How big of a Matrix fan is Chris Nolan?
I was/am a pretty big Matrix fan, and I remember looking forward to Memento to see Trinity and Cipher together in another movie. I mean, Memento came out right on the heels of The Matrix, he had to have hired them based on their performances there, right?
And now Inception. I think there's plenty of room for both stories/universes... but you can't deny there are a lot of similarities.