I've seen commercials for a new Adam Sandler vehicle, Click. It looks like a comedic work-up of the 3-wishes fairy tale, with reality being paused, played and speeded up like a DVD. The back-flap of my Netflix envelope has a Click ad with the tagline: What if you had a universal remote…that controlled your universe?"

Wow–a major Hollywood comedy that depends on interactive interface for its framing metaphor. I must be blogging on the right topic. Perhaps Uma Thurman will call and ask me to consult for her next project. I'm all ears, Ms. Thurman…

Consider for a moment how different Click is from The Matrix. Clicks sounds like it is centered on USER-control over images of reality, whereas the Matrix centers on SYSTEM-control over the user.

I'd guess that The Matrix is actually the end of the line, culturally, that starts with Hal in 2001, in which computers are viewed with suspicion as alien powers that might invade your life and soul….and that Click represents the start of a new line in tech-featuring movies, in which people are familiar with computers, and indeed see them as tools of pleasure and self-expression.

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