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Originally Posted by soundmotor
And another thing, The Matrix had excellent timing. Gibson & Stephenson had been writing about alternate reality / cyberspace for years but this movie fits better into the framework we were seeing starting to unfold then. Everything was happening so fast and many felt life as they knew it was getting away from them and somehow you could trace it to the internet. I can recall the trepidation many of my coworkers had about it bordering on outright fear as it was changing so many of their formerly well understood processes and business concepts. The Matrix played off that, whether intentional or not. It was a perfect fit for that time and is a wonderful sci-fi romp.
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They called it the internet bubble.
And boy did it pop! Also the "new economy" was highly touted. Good thing neither of these new phenomenon changed our society the way they were supposed too. There have been many changes but it was not the end of our civilization. Of course in 2049 historians may look back on the summer of 1999 and pinpoint that time as when "everything changed". Agent Smith's comments about man being a virus seems to ring truer as each day goes by. That specific dialog by Smith with Morpheus was one of the best scenes in the movie.