Everyone post-Asimov completely misinterpreted his works as "Robots are always secretly the good guys. It's all the shitty organics' fault for creating them and being illogical and evil."
I actually do! Thx for the clip.
I think pretty much everyone agrees that the first one is good but the sequels sucked. That was certainly the attitude toward them when they came out. Similarly to the Star Wars original trilogy vs. the prequels, a creator made a fun, simple, well-executed action-adventure movie, got way too conceited after it saw massive success, and mistakenly believed that they were capable of making something deeper with an important spiritual and/or political message. The Wachowskis didn't even get through one trilogy before falling into this trap, though.
I'd argue the prequels actually have value though. Even if you didn't like the movies, they gave us 10 solid years of great games, books, and other media. Meanwhile The Matrix shot itself in the foot and spent the next decade bleeding out.
Considering how the series went, this is actually an moot point.
I'd even argue that the Prequels themselves have been vindicated by retrospective now that Disney practically nuked the franchise and spat on its legacy. For better or worse, George Lucas really did want to create something good even if he was bogged down by his penchant for pulp writing and Americana; I don't know if the Wachowskis were actually that interested in making more Matrix movies for any motive other than money.
So while I do like some fanart of Samus with extra beef, the most buff she got is still well on the realm of normality for a woman, like the Fusion end screen design is just someone who trains a lot, even women who arent taking steroids can get that body, how the fuck this would somehow mean "shes a man"
"You know Samus? That Nintendo character whose entire appeal is actually being a gorgeous woman under 100 lbs of armor? Yeah she's trans actually"
"The iconic character whose own franchise rips her off so often that they make jokes about it actually isn't an example because a vaguely similar character existed in something completely different a few years before."
This all goes back to what was basically an sticky note about an very obscure in-joke by the devs. But basically, someone found it, interviewed the devs about it, who gave an vague nonanswer and people have latched onto the headcanon ever since.
"Every single player on the Nebraska volleyball team must be trans because there's no way a woman can be tall, fit and attractive." -Looney Troon Tropers
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
