{"id":1565,"date":"2010-03-03T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/03\/how-star-wars-and-the-matrix-should-have-ended\/"},"modified":"2010-03-03T10:53:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T10:53:00","slug":"how-star-wars-and-the-matrix-should-have-ended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/03\/how-star-wars-and-the-matrix-should-have-ended.html","title":{"rendered":"How Star Wars and The Matrix Should Have Ended"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Wow, there really are a lot of these \u201cHow It Should Have Ended\u201d cartoons, and all the ones I\u2019ve seen so far are entertaining. There are ones for The Matrix<\/a>, Avatar<\/a> and Lord of the Rings<\/a>. Here\u2019s \u201cHow Star Wars Episode IV Should Have Ended\u201d:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>And in case you\u2019ve never seen it, here\u2019s The Matrix running on Windows XP, which provides another alternate ending of sorts:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matrix Runs on Windows XP\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yX8yrOAjfKM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-6607480538251961861?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, there really are a lot of these \u201cHow It Should Have Ended\u201d cartoons, and all the ones I\u2019ve seen so far are entertaining. There are ones for The Matrix, Avatar and Lord of the Rings. Here\u2019s \u201cHow Star Wars Episode IV Should Have Ended\u201d: And in case you\u2019ve never seen it, here\u2019s The Matrix […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>How Star Wars and The Matrix Should Have Ended<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wow, there really are a lot of these "How It Should Have Ended" cartoons, and all the ones I've seen so far are entertaining. 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