A cheerful if scary overview of the cultural and commercial pervasiveness of The Matrix and Co. "So settle back, remember that plugging a spike into the back of your head can actually kill you, and survey The Matrix Legacy." (Mark Rahner, "Reloading 'The Matrix': Sorry, ignorance is not an option," Seattle Times, Sunday, May 11, 2003) It's everywhere, it's everywhere! But we're not contributing to blatant commercialism and marketing hype. Just understanding. Yeah, that's it.