how can i explain what i feel
technically i suppose the story and worldview remains consistent throughout the series but the sequels have a totally different feel to them, it no longer appears to be about Plato's Cave, the problem of metaphysics and alla dat
in the sequels they go much deeper into the literal layer of the story, it is no longer about our world and our perception of it, instead it's about what happens in the war between human hacker guerillas and the machine overlords
that's the best i can explain it