566: Matrix Revisited
| Matrix Revisited |
 Title text: I actually remember being entertained by both the sequels while in the theater. They just don't hold up nearly as well in later comparison. |
[edit] Explanation
In the movie The Matrix, all of humanity lives in a computer simulation. Many years ago, robots took over the real world (not the simulation), and placed humans into the simulation while their body heat generated power for the robots. A few characters (Morpheus, male with glasses; Neo, male without glasses; and Trinity; female) have escaped from the Matrix, and are on a mission to free the human race from the robots. In this comic, a number of famous scenes from The Matrix have been parodied:
1. Morpheus wants to explain the Matrix to Neo, but says it can't be explained (you must see it for yourself to understand). In the comic, Trinity tells Morpheus that he is wrong, and the Matrix is in fact easy to explain.
2. Morpheus shows Neo two pills, one red and one blue, and tells Neo that he can either take the blue pill and wake up, never to hear about the Matrix again, or he can take the red pill and leave the Matrix, and "see how deep the rabbit hole goes" (a reference to "Alice in Wonderland"). In the movie, Neo takes the red pill, and is then briefed on what will happen to him by Morpheus. In the comic, he mixes the two pills (snorting them like cocaine) and winds up in a non-existent dimension.
3. Neo and Trinity must save Morpheus, so they obtain many guns and load them into trenchcoats. Neo is stopped at a security checkpoint in a building in the Matrix. A security guard tells him to remove any metallic items, such as keys, and place them in a bin, then walk through the scanner. In the movie, he open his trenchcoat, revealing his myriad of weapons. In the comic, Neo opens his trenchcoat, and it is implied that he has no other clothing underneath, to which the guard replies, "eww."
4. There are two sequels to The Matrix, but they are widely regarded as inferior to the original, with some fans pretending they don't exist.
[edit] Transcript
Narrator: Today was the ten-year anniversary of the release of "The Matrix". I sat down to watch it again.
Woman: Holy Fuck, ten years ago?
{Replay of various scenes from The Matrix..}
[Scene 1]
Morpheus: Unfortunately, no one can explain what the matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.
Trinity (correcting Morpheus): Sure you can. It's a computer simulation in which you live, thinking it's reality.
Neo: Oh.
Trinity (to Morpheus, who is glaring at her): ... What? Look, maybe you just suck at explaining.
[Scene 2]
Morpheus (to Neo): ...Or you take the red pill, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
[Neo takes BOTH pills from Morpheus...]
[Neo crushes both the red and blue pills into purple powder on a table top...]
[Neo snorts the purple powder...]
[Morpheus and Neo are shown upside down in a frame with inverted colors, i.e., black background with white lines]
Morpheus: NOW look what you've done.
Neo: Where are we?
Morpheus: I have no idea.
[Scene 3]
[Neo, wearing the long black trench coat, at a metal detector, is accosted by the security guard.]
Guard: Please remove any keys, metallic items, weapons--
[Neo opens his trench coat, his back to the reader, towards the guard, who is facing the reader. The reader can't see what Neo has under his coat.]
[Same scene as above, but side view: Neo, on the left, is opening his coat toward the guard, who is on the right. Nobody speaks.]
[Side view again.]
Guard: Eww.
{End of scene replays}
[View of room, where three characters have obviously just finished watching The Matrix. Man1 is sitting on the floor nearest to the TV. Woman is sitting on the floor, farther from the TV. Man2 is sitting on a chair, farthest from the TV.]
Man1: I forgot how good that movie was.
Man2: Wanna put on the other two?
[Man1 has turned to face Woman. They exchange looks without speaking.]
[View of room, which is now empty, as is the chair.]
Sounds from off panel: Crash
Wham
Someone saying "Ow! Ow!"
[Man1 and Woman are back in the room, but the chair is still empty. Man2 is nowhere to be seen.]
Man1: I forgot how good that movie was.
Woman: Too bad they never made any sequels.
Man1: True.
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