You know I was thinking the exact same thing with Alien and Aliens, they should make a 3rd!

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Yeah, they did the big plot reveal in the original, so any sequels would just have been going through the motions and padding it out with special effects and fight scenes.

Yeah, I feel the same way about Terminator. I'm sure a third one of those would have been awesome, but the second one kinda said all that needed to be said.

They did though. It was called Animatrix and it was phenomenal

Nope, just the matrix, and the anthology series the animatrix

Actually they started making a matrix sequel, but sadly never finished it. You can probably find the leaked footage if you try, it's only about 20 minutes though. If the copy you find is longer than that, don't bother watching the rest, it's usually just old days of our lives episodes tinted green and dubbed in croation.

The Matrix sequels are criminally underrated.

Reloaded was excellent and Revolutions was a good action film to wrap it up. Heck even Resurrections is a fun film with some great moments.

I've often wondered why the Rocky movies were I II and IV myself.

The matrix has like 4 movies.

I really give them credit for ending on a high note and note chasing the quick buck.

Is resurrection that bad?

I don't even think the matrix is even in the same category, especially since the third was such a flop

I thought the second one was quite good too, but the third was complete trash.

Yeah the second two blew chunks but at least second had Monica Bellucci.

People try to trash the Matrix, but seeing studios rush creatives into making sequels in a certain time frame really hurts the writers most of all.

Considering what they were up against, I said they did really good.

The sequels were good to me, but I wouldn't say "damn this is the best of all time."

The original was defining, but the later sequels got all hyped up, plus some weird experiemntal shit like having to watch an anime to understand the second one.

Uh SHREK, hellooooo

There are things I like about the sequels. I like some of the action sequences and the concepts are interesting. I feel like they maybe could have communicated them better. What The Architect is and says to Neo is actually a refreshing subversion of the hero's journey, it was just so convoluted the way his dialogue was written I don't think most people understood it.

Reminds of that one movie where thugs break into the house of The Guy Played By Keanu Reaves That Makes Me, A Straight Male, Feel Giddy, kill his dog and boogang his nice car and he goes on a rampage...

Yes, that one movie that I can't remember the name of for some reason.

Terminator 2 was so good, I could see a sequel, but since it tied up the loose ends so well, that was clearly impossible

Same with Highlander

Shame the only theatrical movies we got were the OG movie and Endgame while the rest of the live-action content was the TV Show

I heard they recently didn't make a 4th

They did make sequels. Matrix 2 was terrible and I think they are making #3 right now.

I guess we'll never see Zion.

If you cut the first movie in 3, then 2/3 of that trilogy is pretty good!

Yeah but you must admit that the 15 minutes fan made action sequence on a high-way that COULD have been a sequel looked amazing

There was the Matrix and then a concept highway scene for a sequel. Only wish they had turned that highway scene into a full fledged movie

I think they were brilliant leaving it exactly where it is, with just enough to let the audience remain hopeful but unsettled and questioning everything.

It was a brave decision, too, considering they could have just slapped some gibberish together to milk a couple more blockbusters out of things.

Definitely good that they didn't make a fourth one that essentially pissed resentment all over the entire fanbase. That would have been a real crying FUCKING shame.

Too bad they never made any sequels.

When you see the first matrix you've kinda seen them all...

I feel the same with the Indiana Jones trilogy. There must have been so much temptation to make more films (and therefore money), so I am glad that they stopped at Last Crusade. Any more films would have just tainted the franchise

Imagine there's no sequel...

They just did

The Matrix was always written as a trilogy, it’s just too bad the third one sucked so much.

The Matrix might have been good with a couple sequels, but probably best they didn't make any.

Blasphemy.

What about the Animatrix? That was the perfect complement to the movie. Told some backstory and hinted at a future. It was great, nothing more need be said about the universe.

Agreed. Favorite movie of all time. Would suck if they ruined that bad-ass "yeah - he's got it from here" ending.

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Yup, that one movie they made is so good....I'm surprised never got a sequel......

The prequel for the matrix was ready player one

I’m confused, you do know the matrix is a trilogy, right?