I'm pretty sure it was mostly water, the gel was applied to them, though, which gave the illusion that the whole thing was filled with gel. You still might be right about the gel transferring heat, though, it'd just be conducting it into the water instead of the environment (which might be worse, actually, given the heat capacity of water)
A funny detail in John Wick: Fishburne has a line where he says "Mr. Wick doesn't remember but we met many years ago, before my ascension". It was clearly a play on their time on "The Matrix".
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 "Let's make him a king, he'll like that. A king of ALLLLL of New York's homeless and a shitload of pigeons." *Goes on to make an undercity empire* "Damn. Once again we underestimated him."
So for those who didn't notice Morpheus nodded to the blind man who then nodded back, the blind man is blind but has the same matrix vision Neo has at the end of the film.
Defiantly watch the next 3.. love it if you could record it .. but realise its a lot of work. loved your reaction to this movie , and would love to watch you watch the next ones as well.
That was a fun reaction to watch. I enjoyed seeing the emotion it provoked in you (as it does in me), and also how much you picked up on for a first watch. I didn't catch this movie in theaters, but saw it right when it came out on VHS, and while all of the surface level tech stuff was right up my alley, the deep philosophy and layered metaphors flew 20 miles over my little teenage head, so it was cool to see that a younger generation than my own now can pick up on that stuff watching it in 2024.
In fact, the Matrix tapped into the sense of avatar customization and embodying a different in-game persona waaaay before it became as big in video games. Though ironically the closest thing we have to the Matrix today is... VR Chat.
@@MegMageReacts there are a couple moments that haven't aged well, but I recommend watching all 3 movies. Definitely don't skip 3 (Bill& Ted Face The Music). It came out during the pandemic and as an adult who grew up seeing the first 2 movies in the theater with 2 kids now in their 20s, it really hit home. Also, that third film just makes me feel good about humanity. I watch it when I just want to feel good.
Smith is talking like an AI that is absolutely disgusted by and hates everything about humanity. He's so sick of it all and I just think it's hilarious how the idea of humanity drove this one AI so insane he broke his own programming.
He was randomically generated with max hate stats. Humans have innate hate, it is part of our range of emotions, and it has the purpose of helping us dealing with the unknown. We basically fear what we don't understand, and we hate what we fear.
I can't imagine how it would be watching this in the theater when it dropped. This movie changed almost all movies as a whole going forward. Revolutionary vision from the creators. Watching it now is like "woah, look at everything in movies that changed over the years because of this" but watching it when it was new would be "I've never seen anything like this in my life" and just knowing it was about to change all action movies going forward forever
@@j0hn00 I watched it first at a drive-in with my girlfriend. Felt like it changed my life. Then I went and watched it at the theatre. When me and my brother was walking out we felt like we could fly. I can say watching no other movie in a theatre made anyone feel that invincible or empowered.
Part 1 is life changing. Parts 2 and 3 are metal as hell, they're just not as mind bending as the first one, so they seem lesser in comparison. I would very much recommend watching them, they're still a ton of fun
The Matrix is the genesis of the "Me and the Bad Bitch i pulled by being autistic on the internet" meme. Trinity is the best and that "Dodge This" is Iconic. Nobody is killing Trinity's Golden Retriever BF, not even an Agent. Also - I love how the only reason Neo survived and became the Cyberpunk messiah, is because Trinity loved him.
I'll never forget how mind-blowing this movie was to watch in theaters. I saw it with my mom and it was the only thing we could talk about for a month afterwards. I still can't believe a local film critic called it "colored lights and nonsense."
Funny thing is, neither Neo (nor many reactors) catch that The Oracle never told Neo he was not the one. She said something like 'you know what I'm going to say', and Neo replies "that I'm not the one" then she says 'Sorry kid. You got the gift but it looks like you're waiting for something.' I'm paraphrasing from memory, but that's pretty close. She never said he wasn't the one. She was basically saying 'it's up to you'.
Said it before but it's still true - though some of the elements were familiar to East Asian viewers, in Western cinema at least there really is a distinct line between before and after "The Matrix", it was _that_ influential (it's also the movie that launched a million black leather trench coats :). (and i'd say "The Animatrix" is well worth a watch BTW, 9 animated short films featuring other stories set in the Matrix universe)
If you notice any pop culture references in this movie, it wasn't a reference here, this movie started it. The Matrix had a much, much bigger impact on entertainment media and culture as a whole than a lot of people realize. A masterpiece of it's time and still a masterpiece today
In the car scene where they remove Neo's bug, Switch calls him Coppertop because he's basically just a battery as long as he's plugged in. But without context, you won't understand it on a first watch.
This movie is amazing. 1999 was the *very* early days of internet in peoples homes and it was just an unknown.... this movie hit the tone. Also spot on with the "red pill" thing, its literaly a movie created by 2 trans women, that involves taking a pill to become free and the "real you"... i mean come on! :D
And everyone still part of the system will fight to keep being slaves to it. Everyone being a potential spy and enemy. Agent Smith continually deadnaming Neo. The pods they wake up in are shaped like eggs. Etc.
I remember the first time I watched this. After it was over, I remember sitting back and having an existential crisis. “What is real?” is a line that sticks with me. What do I perceive and what do I believe? The movie is truly special if it forces you out of your comfort zone as this one does. Powerful, impressive, awesome and damned entertaining. Glad you got so much out of it and enjoyed it.
The Illithid Spaceships in BG3 predate this film by almost ten years. The ships first appeared in a boxed set for Advanced Dungeons and Dragons called Spelljammer in 1989.
Seeing this movie before Lord of the Rings kind of ruined Elrond for me because I kept thinking of him speaking as Agent Smith saying “You must destroy the ring… Mr. Anderson”
The Animatrix, and Reloaded + Revolutions are worth checking out too, absolutely. I also like Resurrections (there are pretty mixed reactions to that one, more than the other sequels), but it's not necessarily needed
@@lordmorklen5166 Honestly, I love how much love is in the 4th. Plus the meta commentary about legacy sequels was great. Hopefully the Wachowskis have some level of input into the 5th, I haven't seen either of Drew Goddard's movies, so we'll all just have to see about what the consensus will be when it comes out
lol I also find this movie weirdly emotional now. it totally embodies that feeling of finding yourself and your place in the world, especially politcally. watching this movie as a kid almost made it a part of me, it's so good to watch someone resonate with every part of it!!!
