Questions tagged [the-matrix]
A science-fiction action film around a computer hacker that learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.
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Why do people wear sunglasses in The Matrix?
Main characters in The Matrix wear sunglasses very often. Is there any explanation why?
I have read a few theories on the Internet about it:
actors constantly blink due to the gunfire
they have ...
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Why the greenish tint in the Matrix trilogy?
All the movies of the Matrix trilogy have this distinct greenish tint during most of the scenes. Though it can inferred that the greenish tint denotes the matrix, but I want to know why "greenish"? ...
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Switch in *The Matrix* - Two Actors?
Recently I found an article quoting an IMDb Factoid that the character Switch in The Matrix was supposed to be played by two actors, one male and one female:
When Belinda McClory auditioned for ...
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Why does Trinity's kiss revive Neo in The Matrix?
This one aspect of the movie has always seemed out-of-place to me. It's like a stupid cliche out of a kids story in a movie that was previously exploring some fascinating ideas.
Up until the kiss, ...
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Why does Neo's cubicle not look like the workplace of a programmer?
The Matrix is not a movie with an overdose of realism.
But parts of it take place in the normal "real" world. We see Neo at work in his software company in his cubicle before the Agents come to his ...
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Why do the machines keep humans alive if they have nuclear reactors?
The machines are keeping humans alive for their body heat, right? But they also have nuclear fusion reactors, and (while I haven't run the numbers) I'd be willing to bet that a single fusion reactor ...
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Why is "The Matrix" called by that name?
Personally from what "matrix" means in English, I can only see relation with one of its meanings, and even then a bit far-fetched.
As guide for the meanings of "matrix" we can use this link:
https://...
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Why don't docbots kill those who are awakened by the red pill?
In The Matrix, a docbot finds Neo right after he wakes up in the pod. However, instead of killing him, it simply flushes Neo down to the old sewers, not even following him with hopes of finding who (...
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Why did the humans never use EMP bombs to kill the machines in The Matrix?
Throughout the Matrix series, humans have occasionally used the EMP bombs to kill the machines. That means they have the technology to build such weapons. So why didn't they use that to destroy the ...
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Why aren't Morpheus and his team immediately attacked by Agents whenever they enter "The Matrix"?
In The Matrix, Morpheus and his team take Neo to see the Oracle in "The Matrix". Not until after the visit is concluded are they ambushed by Agents. Other times, such as the beginning of the movie ...
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Meaning of room numbers in The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Reloaded starts at a room 303 where Neo dies in front of it, and the room number of Neo is 101. I want to know what's its meaning. Is there any relation between 101 and 303?
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Has the Matrix canon or the Wachowskis ever suggested that the machines' co-dependence on humans is psychosocial instead of energy based?
The script of the first Matrix movie is almost flawless, but one theme that doesn't hold water is the statement that the machines' need of humans are as an energy source by extracting waste heat and "...
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Are there specific plot inconsistencies in The Matrix Trilogy?
Lots of people reject both Matrix sequels, but do they have a good solid reason?
Personally, I watched all three with the same level of wonder and interest. I listened carefully and pieced together ...
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Did Hugo Weaving Copy Carl Sagan to play Agent Smith?
I happened to be watching an episode of the 80's show Cosmos which was hosted by Carl Sagan. Sitting and listening to his voice, I was puzzled, thinking "Who's voice does this sound like?". I came to ...
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Did Keanu Reeves actually know martial arts when he acted for the movie "The Matrix"?
Did Keanu Reeves actually know martial arts when he acted for the movie "The Matrix"?
If no, how did he act in the movie?
Does he actually know any kind of Martial Arts?
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Where do babies come from in The Matrix?
What happens in the real world when two people have a baby in The Matrix? Where do babies come from? Are they humans or AIs? If they're humans how were they conceived? Hasn't this question come up in ...
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How does Neo know about the matrix before being removed from the dream world?
In The Matrix, during Neo & Trinity's initial meeting at the club, Trinity and Neo say:
Trinity: It's the question that drives us mad. It's the question that brought you here. You know the ...
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How can they bring guns into the Matrix?
When Trinity and Neo determine to save Morpheus, they begin by running their armory program and getting a lot of guns.
The purpose of these guns is for them to kill people in the Matrix. This armory ...
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Why the confusion between Jujitsu and Kung Fu?
In The Matrix, Neo starts off by asking if he's going to learn "Jujitsu". Once he's done he wakes up and says "I know Kung Fu".
Both forms of martial art are quite different and come from two ...
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What is the meaning of "There is no spoon"?
In The Matrix, what is the meaning of "There is no spoon"?
Below is the full quote from Spoon Boy to Neo:
Do not try and bend the spoon, that's impossible. Instead, only try
to realize the truth....
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What is the significance of the silver goo in the Matrix?
After Neo takes the red pill, he is sitting on a seat and there is a cracked mirror next to him which starts changing. He touches it and a silver goo starts covering his body.
What is the ...
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What program is Neo using?
In Neo's apartment in the movie The Matrix (1999) we can see a program on the monitor. The program is constantly searching something. What does it search for and is this program real?
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The Matrix vs. eXistenZ: how did they influence each other?
It cannot have happenend by sheer coincidence that in the first quarter of 1999 two tightly related movie pictures were released - the Wachowski brother's The Matrix and David Cronenberg's eXistenZ - ...
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Why do people bleed in real world when they are hurt or killed in The Matrix?
In The Matrix, on multiple scenes, when people get hit or die in the virtual reality, they also bleed in the real world. What is the reason behind this?
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What were the origins of Persephone in The Matrix: Reloaded?
As shown in the movie Persephone was the wife of The Merovingian, who himself was an obsolete program who denied being deleted. My question is, does anybody know anything about the origins of ...
