@Lithium said in Which canon property/setting would be good for a MU* ?:
Probably because The Matrix has the whole jesus complex thing, and 'The One' ruins the idea of the PC's being exceptional.
Not that there wasn't other exceptional characters, it's just all overshadowed by 'The One'.
True. The whole Neo = "The One" = Jesus (especially the ending scenes of that third movie, wow -_-), but at the same time, I think about a few things The Architect (or as I like to call him, Evil KFC Colonel) :
"The function of the One is now to return to the source, allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program. After which you will be required to select from the matrix 23 individuals, 16 female, 7 male, to rebuild Zion. Failure to comply with this process will result in a cataclysmic system crash killing everyone connected to the matrix, which coupled with the extermination of Zion will ultimately result in the extinction of the entire human race...rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it. "
So as far as a premise for a MU* setting: Zion (or whatever new city you'd like to call it in your worldbuilding). Either the 7th generation, 8th, 26th -- time doesn't matter. Because in the end, even though Neo stopped the destruction of Zion in Matrix: Revolution--how long does one think the peace between the humans and the machines will last? You could set it so far into the future beyond the movies, that the movies could be considered nothing more than a legend. A tale told around the heated rocks on the underground cities to give people a sense of peace? Hope? A reason to keep living?
Maybe after the revolution of Zion, several other cities came to existence. Time moved, cities grew. Maybe grew too much. Some people thought they wanted to be free, but freedom came with a price: a difficulty finding one's place in this new world outside of the Matrix. Resources were already scarce, to begin with. People will survive at any cost (ex. Cypher wanted to go back in).
I guess what I'm getting at in my ramblings is that you can take an alright canon and work from there to create a world for possible MU*. Or maybe I'm just an optimist.