Fun fact: Keanu’s relatively stiff motion in this movie is because he had to have spinal surgery immediately after training but before filming. They had to change the entire shooting schedule to front load all the talking scenes and give him time to recover. That scene on the rooftop where Neo quad kicks the two guards was the first action shot he filmed to show that he was recovered enough to do the rest of the film.
Switch was originally supposed to change gender whenever they entered the Matrix. So let's say they present male inside, and female outside. But WB blocked the concept because they thought it would be "too confusing" for the audience 🙄
Been watching a crapload of Matrix reactions lately. This is the best one. Your ability to grasp a lot of the themes, messages, callbacks, and foreshadowing is really impressive for a first viewing. Kudos
The Matrix is a lot of things. One, as per a direct interview from Lana W. is that the film is a trans story. Another thing it is, is a criticism of capitalism. This is made quite apparent in the initial Morpheus monologue when he and Neo meet. It's basically stated almost explicitly in the form of a metaphor when Morpheus says that The Matrix was created to turn a human being into a battery. What has been consistently all over our tvs in commercials, on daytime talk shows, and in literal countless articles since the creation of the internet? Well of course, its how to be more productive at work, how to be a more productive worker, how to be a more efficient worker, how to make your employees more productive, etcetera etcetera. Then it is actually explicitly stated when Agent Smith calls humans a virus and a disease of the planet, that uses up and destroys all resources in one area and then moves to another, whereas the rest of nature reaches a natural equilibrium with its surroundings. It is obvious, as per the endless pieces of evidence we have from history that before capitalism, human society maintained quite an equilibrium with the natural world. I also love that you brought up the hypocrisy of the conservative movement that highjacked the whole "red pill" concept and used it to start advocating people act in ways that actually continue to propagate the matrix, or capitalism. People like Andrew Tate telling people they escape the matrix by getting rich, buying expensive stuff, making both men and women fawn over them, when that's exactly how the matrix wants you to act. Lastly i must say, i am rather profoundly shocked that you hadnt seen this! 😆
I always scour the comments looking to make sure the creators’ own story is visible and connected to the movie. The trans story was watered down in that script had the character, Switch, one gender in the matrix and different one outside.
The internet is the first part of the matrix. it has already begun. Always on the computer, always on our phones. We are already plugged in. Pretty amazing this was conceptualized in the 90s at the very birth of the internet.
I am always dumbfounded by reactors that look at Keanu in this movie and say he's a baby. He was well established by then. Before this he was in Bill &Ted's Excellent Adventure, Point Break, Speed, and before those he was in other films.
25 years ago. Super-monumental. The Wachowskis' 3rd film following Assassins (1995) & Bound (1996). Blending together all the things that nobody would think could be done in a movie, all at the same time. Obviously it's a established universe before we know it's origins. But the ideas of reality, science and philosophy metaphorically define what it means to live in it. It's made in a way that's not too complicated to understand it, yet it does trigger some kind of need to study. Among Keanu Reeves' most iconic films out of the 1990s. Veteran actor Laurence Fishburne (no longer Larry) as Morpheus is like the best mentor. Carrie-Anne Moss was a model turned actress and mostly known for tv, as Trinity she totally shined as the next new action heroine. Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith is one of the best villains ever. Everything that went into this movie is unprecedented. One-liners, constant jewels of knowledge, action sequences, wardrobe, special effects and all are part of the cultural vocab (Free Your Mind, Dodge This, What Is The Matrix?, Whoa!, etc). For 1999, it won 4 Oscars out of many awards, had the highest opening weekend, the highest grossing Rated-R film and the first DVD to sell more than a million copies. If your going further down the rabbit hole, watch The AniMATRIX (anime short films) first and then The 2003 sequels.
Ive never noticed before but the audio transition towards the start where the club music turns into the alarm clock is exactly how it feels when your alarm goes off while you're dreaming, you hear it but its somehow just part of the dream then you slowly realize its your alarm and jump awake
The behind-the-scenes low-down: - Keanu, Carrie-Anne, Lawrence, and Hugo were all in training for several months with Hong Kong martial arts fights legend Yuen Woo-Ping and his wireworking team so that they all could do the majority of their own stunts. This is indeed why The Matrix films and the John Wick films are so good, we see the actors in the thick of the action. As they made the films before they transitioned, the Wachowskis both spoke very much the way Hugo speaks as Agent Smith. Hugo is basically imitating the two siblings' speech patterns. They no longer speak that way. - Keanu's stunt double for certain scenes, like in the train station where Neo falls into the newsstand, was Chad Stahelski, the director of the John Wick films. Stahelski would be the stunt coordinator for the rest of the original trilogy, and has a small role in the fourth Matrix movie, Matrix Resurrections. - The film won Oscars for Film Editing, Costume Design, Sound Mixing, and Sound Editing. The costume designer for the film had a very original dress for the Oscars that year...look it up, It's not only original but funny! - Before he could take the role, The Wachowskis made Keanu read three books: Introducing Evolutionary Psychology, Out Of Control by Kevin Kelly, and Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard (which is the book Neo keeps his computer discs and money as a hacker). There is a box set of DVDs where they included 2 commentary tracks, one version where film critics who hated the films explained why they hate them, the other (which I love) is by two amazing thinkers who adore the films, Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber, which these two explain in philosophical terms what everything means in the films. College courses have been developed about and based around the films. They get even deeper, delving into comparative religious ideas and thoughts (Hinduism, Buddhism, Zen, Cbristianity, and others). - PLEASE watch the next films...The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, and The Matrix Resurrections. The next two were filmed at the same time and came out within a year of each other, the third was filmed and released in 2021 (it was directed by Lana only, Lilly didn't participate in it). Personally, I love all of the films. And the main trilogy as ONE film, beginning, middle and ending. The fourth being a very good epilogue and point for where the story could continue for anyone brave enough to try.
fun fact: first movie idea, was not to farm humans for energy, like they said in the movie, but farm them and use their brains for computing power, but they thought normal people would not get that concept, so they changed it...
