# The CURSE of The Matrix!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-matrix/86164>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 8, 2001, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-matrix/86164 "2001-10-08T18:52:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-matrix/86164/1 "2001-10-08T18:52:57Z")

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Wow. First Aaliyah, and now this–

[http://abcnews.go.com/sections/entertainment/DailyNews/foster011008.html](http://abcnews.go.com/sections/entertainment/DailyNews/foster011008.html)

Gloria Foster-- the Oracle herself.

Looks like we have the beginnings of a genuine Urban Legend here.

Perhaps the Matrix guys were getting a little too close to the TRUTH!!!

😉

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-matrix/86164/2 "2001-10-08T23:07:40Z")

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good grief.

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**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-matrix/86164/3 "2001-10-08T23:22:52Z")

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whoah. i guess some greater being REALLY didn’t like that movie…

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**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-matrix/86164/4 "2001-10-08T23:35:22Z")

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What am I missing here?

What does Aaliyah have to do with the Matrix? Was she in it and I didn’t know that?

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**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-matrix/86164/5 "2001-10-08T23:37:54Z")

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She’s in the two sequels. I believe she had finished her scenes for the second one, but prolly not for the third one.