Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, the film production company behind franchises such as The Matrix, the Joker and Ocean’s has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US, according to a filing with a Delaware court.

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      i like the part where they’re explaining why they did it by showing corporate forcing a sequel to a video game whether the original writers are in on it or not…

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        Terrible movie but an amazing “fuck you” to the company. Kind of amazing to watch.

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          yep… it’s only good if you look at it through the “fuck you” lens….
          also they get to tell off the “red pill” people by pointing out that originally the matrix was a metaphor for being trans…

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      I saw Bugs as a character and was excited. Then Bugs decided to watch the original Matrix movie inside this other Matrix movie. I’m like … what the hell am I watching?

      It was soooo bad.