Cypher Makes a Deal With Agent Smith in Restaurant - Matrix (1999) - Movie Clip HD Scene

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[@legendarymoviescenes1926]

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[@G0rkaM0rka42]

Cypher betrayed humanity because the matrix gave him soft drinks of choice

[@venz8201]

But he can't be seen around Zion no more

[@NoriMori1992]

It's a bit deeper than that 😂

[@themeerofkats8908]

That much I do know.

[@peri5552]

@@KeksimusMaximusthey’re making sopranos references, as the actor was a character there

[@joshuawall7933]

Morpheus told him to go back to the matrix and get his shine box because he didnt have the makings of a varsity athlete Almost makes ya feel bad for him rumor was he did 20 fucking years in there.....

[@luckyvaun]

“Someone important, like an actor.” The irony of that line being in a movie like the matrix is brilliant lol

[@eyeseer1]

Cipher was one of The Fratelli Brothers in The Goonies.

[@MabusParodies2nd]

They weren't subtle when Smith called him "Reagan".

[@MrHaveaword]

@@MabusParodies2ndnever noticed that before

[@MrHaveaword]

@@MabusParodies2ndthey need to change that to Ralph or or mr cipharetto

[@mrjoshuaco]

@@MabusParodies2nd And like Reagan, he wanted to remember nothing.

[@theprofessional155]

He was reborn in the matrix as a mafia soldier in the soprano family

[@Chiquilindlp]

With a wig

[@habadasheryjones]

"She wasn't nothing but a whoo'ore, Tony."

[@mikeg2491]

@@Chiquilindlp You're so high on scag, you wouldn't know if he had the oracle’s muff on his head

[@elpina9657]

Captain 😂

[@FlameRock16]

LoL I didn't even realise it XD

[@ktto11]

I love the Agent's reaction at 1:04. Yep, they'll give him anything he wants, because it costs them nothing!

[@DutchGuyMike]

@@immune18what

[@Mark-lj1dj]

They probably won't even bother once they have what they want

[@TheGodfather-bm3ow]

Yeah and to say he doesn't want to remember anything , gives the computers free will to kill him or give him a life he wouldn't want anyway.

[@hidan407]

​@@Mark-lj1djwith how the war ended and how the archiect honored his agreement at the end, I feel like when the machines make a legit deal, they will honor their side as long the opposite party does the same. BUT I think smith himself would be the possible issue since he was becoming self aware

[@Nobody77246]

It's the "when the other party ask for something that is so trivial to you, they might aswell be asking for nothing" face.

[@Adarkane325xi]

Cypher was the most relatable character in the film. His flaw was being human. Morpheus and Trinity were waiting for the One. You have to read between the lines a bit, but they both thought Cypher was the One briefly, until they realized he wasn’t, and they essentially dumped him, moved on and kept looking.

[@orange3023]

It’s interesting you say that. Especially about the reading in between-the-lines stuff. Apparently, Cypher may have not been the only prospect before they found Neo. Apparently, Morpheus may have gotten other potential prospects killed in the pursuit of finding Neo.

[@Adarkane325xi]

@@orange3023 I think I heard that too, it sounds familiar.

[@orange3023]

@@Adarkane325xi it was deleted from the matrix script. It was about 5 others. This caused Cypher to become disillusioned with the morpheus, and betray the human resistance. “matrix explained” channel talks about it.

[@ameralnazer3240]

So cool thanks for the insight

[@rekonzuken1]

Morpheus: hes the One douche : but he's dead!! Morpheus: ok so hes not the one..

[@Aywusgod]

I love the scene where Neo says "You're late", and Cypher just replies "Tomorrow I'll be on time but you'll be stupid forever".

[@bigboi4869]

Nothin but net mothafucka

[@jwebbreda]

Lol,I think you mean Ralphie saying that to Paulie

[@lawlessx9]

​@@jwebbredathat was the joke

[@SamuelHoskins]

A lot of deep jewels in this movie.

[@DutchKidRanger]

He's better with numbers than 9/10ths of your accountants

[@Brownismyname]

"20 fcking years in the Matrix, not a peep"

[@izaakdonk7951]

"You know, I know this grilled cheese off da radiator doesn't exist"

[@GonzaloR1987]

@@izaakdonk7951 Doesh the rahdiator even exshisht?

"I compromised, I ate strange gumbo in a space shuttle with Neo"

[@Pei_Bo]

Very allegorical

[@izaakdonk7951]

@@Pei_Bo da Matrix has over nine pictures under its subspecies

[@24Pudders]

watching this as a kid: "You bastard! how could you?" watching this as an adult: "He has a point to be fair"

[@v3n481]

then you became weak over years

[@24Pudders]

@@v3n481 said he's got 'a' point not he's completely correct or valid...

[@22xxjoshxx22]

Bra these comments make me understand why the earth is the way it is..

[@erikpng]

To be fair, killing his teammates with little to no remorse is pretty bad.

[@JDog2656]

@@v3n481 IKR. Its like people equate age with weakness

[@AssassinMike15]

The only thing I was focusing on in that entire scene was that steak, it looks so delicious.

[@speedygonzalez5498]

ignorance is a bliss.

[@ryanstauffer119]

Best thing about it is that no cow or bull was killed for someone to eat it. Or any meat in the matrix.

[@Will.Flavell]

@@ryanstauffer119 When I put it in my mouth the matrix told my brain its juicy and delicious unlike that goop crap back in that so called real world

[@jameslucke1798]

Yessss.

[@rockymvvrcianu6846]

What cut of meat is it?

[@natewilson6760]

Ironic Cipher completes his job. He wakes up with total amnesia. He is rich and an important actor. He accepts the role of a villain in a movie called The Matrix. ~N.W

[@Kozli1985]

Fuckin' Ralphie Ciffareto

[@vhill79]

He gets everything he wanted. All too Perfect. But Deep down knows that it’s not real. The Brain would want to wake up AGAIN.

[@Malicavarus]

Stop. You're tripping me out. 🤯

[@hcookie4424]

@@Kozli1985 Agent smith makes him maximus in gladiator lol

[@venz8201]

@@hcookie4424 lmaooo

[@srjhr]

you can't escape Soprano memes even in the Matrix. They are... inevitable.

