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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Really any movie that involves legacy telephones.

  • Phone Booth: The whole movie
  • Scream: "The call is coming from inside the house"
  • The Matrix: "Pick up the phone!"
  • Etc, etc.
[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Matrix could still sort of work as a period piece, since they explicitly said that the simulation being set in the late 90s was an intentional choice by the machines.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's a good point. It is a simulation as others mentioned. I was thinking more from the aspect that it's completely unrelatable to gen-z and alpha as they've never used a traditional phone. It's like an 8-track player for millennials.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Gen Z's are well aware of traditional phones. Smartphones were not really that ubiquitous (up until 2010(ish)), and by that time Gen Alphas were already born.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

The Matrix would still work because it's supposed to be a reconstruction of the world of the 1990s from the future.

[–] Atomic 1 points 2 months ago

Matrix today, put on the headset!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Scream: “The call is coming from inside the house”

i can't even