Erin takes the 'red pill' & enters THE MATRIX (1999)! First Time Watching MOVIE REACTION

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[@KentBalzer]

This movie changed me when I saw it in the theater. I walked out and looked into the sky and wondered if we were all living in a virtual reality. The level of depth on this movie is profound. The story of the Hero's Journey as written by Joseph Campbell is perfectly told here, better than in Star Wars. The names were profound as well. Morpheus was the god of dreams who transformed a sleeper into a bird. Neo was transformed and flew at the end. Neo is an anagram for One. Same three letters. Neo was in room 101 and Trinity was in room 303. They were on the ship called the Nebuchadnezzar, who in the book of Daniel had a terrible dream that needed to be interpreted. The guy buying the software from Neo said that he was his "own Jesus Christ". A messiah that he becomes in the end. He also said that he needed to be unplugged, which happened when he woke up for the first time in his pod of goo. There is so much depth in the film that I can't cover it all here. I still maintain that this is my favorite movie of all time.

[@jessiej3991]

You should watch " V for Vendetta " directly after watching this movie

[@myownchannel247]

You don’t understand, it’s a trilogy 😎

[@holden_tld]

i've seen the matrix so many times, watching it mirrored is really freaking me out.

[@JamesBond-ib9tq]

The Matrix has you!

[@arifeannor9573]

I like how everyone assumes the human guards are not real when they are in fact as real as them. They are just still plugged into the matrix just like Neo was before the pill. In war, innocents tend to bleed more so than the enemy.

[@gsquat]

Neo and Trinity are horrid murderers.

[@zeinastartes]

“Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.”

[@lionhead123]

yet later on they fight more and more programs.

[@Tantalus010]

It's never explicitly stated that they're real humans, but yeah, that's the logical assumption. It makes complete sense for the machines to employ unwitting humans as shock troops. After all, they can always just grow more.

[@lionhead123]

@@Tantalus010 they don't "grow" humans. its not attack of the clones.

[@HeliRy]

Whether by accident or by design, I love how the Oracle offers you a “cookie” before she’ll interact with you.

[@peev2]

Definitely not by accident.

[@warmongeir8427]

The catch is that everyone Neo and Trinity killed are real people in the story. They are the same people that are plugged-in in the pods in the same way Neo was. So, when they are killed, they die in the pods and are unplugged, flushed out, liquified and fed to other people in the pods. Even the Agents when killed are just software programs inhabiting regular people and therefore, they die yet the Agent programs still exist and move on to someone else. So, everyone you see die is an actual person in a pod.

[@blastingweevil2968]

a m,ovie that is 1/4 of a century old and it still looks as good today as it did back then.. allthough it is sad you dont get to experience this on the BIG screen.. it was amazing.

[@arzelleus]

A lot of reactors miss that the agents can see what any plugged-in human avatar sees. If one of their "eyes" sees a target they're looking for, the agents will take over that avatar. That's why the homeless man in the subway transforms. He saw Trinity and Neo, and the agent Smith took him over.

[@dravenheissel]

From my perspective, they don't see what any "avatar" sees. If they did, they could turn into any of the police officers at the beginning, when they try to catch Trinity in the hotel room. The Matrix can "enable" an agent when something strange happens in the Matrix itself, such as Morpheus vanishing through the phone. This is something that surprises the homeless man and his own mind "sends a signal" to the Matrix, since he is still connected to it, and it recognizes that something unusual is happening (someone leaving the Matrix) and so sends the agent there.

[@generalmortars7557]

My fear for the last 20 years, is what happens AFTER the agent took over. Do they revert to their original self, or do they die from being forcefully unplugged?

[@arzelleus]

@@generalmortars7557 I suspect that they die. I have nothing to base that on. But let's go further. What happens to the people who SEE an agent take over?