[@Pei_Bo]

Very observant, the sacred and the propane

[@devondanklin1808]

What’s hilarious is, in one episode AJ gives Carmela a copy of the Matrix as a birthday gift

[@srjhr]

@@devondanklin1808 haha, dang, I forgot that

[@timdehoog5584]

This thing of ours, it's a thing of honour. 😎

[@gjmarkjesse1324]

The moment Cypher became Cifarretto. Brilliant writing, bravo The Wachowskis

[@MyWifesSon69]

Everyone would like to think they’re some sort of truth seeker but majority of people would be in cyphers shoes

[@AesirUnlimited]

Very true. Ignorance really is bliss.

[@carminefan110]

Guess they weren’t “The Chosen One”

[@Adarkane325xi]

I’d go so far as to say that Cypher is the most relatable character in the film. His flaw is being human. The One doesn’t exist, so we can’t relate to Neo, Trinity or Morpheus. We can’t enter The Matrix, so we have nothing in common with the rest of Morpheus’ crew. Who else is left? I guess we could kinda relate to Tank and Dozer.

[@anothergenericgamer_]

Would you rather eat glop for the rest of your life?

[@robwebnoid5763]

Yup, ignorance is bliss, playing it safe, balancing things out, what's the worth, how long will it take, not wanting to die too soon, & crossing a bridge if/when we get there.

[@NoriMori1992]

I love this scene because it really makes you understand why Cypher wants to go back. Not just the dialogue, but the setting they're in, and the way they film the whole scene, the way they show off the steak and the harp and the wine and the atmosphere. I've never been in a restaurant this fancy. I wouldn't even know where to find one, and I don't want to guess how much it would cost. But they really sell how lovely it is, how much you would bask in the memory of eating there. I know if I had ever eaten at a place like this, I'd fantasize about it for years after I'd taken the red pill. And they got across that feeling in less than a _minute._

[@DestinyAwaits19]

I love his chunky mannerisms.

[@ForumLight]

It's just like life and denial of the existence of God. "Ignorance is bliss". We ignore the hard truth that is coming for us all, but want to pretend it's not true so we can live for the indulgences of this life as if we're god of life and it's all a cosmic accident and we'll "rest in peace" when it's over. *_[Jesus said] And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows._* Luke 12:4-7 I implore people to re-read the gospels and forget what any religion / denomination claims they say. There are only two religions: countless versions of "DO this or that and you (might) be saved" (of which catholicism is one of the biggest) and God / Jesus Christ's truth of "it is DONE by Jesus Christ on the cross, and we simply accept it by faith, and will have good works if our faith is genuine verses dead (false) faith". The apostle Paul (originally Saul) followed a false Pharisee religion his entire life with great zeal and great sincerity. It was his entire life. He was easily willing to give all that up to finally come to God / Jesus Christ's real truth. Please re-read the gospels yet again and forget what any church, any denomination, any person claims they say. Us being deceived will be our own fault since we had His Word and refused to check.

[@randallflagg3700]

@@DestinyAwaits19 - What do you mean by "chunky mannerisms"? (I'm not a native English speaker)

[@DestinyAwaits19]

@@randallflagg3700 Eating with his mouth open.

[@johnsorrow1987]

It's the glamour of it all. A fantasy can be whatever you want, the real world...not so much. That's enough for a lot of people to ask what's so great about the real world. I think we all dive into fantasy any chance we get. And some people like Cypher will kill the people closest to him to make that fantasy a reality.

[@JonnyBobby]

If any character deserved their own prequel/spin-off, it is this guy.

[@pipingbob720]

He got one, two whole seasons plus being Janice's little whoowaaa

[@lukebullen705]

What would be the point

[@echomjp]

I do kinda wish he had showed up in the Animatrix at least, but that never really explored the main cast of characters - most of those shorts were irrelevant. Some were great though, like the Second Renaissance in particular which showed the war between humans and the machines, or the Final Flight of the Osiris.

[@phantom_mist1726]

I would totally watch it!!

[@siphonophores]

​@@lukebullen705the part of the original script where he tells Neo that there have been many candidates for being the One before him who Morpheus unplugged, feed them with all this prophecy and they all ended up dying to agents and that Cypher himself is one of them candidates but was lucky to survive. It was not put in the movie but it would make for a sick ass prequel series/film.

[@wolwerine0007]

Ignorance is bliss. Best line & so true.

[@shikalakabum]

“And I wanna be rich. U know, someone important, like an actor.” “Whatever you want, mr Cifaretto”

[@mosatsoni4324]

Cypher had the makings of a varsity actor.

[@V-412]

I guess Matrix universe has some Italian mafia movies too.

[@mikelkelly9693]

Funny all these years I thought he said I don't wanna be rich😅

[@meivenheaven]

Why i was born handsome instead of rich.

[@M4levolence]

holyshit yea its fucking ralph >.< took me this long to see it lmao

[@licmir3663]

The way he reacts when Smith says “Morpheus” and his request to have his memories erased show that he has remorse for betraying his friends (at least, perhaps even all of humanity).

[@BoopSnoot]

Ignorance is bliss, is the takeaway, they wrote it out. Speaking of spelling it out, the Matrix wasn't very subtle with its subtext either. You'll notice that all the straight white males in the film are the bad guys, that are a very homogenous group. The good guys are run under a black matriarchy, and very diverse. Its to promote the idea of everyone banding together against white guys, which makes sense when you consider that the producers are transgender Jewish guys.

[@ajdominguez1002]

I think it may be more that he doesn't want to remember: mankind bringing a dystopian wasteland unto itself fighting the machines

[@peterl3417]

@@JohnDoe-du3vqNot really. Smith couldn’t get to Morpheus because he can’t just track people without a stomach bug. Smith still needed Cypher to tell him where they were meeting up, at what time, and even then, they ALMOST got away, but Cypher coughed inside the walls on purpose.

[@McConnellsGuitar]

Is Morpheus the only 'awake' human that Smith refers to by their chosen name instead of their Matrix name?

[@xrp589baby]

IF YOUR memories are erased, can you be BLAMED?

