Category "the-matrix"

Why is Neo's body completely hairless until freed from the matrix?

Neo (and possibly everyone else) seems to be completely hairless (bald, no eyebrows etc) while trapped in The Matrix. After being freed from the matrix, his

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 q

What fighting style does Neo use while sparring with Morpheus?

The question Why Neo's confusion between Jujitsu and Kung Fu? asks about why Neo seems confused about fighting styles being downloaded into his brain. Immediat

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.

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.

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

Why are they rebooting/reviving The Matrix franchise?

I heard that The Matrix is being rebooted/revived. What are the reasons they chose to do this instead of making a sequel or prequel? Is there any official wor

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 ho

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

From where did Zion get air?

We have seen in the Matrix trilogy that Zion is a last city of humans, situated at Earth's core where it is still warm. I believe they found a groundwater sou

Is this the *only* matrix version? [closed]

Neo defeates Smith in such a way that Smith managed to replicate himself, which led to him being uncontrollably powerful thus the machines nee

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

Why wasn't Neo's monitor connected to anything? [duplicate]

When Neo is sitting in his cubicle after being reamed out by the boss for being late to work, his monitor is off and he doesn't appear to be w

Were any of the The Matrix movies released with extended editions?

So far I've looked at the Ultimate Matrix Collection on Blu-Ray, which to me seems like the most complete and recent version out there, but the product descript

Why was Neo's body let go from the machine's farm? [closed]

The dead/malfunctioning humans are liquified and feed intravenously to active humans in the Matrix. Why was Neo let go, when he is freed and h

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 chan

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 dest

Did Morpheus actually not know why the Agents want to apprehend Neo?

In the scene in The Matrix where Neo is escaping from work to get away from the agents, he asks Morpheus what the Agents who are coming for him want from him. M

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 an

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: