The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part I

Original title: The Second Renaissance Part I

Video
2003
TV-MA
9m

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8.0/10

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The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part I (2003)

Adult Animation Anime Cyberpunk Animation Drama Sci-Fi Short

A tour is taken into the Zion archives, where the history of the real world and the rise of the machines is shown to viewers.A tour is taken into the Zion archives, where the history of the real world and the rise of the machines is shown to viewers.A tour is taken into the Zion archives, where the history of the real world and the rise of the machines is shown to viewers.

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IMDb RATING

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Julia Fletcher

The Instructor
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Dane A. Davis

01 Versatran Spokesman
(voice)
(as Dane Davis)

Debi Derryberry

Kid
(voice)

Jill Talley

Mother
(voice)
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Dwight Schultz

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James Arnold Taylor

Additional voices
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Trivia
The robot who first rebelled against humans is designated as "BI-66ER," a reference to Bigger Thomas, the protagonist of the 1939 novel Native Son, giving the rise of the machines a backdrop in historical race relations. In the novel, Thomas is a black teenager who comes from a poor, working-class upbringing and goes to work as a butler for an affluent white family until he accidentally murders his employers' daughter and ultimately receives a life sentence for his crimes.

Connections
Edited into The Animatrix (2003)

Soundtracks
BIG WEDNESDAY
Written by Adam Freedman, Jamie Stevens and Frank Xavier
Performed by Free*land
Courtesy of Marine Parade

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Featured review

7/10

What an overreaction

This short film forms part of the backstory of the Matrix universe. It shows a lot of violent imagery inspired by historical atrocities to show that humans were evil and shortsighted in their treatment of the robots. At times it went too far in this direction and the humans seemed unrealistically evil and made ridiculous decisions. A single robot kills its owner so the humans try to destroy every robot in existence, even though that is their entire labour force? Could they not have just done a product recall or software update? The story doesn't make a lot of sense but it was well made.