At first as he climbs the stone staircase, he believes he deteriorating, rotting mausoleum-like estate belongs to a long bygone era [a symbol of Hollywood's own decaying state], and is deserted because of its unkempt condition.In the street, the device reverted to its original metallic form.Neo was driven o meet Morpheus in a large room on the upper 13th floor of a dilapidated, dark and rotting hotel, the Hotel Lafayette.But the status quo was being challenged by he rise of juvenile delinquency and angry teenaged rebels such as Dean (reflected inRebel Without a Cause (1955)), he beginnings of a generation gap, and the rise of rock 'n' roll renegade Elvis Presley.While Caesar, Blue Eyes and others helped to remove girders from injured apes, Koba seized a machine gun and began to open fire - wounding Maurice.