I haven't heard anyone actually conceptualize this thought out loud, but if you look closely, the blocking (where the actors are standing/moving within the camera shot) is 1,000% just anime. This is "Ghost in the Shell" or "Akira" in live action. Watch the movie again with the idea that every shot is composed like an anime. Changes the entire experience!
This was the best reaction of the Matrix I've ever seen, and in the end, you finding out about the wachowski sisters was so amazing and wormed my heart. Sense8 is my favorite show that Netflix made and become such a colt classic that the fans ended up getting Netflix after canceling it to bring it back for one more season to tie up the story Lana Wachowski is one of my favorite people.
re: V for Vendetta, I recommend reading the book first. the Wachowski sisters changed a lot and made the story's theme more liberal vs. conservative as opposed to anarchist vs. fascist like in the book, which pissed off the author, Alan Moore. Not saying not to watch it at all, just that it's better to see what the original author intended first imho.
Your reaction has made me subscribe! I watched this movie when I was 13, you wouldn't believe the hype around this movie. The trailer didn't give away anything, strangers were asking each other 'What is the Matrix?' Also, the directors were very progressive for their time. Switch was supposed to be one gender in the real world, and another in the Matrix - showcasing that who we are on the outside isn't always who we are on the inside
My old school D&D campaign from the 80s always had mind flayers as alien tech users from another dimension, too, lost in the characters' fantasy setting and unable to really grasp magic so as to use it to escape back to their own reality.
"Why is she looking at me? Am I an Agent?" Funny you should ask that question... I love that you realized the inherent hypocrisy of people who unironically use the terms "redpilled" and "the matrix" while completely ignoring the fact they were created/popularized by a pair of trans women who created this world and story to express themselves and their journey artistically. Makes me smile every time one of those idiots use those terms.
Bit o' trivia I think you'll appreciate...Lily Wachowski described Switch, “a character who would be a man in the real world and then a woman in the Matrix," as representative of where her and her sister’s “headspaces were”.Didn't quite make it into the film. You have a humanity and insight about you that gives me hope in this world. Truly inspiring and I wanted to thank you. One of the most wonderful minds I have ever witnessed. You are across the board cool. Pure cool. Salud☮
Meg... I truly hope you watch the trilogy. It's an amazing cinematic experience and it often gets buried under the LOTR trilogy coming out at the same time, not to mention Star Wars. The Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions are remarkable sci-fi experiences that shouldn't be missed. ♥
I know it's a little late for comments, but it's so rare to come across someone who really recognizes the sub-text of this film. Absolutely, the red pill/blue pill concept was co-opted, and twisted by incels, and right-wingers generally into the exact opposite of what it really is. Maybe not surprising from the same morons who only recently realized Rage Against the Machine is radical left, and still haven't figured out that Starship Troopers is literally ridiculing their entire worldview.
Lana was outed by tabloids and had to publicly come out during the promo of Speed racer Lilly officially came out between season one and two of Sense8 to prevent that a dirty journalist sells his story about her For both, transitionning was not only a personnal change but also a drastic change in their way of working Before that, they were both known to be two control freaks, both in filming (privileging studio shots with controled lightings) and outside (limited interview, no public appearances) working almost like twins with a common thinking flow (one ending the sentences of the other) After, they started to be less "quanticly connected", Lana being more on set and Lilly in the writing room That's partially why Matrix Resurrections (the 4th movie) is only from Lana. Also, Lana now enjoys not controling everything and prefers working with natural light and settings. She's also way more extravert, with colorfull dreadlocks which became her trademark On her side, Lilly started painting and producing queer content. She's more discreet than her sister, but is pretty vocal on LGBTQ issues
Thanks for sharing your reaction, Meg! This was great to re-experience with you~ It'd be great to watch the rest of the series with you if you're up for it! The Animatrix comes next in release order, followed by Reloaded and Revelations which were shot together and released in the same year. The 4th movie (Resurrections) tends to be fairly divisive among the fans but based on your post-reaction discussion of this film, I think you'd love it.
Yeah the franchise is pretty much an allegory for being transgender The wachowski brothers are now the wachowski sisters because they are both transgender so I find it ironic that conservatives latch onto this movie
Nice math, 2 cats = 1 dead mouse. Amazing. And it was on purpose. Remember Neo fighting Morpheus? "So you think this is air that you're breathing?" He did it on purpose. Just another example, when they fall on the bottom, you see everyone shooting without blinking or breathing. By the way, Switch originally is a guy in real life and a woman inside the matrix, that's the meaning of her name. But got "censored". All the names have a meaning behind them. I just explained Switch, Doser is who makes buzzers, got it ? His brother is Tank, and he Tanked the damage when Cypher tried to kill him. Cypher's meaning of something 'encoded', so we don't see who him really is until we "decypher" it. I can keep going for hours.
Wow! Calling him Nero was interesting to me. I'm from Brazil, and in the dub version in Portuguese, in the second movie, was a mistake during the dub, and Merovingian called neo as Nero like you just did. Something that wasn't intentional and made many people judge the "skills" of whom was in charge of it. I have seen many reactions to this movie, but it's the first time someone made that connection. I'm impressed
Also, the Oracle _absolutely_ downloaded some code into him with that cookie. _Everything_ in this movie is intentional and meaningful. That cookie wasn't just a cookie, it wasn't even just a cookie with a bit of weed in it to calm him down. I think it was basically the activation key for being The One, triggered when he died. Possibly with a bit of weed in it to calm him down.