[@ineptgamer3814]

At the beginning Trinity was talking to Cypher, not Morpheus. Cypher was jealous that Trinity liked Neo instead of him, so he annoyingly joked "We're going to kill him" to make himself feel better. The Agents can download their programs into anyone who is still linked to the Matrix, but not those who have already "woken up". Trinity's "Dodge this." and the train didn't kill the Agents, just killed the people that they had taken over. This is why they change back into the original person afterwards. The crew and anyone who have woken up are probably hackers or people believed to be able help in some way against the machines. Cypher must have been disappointed with "the truth" of the Matrix that he regretted taking the red pill. You are correct, room 303 was the room that Trinity was in at the beginning and also the room Neo was trying to get to at the end. Neo also lived in apartment 101 and Neo is an anagram of one, so he's "The One". The true love's kiss at the end may seem odd, but something big happens in the second film and then the outcome of the fourth film from 2021 kinda explains both. It's not a very popular opinion, but according to me the second Matrix film, Matrix Reloaded is the best of the trilogy. Just like with Blade 2, the action is dialled up to eleven and the lore is expanded exponentially. As a teenage boy of the 90s, action films and techno music were my thing and Blade & The Matrix were my all-time favourites. Thanks for sharing your first-time watch...! 👍🏻

The trilogy is just a long single movie.

[@93BlazinFire]

Fourth film was a needless modern abomination. It got me into theaters after like 5 years, and it was not worth the ticket, or the trip. Looking back, I wouldn't watch it for free. The first Matrix is one of the best movies I've ever seen. The last one is a contender for the shittiest, I can't actually think of a worse one at this time. One of the other worst ones I've ever seen is the movie "Rubber" from 2010 and it was an ingenious masterpiece by comparison.

[@comentariosyoutubecp260]

About Cypher's comment: it is not just that he's jealous (though he is). He genuinely wants to believe that Neo's mind will break under the stress of being unplugged from the Matrix. All of Morpheus' crew has been slowly "extracted" from their respective pods through the years. Mouse is the latest recruit, and he looks like a college freshman, at most. So, there must be a rule... people is "rescued" when they are old enough to start questioning the world they see around, but young enough to have some neuroplasticity left to recover from the trauma: aka. during adolescence. Neo looks like a young adult in his late twenties, so already too old to change his ways. From this point of view, he truly is The One. Look at the so called "potentials", they are children who are already being prepared to withstand the unplugging and hit the ground running when on the real world; they are probably just waiting for them to hit puberty in order to snatch them.

[@Finey_S_K]

You know Morpheus is super cool because he speaks slowly and wears shades indoors.

[@ysmith494]

Thank you

[@gsquat]

So does agent Smith.

[@CrownlessKing88]

And shades without arms

[@Peter-ny4mu]

He would be even cooler if it was night, and he had a full tank of petrol.

[@hbron112]

Great reaction! 8:55 "That is the freakiest thing!" Oh Erin lol. Also, the Oracle said Neo is waiting for something, "Maybe your next life" and "One of you is going to die." Well both of those came true!

[@Mr.Ekshin]

Yeah, she wasn't paying attention to the dialogue, or any of the expose' that explains this verse... she was busy talking over all of it.

[@mojo_giorgio]

37:13 "there is no fire?" lmfaooo ure hilarious

[@lionhead123]

Just like Alice In Wonderland you can believe that this entire movie is just an acid trip of Neo after he took the red pill.

[@sagnorm1863]

You can say that for any movie or even real life. Its not unique to matrix.

[@lionhead123]

@@sagnorm1863 because in every movie someone ingests a suspicious item and goes on a crazy adventure/trip? Sure.

[@sagnorm1863]

@@lionhead123 It wasn't a suspicious item. It disrupted the signal from Neo and allowed them to track Neo. If you claim it the red pill was actually acid, you can say that about any movie or even real life. Your comment isn't real. I am just on an acid trip.

[@zeph0shade]

@@sagnorm1863 And you can say that to any comment on anything. It's not unique to your genius insight.

[@sagnorm1863]

@@zeph0shade that is my point genius. Saying the entire matrix movie is a trip is nonsense.

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

To say this movie was groundbreaking and inspirational is an understatement. This movie changed everything. If you want the backstory of The Matrix then you should watch The Animatrix, a series of animated stories about The Matrix especially the ones entitled “The Second Renaissance” (part 1 & 2) which tell the story of how the war started and how it ended

[@scott4092]

Yes agreed, also watch the Animatrix. Keanu, Laurence, and Carrie are in it for one of the short stories (Kid's Story, personally my favorite).

[@darchon5]

11:56 "Blue pill - and that's the end of the movie, 30 minutes in." 🤣🤣 Great reaction!

