The Matrix

After reading Zizek's article and his arguments about the Maxtrix and this other world that has been constructed I am convinced that the idea of another world is a waste of time. Furthermore, I believe the attractiveness for some people comes from this idea that there is another world out there. As Zizek pointed out, there have been many examples throughout the 20th century of this other dimension. What usefulness is it for us? Perhaps entertainment but I get a headache thinking about it. This idea of what is real is ridiculous waste of time. I would agree that the Matrix crew was probably inspired by other writers and new technological developments, but maybe they listened to Timothy Leary when he was talking about tuning out. Leary was on acid a lot of the time and it isn't to far fetched to think that some of these people coming up with this stuff were drinking a little too much of the magic coolaid. I found it interesting that this author used Sigmund Freud. Really? I would almost argue that Zizek is reading way too much into the Matrix, but like the saying goes "everyone is a critic." I thought his review was interesting. http://www.mediacircus.net/matrix.html