Some additions from my side: 1. Yes, all the actors performed the fight scenes by themselves. 2. In an early version of the script, the character Switch supposed to be female in the matrix and male in the real world. 3. Ever seen "Monsters Inc."? One of the main character's name is Mike Wazowski, obviously a reference to the siblings.
Glad you enjoyed this movie. Imagine watching it without any framework of simulation theory existing in pop culture. What a mind fuck it was for us back in the day.
Speaking of metal gear, don’t know if you’ve played them but imho some of the greatest games I’ve ever played, the most groundbreaking gameplay, some of the best plot twists, and most progressive beliefs and messages especially for the time, if someone told me the wachowskies played metal gear solid first and got inspired to create the matrix I’d believe you
Super good reaction! Please contunie with Matrix! Part 2 and 3 (Not 4th!!) You are touched subjects like Buddhism and spirituality which will be revealed even more in the upcoming movies! Wachowski even said part of the Matrix is about transgender experience. Please check out more cause you did a phenomenally well in your analysys (English is not my native language, sorry for any mistakes :D )
Love, love, love this reaction. I always enjoy seeing people experience the Matrix movies for the first time but I really loved how thoughtful and emotional your reaction was. Based on everything you said I think you might enjoy the rest of the series. And, no spoilers, but you might be onto something with the "we are the one" theory.
You gotta finish the rest of the Matrix trilogy, then you should react to The Animatrix (an anthology of 9 short films that expand and expound on the world of The Matrix, then react to Bound (great little caper movie with a very intricately-timed plot line that is super well-written and believeable and intense), after that do Speed Racer (super underrated movie based on the comics / old TV cartoon), then finish it off with V For Vendetta.
You are watching for the first time? How lucky can someone be. truly entertaining. I have seen it to many times to remember. The second movie is just as good.
I watch a lot of reactors. How I've not come across yours yet is a ponderance that the gods are still debating. Loved your reaction, commentary, and editing. You deserve more followers. Here, have another one :)
1:04:12 Neo finally can see the real side of this Matrix.. These are just compiter programs and codes and Antivirus programs..the only think he must do is changing the codes.. Like a strong computer viruses.. So he can stop bullets because bullets are codes too.. in computer program as a virus, you can delete any codes.. So neo deleted the bullets' speed codes.. Because of this bullets stopped.. Think like that
Fun fact: the pod that Neo wakes up in almost gave Keanu hypothermia because the gel in it was too efficient at transferring heat.
Actually it was tested by his stunt double who nearly got hypothermia. They warmed it up for the actors.
I'm pretty sure it was mostly water, the gel was applied to them, though, which gave the illusion that the whole thing was filled with gel. You still might be right about the gel transferring heat, though, it'd just be conducting it into the water instead of the environment (which might be worse, actually, given the heat capacity of water)
Fun fact: Thats not true
A funny detail in John Wick: Fishburne has a line where he says "Mr. Wick doesn't remember but we met many years ago, before my ascension". It was clearly a play on their time on "The Matrix".
Now I have to rewatch that franchise!!
"Guns. Lots of guns."
Dang, maybe John Wick is just a new Matrix that the machines had created & Laurence remembers, but simply doesn’t feel like dealing with it this time🤣
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 "Let's make him a king, he'll like that. A king of ALLLLL of New York's homeless and a shitload of pigeons."
*Goes on to make an undercity empire*
"Damn. Once again we underestimated him."
So for those who didn't notice Morpheus nodded to the blind man who then nodded back, the blind man is blind but has the same matrix vision Neo has at the end of the film.
Defiantly watch the next 3.. love it if you could record it .. but realise its a lot of work. loved your reaction to this movie , and would love to watch you watch the next ones as well.
That was a fun reaction to watch. I enjoyed seeing the emotion it provoked in you (as it does in me), and also how much you picked up on for a first watch. I didn't catch this movie in theaters, but saw it right when it came out on VHS, and while all of the surface level tech stuff was right up my alley, the deep philosophy and layered metaphors flew 20 miles over my little teenage head, so it was cool to see that a younger generation than my own now can pick up on that stuff watching it in 2024.
John Wick was a good transition from kung-fu to gun-fu considering he can’t move like he did in this movie
Originally Will Smith was offered the of the part of NEO but turned it down an instead did WILD WILD WEST
"This is what it feels like when you mod a game."
This. Neo is basically a cheat code.
In fact, the Matrix tapped into the sense of avatar customization and embodying a different in-game persona waaaay before it became as big in video games. Though ironically the closest thing we have to the Matrix today is... VR Chat.
"As a kid, I was terrified of hackers."
Can we unpack this? ❤😂
Yes I'll just add it to my list of things to talk about w my therapist LMAO!
@@MegMageReacts ❤️ by all means not trying to pry. it just stuck out to me haha. I used to think the matrix was horror but for different reasons lol
Nah. This isn't Baby Keanu. Let's wait until you get to Bill & Ted.
Lmao I've heard it's a classic!
@@MegMageReacts there are a couple moments that haven't aged well, but I recommend watching all 3 movies. Definitely don't skip 3 (Bill& Ted Face The Music). It came out during the pandemic and as an adult who grew up seeing the first 2 movies in the theater with 2 kids now in their 20s, it really hit home. Also, that third film just makes me feel good about humanity. I watch it when I just want to feel good.
or Speed
Wait till you get to River’s Edge!
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192I just watched that on Tubi a few weeks ago
Smith is talking like an AI that is absolutely disgusted by and hates everything about humanity. He's so sick of it all and I just think it's hilarious how the idea of humanity drove this one AI so insane he broke his own programming.
MCU Ultron: Father?
He was randomically generated with max hate stats. Humans have innate hate, it is part of our range of emotions, and it has the purpose of helping us dealing with the unknown. We basically fear what we don't understand, and we hate what we fear.
He just wants out of the dead-end job of watching over the stupid human minds in the stupid simulation.
The first half of this movie is like a horror movie the first time you watch it.
YES! Thank you!
