The following was captured in real-time on Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X.
Hi, I'm Thomas Anderson.
Like many of you, I work with computers.
I like the freedom I feel
outside the limitations of the real world.
But computers are also mirrors,
reflecting back who and what we are
and the choices we make,
the worlds we build.
They also confront us with questions
about why we want to choose
this
over that.
Why we want to make X
instead of Y.
Where do ideas of who we are
and what we want
even come from?
You take the red pill,
and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
This isn't real?
What is real?
How do you define real?
For instance, I'm not even sure why I'm here.
I remember waking up and thinking that I'm supposed to come here.
That it was important for me
to ask people,
how do we know what is real?
Hi, I'm Keanu Reeves.
Over twenty years ago, I first played
the character Thomas Anderson
in the Matrix Trilogy.
Those films pioneered digital cinema
with shots like bullet time.
Back then, we talked a lot
about where
the digital age might take cinema and narrative.
In an industry where actors have tried to remain
perpetually young,
we wondered about digital faces
that could become immortal.
Hi, I'm Carrie Ann Moss
and I play Trinity in the Matrix films.
Twenty years ago, we asked ourselves
how long it would be
before faces and bodies could be changed
as easily as we change clothes.
We wondered, what would identity mean
in a completely digital world.
And what would reality mean
when a world we can build feels as real as our own?
Whoa. What just happened?
Yeah, this is what they wanted.
They said they were fine with your theoretical mumbo-jumbo
but they needed some sexy action.
Who said?
The marketing people.
Marketing?
I thought we were supposed to have total creative control.
Welcome to the Matrix.
Wow,
you still got it.
Like riding a bike they say.
I sometimes miss this version of us.
Me too.
What the hell are you doing back there?
Sorry, I was told this was a sim
preparing me to fight the system.
Right on.
Do you know about this?
Yeah,
it's all supposed to be a little...
unreal.
Word of advice.
Agents are bad, but whatever you do
stay the hell away from marketing.
See you soon.
So, what now?
Haven't you ever watched a movie before?
Shoot the tires.
Say no more.
Keep them off us.
You drive. I'll shoot.
Dodge this.
Uh, Trinity?
They're on the car!
Loose the roof!
My pleasure!
Sorry boys!
Of course they have a helicopter!
Whoa, watch out!
We need cover!
Hang on.
It's still on us.
Up ahead.
This was supposed to be safer!
These guys just don't give up.
Watch out!
Hang on.
Okay how about the big gun?
I thought you'd never ask.
You boys are going to get a kick out of this!
Come and get it!
There's too many of them!
You again!
Hold steady!
Hell yeah!
What are you doing?
Time to blow this pop stand.
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