[@randocalrissian1980]

Funny enough in the Path of Neo video game you get to choose between the pills. If you pick the blue pill Neo wakes up in his bed and the credits roll. 😂

[@ferdnerkel]

Oracle: "You're waiting for something." NEO: "waiting for what?" Oracle: "your next life maybe." Nice conversation, condidering NEO doesn't become the one until after he's killed.

[@JCech40]

25:30 "he is not gonna tell you" *tells him 1 second later*

[@bored312]

I am genuinely impressed. I have never seen someone understand so little about this movie.

[@gibosdog78]

Lol. I didn’t know how bad it was but yeah… I don’t think she still doesn’t get it. Still. Thanks for the reaction. It was still enjoyable. Good interaction.

[@ErinCaseyGamers]

Thanks 👍

[@drewf8619]

@@ErinCaseyGamers I wouldn't worry about it... You're hot af and you not understanding 'The Matrix' won't hurt you much in life... Just try to have your friends and/or family screen any future men you let in your life (physically)... Not to sound too harsh but; I get the impression you might be a tad naive... It's likely that will fade with your youth. Unfortunately, your youth and your 'hotness' are somewhat linked. So it's possible, that by the time your naivety fades, so will some of your perceived hotness... In other words... Use your "hot years" with the right guy(s)... That or decide "I care more about the journey than the destination" open an OF right *now* (drop the link here! lmao) and use your youth/hotness to make a couple hundred thousand. That can be upgraded to a couple million; If you are willing to sleep with few key people and maybe star in a movie or two... You're a young (hot) white woman, living in a present day, first world country... The world is your oyster... Choose wisely and enjoy =)

[@jasonmcfarland3474]

I am genuinely depressed how you can be so fkn rude to ANYONE who gives up their own time to create content to try entertain ppl FOR FREE while you sit on your butt doing nothing but soaking it up and offering nothing but disparaging remarks. Your mothers must be so proud at how you were raised. Please ignore these clowns and the idiots who liked the comment. I thought it was great and love to see the many reactions to films I like. Please don't let these people discourage you from having fun and doing what you enjoy. If they don't like it then they can GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

[@cainabel404]

@@ErinCaseyGamers Please ignore these ungracious morons, Erin. It was a really good reaction video, and anyone trying to dunk on your apparent intelligence is honestly saying more about their own inadequacy than anything about you. To answer the main unresolved question you had at the end (what's the deal with people turning into Agents?): the Agents could essentially 'take over' anyone who was plugged into the Matrix (kinda like having your brain hacked). That's what was happening when people were transforming into Agents, and then transforming back to their real selves when they died. That was just how the movie chose to represent the process of an Agent hacking into a person to take control of them. It's only really explained in that scene early on with the woman in the red dress, and Morpheus doesn't dwell on it for long. Thanks again for a great watch!

[@Hazard33]

The Cookie the oracle gave Neo was just like a computer cookie. And when the oracle says "He's got the gift, but looks like he's waiting for something" Neo asks what and the Oracle says "Your next life, who knows", yeah he was waiting for a "reboot" or "dying".

[@chuckelz666]

so i would like to answer your questions but i want to let the movies do that for you. However, the scene at the end in the lobby with the "TSA" you said dont worry they aren't real, those were absolutely real, innocent humans trapped in the matrix just like he was.

[@ИлиянМинев-щ5й]

The Movie DID answer most of her questions, she just didn't get it (and didn't pay attention).

[@mrnmrn1]

​@@ИлиянМинев-щ5йOf course she didn't get it, because she was commenting constantly. This movie needs full attention to understand most of it, and multiple rewatches to understand it fully, but one can discover something new in it during the 10th rewatch... I watched it at least 30, maybe 50 times, mostly on VHS.

[@humanvideosponge4529]

Everyone is capable of being an agent. The agents can move around to any body. So whenever an agent needs to be somewhere, they just take over the body of someone who is there.

[@Rising_Pho3nix_23]

Explanation based on this episode without spoilers: Humanity made AI and they got into a war. Humanity blocked out the sun trying to starve the AI of energy, but then the AI started using human bodies as batteries. To keep the humans alive, they had to stimulate the mind, thus they created a dream world for the human minds to experience. The people you see in the matrix are like the characters and the bodies in the pods are like the players. The agents can overwrite the characters, which still leave the player in tact. However, killing an agent still leaves the underlying character dead (you can consider the character kind of like a database entry, and when the agent is deleted, so is the entry for the player's character). With a dead character, the player dies too (as there is no stimulation for the mind). When the mind-body link is severed, they are flushed like what you saw near the beginning. Fun trivia: this movie is inspired by the culmination of many philosophy books that were mandatory reading for every actor, and some of the books you saw in Neo's apartment.