[@elrondhubbard7059]

- "Re-insert me back down in Florida, I'll get you what you want." - _"Access to the recipe for a Satriale's Veal Parm Hero"_ - "No, I told you, I don't know that. I can get you the man who does." - _"..... Tony"_

[@Mr.Deleterious]

Cypher moonlights with Tracie.....the whooouah

[@Watcherofprovidence]

I just realized in that last bit that Cypher actually DID feel remorse for what he was about to do. It’s probably one of the big reasons he was so insistent on not remembering anything. Not only to immerse himself in the pleasant illusion of the Matrix but so he doesn’t remember killing the people he lived and fought with for almost a decade. I’m not defending him by any means. What he did was atrocious. But I like how the Wachowskis didn’t just make him a sociopath but a man who hated having his reality and comfortable lifestyle ripped out from under him and forced to fight for survival in a dark and cold world with very little in the way of enjoyment. In fact when Morpheus tells Neo about how he normally doesn’t free someone once they reach a certain age because the mind can’t let go easy, I’m pretty sure he was talking about Cypher.

[@TheLAGopher]

That is just another reason for Cypher to hate Morpheus. He was breaking the most basic protocols of Zion in freeing older souls who would naturally be more entrenched in their Matrix lives.Especially if those lives were privilaged ones. Cypher (if he is roughly the same age as the actor who played him Joe Pantoliano)was around 50 years old when he met Agent Smith. He said he had been out of the Matrix for 9 years. That means Cypher was just past 40 when Morpheus freed him. He could have been a successful, powerful,person in his previous life. But he was enticed to take the red pill and maybe Trinity showed him some affection thinking he might be the one. But when he wasn't the one, Trinity had no time for him and Morpheus made him just another disposable member of his crew. Cypher has seen this act from Morpheus many times. He has seen believers die trying to live up to Morpheus faith in them that they were the one. He has seen Morpheus break basic protocols of Zion and put his ship and crew at above normal risk disregarding orders from higher authority. That's why I think Cypher could rationalize killing his shipmates even though he wanted the memory of his betrayal removed. He saw the rest of the crew as hopelesslly lost to the cult of personality that was Morpheus.

[@DutchGuyMike]

@@TheLAGopherGood point, though the prelude animated short also shows why humanity kind of deserves its fate.

[@echomjp]

Yeah, Cypher is definitely very human. He isn't totally evil, but at the end of the day he's willing to put his own comfort over the lives of others. That makes him a villain to me, but one I can sympathize with. Someone who shouldn't be allowed around for the safety of others, but I also can understand why he would resent Morpheus for basically taking him away from a life where he might be able to live comfortably into a world where he is constantly fighting for survival. Being a freed human in the Matrix trilogy (the fourth one not existing) is constant hardship. You live perhaps relatively comfortably in Zion, but your family and friends are constantly at danger of death to Sentinels and the like as they fight a war within the Matrix itself to save humanity and find ways to deal with the control of machines on the surface. Well, I guess not everyone in 2000 or so era earth was living comfortably either by any means, but I would rather be a random person there than a random person in Zion. Of course once I knew the truth I wouldn't feel the same way, but many would choose to live in comfort. To effectively force people to choose without telling them what they are choosing is really what led to Cypher, but on the other hand them making people choose by seeing if they value "comfort over knowing the truth" I suppose is as close to a fair choice as they can make. After all - if they told people the truth, many would choose to stay in the Matrix even knowing it, but many also would feel forced to leave and be disillusioned even if that meant entering a life of suffering outside.

[@Tropicaya]

He was talking about ALL OF HUMANITY. We're that gullible.

[@patokev3691]

Yeah, no sh*t

[@user-nv2wt4hi8t]

That 10 seconds of Cypher eating the steak, chewing it, letting out a deep sigh of both lamentation and satisfaction, one for his current existence in the real world and the other for the temptations of the Matrix, followed by the plucking of the harp and the shot covering this lovely restaurant Smith and Cypher are in, is a brilliant sequence. In addition to Cypher's 'Ignorance is bliss' observation, I really think there's so much done well here in the non-verbal that pushes the idea that, given the life of hardship, poverty and squalor and fear in the real world, that he could have had no way of understanding or anticipating before he was brought into it by Morpheus, is he wrong to want to go back into the dream, even if it is ultimately at the mercy of the same Machines who, outside of this deal, would hunt and kill him inside and outside of the Matrix?

[@nicolausteslaus]

The Maxtix 1 is a brilliant masterpiece. Wachowsky Brothers were really talented. Too bad Wachowsky sisters is such a shitshow

[@AwesomeCoasters]

wee!

[@NoriMori1992]

Took the words right out of my mouth. This scene gets across so much in such a short amount of time.

[@ninobrown4516]

@@nicolausteslaus xD

[@PsychoticSorcerer666]

Certain kinds of people will tell you he is objectively wrong, but I would argue Cypher's motivation is understandable. Plenty of people would opt to remain in the power plants hooked up to the Matrix knowing full well everything Cypher knows as long as they could live a good life. The difference might be a lot of them would probably prefer to not have their memories erased so they wouldn't have to learn their lesson twice.

[@FatGouf]

Andrew Tate: I am Neo. Andrew Tate IRL:

[@andrewmathew3254]

Common brokie npc L

[@Adam-om9si]

​@@andrewmathew3254its objectively true. He started off with lambos and thots now he realizes hes empty so he thinks following islam will fill him. Hes an empty factitious man, truly one of the biggest perponents of the matrix. Im saying this as someone who had way more experience than most with andrew tate. I discovered him in 2018. Way before covid.

[@homework6475]

@@andrewmathew3254 common matrix implant npc L

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

​@@andrewmathew3254come on mate he's a obvious charlatan. Being right two times a day is nothing clocks do it every day too.

[@shadowmomochiuchiha6839]

Andrew Tate is Morpheus.

[@EdmundLoh]

Watching this as a teenager, then watching this again as an adult, hits different.

[@LAMPROS311]

This is what Ralph Cifarreto was doing during the time he was supposed to be in Miami.

[@agent_mc]

Ummm no

[@omalone1169]

​@@agent_mcwhat is in Miami

[@billypribbo9668]

He wanted tender and juicy steak, he compromised.

[@phillyleotardo4343]

fixing wet tshirt contests

[@timdehoog5584]

Fucking coke, it is all over the place there.

[@frogboy771]

“What are you, the Chosen One? You eat red pills by the carload!”

[@billypribbo9668]

The way you eat red pills you'll die of a heart attack by the time you're fifty

[@matthewdotson2186]

🤣

[@YY4UGUYSS416]

The matrix and swordfish were the first dvds I had back in 1999

[@juansi77]

Top tier acting by joe palentino he’s a trailblazer truly.

[@jonblankenship5908]

You should see him play an Ill tempered police captain in bad boys

[@dimitristsekeris1821]

This expressive cinematography is a masterpiece. He says "ignorance is bliss", then the frame transitions through a pretty harp.