Holy shit, the way you got the vase and its relation to “being the one” thing nailed first try 👏🏽
This is one of those movies that you watch and it changes all other movies
Also the “No” at the end is RIDICULOUSLY cold
I can't imagine how it would be watching this in the theater when it dropped. This movie changed almost all movies as a whole going forward. Revolutionary vision from the creators. Watching it now is like "woah, look at everything in movies that changed over the years because of this" but watching it when it was new would be "I've never seen anything like this in my life" and just knowing it was about to change all action movies going forward forever
@@j0hn00 I watched it first at a drive-in with my girlfriend. Felt like it changed my life. Then I went and watched it at the theatre. When me and my brother was walking out we felt like we could fly. I can say watching no other movie in a theatre made anyone feel that invincible or empowered.
V for Vendetta is one of my top 10 movies of all time. You, your reaction to it, would be amazing.
Some don't like the sequels, but parts 2 and 3 are amazing and add so much more to the universe. Definitely see them!
It’s certainly interesting lore supported by the world building of the first
2 is my favorite of the 3.
Plus I did own it and watched in a lot before seeing the 1st and eventually the 3rd.
Part 1 is life changing. Parts 2 and 3 are metal as hell, they're just not as mind bending as the first one, so they seem lesser in comparison. I would very much recommend watching them, they're still a ton of fun
@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart9352 has some of the coolest action I've ever seen in a movie
I love how “Neo" is the word “One" rearranged.
An anagram, yes.
It's also derived from the Greek word for young/new: neos.
Brian Eno is somehow intertwined in all of this too.
She said that in the video. She just couldn't remember the word 😛
The Matrix is the genesis of the "Me and the Bad Bitch i pulled by being autistic on the internet" meme.
Trinity is the best and that "Dodge This" is Iconic. Nobody is killing Trinity's Golden Retriever BF, not even an Agent.
Also - I love how the only reason Neo survived and became the Cyberpunk messiah, is because Trinity loved him.
Sense 8 was a masterpiece series as well. Rewatch it with even more joy next time through.
I really think you'd love V for Vendetta
Your reactions are so good. Makes me remember my excitement watching this for the first time.
I'll never forget how mind-blowing this movie was to watch in theaters. I saw it with my mom and it was the only thing we could talk about for a month afterwards. I still can't believe a local film critic called it "colored lights and nonsense."
it's a great movie but like most mind altering movies it started a conpiracy theory craze that we are a simulation also
Funny thing is, neither Neo (nor many reactors) catch that The Oracle never told Neo he was not the one. She said something like 'you know what I'm going to say', and Neo replies "that I'm not the one" then she says 'Sorry kid. You got the gift but it looks like you're waiting for something.' I'm paraphrasing from memory, but that's pretty close. She never said he wasn't the one. She was basically saying 'it's up to you'.
Said it before but it's still true - though some of the elements were familiar to East Asian viewers, in Western cinema at least there really is a distinct line between before and after "The Matrix", it was _that_ influential (it's also the movie that launched a million black leather trench coats :).
(and i'd say "The Animatrix" is well worth a watch BTW, 9 animated short films featuring other stories set in the Matrix universe)
what is the distinct line?
If you notice any pop culture references in this movie, it wasn't a reference here, this movie started it. The Matrix had a much, much bigger impact on entertainment media and culture as a whole than a lot of people realize. A masterpiece of it's time and still a masterpiece today
In the car scene where they remove Neo's bug, Switch calls him Coppertop because he's basically just a battery as long as he's plugged in. But without context, you won't understand it on a first watch.
The best subtle joke is when the Oracle gives (downloads) Neo cookies.
hahahahaha, holy crap how have I never thought about that x'D
This movie is amazing. 1999 was the *very* early days of internet in peoples homes and it was just an unknown.... this movie hit the tone.
Also spot on with the "red pill" thing, its literaly a movie created by 2 trans women, that involves taking a pill to become free and the "real you"... i mean come on! :D
And everyone still part of the system will fight to keep being slaves to it. Everyone being a potential spy and enemy. Agent Smith continually deadnaming Neo. The pods they wake up in are shaped like eggs. Etc.
I thought that was a fan theory? Either way, it's so cryptic that people will pretty much interpret it in any way they see fit.
Dunno if you knew this, but Carrie-Ann Moss also voiced Aria T'Loak in Mass Effect
Oh!!!!! 😱
@@Ian_Gregory_1988 I had no idea! You just made my day
omfg!! I had no idea but it makes total sense since her voice is so damn hot as is Carrie-Ann Moss, ofc!
I remember the first time I watched this. After it was over, I remember sitting back and having an existential crisis. “What is real?” is a line that sticks with me. What do I perceive and what do I believe? The movie is truly special if it forces you out of your comfort zone as this one does. Powerful, impressive, awesome and damned entertaining. Glad you got so much out of it and enjoyed it.
The timing of "I hope there's not an infiltrator" is superb. 31:45
Meg would love V for Vendetta. Such a great movie as well!
The Illithid Spaceships in BG3 predate this film by almost ten years. The ships first appeared in a boxed set for Advanced Dungeons and Dragons called Spelljammer in 1989.
Seeing this movie before Lord of the Rings kind of ruined Elrond for me because I kept thinking of him speaking as Agent Smith saying “You must destroy the ring… Mr. Anderson”
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the Editing is freaking insane! 😁
The Animatrix, and Reloaded + Revolutions are worth checking out too, absolutely. I also like Resurrections (there are pretty mixed reactions to that one, more than the other sequels), but it's not necessarily needed
@@lordmorklen5166 Honestly, I love how much love is in the 4th. Plus the meta commentary about legacy sequels was great. Hopefully the Wachowskis have some level of input into the 5th, I haven't seen either of Drew Goddard's movies, so we'll all just have to see about what the consensus will be when it comes out
I would absolutely recommend watching Resurrections. But I hope she watches Animatrix too. It adds so much more context to Resurrections.
lol I also find this movie weirdly emotional now. it totally embodies that feeling of finding yourself and your place in the world, especially politcally. watching this movie as a kid almost made it a part of me, it's so good to watch someone resonate with every part of it!!!