[@zeph0shade]

Idk how much the "humans tried blocking out the sun" part is true to the "original" story, but I always hated that ALMOST as much as I hated the way the studio required the story change so that the machines need humans for energy, despite that not making sense in the slightest. Using human brains for processing power would've been way better. It just doesn't even take much of a science nerd to know that there's no point in harvesting something for electrical energy when you have to feed it in the first place, just skip a step and harvest your energy from the food you're providing. Similarly, I can see humans being stupid enough to start a nuclear exchange, but at least that has survivors. What kind of Ed Edd n Eddy level of braindead would a whole government have to be in order to approve "Patrick Star's Most Amazingsauce Wartime Strat Ever"? Machines no survive without sun, right?? Oops, that's right, we've all known for ages that life needs it too. Well, I guess that's called collateral da- AH SHIT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE'RE LIFE TOO??? Motherfuckers forgot that humans are alive and need the sun. Humans in this world lopped their own heads off with machetes while pointing at the machines and going "Haha, THIS will finish you!" Stupidest thing I've ever heard of in a film franchise that's otherwise generally pretty intellectually stimulating.

[@Ian-xx1xb]

Really enjoyed that erin part of the experience is being in a state of confusion at times 🙂 this movie definitely inspired many other movies that followed . Fun fact at work today the electrician got a phone call , on unlocking his phone i noticed the green code from the matrix was his screensaver and on the same day om watching it along with you👌 great stuff 👍 there are sequels to this yes , the 2nd is pretty good and the 3rd isnt liked in the same way but it has its moments . Cheers erin this was great

[@markdenio4537]

There’s a fourth as well.

[@ErinCaseyGamers]

Wow what a coincidence! Thanks for watching :)

[@edwinlemus8530]

"All this from hacking?"...😁😂It almost killed me.

[@jessiej3991]

This movie always reminded me of this quote : " Most people do not want to know the truth, they only want constant reassurance that what they already believe is the truth "

[@Artemis-d2c]

Then let me tell you truth: anarchism and capitalism are opposites.

[@randybass8842]

The first time I watched this was with my fiance, who had it on VHS tape. I asked if it was violent, because I don't like violent movies. She said yes it was, but it was a different kind of violence. Well, I watched it with her, and then I watched it again on my own the next day. Erin, I think you understood about as much as I did the first time, so pay no attention to those who are dissing you for not understanding more. Yes, there are two sequels that were made about the same time to make it a trilogy, and a 4th movie made almost 2 decades later (blah). There's also the Animatrix, which is an anime-style animated movie that explains the backstory of the matrix, and several additional anime shorts to give different perspectives on it. Yes, you have to watch them all, Alice, because you went down the rabbit hole.

[@AtZero0]

This movie condensed all the themes I've been reading about much before it came out, and on my first watch I had no clue of the connections. It was only after a few rewatches that I realized the importance of it in relation to books on the 4th Way and Carlos Castaneda. It was right there yet I couldn't see the forest for the trees

[@mst4705]

I don't often see someone so confused about a virtual world as a concept. You don't watch much sci-fi do you. Thank you for the honest reaction though. I hope you watch the sequels. They'll shed more light.

[@joshuawiedenbeck6944]

The easiest explanation I can think of for the Matrix is that it's like the cloud. Wireless connections didn't exist in the 90s, so you had to log into the internet via your own computer through a hardline connection. Basically, people upload their brain into the cloud to fight the AI. If the AI kills (deletes) their brain while it's in the cloud, their real life body no longer has a brain. Edit: Think of agents as antivirus software. Their entire program is to find anomalies in the computer and delete them. They do this by jumping in and out of programs and deleting bad files. To the agents, the main characters are viruses.

Perfect 👌🏾.

[@GaryHicks]

It wasnt true love or Trinity's kiss that brought him back. The oracle told him "maybe you're waiting for your next life."

[@gravedigger8414]

It is so much fun to watch peoples minds gets blown by this absolute masterpiece. 🥰

[@arraymac227]

Each human has an avatar, which any agent can commandeer.