[@randyestrada6224]

What does that mean ?

[@johnnycornflakes8143]

​@@randyestrada6224heaven

[@deletdis6173]

​@@randyestrada6224Not knowing the wrong in the world is heavenly

[@jonathanbirch2022]

It was a little on the nose

[@dieyoung]

Masterpiece is a little generous

[@BreezeOTM]

What makes this scene even more powerful to me, in addition to what others are saying in the comments, is that the machines would have given Cypher exactly what he wanted with no strings attached or betrayal of any kind, from my perspective.

[@edntz]

Would they though? Because they ''continued as planned'' by attacking the ship after morpheus got saved. Maybe they would've spared cipher and plugged him back in. Or they thought, why bother and simply killed him. We'll never know.

[@sexydudeuk2172]

Actually i dont think so. Once someone has been disconnected from the matrix, reinsertion is not possible

[@edntz]

@@sexydudeuk2172 Why not? They can already enter the matrix by inserting the head pin thing. The only thing next is to be have the tubed reinserted to get fed. Easy enough if the machines allowed it.

[@nevermore7285]

@@sexydudeuk2172I mean, they plugged everyone into the matrix to begin with.

[@sexydudeuk2172]

@@nevermore7285well i read on a source online that reinsertion wasnt possible

[@Seeker-wq8jc]

Morale is key. People need a reason to fight, a belief in something. They need to feel like their efforts are for something. Most importantly, they need to feel appreciated. Cypher was the tragic result of a complete loss of morale that can't honestly be blamed on him. Sure, he betrayed everyone - he betrayed humanity - because he no longer believed, he felt he was fighting for nothing, and what very little he fought for, he found nothing but under appreciation, alienation almost. To him, humanity had already lost, with or without him or his crew. What was humanity even fighting for, but a miserable, bleak existence in the shadows of a ruined world, starving to death and living off of disgusting, runny slime they call "food"? The Matrix has STEAK. The whole trilogy is about humanity freeing itself, and Cypher is mentally one step ahead, already realizing that freedom isn't "really" freedom. The real prison is the real world. Humanity will be just fine, they'll continue to exist as batteries for the machines, and they'll never even know, living out lives anyone in the real world could only DREAM of. Freeing them would only be a curse. At least, this is how Cypher sees it - and honestly, is he wrong? Cypher had it all once. He was just any other blue pill, living a normal life in the dream world. All the normal woes and struggles with society, but a world nonetheless a million times superior to the "real" world he never knew existed. Then he was freed, much too late to ever let go. He was freed, but at what cost? Freedom to be imprisoned. Freedom to live in rags, living aboard a rusting old ship that might as well be a submarine. Every day, the same disgusting bowls of snot for "food". All he ever wanted was to go back and forget. Who could honestly blame him? All this time, his dream of the Matrix was replaced by a dream of being The One. He was made to believe for so long that it was all for a greater good, that he was going to be some superhero that would just save everyone. What for, though? But he was made to believe he was some kind of chosen one. All while a beautiful woman was sweet on him. Life in the real world sucked, but as far as the real world goes, he had it great. But then, that stopped. It turned out, he wasn't the chosen one. He was nobody special. Everything he had been through, every dream he ever had of a greater purpose, LIES. And the second he turned out to not be The One, everyone forgot about him. He became a shadow. Nobody appreciated or noticed him anymore, the woman he thought loved him - the woman he loved - suddenly gave him the cold shoulder. It's like everyone just turned on him, and what did he have to show for it all but a horrible life feeling every day could be his last if Sentinels discover the ship, and he probably wished it would happen, just to get it all over with. Was there ever even a One, or was Morpheus some crazy prophet who probably just made all this shit up as a way of coping with this miserable existence? Cypher had no such way to cope. The real world SUCKS. He knew the Machines wanted Morpheus, the codes to Zion - and he wanted the Matrix. A daring deal, but one he was all too willing to make, because even if the Machines just killed him, it would at least all be over. The running, the nasty food, being a shadow in a ruined world full of people that turned their backs on him. He and the Machines both get what they want, and all the humans who thought they were free finally would be. It was MERCY. But also a fair bit of spite. Does that mean he was justified in killing Switch and Apoc the rather sadistic way he did? Murdering Dozer, and causing the eventual death of Tank? Trying to kill Neo and Trinity, all while taunting them? Perhaps not. That was a little too far, and he had his death coming for being an ass. But still - can you blame where his rage came from, nonetheless? His line to Smith about wanting to be an actor - someone important - says a lot. For years, his head was filled with dreams by Morpheus as he was meant to be the chosen one. He was supposed to be somebody special. And in his reintegration into the Matrix, he wanted to at least be someone important there, since he never was in the real world. The real prison, more like. Cypher was a bad guy, but a tragic bad guy. Still had it coming, not for siding with the Machines, but just for brutally killing his crew while taunting them. That was the real line crossed.

[@coolorphans]

Maybe Cypher took the black pill. He saw the inevitable state of the universe. The high entropy that comes for us all. He understands that if it's not the machines that enslave us, we will enslave each other as we have always done. He merely wanted to live as though he was the master not the slave.

[@Pishka_mishka]

Im not reading allat

[@TheLumacazza]

I read your long comment. Because I found it interesting as it puts a certain way of seeing life. All the perspective changes if you stop believing that this life is the only one and that you are your body. You are your soul. You don’t need a body to exist . You existed , exist and will exist forever. So in this examination called ‘life on earth’ it’s worth to be loyal, bold and strong as a rock. It lasts not more than an eye blink.

[@tengkusulaiman]

Cypher : some important, Like an actor. Smith : You got it Reinsert to matrix and wake up as Joe Pantoliano

[@unstoppablezone4980]

Selling his soul for an illusion. That's humanity, pretty much.

[@edntz]

Who says the ''real world'' isn't an illusion as well?

[@unstoppablezone4980]

@@edntz It most definitely is.

[@edntz]

@@unstoppablezone4980 What is your evidence? How would you know?

[@nczioox1116]

Cypher was supposed to represent the blue pills

[@greyinsight]

@@edntzYou’re asking the impossible for a pondered philosophical question for thousands of years. All of which is impossible to summarize in a youtube comment.

[@charlesvan13]

Plot hole: Once Morpheus was captured, Zion should have immediately changed the access codes.

