt”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:31:01 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon → The Matrix. CTHD's choreographer is the same as The Matrix's.
    “obviously this has the same actual choreographer as that movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:24:55 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Do the Right Thing: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (moral-panic parallel): Do the Right Thing → The Matrix. Sean offers The Matrix as a film that attracted retroactive concern about violence, unlike the contemporaneous panic over Do the Right Thing.
    “I think there's been a lot of retroactive energy on the Matrix.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:13:36 · Wesley Morris (0.60 sure it was them)

Edge of Tomorrow: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Edge of Tomorrow → The Matrix. The mimics recall the Matrix Sentinels but do not feel derivative.
    “There's a little bit of the Matrix Sentinel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:31:17 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Ghostbusters: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): The Matrix → Ghostbusters. The Patreon feed is currently doing Ghostbusters and then The Matrix.
    “We're doing Ghostbusters, then we're doing the Matrix.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 2:08:29 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Laurence Fishburne: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Laurence Fishburne → The Matrix. Fishburne is miracle casting for Morpheus.
    “Of course he's not because Larry Fishburn is like the miracle casting of that movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:09:41 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Ready Player One: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Ready Player One → The Matrix. Chris sees it as another orphan-messiah-saves-the-world story like the Matrix and Star Wars.
    “like the Matrix and, you know, like Lords of Arabia and Star Wars are all about like these orphans who've saved the world.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:05:17 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Scott Pilgrim vs. the World → The Matrix. Sean breaks the staging down into influences: Bruce Lee, The Matrix, and Phantom of the Paradise.
    “It's one part Bruce Lee, one part the Matrix, one part Phantom of the Paradise.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:03:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Sean Connery: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Sean Connery → The Matrix. Connery was going to be Morpheus but thought the script was dog shit.
    “He was going to be Morpheus. So they sent him this dog shit script.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:09:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Truman Show: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): The Truman Show → The Matrix. Double-feature suggestion put to the table, with Gattaca and The Game also chosen.
    “The Matrix?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:34:11 · Glen Powell (0.40 sure it was them)

WALL-E: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (dystopia pairing): The Matrix → WALL-E. Between The Matrix and WALL-E, Wesley says humanity's fate is already depicted, seen in airport travelers sunk into phones.
    “between that movie and Wali, I'm like, we're set for life”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:14:25 · Wesley Morris (0.65 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Edge of Tomorrow → The Matrix. The mimics recall the Matrix Sentinels but do not feel derivative.
    “There's a little bit of the Matrix Sentinel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:31:17 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon → The Matrix. CTHD's choreographer is the same as The Matrix's.
    “obviously this has the same actual choreographer as that movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:24:55 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (release context): The Matrix → Fight Club. The Matrix got tagged with the Columbine fallout because the two films opened so close together.
    “The Matrix has gotten tagged so much with the columbine shit because they were so close together.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:39:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Scott Pilgrim vs. the World → The Matrix. Sean breaks the staging down into influences: Bruce Lee, The Matrix, and Phantom of the Paradise.
    “It's one part Bruce Lee, one part the Matrix, one part Phantom of the Paradise.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:03:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

programming (3)

  1. programming (programming): The Truman Show → The Matrix. Double-feature suggestion put to the table, with Gattaca and The Game also chosen.
    “The Matrix?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:34:11 · Glen Powell (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. programming (dystopia pairing): The Matrix → WALL-E. Between The Matrix and WALL-E, Wesley says humanity's fate is already depicted, seen in airport travelers sunk into phones.
    “between that movie and Wali, I'm like, we're set for life”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:14:25 · Wesley Morris (0.65 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): The Matrix → Ghostbusters. The Patreon feed is currently doing Ghostbusters and then The Matrix.
    “We're doing Ghostbusters, then we're doing the Matrix.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 2:08:29 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

theme (3)

  1. theme (moral-panic parallel): Do the Right Thing → The Matrix. Sean offers The Matrix as a film that attracted retroactive concern about violence, unlike the contemporaneous panic over Do the Right Thing.
    “I think there's been a lot of retroactive energy on the Matrix.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:13:36 · Wesley Morris (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Ready Player One → The Matrix. Chris sees it as another orphan-messiah-saves-the-world story like the Matrix and Star Wars.
    “like the Matrix and, you know, like Lords of Arabia and Star Wars are all about like these orphans who've saved the world.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:05:17 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. theme (mirror image): The Matrix → Fight Club. Norton's cubicle drone is called the mirror image of Keanu's in The Matrix.
    “He is the mirror image of Keanu in the Matrix, the same mirror, the, you know, the cubicle guy with the fucking, you know, ill-fitting white shirt”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:31:01 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Laurence Fishburne → The Matrix. Fishburne is miracle casting for Morpheus.
    “Of course he's not because Larry Fishburn is like the miracle casting of that movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:09:41 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Sean Connery → The Matrix. Connery was going to be Morpheus but thought the script was dog shit.
    “He was going to be Morpheus. So they sent him this dog shit script.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:09:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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Who the speakers said made it

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