The Matrix is back because, well everyone and everything is stuck in a loop right now
and though they say making a sequel to the Matrix would be stupid in the movie,
here we are. The franchise is known for asking what is
the question and the fourth entry has some really big head scratchers in it.
Throughout this video we're gonna be bringing you the answers to the most asked ones whilst
also trying to explain the movie so you can take something more from it on your next watch.
Now one of the first things I wanna talk about
is what happened between the events of this and revolutions.
Can we, can we put a question on screen for that? Cheers.
While the original Matrix seemed like a perfect self contained movie,
we got two more sequels during the almighty year of the matrix that expanded upon Neo’s story
and aims to save humanity. Revolutions ended with Neo not only defeating Agent Smith but
he also ended the war between humanity and the machines which brokered in a new era of peace.
But what happened after? Luckily the movie explains a good lot of it in
scenes with Niobi and Bugs. We learn that as Neo mades his deal with the machines,
the Sentinels retreated and the war was ended.
However this was not the end and both sides had to find a way to co-exist.
The machines were unable to produce enough energy due to the amount of humans being
unplugged from The Matrix and this lead them into a civil war with one another.
It was then the oracle contacted the humans for the last time
to tell them that a new power was rising in the machine world which was likely The
Analyst. We discover that he created a new iteration of the Matrix using Trinity and
Neo. Which stopped humanity from leaving due to the misery and sorrow they brought with them.
After the Battle of Zion, Morpheus was elected high chair of the council of Zion. We know
he was a true believer in Neo and once Neo completed his prophecy,
he thought it was over. Ignoring the rising power threat from The Oracle proved a mistake
as Niobi explained leading to the end of Zion.
As the Matrix was re-started there was purge leading to people like the oracle being deleted
which is why she was never heard from again. At some point after this, humans accepted
they could never beat the Sentinels and they decided to make a new city to hide from them
called IO. Here they worked with defecting machines or Synthians to create a hybrid city.
But what happened to Trinity & Neo in between and how did they return?
Well It turns out that The Architect’s replacement, The Analyst, worked to
resurrect the pair. He was there when Neo died and he recognised the power of them
as an anomaly. This is because the source code somewhat exists within Neo
and their love was enough to break the previous Matrix so keeping the pair at arms length was
enough to fuel the simulation whilst also making it so that it wouldn’t collapse.
It was resource heavy and might be why the power generators in the machine
cities started to run out of juice as they concentrated on doing things like this.
We know that the Machines seek energy in order to continue to exist
and the pair’s potential to create a lot of power was far too big to pass up.
With Neo and Trinity plugged in, they supercharged a new Matrix,
a horrible new dark world that outputs even more energy than before.
Their subconsciouness made them yearn for each other
but the pair were just out of reach of which created more misery and therefore more energy.
But what happened to the Old Matrix?
Well it was simply purged, reset and rebooted which is a metaphor for this movie itself.
Though the majority of it was wiped, some carry overs from it still exist
including The Merovingian and the exiles. They hid to avoid deletion
and as we know from the prior movies, the Merovingian survived several reboots.
Now the next question that ties into this is, why is The New Matrix better than the Old one?
Well it’s simply because less people are being freed and therefore more energy
can be drawn from the. Because this one is built primarily around manipulation,
people are less likely to leave. They put into a world of mediocrity in which they don’t want to
take risks or chances and thus they don’t leap at the idea of travelling into the real world.
It’s a case of diminishing returns in the long run and with less and
less humans being freed then it means less and less are freed following on from this.
Neo is stuck in this darker matrix, manipulated by The Analyst
and this version is reducing his legacy and life's work as The One down to a
mere video game, a piece of entertainment for missions. His suffering and sacrifice
has become a meaningless existence and he’s forced to go back to it as we saw.
However he is The One and incredibly powerful but a number things have happened to him and
it answers a few questions like what’s with the new Morpheus?
Simply put he’s a computer programme made by Neo based on the memories Neo had of the character.
He exists inside a computer modal which is a programme
that is used to train sentiments aka Agents.
This is why we also see the beginning of The Matrix playing out as it’s the
perfect way for them to train against a soldier of Zion that got away in the past.
Morpheus was coded subconsciously by Neo which is why he wants to free Neo with the help of Bugs.
Neo is plagued by memories if a life he doesn’t feel he lived
and is unsure if his matrix game creation is based on real life or not.
The footage Neo sees in flashbacks is clearly him remembering as he is
far too powerful and this explains why The Analyst keeps him in check with the
cat named Deja Vu. He also reels him back as him remembering he was free once and leaving
the matrix means the machines will be low on power again.
