Actually the Matrix whole point was that life in the simulation, is pretty good.
I’d say it’s opposite, you want to be anyone BUT Neo in the Matrix series. Neo is the one who gets hounded in the matrix, doesn’t get to enjoy the cushy life of simulation and gets to deal with existential crisis.
The one downside to the Matrix is that one rogue program, who wants to wipe out humanity. But that guy isn’t even inherent to the Matrix.
Iirc at the end of the final film, the Matrix in fact gets portrayed as a good thing but with the new addition that now people can willingly enter and leave the matrix.
TL,DR: the matrix was never bad or evil. The rogue program Smith was the true antagonist.
Actually the Matrix whole point was that life in the simulation, is pretty good.
I’d say it’s opposite, you want to be anyone BUT Neo in the Matrix series. Neo is the one who gets hounded in the matrix, doesn’t get to enjoy the cushy life of simulation and gets to deal with existential crisis.
The one downside to the Matrix is that one rogue program, who wants to wipe out humanity. But that guy isn’t even inherent to the Matrix.
Iirc at the end of the final film, the Matrix in fact gets portrayed as a good thing but with the new addition that now people can willingly enter and leave the matrix.
TL,DR: the matrix was never bad or evil. The rogue program Smith was the true antagonist.