[@MetalsirenIXI]

The codes likely change regardless and are sent to ships through coded messages.

[@ilyte1]

Did they directly contact Zion for them to know?

[@charlesvan13]

@@ilyte1 I assume Morpheus was important. So they would.

[@spacegerrit9499]

As someone who works in Cybersecurity, I suggest Zion start using MFA.

[@ilyte1]

@@charlesvan13 yeah, but there's a couple other assumptions that has to be true for that to work. 1. That they're in range of contacting Zion (not impossible. We don't know if there is a limited range on that front) 2. That the crew would do that knowing that their orders would probably be to unplug him.

[@jarnodatema]

0:37 I like the harp sound. That melody always plays when someone is dreaming or imagining something.

[@nicolasflores6592]

the fact that the steak look so desirable but virtual and too "perfect" makes this scene really what it is, perfect. its like when you see mcdonlads publicity on tv and know perfectly that its a lie but you want to eat it anyway.

[@ZombieFoodReviews]

Everyone saying that Andrew Tate is Morpheus when really, he is just Cypher. Cigar and all.

[@mrnemo204]

I was going to say that

[@TheWelchProductions]

Not really. Tate’s whole philosophy is about “escaping the Matrix,” but at the same time he seeks wealth and status, so he’s a bit of both.

[@david.cutipa]

Oh shit here come the tate bros

[@hrknesslovesu]

Based and Romania-pilled

[@kirishima638]

Who even brought up that asshole

[@praxedeskyle5530]

Before he was unplugged from the Matrix; Cypher was a captain for the glorified crew of New Jersey.

[@CaptainTrips560]

Honestly, this would be amazing if Sopranos was a sequel to Matrix

[@antzooma]

i think you mean after he was reinserted

[@joeshar.]

Cypher and Trinity were both showed up 1 year later in Nolan's amazing movie Memento.

[@targetegrat]

@:41 seconds I love how you can see reflection in the glass. You don't see Agent Smith and Cypher in the reflection but you see another agent standing guard on the other side of the room.

[@schifterrattrap7541]

Actually there are 2 agents in the reflection overseeing the meeting.

[@NoriMori1992]

Damn, I never noticed that!

[@finc4164]

what? alll i see is 2 table lamps, in his glasses, at 41 seconds @@NoriMori1992

[@TheRadicalOneNG]

I just love the Shot of Smith in the restaurant, being the *only* guy there dressed to kill in the middle of a bunch of normal people enjoying a nice dining night.

[@PsychoticSorcerer666]

I don't know about that. It's an upscale restaurant, and the patrons there are dressed up in nice clothing. Agent Smith's shades and earpiece are the only things that would make him stand out.

[@VesperAegis]

Further proof that Agent Smith is autotelic.

[@jameslongstreet9259]

At 0:40 you can see the mirror reflection of two agents in the window during the wide shot

[@ajdominguez1002]

​@@jameslongstreet9259even though he wouldn't dream (pun intended) about fighting Smith, it didn't mean that Smith didn't have backup.

[@spankknight]

@@jameslongstreet9259 wow, never noticed that after 10 times watching this masterpiece

[@Hetnaset]

A: She was a hewa. B: She hit me.

[@literallyme177]

Tomorrow, I'll be someone important, like an actor, but you'll be stupid forever.

[@LunaKuartiX]

The asmr of when he cuts the steak and when he chews it omg 🤤🤤🤤

[@kishanguptar8081]

Cypher saying he wants to be an actor is the most meta sh*t this movie has done

[@skraegorn7317]

Cypher is referencing a philosophical test called the Experience Machine, written originally to refute hedonist ethcis. The idea is that you can enter a machine to pursue any fantasy you ever want, and the machine feeds your brain a simulation so realistic that you'd never know it's artificial. The catch is you have to stay in the machine for the rest of your life, being fed through tubes and having forgotten that the machine even exists. It is a choice between the "real" reality and an infinitely pleasurable simulated reality. Here, Cypher makes the decision a hedonist would make: to pursue the simulated reality at all costs because he values pleasure above all else. The world outside the Matrix is desolate and inhospitable, but the one thing that the Zionites prefer about it is that it is real.

[@willyz5405]

Perfect way to summarize the matrix and put it together with cyphers meaning

[@tbush6657]

I thought of a similar idea where it's a messed up "voluntary" reverse psychology eugenics program. You are offered this deal that any useless hedonist would take to live in a perfect simulation by sitting in a chair with a wired needle connecting to your brainstem allowing you to live the rest of your life in any simulation you choose. However instead the needle simply severs your brain stem before you notice anything and workers dispose of your body and clean the chair for the next "volunteer." You wouldn't know the difference, as far as you're concerned, your life in society was already over, and from society's perspective, it's cheaper to do this than to feed populations of people that contribute nothing for decades/centuries.

[@TheLAGopher]

And yet Zion seems to want to provide some form of hedonism itself in the cave. The way I read it, it was sometime of an anything goes opportunity to party and seek pleasure from others to break the dull everyday existence in Zion or the life of anger and fear in the fleet.

[@NoriMori1992]

The thing is, the Matrix (at least this version, as opposed to the original) _isn't_ an Experience Machine as you describe it. It _doesn't_ let you pursue "any fantasy you ever want". It only lets you simulate the exact sort of life real people are living right now, which is better than rebel life but isn't constantly or infinitely pleasurable, or free of suffering, even if you're rich and important. I don't think it's really fair to characterize Cypher as a "hedonist" for just wanting to live what we consider a completely normal life, instead of a shitty underground rebel life. (Besides, if it's as you describe then I don't think the Experience Machine actually refutes hedonist ethics at all. If you _choose_ to go into the machine, fully informed of all the drawbacks including that you can never leave, _and_ you get to choose the experiences you have in there - in other words, you also have the option to _suffer_ if you want to - then I don't see what the problem is. It's not getting to make the choice that would make it a problem.)

[@coolorphans]

I read the Experience Machine just now and that's not the catch. The catch is that you don't feel the suffering that you would want to feel to get your reward. Just how us humans are programmed to do.

[@Zeekeal]

When me and my brothers go to a steak restaurant we always do this scene lol

[@EvilHippy38]

This scene is so sensory. "Juicy & delicious," if you will. The quiet, peaceful setting in that expensive restaurant. The perfectly-comfortable pace of every line. The soft harp in the background. Cypher's indulgence in the "steak-to-die-for." You can taste it. You can smell & taste the wine, just as he does. The scene is so satisfying, and yet, he's making a deal with the devil.

