Comment Not 1999 (Score 1, Interesting) 181
Matrix is set in 1999 because that year was "the peak of your civilization. I say your civilization, because as soon as we started thinking for you it really became our civilization."
Says who? The movie didn't specify the year and the tech inside the matrix was somewhere between 1989 and 1994, not 1999. It was already dated when the movie was released, and intentionally so.
How do I know it was before 1995? There was no Internet inside the matrix.