Fun fact: Keanu’s relatively stiff motion in this movie is because he had to have spinal surgery immediately after training but before filming. They had to change the entire shooting schedule to front load all the talking scenes and give him time to recover.
That scene on the rooftop where Neo quad kicks the two guards was the first action shot he filmed to show that he was recovered enough to do the rest of the film.
Switch was originally supposed to change gender whenever they entered the Matrix. So let's say they present male inside, and female outside. But WB blocked the concept because they thought it would be "too confusing" for the audience 🙄
Oh, that is so cool, though! Damn execs.
typical WB. Bunch of cowardly killjoys.
WB are COWARDS
Seriously? What a missed opportunity, it would have been so cool.
Me watching as a nonbinary person and the name Switch being like “oh that’s another enby right there xD
I absolutely adore your views on this. A great movie, enhanced by your breakdown of the different aspects of it and the cosy vibe you bring.
“You killed Switch! During Pride Month!?!?” 😂😂😂
Happy Pride month everyone
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Been watching a crapload of Matrix reactions lately. This is the best one. Your ability to grasp a lot of the themes, messages, callbacks, and foreshadowing is really impressive for a first viewing. Kudos
The Matrix is a lot of things. One, as per a direct interview from Lana W. is that the film is a trans story. Another thing it is, is a criticism of capitalism. This is made quite apparent in the initial Morpheus monologue when he and Neo meet. It's basically stated almost explicitly in the form of a metaphor when Morpheus says that The Matrix was created to turn a human being into a battery. What has been consistently all over our tvs in commercials, on daytime talk shows, and in literal countless articles since the creation of the internet? Well of course, its how to be more productive at work, how to be a more productive worker, how to be a more efficient worker, how to make your employees more productive, etcetera etcetera. Then it is actually explicitly stated when Agent Smith calls humans a virus and a disease of the planet, that uses up and destroys all resources in one area and then moves to another, whereas the rest of nature reaches a natural equilibrium with its surroundings. It is obvious, as per the endless pieces of evidence we have from history that before capitalism, human society maintained quite an equilibrium with the natural world. I also love that you brought up the hypocrisy of the conservative movement that highjacked the whole "red pill" concept and used it to start advocating people act in ways that actually continue to propagate the matrix, or capitalism. People like Andrew Tate telling people they escape the matrix by getting rich, buying expensive stuff, making both men and women fawn over them, when that's exactly how the matrix wants you to act.
Lastly i must say, i am rather profoundly shocked that you hadnt seen this! 😆
I always scour the comments looking to make sure the creators’ own story is visible and connected to the movie.
The trans story was watered down in that script had the character, Switch, one gender in the matrix and different one outside.
The internet is the first part of the matrix. it has already begun. Always on the computer, always on our phones. We are already plugged in. Pretty amazing this was conceptualized in the 90s at the very birth of the internet.
Ohh! Just found your channel! This reaction was really nice, will definitely check out more of your videos! You picked up on a lot!
You jamming to Rage makes it even better at the end. Tom Morello is amazing!
Check out Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”-a massive influence on this film. A friend of mine described this film after she saw it as “Plato with guns.”
I am always dumbfounded by reactors that look at Keanu in this movie and say he's a baby. He was well established by then. Before this he was in Bill &Ted's Excellent Adventure, Point Break, Speed, and before those he was in other films.
He was 30 when he filmed this, definitely not a kid anymore :)
And Johny Mnemonic.
lol illithids/mindflayers was first mentioned back in 1975 so they got some years on the matrix :)
Mortal enemies of the Drow in 1st Edition D&D, they were so creepy and awesome to throw at my players back then.
@@rikk319 I can imagine 😄 Must have been so much fun being part of it from so early on.
I got around to this movie in 2006, I think. Thought I was late to the game. lol just playin'
25 years ago.
Super-monumental.
The Wachowskis' 3rd film following Assassins (1995) & Bound (1996).
Blending together all the things that nobody would think could be done in a movie, all at the same time.
Obviously it's a established universe before we know it's origins.
But the ideas of reality, science and philosophy metaphorically define what it means to live in it.
It's made in a way that's not too complicated to understand it, yet it does trigger some kind of need to study.
Among Keanu Reeves' most iconic films out of the 1990s.
Veteran actor Laurence Fishburne (no longer Larry) as Morpheus is like the best mentor.
Carrie-Anne Moss was a model turned actress and mostly known for tv, as Trinity she totally shined as the next new action heroine.
Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith is one of the best villains ever.
Everything that went into this movie is unprecedented.
One-liners, constant jewels of knowledge, action sequences, wardrobe, special effects and all are part of the cultural vocab (Free Your Mind, Dodge This, What Is The Matrix?, Whoa!, etc).
For 1999, it won 4 Oscars out of many awards, had the highest opening weekend, the highest grossing Rated-R film and the first DVD to sell more than a million copies.
If your going further down the rabbit hole, watch The AniMATRIX (anime short films) first and then The 2003 sequels.
And the biggest one-liner from the film: "There is no spoon."
Ive never noticed before but the audio transition towards the start where the club music turns into the alarm clock is exactly how it feels when your alarm goes off while you're dreaming, you hear it but its somehow just part of the dream then you slowly realize its your alarm and jump awake
The behind-the-scenes low-down:
- Keanu, Carrie-Anne, Lawrence, and Hugo were all in training for several months with Hong Kong martial arts fights legend Yuen Woo-Ping and his wireworking team so that they all could do the majority of their own stunts. This is indeed why The Matrix films and the John Wick films are so good, we see the actors in the thick of the action. As they made the films before they transitioned, the Wachowskis both spoke very much the way Hugo speaks as Agent Smith. Hugo is basically imitating the two siblings' speech patterns. They no longer speak that way.