[@eyeseer1]

Cypher is a wordplay for Cipher or Lucifer as he's his own devil selling his soul to Smith or "myths" to remake what reality he desires at the cost of delusion.

[@kingbeef66]

Ironically, Smith feels the same way as Cypher feels.

[@spencerbowden2979]

The machines were so kind to actually honor the deal. Gave him everything he asked for. He remember nothing and he’s living as an actor named Joseph Peter pantoliano.

[@michaelmcfadden396]

I suppose it would be such low cost for them though. If he's in the pod and in an amazing virtual world, vs in a pod and a more average one. It would only be a few lines of code that would show the difference.

[@alessiocataldi2434]

Unfortunately, Smith did not give importance to his wishes, as both three agents sends sentinels against the Nabuodonosor soon after betrayal

[@Aarseth421]

I just realized something, Cypher's top under his jacket is green with raised vertical ridges, just like the falling Matrix code. Can really see it at 1:08

[@monsieurcondottiero2685]

Good eye!

[@dmitrydagaev2750]

It's the J A C K EEEEE T

[@melee75]

One of the best film steaks of all time.

[@therealmmabreakdown4930]

I know many see Cypher as a villain in The Matrix, but he is actually the most humane person in it. People think he just sold out for himself, but he understood the reality outside the Matrix wasn't peace and quiet, but a constant state of war with an "enemy"and a state of poverty and decline. That is why when he is about to betray, he yells at Trinity "They lied to us".

[@peterruf1462]

He is a flawed and weak person. A traitor is the worst aspect of humanity. He knows that his deeds likely mean eternal enslavement of mankind and death of his brothers in arms.

[@DutchGuyMike]

@@peterruf1462If you watch the prelude animated series, humanity deserves that fate (thanks to the elites in power).

[@alanfulcher460]

Yeah he’s still a villain lol. Just because his actions can be rationalized, he’s still an evil guy for doing this. Betraying the people fighting for freedom from enslavement, all because he is tired and wants to go back to a life of comfort.

[@mikeloan]

basically he just wanted for much better life which it never found in reality but he using wrong method

[@Azuria969]

lol the brave ones got wiped out all of them

[@nicolausteslaus]

"I want to be someone important, like an actor". I haven't noticed that punch when I saw this movie as a kid. Our society treats actors as if they cure cancer. We don't need Agents Smiths to protect us from enlightening. We are born dumb.

[@magic4478]

the only dumb people are here is the conspiranoids

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

It’s also sort of an inside joke / breaking the fourth wall, of sorts, since the both of them are really just actors.

[@peri5552]

Cypher: Why was I born handsome instead of rich?

[@m3mario]

Cypher is not a bad guy. He was betrayed. He was pulled out of the Matrix into a shitty world because someone thought he was special. Then they told him they got the wrong guy. Had they told him what the matrix was he would have taken the blue pill. Cypher is a victim.

[@EA50458]

He is also a victim of the machines sucking up his life juice in exchange of semi pleasant dreams before Morpheus took him out. Also to betray everyone to return to more pleasant dreams 🙄

[@shaboopie12]

Imagine you and your date are getting ready to eat, and you overhear a conversation about how humanity is a lie, and everything is a simulation.

[@daustin8888]

"After 9 years" Okay. It's safe to say Cypher is in his late 30s (maybe early 40s). Minus 9 is still way past his adolescents. And Morpheus said freeing a mind after a certain age is an accident waiting to happen. As I get older I sympathize with Cypher. I don't condone his murderous behavior...but I understand why he behaved that way. He had no business leaving The Matrix as all.

[@smellypatel5272]

When life repeatedly kicks you down and you feel like a dog, you can't help sympathize with cypher here. When someone offers a way out of that hell it's easy to be an idealist and say you wouldn't accept it. But anyone who's faced the hard knocks of life knows they'd take that deal in a heartbeat.

[@canddidd]

​@@smellypatel5272 bruh this is not just about what you think or want, cipher was betraying humanity

[@smellypatel5272]

@@canddidd because he was tired of a hopeless fight

[@kavian9620]

​@smellypatel5272 seriously, is there even a fight?! The earth is an uninhabitable wasteland, even if humans somehow defeat the machines (something humanity couldn't do at the peak of its power back in the day), what are they gonna do? I'd be fucking mad at Morpheus too if I was dragged out of Matrix only to realize the "real world" where humans are "free" is a shithole under the ground where humans live like rats, and that Morpheus is hanging on some religious like bullshit prophecy about "the one" savior, who, guess what, ended up being just a game the machines were playing all along!

[@St-lucifer-96]

​@@smellypatel5272👏🏻👍🏻

[@FBeckenbauer4]

Andrew Tate is literally this guy, bold, smoking a cigar with empty superficial goals.

[@edntz]

Empty superficial goals? As opposed to what? Virtue signaling people wanting to fix climate change by paying more tax money, eating bugs while the elite and celebrities they worship fly in private jets? Lol.

[@Mr.Ambrose_Dyer_Armitage_Esq.]

Andrew Tate lives in your head rent free, Bitchenbauer.

[@stevem2323]

And the real evil is the the ones hunting him down, like Mr.Smith

[@AuroraTheArcticMermaid]

@@stevem2323 You have to be some sort of fucked up to actually think this.

[@kingbeef66]

​​@@stevem2323No, he's a groomer and a mafia criminal that gaslights people with lame Matrix analogies.

[@edwardp7725]

You can see the struggle Cypher is going through at the end after he tells Smith he can get him Morpheus. His friend for years. It pains him to do it, but his selfishness overpowered his friendship and loyalty.

[@Madheim777]

The problem is that he actually hated Morpheus , it was just his "leader"

[@edwardp7725]

I dont think hate is the right word. I would say resent. He resents him for waking him and and promising him the "real world" only to find it a living nightmare.@@Madheim777

[@fergalosanchez7675]

I’m so glad to see Ralph finally embraced the baldness

[@job489]

What I've been trying to figure out is how Cypher met Agent Smith in secret. We see Cypher and Neo talking about Cypher wishing he took the blue pill and looking at the monitor before this scene. From what I remember, they needed Tank and Dozer to get in the Matrix. I'm trying to imagine Cypher hooking himself up, load, then call himself out of the Matrix all by himself.

