“Let’s just say it was not sane for Hollywood to release the film like it did, handing the keys to intellectual-property ripoff artists. “Yes, Buck, but remember we don’t use that word ‘crazy.’” “Oh, Lei, so that explains the crazy opening scene with the lines, ‘They informed me that they are gonna do it with or without us’ and ‘They’ll kill our contract if we don’t cooperate.’” put a gun to the directors’ heads, or so the story goes.” So there was a little controversy over whether Matrix 4 would be made at all?” And that inspired Matrix 4, which revived Neo (Keanu Reeves) and his girlfriend Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), who died at the end of the triology.” “You know, Buck, their parents died and the idea for ‘Resurrections’ came to Lana in a dream that brought her loved ones back to life. “Yes, I noticed only Lana Wachowski directed ‘The Matrix: Resurrections,’ not her younger sister, Lilly, too.” “It’s been a long road since the 1999 debut, Buck, long enough for the directors, the Wachowski brothers, to become sisters.” The third time may have been the charm for the legendary triology, but this fourth film, yikes!” I see Harris made the cast for the first time - as the therapist.

“What?! It’s legen … wait for it … dary! As Neil Patrick Harris would say.” It makes me have dreams that just aren’t dreams. “Lei, it’s just this whole Matrix thing is too weird and complicated for me. I just mean the red pill is the only way to go.” “Remember, Lei, we don’t use that word in here, as the mild-mannered therapist tells our Matrix hero.” This time Ryan & Jiao offer something new in their pursuit of cross-cultural understanding - a pro-and-con exchange: “If the Matrix can present two world views, so can we!” Journalism professor Buck Ryan in Kentucky and English lecturer Lei Jiao in Wuhan, China, are back with their fifth film review for the News + Record, channeling the great Luigi Pirandello, known for writing a story within a story within a story.

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