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Oracle's motives in the Matrix trilogy
What does the Oracle wish for? Disorder? If she supports humans then she should help destroy the Matrix. If she does not, then she should mislead Neo and make the machines win.
In the end of The ...
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Is the blind man a previous version of Morpheus?
In the Matrix (1999) when Morpheus is taking Neo to see the Oracle, Morpheus nods to a man who appears to be blind and the man nods back:
The other theories I've encountered about this man suggest ...
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How did Cypher jack into The Matrix without an operator?
In The Matrix films, when someone wants to connect into the Matrix, it requires three things:
To find somewhere to link in the real work (they can't just connect from anywhere, they must find ...
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Are they breathing air in Matrix?
After Neo learned kung fu, Neo and Morpheus connected to Matrix for a sparring program similar to the programmed reality of the Matrix. After the training, there was a conversation between them;
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What's real in "The Matrix"?
In The Matrix (2000) Thomas A. Anderson or more widely known as Neo was recruited by Morpheus to rebel against the machines. As per the plot, The Matrix of the story was un-real and a virtual reality ...
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What does Cypher mean when he says Neo is "gonna pop"?
When Neo is first shown about the Matrix, the real world, and how all humans are enslaved by the machines to harness their energy, Neo has a profound panic attack. While watching this, Cypher says "He'...
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Did the Oracle somehow know the fight between Neo and Smith would work out in favour of the humans?
Agent Smith going rogue and Neo not choosing the door to the source when he met the Architect were not something the machines had anticipated, as the previous anomalies all behaved in a way that they ...
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Why does Morpheus believe Neo is the One
Is it ever stated in any of the films or in the animatrix why Morpheus persued and was certain that Neo was the one before even meeting him.
He seemed to have made his decision that Neo was the One ...
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Does the Oracle in the Matrix have anything to do with an oracle machine in computer science?
An oracle machine as defined by Alan Turing is a Turing machine connected to an oracle which can solve non-computable problems in a single operation, most famously the halting problem. The halting ...
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Could the oracle really see the future or just predict choice based on human emotion?
In the last scene of the 3rd Matrix movie, the following conversation takes place:
Seraph : Did you always know?
The Oracle: Oh, no. No, I didn't. But I believed.
But before that the oracle for ...
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Actual purpose of Neo
I recently watched Matrix trilogy, yet again (probably 25th time!). This time I made some new conclusions, and I am confused regarding this one. In first part, i.e., The Matrix. Morpheus tells Neo ...
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Is Neo living in two worlds inside the Matrix?
At the beginning of the matrix Neo is shown as a hacker and a computer programmer. Everytime you see a sequence of his hacker life, the sequence is interrupted by showing him waking up in the world ...
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How does Animatrix fit into the Matrix movies world?
I've seen The Matrix when it first came out and now I wish to watch all the Matrix movies together in order of relevance including the Animatrix anime.
Does Animatrix somehow fit into The Matrix ...
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Did Neil Marshall deliberately reference The Matrix in Dog Soldiers?
In the film Dog Soldiers by Neil Marshall, the following dialogue occurs between two characters:
Where is Spoon?
There is no Spoon
The Spoon referenced in the dialogue was one of the characters in ...
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Who is the "One" in The Matrix?
One of the conversations between Morpheus and Neo in The Matrix is:
When the Matrix was first built, there was a man born inside who had the ability to change whatever he wanted, to remake the ...
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What did the red and blue pills physically do in the Matrix?
In The Matrix, Neo is offered a choice between a red and a blue pill in an iconic moment.
The blue pill would take Neo back to his normal life, and the red pill would show him how deep the rabbit ...
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How do machines know the exact location of Zion?
In the movie, Matrix Reloaded, they say that machines are drilling on top of Zion. In first part, Smith was trying to find location of Zion, he fails.
So how come machines have found location of ...
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Why don't the Machines stick with the Architect's plan?
In The Matrix Reloaded, the Architect gives Neo the choice between the salvation of humanity in the form of 23 people hand selected from the Matrix and the destruction of humanity by the Machine's ...
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What is on the contraband disc Thomas Anderson sells for $2000?
Near the start of The Matrix (1999), Thomas Anderson (a.k.a 'Neo'), sells computer disc (possibly a Sony Minidisk) for $2000 to a group of people who arrive, late, at his door. Anderson indicates that ...
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Why didn't the machines clear the skies?
In The Matrix, humans blocked machines' access to solar energy. As a substitute power, the machines turned to harvesting the humans' bio electricity, while keeping them trapped in the Matrix.
So my ...
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Will I miss anything by not watching The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions?
I think I'd like to check out The Matrix Resurrections in the theatre. I watched the original when it came out in 1999, and the new one seems to have a lot of similar elements to it.
I never watched ...
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Is living inside the Matrix actually a bad thing? [closed]
I have to create a video essay in school about a topic of my choice, and I have decided to talk about why living inside the matrix is actually not that bad.
In my opinion living inside the matrix is ...
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Are all of unplugged people hackers?
Trinity and Neo were both hackers. Obviously Jax and the line operator's. It makes me curious if The Matrix is a tribute to the strength of hackers.
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What, if any, is the significance of "Wabash and Lake"?
I had to rewind when I heard it, but Supernatural ("Salvation", S1:E21) referenced Wabash and Lake, which I recognized from The Matrix. From the Supernatural Wiki:
Meg: There's a warehouse ...
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Is "The Architect" in The Matrix actually a program?
We have confirmation that The Oracle is a program (in The Matrix Reloaded). So it's clear that some programs are allowed to interact with humans.
But I wonder whether The Architect is also a program? ...