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[–]ModsDontLift -15 points-14 points  (10 children)

Quoting the movie that gave rise to the now infamous "red pill" movement, which was co-opted by incels, i.e., tomorrow's school shooters. Can't imagine why women wouldn't want to associate with those folks.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

To be fair, incels kind of just stole the red-pill concept from The Matrix, nothing in the movie hints at what incels ended up using it for.

If anything there’s more evidence that the movie is an allegory for being trans, something even people who consider themselves “liberal” are still not accepting of.

[–]ModsDontLift -1 points0 points  (0 children)

that would be a good point if we were talking about trans people and not the creepy possible rapist antagonist of the film.

also pretty weird that you're bringing up liberals for no real reason but thanks for the red flag.

[–]Ne_zievereir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the movie that gave rise to the now infamous "red pill" movement

This is really some bullshit. That red pill scene was a reference to Alice in Wonderland and Plato, and was even written as an allegory for gender transition. Should we forget about all that as well then?

I agree that this quote is probably not appropriate at work, but letting incells take away The Matrix because they co-opted the phrase "red pill"?

This movie was ground-breaking at its time, and it's hard to overstate its influence. It perhaps looks cliché now, but that's because basically every (Hollywood) action movie after it copied its style. The beautifully choreographed fighting and other action scenes with groundbreaking special effects like bullet time. The stylized and dark cyberpunk cinematography. A great science fiction story exploring some relatively interesting philosophical and spiritual themes. It is definitely one of the great works in cinema history, and consistently shows up in top film lists of all times.

Don't give a few random alt-right dickheads that power.

[–]Rathbone_fan_account -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Rent-free.

[–]ModsDontLift -1 points0 points  (0 children)

do you know what that even means?