The footage we see in the second time Bugs and Morpehus try to break
Neo out is there simply to ease him into what’s real by using nostalgia.
Essentially nostalgia gets bums in seats just like real life.
You sucker
Now if Neo did make The Matrix games based on his real life events and the footage they show him is
from the game why does no one recognise him despite him looking the same to us?
Well it is because the machines manipulated his look and while the Residual Self Image or RSI to
him looks normal, the machines have upgraded a bit in the 60 years between this and the first movie.
It’s now what is known as his Digital Self Image or DSI which makes him
appear differently so he is not recognised by people travelling in and out of the programme.
Trinity never recognises him despite him simping for her
and that’s because he looks totally different.
I dunno why they didn’t change hers either as surely a freemind would recognise Trinity and if
she’d looked totally different to Neo then they never would have met but plot holes be abound.
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Now a question connected to this is why does Jude urge Neo to talk to Trinity?
We learn that he’s pretty much just Marlon from the Truman show and that he’s a programme who
was created to keep Neo inside the system and yet he still pushes them together.
Well this can be explained by The Analysts monologuing
we discussed earlier. Neo looks different and the constant torture of him trying to
talk to her pushes out more power. The machines are fueled by misery
and someone as powerful as Neo being depressed is gonna cause even more energy to be created.
Now they do find a way to get together as Neo
spends the movie trying to get her to be freed from this new Analyst Matrix.
On the surface it seems selfish to get Trinity out but her being freed from being plugged in
will give humanity a new hope and it’ll switch up the power balance.
The machines were always the ones in charge but Neo and Trin getting power means that
we will be the ones on top as they’ll rely solely on us to keep giving them energy.
Now why does she get called Tiffany in the film?
Well though it's not explicitly explained we can make a guess
at this as Neo is referred to by his Matrix name a lot aka Thomas Anderson.
Therefore it is possible that Trinity’s name used
to be Tiffany and that this is the Matrix equivalent of deadnaming.
Considering the original message of the first movie was supposed
to be transformation and the director’s transitions then this makes a lot of sense
but we get the real meaning at the end of the movie.
Beyond that though the Analyst simply says it is a private joke,
and we can learn what this is by looking at the Etymology of the name.
It’s original meant the appearance of god and it also means the person of exceptional worth.
Now another question you might have is where are the Agents?
Though we saw some at the start in the subconscious
code they are sparse in the main programme.
We know that Jonathon Groff’s Smith is almost as much a prisoner as Neo
and it would make sense to keep agents that he can take over far away from him.
The Agents have been replaced by Swarm mode which is and I quote sick fun.
Swarm mode is similar to when an Agent took over a body in the original trilogy
but The Analyst found it easier to saturate a population than clone an
agent over a human battery. These handlers combined with swarm mode make it dangerous
and explains why they were so eager to just leap out a window to stop the power couple at the end.
Now Trinity and Neo end up freed by their love but what was the theme of this movie
and how does it compare to the other films?
Well choice and destiny have always been at the heart of this franchise.
The red pill and blue pill is the best example of this and the prophecy Neo was the subject of
was also a choice. When he met the merovingian in Reloaded, he wrestled with whether he was
doing this because he wanted to or because he was told that that was what he needed to do.
In this movie he’s not weighed down by The One, the destiny or the oracle,
he’s simply doing this out of love and is ironically the free-est he’s ever been.
Morpheus himself was not free, believing in the destiny of the one until it caused Zion to fall.
The question remains: what is the true message of this movie?
While the original was about breaking free of a corporate world
and transformation as well as asking is destiny like, a thing, he we deep dive more into choice.
While both Matrixes manipulated humans, the new one is a lot more sinister. Choice has
always been limited in the movies and while the Red or Blue pills seemed like a choice it’s a
binary choice hence the new game Neo was working on being called that. Bugs even said choice is
an illusion to Morpheus when she frees him and the movie has moved beyond taking red and blue
pills as they seemed less important as Trinity did not need to take it due to tech advances.
Humans are being manipulated by feelings which The Analyst says makes this Matrix provide more power
and this sort of ties into Trinity's choice. In order for Trinity to escape
she needs to either accept the lie she feels comfortable in or see the world for what it
is when all the facts are presented. As Bugs says "If we don't know what's real,
we can't resist". Once humans are shown everything, then they can make a choice.
There's lots of philosophical elemenets at play but at the end of the day,
The Matrix is always gonna be up for debate. What happens next we
don't know but it's clear that with their powers unlocked, Trinity and Neo are now
able to free every human within The Matrix or at least present them with the choice.
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