Apparently a trans-allegory...

You nailed it. They had one good movie, and multiple failures since then. They are desperate for any attention they can get for their next movie.

Agreed.

The first is a masterpiece. And should’ve ended there.

I think it’s funny, the “red-pillers” are going to have a heart attack when they find out it’s true meaning!

It doesn't surprise me to learn that it was meant as an allegory for the trans experience. When the whole idea of transitioning came into cultural conversation, the ideas seemed very similar to what was described in The Matrix. "There IS no spoon" and so on. At the same time, I don't think the logic holds up, any more than any fantasy logic. It almost seems like the movie reverses logic. Neo leaves the fantasy world of The Matrix and enters the real world where he experiences his actual physical body rather than the digitised image of "body" that The Matrix pipes into his brain. Within the matrix he can do anything he wants, but he can only control the matrix because it's not real. "There IS no spoon," just as there is no body. It's all an illusion.

It's interesting to think about, though.

I wonder if they'll walk it back just in time for The Matrix 4 if there's any doubt of it negatively effecting the box office.

I saw the first Matrix film years after it was released and also did research into the film for an essay and I can confidently say that any trans narrative was 100% not a thing back then. There's a lot of people making out like the film is an allegory for trans people oppressed by a hierarchical system, when in fact anyone can be oppressed by it. Yes, even the contemptible 'cis' with all their privileges.

Well, since they're making a 4th (still a Matrix fan), I am hoping for its success either way. The Reloaded and Revolution weren't up to par but they had some good parts nonetheless.

It's applicable, but not allegorical, as I understand it. I think you can read that into it, and maybe that's valuable for some people to analyse it that way, but for me the philosophical and religious overtones will always be more interesting and deeper than any trans stuff that was in there.

The character Switch was supposed to be a girl in the real world then a dude in the Matrix (or the other way round can't remember).