[@brandonchmielewski1051]

I often wonder the same thing. The only feasible thing I can think of was that he went in with a group, broke off from the group for some other objective, and somehow reached out to agent smith, all without being detected somehow

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

Neo interrupted Cypher while he was preparing to tap into the Matrix for his meeting. Also, the ship needs to be at broadcast depth when the crew are tapping into the Matrix...but it's probably much easier to get in and you don't have to do that step if you're an accomplice to the Machines.

[@ryanstauffer119]

These movies have a lot of confusing moments and how Cypher got himself to meet with Smith in sick is one of those moments

[@TheLanceAdams]

It was while everyone was sleeping so it would be hard. As another person said, (Karen Page in this thread), Cypher was actually about to jump into the Matrix when Neo sort of "Startled" him in that scene.

[@batmanbeyond5766]

It's been confirmed that when neo interrupted cypher, he was working on a program which would allow him to leave the matrix without a phone

[@zizoumonk10]

I’m so glad they didn’t ruin this masterpiece with any sequels

[@yagovmolotov5127]

ur livin in ur own matrix lol

[@nczioox1116]

2 and 3 were still good movies compared to the rest of Hollywood churn. Their only crime was that they weren't masterpieces like the first

[@pupper5580]

Just remember - whatever new movies come out - wait couple of months to hear some genuine reviews - most of the time new movies, especially sequels, are complete trash.

[@claireredfield7368]

2 & 3 were good compared to Matrix Resurrections. lol

[@andreworeilly5676]

Hot take: I love the matrix sequels and watch all three of them every few years

[@androidaxolotl8311]

Following this with the scene of them eating on the ship was such a great move. The transition between a man eating a nice steak at a nice restaurant followed immediately by the crew eating that boring slop.

[@christofu75013]

One of the best steak scene in movies! But I just realized that the piece he cuts is different from the one he eats. 😂

[@SeyhawksNow]

I hated Cypher for doing this the first time i saw this. But now i realize that he had almost a decade out of the matrix and probably lost many nights of sleep deliberating on this decision. I cant say for certain I'd be stronger than him and still take the red pill. Thats what makes him so realistic of a character.

[@norwegianboyee]

That's what makes a good character. He's definitely an villain in the context of this movie, but when you truly think about it, would most of us be any better? Would we really prefer to live in a painful hellish world of constant fear, terror, and hardship as opposed to an dreamlike life of comfort? Would the fact that it was "fake" really matter when we know what "living in reality" actually entails? That being said, he still betrayed all of his friends, but his motivation is very understandable and one can see why he'd be tempted to go on the path that he did.

[@yokoshima1229]

Also part is because of Trinity, he seem love Trinity but Trinity treat him like sh*t in real world

[@patrickspencer6550]

This is like Nedry having lunch with Dodgson in Jurassic Park! “Don’t get cheap on me, Smith. That was Morpheus’s mistake.”

[@Adarkane325xi]

Good catch. Yes, it’s essentially the Judas scene. Letting the audience know that someone is actively working against the world that’s been established.

[@whitzyy3260]

Agent Smith: anything you want Cypher: I want beef and sausage by the carload

[@Viki-zo1bc]

"Ignorance is bliss" Say it to my teacher 😂😂😂

[@masterzombie161]

“Anything else?” “I would like some Pie.” “..oh my.”

[@goat1408]

How a lot of people looking in 2021.

[@weneedareset]

I'm 39 yrs old, and for whatever reason, as a middle schooler, this scene forever stayed with me, truly being able to comprehend something so profound as knowing it's not real but still wanting it, we all have a choice, and I watched so many of my peers choosing to stay at a certain mental level of understanding, it's still chilling how this is projecting our everyday lives...absolutely brilliant underatted scene

[@blaqwhole4998]

I see this and I imagine it the other way around. Imagine coming home from work to a nice warm home and a lovely family. You play with the kids, talk to some friends, eat a good dinner, and tuck away for the night...just to one day take a pill that painfully thrusts you from a tube of slime and flushes you into a world of coldness, darkness, starvation, disease, and overrun bu machine overlords. You go thru a series of extreme events using a real body that doesn't even have muscle development due to being dormant. You have insane sensory stimulation from nerves and senses all experiencing every sensation for the first time. You make it thru all that and still are in a world where all of remaining Humanity is tucked away in some hiding spot beneath the surface of the planet and even on the surface there is no sun due to clouds and pollution. Every soo often you are then thrown back into that fake world except now there are super-powerful Agents who can manifest anywhere at any time and are soo lethal that facing one means certain death. On top of that, the system itself can change the entire landscape to it's will and trap you somewhere with no escape. All the fighting and surviving in a seemingly unending war where Humans are thinning out and are closer and closer to extinction. I can't blame Cypher one bit for wanting to go back to the fake world of having a home, loving family, close friends, good food, etc.

[@ChristianTwilight]

What you’re describing is having no faith in the afterlife.

[@blaqwhole4998]

@@ChristianTwilight why don't you really think about what you said and then get back to me on it?

[@Dukethedaywalker]

"I don't want to remember nothing.. *Nothing* you understand"

[@antonego9581]

lol the cut to the harp. so cheesy but its perfect. This movie was edited with such a great sense of purpose and style.

[@karlmalone2464]

Because harps are associated with angels and they named him cypher to represent Lucifer.

[@informedconsumer5293]

Cypher’s reaction after Smith says “Morpheus” is a sign that he thought he had hidden his hand but was actually an open book the machines were taking full advantage of

[@Flameb0]

what are you even talking about. he is showing remorse. thats clearly the expression on his face. what "hand" exactly is he supposedly trying to hide? the one he tells the machines he wants to play and then does? he's already agreed to work with the machines here and then he does exactly that

[@dexmanns8518]

He didn't even ask to have his hair back, guys a true traider

[@TheMiddleClassholes]

I've always wondered how Cypher was able to get in and out of the Matrix without an operator. A slight plot hole? Perhaps. It certainly doesn't ruin the movie, for me at least, but if someone has a theory as to how this was done I'd be all ears.

[@lylemcdermott2566]

I have a theory. Normally they would need an operator to phone call you out of the matrix, he finds a safe terminal and gets you out,but the location of said terminal must change with time like a relocation of some sort, you can't use the same phone everytime and must use another one everytime. But here Cypher is in cahoots with the agents so they can make a reservation and secure one terminal for his personal use, now all Cypher has to do is gets his preparations in the real world, hook himself into the system, make a timer of some sort or an auto phone call for himself (he's all alone in the matrix) and voilà.