[@richardcraig5824]

Best fucking answer!

[@Mr.Ekshin]

She would have grasped that concept, except that she spent the first half of the film talking over dialogue and expose'... and then spent the latter half confused and asking questions she would have known the answers to if she'd bothered to pay attention. Reminds me of my ex.

[@rccraig7580]

@@Mr.Ekshin I've often said not all youtube movie reactors can effectively comment on events in a movie and not wind up missing critical exposition that explains something they were confused about. I witnessed the same thing with a couple watching Blade and missing a lot of important dialogue due to their excessive comments and then wondering what happened during a scene.

[@glennwelsh9784]

​​@@rccraig7580There just seems to be people who are easily confused and constantly need their hand held. They can't follow what's going on unless everything is completely spelled out and spoon-fed to them. My best friend and I used to watch movies together, but it became tiresome because he would have to pause the movie every few minutes and ask me what was going on so I could explain every scene to him. It stops being fun when you can't enjoy a movie because you have to act as someone else's personal narrator the whole time.

[@jasondolph2785]

@@glennwelsh9784 This is why I don't watch TV or movies with my wife. She's Japanese and she'll constantly ask me to explain scenes that happen in HER native language. Makes me crazy.

[@OUsniper1]

Once you watch this again, so many light bulbs will click on in your mind ;)

[@folcotook3049]

💯 Truthiness

[@commonstragedy]

By far the best sequel (and prequel) is The Animatrix. It fills in many of the questions.

[@Natedogg7719]

Fun reaction, keep going. All are fantastic

[@ErinCaseyGamers]

Thank you so much, it means a lot

[@RubenDReyna]

After watching this movie a bajillion times, I have come to the conclusion that Neo wouldn't have broken the vase if she hadn't said anything, just like he wouldn't have exchanged his life for Morpheus if the oracle hadn't led him to admit he didn't believe he was the one-Neo simply thought Morpheus dying would be in vain and without purpose because he didn't believe he was the one, so he exchanged his life for him, obviously while at least trying to survive.

[@3Kings_Industries]

The Oracle called it with Neo, he had the gift, and was just waiting, 'for [his] next life.'

[@AmbassadorDvinn]

"He is goin' thru it... what a day" I absolutely lost my shit 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀 The best thing I can say to help you understand is to watch the second and third movies.

[@cmoney-3845]

36:19 imagine a secret agent barbie game WITH guns

[@mikeymike1843]

Hugo weaving is one of the best actors of our time. He has played so many iconic roles.

[@ryanhampson673]

The oracle was correct. WHen Neo met her he was not the one. Neo asks what is he waiting for and she responds with "your next life maybe". Neo is killed in the hallway and when he comes back THEN he became the one. This movie has tons of little hints. Example, the man that gives neo money for a disk says he looks like he needs to "unplug" and another funny one is the oracle has Neo accept a "cookie" for her program.

[@mojo_giorgio]

you are so cool and funny, lol. loved your reactions a LOT!!!

[@ColinPoole]

Always suspension of disbelief required but I always found it funny that you could "hide" from the computer you were inside. As if the agents were the only visibility the computer had. It's not just generating the agents, it's generating the cubicles, the floors, the chairs - simple collision detection would identify every object at all times that was present in the Matrix. "An object is colliding with chair. Object colliding with window ledge."

[@SpearM3064]

Good point! I'm surprised I didn't think of that a long time ago, since I am a computer programmer.

You are right but you are not taking into account that humans are hacking into the system and just like any professional hackers the system can't detect them. It is not different from players cheating in multiplayer games or a hacker stealing money from a bank.

[@cpmf2112]

Don't worry, the phone easily survived the fall 😂

[@BouillaBased]

After nuclear holocaust, it's going to be cockroaches on Nokias.

[@petercofrancesco9812]

No phone has ever made the first jump

[@SpearM3064]

That's how I knew he was still in the Matrix. That Nokia fell at least 25-30 floors, and the sidewalk didn't even get cracked! 🤣 (I'm joking, but the outdated Nokia 3310 was notoriously tough, to the point that it is literally bulletproof against low-caliber bullets. Another phone that is notoriously tough is the Motorola Razr. True story, a farmer thought he had lost his Razr, so he called Motorola to report a missing or stolen phone. The next day, he was out in the pasture and one of his COWS started ringing.)

