# The Matrix and Alaiya

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 17, 2001, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-matrix-and-alaiya/88004 "2001-10-17T16:20:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ozonebaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ozonebaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozonebaby)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-matrix-and-alaiya/88004/1 "2001-10-17T16:20:12Z")

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I know Alayia was supposed to be in “The Matrix-Reloaded,” the seqeul to The Matrix before the crash and I know people(her big fans) say that Warner Brothers should keep all her parts that had been filmed in the film but the WB said only one scene was filmed and one scene isn’t worth keeping. I am a big fan of the Matrix and I’m sure Alaiya would have been great in it but, I don’t think they should keep that scene in the movie but rather recast the part and do that scene over. It’s not that I don’t like Alaiya’s acting but, one scene? 😕 You have to ask yourself is it really worth it to have one scene with her in it and then for the rest of the movie have someone else who doesn’t really look like her do the rest of the movie? Wouldn’t you rather see the same person doing one part thoughout the whole movie?

P.S. I don’t mean to offend any Alayia fans if I don’t spell her name write!

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-matrix-and-alaiya/88004/2 "2001-10-17T16:46:03Z")

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I’d just like to add that the actress who played “The Oracle” died a few weeks ago.☹

(And, it’s a gratuitous bump.)

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**Author:** ![ninja\_rydr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8491ac/32.png) [@ninja\_rydr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninja_rydr)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-matrix-and-alaiya/88004/3 "2001-10-17T16:57:49Z")

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According to [this](http://filmforce.ign.com/matrix/articles/305472p1.html) article WB is not going to use her at all. To use her in a few scenes would be a \*\*huge \*\* mistake IMO.  
I also read on that site that the lady that played the Oracle also died recently.

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**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-matrix-and-alaiya/88004/4 "2001-10-17T16:59:03Z")

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It’s Aaliyah, not the way you spelled it.

I agree with the OP, but that one scene sounds like the sort of trivia I’d want to see on the DVD.

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**Author:** ![ozonebaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ozonebaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozonebaby)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-matrix-and-alaiya/88004/5 "2001-10-17T17:06:40Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Mjollnir \*  
> \*\*I’d just like to add that the actress who played “The Oracle” died a few weeks ago.☹
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> (And, it’s a gratuitous bump.) \*\*

Sad.☹