[@MrMariodipi]

Hes using a VPN

[@MrMariodipi]

no but for real i always believed they had some sort of leisure time like they can connect themselves if they want a private session for some alone time to bear with all the real world under the sewers thing. like for example Mouse created the women in red for the people who wanted to have some fun time and i guess that if you go into the matrix to get laid you wouldnt want any operator watching. so like a cybercafe you plug yourself and enjoy. maybe cypher did that and went into incognito mode. no one bats an eye because you assume cypher may be at a whore house or something less dramatic

[@tbush6657]

@@lylemcdermott2566 yeah, when Neo interuppted him earlier and they had that talk about the blue pill, that's what he was doing. Programming his way into and out of the matrix

[@ultrameticulous]

​@@lylemcdermott2566Yup. The Agents were the only concern when inside. Not an issue when they're who you're meeting. And I'm sure everyone on that ship can work the software and write some code. Just needs to set the exit call and do it when everyone is sleeping. Risky though...imagine Morpheus (or anyone on the ship) wakes up to take a leak and sees Cypher having steak with Smith.

[@ThechicagoRedshow]

When you have a spiritual awakening and you just can’t take it anymore

[@burakucak]

On an alternate ending, he remains in Matrix as promised. Starts out as a crook, they pretend to be baby photographers with two other mates and attempt on kidnapping the baby of a rich house.

[@YokaiX]

The illusion of the Matrix simulation's psuedo-reality, was more comforting and alluring than the grim and depressing reality; the truth hurts, thus, "ignorance is bliss".

[@willyz5405]

I love when he says I don’t want to remember nothing ! Nothing ! You understand lol love how demanding he is and how he knows that agent smith will respect his request just to get what he wants.

[@husaammaawia3057]

No reason not to it probably doesn’t make a difference to him

[@DutchGuyMike]

Well he is about to betray out Morpheus, and you can show some slight remorse in the scene, so it would make sense he would want to remember nothing of that nor the struggle he went through.

[@northhill3718]

Cypher is a symbol to symbolize the human beings that do not want to wake up from the matrix.

[@francocorradi5818]

They want to live in a utopian world, than the dystopian reality.

[@MoHi-cx8py]

Who wants to live in an under ground shit hole eating muck till they die "free"

[@disguiseddv8ant486]

Like the majority of women. ESPECIALLY black women. They want to live a life of delusion.

[@cronologia348]

cypher is a symbole thats symbolizes symbols for symbols

[@tolloromassi99]

​@@francocorradi5818 And... the Utopian and Dystopian are extremely subjective.

[@selami32]

Cypher: I wanna continue play your RPG game. Agent Smith:OK. But you have to pay monthly fee.

[@user-en5nl7ht7v]

Cypher was right. If I only were able to turn back to my previous, however illusory but happy life, I would do it immediately.

[@Maurice203]

Strange how Andrew tate looks like Cypher in every aspect

[@paparaydondada]

Thats his other character on the world stage

[@danniem]

"I don't want to remember nothing . . . and I want to be rich. You know, someone important, like an actor." I love it when movie character dialog satires the self-importance actors take upon themselves. Hilarious!

[@deletdis6173]

Ikr

[@jonathanbirch2022]

*satirizes

[@vaevictious]

Didnt catch that one, nice observation

[@Adarkane325xi]

Yeah i believe Joey Pants would say that that was his mindset because he’s evil. Even though we all know actors are up their own asses. Even Reese Witherspoon was on some “Do you know who i am?”-shit when she got pulled over.

[@Spearca]

Or the celebrity audiences give to actors. Since the character here isn't one, just imagining it.

[@natemyers4946]

"I want to be someone important....like a New Jersey Mafia capo." "Whatever you want.... *Mr. Cifaretto."*

[@nikosaurus4238]

"I want to become the strong silent type. You know like Gary Cooper"

[@user-og6hl6lv7p]

"I don't want to remember nothing" Very, very poor choice of words when speaking with AI.

[@JoeCJK]

True, but truly good AI should be able to determine correctly what the expression means.

[@megastack95]

I always wonder if Cypher's betrayal succeeded if Agent Smith would keep his end of the bargain.

[@tedpilledtonysoprano5512]

The Architect honors his deals.

[@anuvisraa5786]

probabli one more body for the powwer plants i think they should have put a machine belibing human faction in the tird movie

[@outlawfly664]

"Not keeping his end of the bargain"? Who do you think they are? Humans? 😂

[@oneyedthing]

Cypher : Like an actor.. Agent Smith : How about a comedian-actor? And we will name you Bill Burr

[@polreamonn]

Has anyone ever seen footage of BB pre-1999?

[@Madasin_Paine]

Mr Reagan , Smith calls him.

[@mytube2013]

Well, it’s like people today who are addicted to video games and keep chasing illusive satisfactions and virtual social status.

[@honkeykong9563]

We learn that Cypher's real name is Mr. Reagan after he requests that he lose his memory while being somebody important, like an actor. Actor/President Ronald Reagan suffered from with Alzheimer's disease and was unable to recognize close family members.

[@Koba-rr6oz]

Cypher eating steak by the cartload

[@ninjabunnywholivesinsideaw8216]

Agent Smith: "So how are you having this secret meeting in the matrix without an operator?" Cypher: "Shut up, nobody cares about that." -How it Should Have Ended

[@kcfavis]

The scene before when he gives Neo a drink and says why oh why didn’t I take the blue pill. Neo walks in on him writing a code so he didn’t need an operator.

[@Restorationshopyt]

kcfavis How exactly did you determine that?

[@chrifus31037]

One must admit that stake looks really delicious !

[@19Emes91]

What's funny is that there is absolutely no reason for Agent Smith to keep his promise to Cypher. Cypher will not even know there even was a promise in the first place, he can just be reborn as a starving boy in Bombay.

[@holden6104]

Show me a person who's never lifted a piece of steak to their mouth and quoted this line, and I'll show you a liar.

[@Restorationshopyt]

“I know this quote is overused.. when I spew it from my mouth, narcissism is telling me that it is witty and hilarious. After 9 years quoting it, you know what I realize? It still gets likes.”

[@t.j._edits9669]

This scene is powerful because this is what leaving a high-demand religion feels like

[@GTFBITK]

He went back into the Matrix as Ralphie Cifaretto, Glorified.