[@stephaniesayer7191]

This deserves at least several re-watches. There is so much to catch in this and once you finally 'get' how the Matrix works you will then see even so much more in the movie.

[@ceherrera7437]

They are all the people in the pink capsules. The computer can assimilate their digit self but when they die their actual physical self dies and the computer, aka agents move onto another one

[@3Kings_Industries]

The thing about that final kiss that Trinity gave Neo, it wasnt really 'true love's kiss', rather, Neo is still a human being with external sensory input. His programed avatar registered the 'death', but when Trinity kissed him, his Real body registered the response, and gave him the stimulus to wake him, counteracting the program. Shock Therapy has been discussed since the 70s. And even mentioned in a few 80s and 90s films prior to The Matrix.

[@DarthCrimsonDeath]

35:58 "It's okay, they're not real. It's fine....😅" The messed up thing is that all of them were real humans, like Neo and those before him, plugged into the Matrix, not free, unable to get out, and they have to be killed because they are "hardware" that can be taken over for however long by one of the Agents at any time once trouble is detected.

[@mannykae]

Have you ever had a dream, that you had a dream, and a dream dreamed?

[@Byrvurra]

Now I'm imagining an alternate version of The Matrix, where Morpheus is the one colluding with Agent Smith, and he's secretly trying to get Neo killed.

[@bubble0721]

There are two more movies after this, making it a trilogy. I can't wait to see your reaction to the other two movies. Thanks for the great reaction video.

[@scott4092]

Right on, you mentioned the Nancy Drew games, I used to work at Her Interactive, I have such fond memories of those games!

[@ErinCaseyGamers]

Wow! That is awesome. They’re my favorite series of all time. What was your favorite game to work on/ favorite to play?

[@scott4092]

​@@ErinCaseyGamers The Silent Spy! I've done a bit of acting in the past so they also cast me as the scientist.

[@ErinCaseyGamers]

⁠@@scott4092that is incredible! I love the silent spy. So glad you found this video!

[@timw8398]

Good job Erin! I'm subscribed and a can't wait to dive into your content more deeply. Thanks!❤

[@ErinCaseyGamers]

Thank you so much!

[@timothyvandenberg2905]

I could listen to you for hours! Great work! Thank you!

[@chocolate-teapot]

I was a stoner in highschool when this came out, it was amazing

[@cainabel404]

This was a really enjoyable reaction video; you understood plenty about it, you made some interesting observations that reminded me of the first time I watched, and your commentary made it fun and engaging to accompany you, so thank you! The people in this comments section who consume someone's content and then insult the person who uploaded it: please reflect on why it is you don't have girlfriends. No one likes your behavior, and I truly, wholeheartedly promise you that you're not as smart as you think you are. Thanks again, Erin. My first time watching one of your uploads and for sure I'll check out your other content.

[@ErinCaseyGamers]

I really appreciate it. Thank you!

[@shannonkohl68]

"My way or the highway" is much older than this movie. We said that all the time when I was a kid, in the 70's or 80's. "Red pilled" to describe someone who is starting to see through a lie, is absolutely from this movie.

[@Necro616]

I swear, we both said "The claaaaw" at the exact same time lol

[@mannykae]

I say “there is no spoon” on a regular basis

[@tsogobauggi8721]

10:24 "Why am I cold..." That was great. :D

[@mcoffroadinaz4075]

You can't be told about the Matrix... you must go back and re-watch it on your own, without distraction. If you plan on waatching the follow up, you'll need to rewatch it.

[@Patriiiiick]

My friend's brother had that Nokia phone about 3 or 4 months after the film came out and we were insanely jealous.

[@mikearmstrong8483]

The shootout in the lobby took a few takes. After each one, all the rubble had to be cleaned up, all the columns rebuilt with new pyros, everything polished and made to look new, before shooting it all over again. That takes a couple of days each time, while the high paid cast and dozens of crew are waiting. All for 1 scene that lasts a minute. This is why a major movie can have a production cost equal to the GNP of a small nation.

