Music & Movies

Men in Black still follows the general theme that the world is not what it appears to be, and a certain set of special people know what is really going on.

So... Wag the Dog would also work in this category.

And Candid Camera!

Yes.

I love it!

Don't forget Dark City, which has a lot of parallels to The Matrix. There's also The Thirteenth Floor, which kind of swings both ways (you'll understand that if you've seen it.

I think ultimately these movies thrive because on some level everyone wants to be the person that Eugene describes, a member of the select few who really know what's going on out there. I think a lot of political thrillers/spy capers to a lesser extent work the same angle.

...Donnie Darko!

Lunar! get out of that bunny suit!

And of course, people have wondered that since for ever, with Descartes writing about the "deceiver" that could be making him believe the rest of the world existed, while in reality only his own mind did.
Dark City by the way was a great movie.

Darn...

I am so glad I am not the only one who thought Dark City was sweet.

But I would have to say I find the question "What's Artificial Intelligence?" THE most annoying question I've ever been asked by various co-workers/friends/family.

However, when I start talking about a chatbot and a stripper asks me "So that's like AI, right?" it makes me wonder about the world.
*Wasn't at Strip Club, just know a girl who strips... fyi*

You're not special enough to go to strip clubs?