- Keanu's stunt double for certain scenes, like in the train station where Neo falls into the newsstand, was Chad Stahelski, the director of the John Wick films. Stahelski would be the stunt coordinator for the rest of the original trilogy, and has a small role in the fourth Matrix movie, Matrix Resurrections.
- The film won Oscars for Film Editing, Costume Design, Sound Mixing, and Sound Editing. The costume designer for the film had a very original dress for the Oscars that year...look it up, It's not only original but funny!
- Before he could take the role, The Wachowskis made Keanu read three books: Introducing Evolutionary Psychology, Out Of Control by Kevin Kelly, and Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard (which is the book Neo keeps his computer discs and money as a hacker). There is a box set of DVDs where they included 2 commentary tracks, one version where film critics who hated the films explained why they hate them, the other (which I love) is by two amazing thinkers who adore the films, Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber, which these two explain in philosophical terms what everything means in the films. College courses have been developed about and based around the films. They get even deeper, delving into comparative religious ideas and thoughts (Hinduism, Buddhism, Zen, Cbristianity, and others).
- PLEASE watch the next films...The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, and The Matrix Resurrections. The next two were filmed at the same time and came out within a year of each other, the third was filmed and released in 2021 (it was directed by Lana only, Lilly didn't participate in it). Personally, I love all of the films. And the main trilogy as ONE film, beginning, middle and ending. The fourth being a very good epilogue and point for where the story could continue for anyone brave enough to try.
THIS 👆totally. So good to see someone appreciate ALL the movies (as they should be).
Most epic fight from the first movie about to start.
Meg: I wanna power wash that subway.
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You so have to react to the Animatrix now fr fr, you'll absolutely love it. Awesome and super fun reaction btw, kudos.
PLEASE WATCH BOUND 🙏 YOUR GOING TO LOVE IT! Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon is in it. Also, Joe Pantoliano, who plays Cypher, is in it. 🙏🙏🙏
fun fact: first movie idea, was not to farm humans for energy, like they said in the movie, but farm them and use their brains for computing power, but they thought normal people would not get that concept, so they changed it...
I haven't heard anyone actually conceptualize this thought out loud, but if you look closely, the blocking (where the actors are standing/moving within the camera shot) is 1,000% just anime. This is "Ghost in the Shell" or "Akira" in live action. Watch the movie again with the idea that every shot is composed like an anime. Changes the entire experience!
This was the best reaction of the Matrix I've ever seen, and in the end, you finding out about the wachowski sisters was so amazing and wormed my heart. Sense8 is my favorite show that Netflix made and become such a colt classic that the fans ended up getting Netflix after canceling it to bring it back for one more season to tie up the story Lana Wachowski is one of my favorite people.
Definitely recommend V for Vendetta, one of my favorites to watch on a certain day of the year.
re: V for Vendetta, I recommend reading the book first. the Wachowski sisters changed a lot and made the story's theme more liberal vs. conservative as opposed to anarchist vs. fascist like in the book, which pissed off the author, Alan Moore. Not saying not to watch it at all, just that it's better to see what the original author intended first imho.
V for Vendetta is a must see.
Thanks for the info about the Wachowskis - I knew the basics, but not all of it, so now I'm looking for more info.
You should watch the Animatrix next
Your reaction has made me subscribe! I watched this movie when I was 13, you wouldn't believe the hype around this movie. The trailer didn't give away anything, strangers were asking each other 'What is the Matrix?'
Also, the directors were very progressive for their time. Switch was supposed to be one gender in the real world, and another in the Matrix - showcasing that who we are on the outside isn't always who we are on the inside
red pill = knowing the truth
That's exactly why Republicans have no business using the analogy.
31:07 “This is *so* Baldur’s Gate”
Omg I’m so glad you see it too, I think the same thing x3
My old school D&D campaign from the 80s always had mind flayers as alien tech users from another dimension, too, lost in the characters' fantasy setting and unable to really grasp magic so as to use it to escape back to their own reality.
"Why is she looking at me? Am I an Agent?" Funny you should ask that question...
I love that you realized the inherent hypocrisy of people who unironically use the terms "redpilled" and "the matrix" while completely ignoring the fact they were created/popularized by a pair of trans women who created this world and story to express themselves and their journey artistically. Makes me smile every time one of those idiots use those terms.
Glad you're reacting to the Matrix. One of my favorite movies.
Bit o' trivia I think you'll appreciate...Lily Wachowski described Switch, “a character who would be a man in the real world and then a woman in the Matrix," as representative of where her and her sister’s “headspaces were”.Didn't quite make it into the film. You have a humanity and insight about you that gives me hope in this world. Truly inspiring and I wanted to thank you. One of the most wonderful minds I have ever witnessed. You are across the board cool. Pure cool. Salud☮
Another awesome MegMage production thank you.🐾🐕🐾
Meg... I truly hope you watch the trilogy. It's an amazing cinematic experience and it often gets buried under the LOTR trilogy coming out at the same time, not to mention Star Wars. The Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions are remarkable sci-fi experiences that shouldn't be missed. ♥
I definitely will!! Thank you! 💜
@@MegMageReacts Thank you so much! ♥
I recommend the Bill and Ted movies that Keanu stars in. Think you'd like it. Enjoy. Thanks for the video.
I know it's a little late for comments, but it's so rare to come across someone who really recognizes the sub-text of this film. Absolutely, the red pill/blue pill concept was co-opted, and twisted by incels, and right-wingers generally into the exact opposite of what it really is. Maybe not surprising from the same morons who only recently realized Rage Against the Machine is radical left, and still haven't figured out that Starship Troopers is literally ridiculing their entire worldview.
Sense8 is an another amazing work from them. So beautifully shot. you should do a reaction! not many people do reactions to it.
Lana was outed by tabloids and had to publicly come out during the promo of Speed racer
Lilly officially came out between season one and two of Sense8 to prevent that a dirty journalist sells his story about her
For both, transitionning was not only a personnal change but also a drastic change in their way of working
Before that, they were both known to be two control freaks, both in filming (privileging studio shots with controled lightings) and outside (limited interview, no public appearances) working almost like twins with a common thinking flow (one ending the sentences of the other)
After, they started to be less "quanticly connected", Lana being more on set and Lilly in the writing room
That's partially why Matrix Resurrections (the 4th movie) is only from Lana.
Also, Lana now enjoys not controling everything and prefers working with natural light and settings. She's also way more extravert, with colorfull dreadlocks which became her trademark
On her side, Lilly started painting and producing queer content. She's more discreet than her sister, but is pretty vocal on LGBTQ issues
Thanks for sharing your reaction, Meg! This was great to re-experience with you~ It'd be great to watch the rest of the series with you if you're up for it!
The Animatrix comes next in release order, followed by Reloaded and Revelations which were shot together and released in the same year. The 4th movie (Resurrections) tends to be fairly divisive among the fans but based on your post-reaction discussion of this film, I think you'd love it.
You should read about "Bullet Time", that's the groundbreaking effect they created where time stops, but the camera keeps moving.
Yeah the franchise is pretty much an allegory for being transgender The wachowski brothers are now the wachowski sisters because they are both transgender so I find it ironic that conservatives latch onto this movie
Did you just say that the entire movie is an allegory for being trans? Oh my god this is worse than "LOTR is actually about WW2"
Nice math, 2 cats = 1 dead mouse. Amazing.
And it was on purpose. Remember Neo fighting Morpheus? "So you think this is air that you're breathing?" He did it on purpose. Just another example, when they fall on the bottom, you see everyone shooting without blinking or breathing. By the way, Switch originally is a guy in real life and a woman inside the matrix, that's the meaning of her name. But got "censored".
All the names have a meaning behind them.
I just explained Switch, Doser is who makes buzzers, got it ? His brother is Tank, and he Tanked the damage when Cypher tried to kill him.
Cypher's meaning of something 'encoded', so we don't see who him really is until we "decypher" it.
I can keep going for hours.
Meg should also watch the Animatrix. Especially the Second Renaissance.
Wow! Calling him Nero was interesting to me. I'm from Brazil, and in the dub version in Portuguese, in the second movie, was a mistake during the dub, and Merovingian called neo as Nero like you just did. Something that wasn't intentional and made many people judge the "skills" of whom was in charge of it. I have seen many reactions to this movie, but it's the first time someone made that connection. I'm impressed
"This is what it feels like when you mod a game"
'Don't think you are, know you are' is a cheat code and 'There is no spoon' is god-mode
Also, the Oracle _absolutely_ downloaded some code into him with that cookie. _Everything_ in this movie is intentional and meaningful. That cookie wasn't just a cookie, it wasn't even just a cookie with a bit of weed in it to calm him down. I think it was basically the activation key for being The One, triggered when he died. Possibly with a bit of weed in it to calm him down.
In Warcraft 3 "thereisnospoon" is infinite mana. Don't know about the first one.
Some additions from my side:
1. Yes, all the actors performed the fight scenes by themselves.
2. In an early version of the script, the character Switch supposed to be female in the matrix and male in the real world.
3. Ever seen "Monsters Inc."? One of the main character's name is Mike Wazowski, obviously a reference to the siblings.
Unless you've seen the Bill & Ted films...then u haven't REALLY SEEN "baby Keanu"! 😉😇
Glad you enjoyed this movie. Imagine watching it without any framework of simulation theory existing in pop culture. What a mind fuck it was for us back in the day.
I'd like to know what you think of the Wachowskis 2012 film "cloud atlas"
This movie was so Revolutionary back in 1999.
Speaking of metal gear, don’t know if you’ve played them but imho some of the greatest games I’ve ever played, the most groundbreaking gameplay, some of the best plot twists, and most progressive beliefs and messages especially for the time, if someone told me the wachowskies played metal gear solid first and got inspired to create the matrix I’d believe you
The one everyone thinks is all made up myths n fables, nah fam it’s a documentary 🎥 👍🏽 😎
14:02 - 14:18 LMAO 😂😂😂
Also pause 14:18... would've been the perfect thumbnail 😂🤣🤣
Super good reaction! Please contunie with Matrix! Part 2 and 3 (Not 4th!!)
You are touched subjects like Buddhism and spirituality which will be revealed even more in the upcoming movies! Wachowski even said part of the Matrix is about transgender experience. Please check out more cause you did a phenomenally well in your analysys (English is not my native language, sorry for any mistakes :D )
Yeahh. The part with Neo's Mouth being removed, and the belly button bug...that disturbed me too the first time I saw this.
You have exellent editor
Love, love, love this reaction. I always enjoy seeing people experience the Matrix movies for the first time but I really loved how thoughtful and emotional your reaction was. Based on everything you said I think you might enjoy the rest of the series. And, no spoilers, but you might be onto something with the "we are the one" theory.
Ohh! Just found your channel! This reaction was really nice, will definitely check out more of your videos! You picked up on a lot!
You gotta finish the rest of the Matrix trilogy, then you should react to The Animatrix (an anthology of 9 short films that expand and expound on the world of The Matrix, then react to Bound (great little caper movie with a very intricately-timed plot line that is super well-written and believeable and intense), after that do Speed Racer (super underrated movie based on the comics / old TV cartoon), then finish it off with V For Vendetta.
You are watching for the first time? How lucky can someone be. truly entertaining. I have seen it to many times to remember. The second movie is just as good.
I watch a lot of reactors. How I've not come across yours yet is a ponderance that the gods are still debating. Loved your reaction, commentary, and editing. You deserve more followers. Here, have another one :)
1:04:12 Neo finally can see the real side of this Matrix.. These are just compiter programs and codes and Antivirus programs..the only think he must do is changing the codes.. Like a strong computer viruses.. So he can stop bullets because bullets are codes too.. in computer program as a virus, you can delete any codes.. So neo deleted the bullets' speed codes.. Because of this bullets stopped.. Think like that
Great reaction. It was nice to see your excitement seeing Polish surname and you said about your dad. Hello from Poland.