[@folcotook3049]

I saw this in '99 when it came out in theaters. The print the theater had where I saw it had a few occasional spots where a few frames would be missing. At the beginning, I wasn't sure if I missed a bunch because one of those spots was right at the beginning where you would expect opening credits to be. I thought I'd missed a whole sequence, but it was just about a quarter of a second. 😆 The agents are pure software and they can "inhabit" any person still connected to the matrix (people in the pods). When the agents are "killed," they leave the body they were in and it reverts back to the actual person (who is dead). Rewatch the "woman in the red dress" scene. That's where Morpheus explains it to Neo. The Matrix movies (there are 3 direct sequels and also a series of animated shorts) isn't based on a book, but the book you see in the beginning that Neo hides the illicit software in, Simulacra and Simulation, was an influence on the writing of the movie. This is definitely a movie that you understand more on subsequent viewings.

[@PhillipV-qm4mf]

2:24 it was filmed in Sidney Australia but the imaginary world of the matrix is Chicago, Illinois. There are multiple references to Chicago through out the film. Some references only locals will understand or notice tbh.

[@ottocarson]

16:42 The point is that we live already in the Matrix, but we don't even know it yet.

Hence the constant Deja Vu. 😂

[@3Kings_Industries]

There was/is a tabletop RPG from the late 80s, early 90s, called Shadowrun, which detailed a cuberverse called, wait for it, The Matrix. But, this film was more a similar concept, and didn't really use the TTRPG version. Still, an interesting parallel

[@pauld6222]

This movie seem to confuse you really bad. I dont think you are ready to be unplugged yet.

[@ErinCaseyGamers]

😭

[@pauld6222]

@@ErinCaseyGamers Lol,

[@scott4092]

Heh! I thought she got it just fine.

[@captainofdunedain3993]

17th August 1999! Still remember first time I saw this masterpiece! After the Lord of the Rings this is my secondary best trilogy ever!

[@JackyJames1]

You are a great reactor! The 3 matrix movies are awesome and in the 2nd be ready for the chase scene ( music is unreal )

[@ErinCaseyGamers]

Thank you! :)

[@CrownlessKing88]

Every person that hasn’t been freed from the Matrix, is able to be taken over by an Agent, so they become an agent, then if they get killed they just jump out of that body into another.

[@shannonkohl68]

Nebuchadnezzar: "I feel like I know that word". It's a biblical king of Babylon.

[@3Kings_Industries]

Another couple of films with similar out of mind experience include: EXISTENZ, JOHN DIES AT THE END, REPO-MEN.

[@christopherj8671]

The agents are special programs that are made to mantain the Matrix under control. Also, every person in the Matrix are programs too (the minds of them, and their phisical bodies are in the plantation). So, if a policeman dies, his body also dies and is thrown away (like Neo, in the begining of the movie). And the agents can move to another programs (humans) as they wish (they have special access and functions, like an antivirus). And the real world have a lot of diferent machines. The one in the begining was to control the human plantations. The squid machines are like soldiers or patrol agents.

[@Digsidian]

It's a big help to Neo that he fails constantly and struggles like every other character, despite the clear hints that he takes to manipulating the Matrix pretty naturally. If he was entirely sure of himself from the go, made the jump the first time, beat Smith clean, and never earned his wins, he'd just be boring and unlikeable, like a modern film hero.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Yes, 1999 was a sort of turning point in the Internet. Prior to that when I said I was in computers, I got “hmm, sounds weird and boring”, after I got “hmm, good choice, pays well”. Don’t forget, Y2K was looming, tech was making its way everywhere. I had just come off a stint at Yahoo in ‘99, was at another startup, we went to see this at least 6 times in the theater when it came out. You can’t work in tech without hitting Matrix references, close to daily. The story does HEAVILY borrow from various sci-fi material, all the way back to the 50’s.

[@sergioaccioly5219]

To explain: agents are AI, cops are enslaved humans. The resistance are mostly humans freed from the Matrix, with a sprinkling of naturally born Zeonites in the ship crews - none of which can link to the Matrix.

[@randallbollinger9625]

You can watch this movie 10-20 times and still find something new and mind boggling

[@syx3s]

i've never seen anyone react to the animatrix. the perfect time to see it is between one and two. it really explains a lot about the universe... and it's fantastic.

[@rahbeat9785]

watched this so much as a kid i still remember most of the fight scene moves by heart xD

[@sweiland75]

I loved your reaction and I am looking forward to watching you react to the sequels.

[@arraymac227]

That was Cipher talking with Trinity in the opening....

[@Mr.Ekshin]

Yeah, that was this 'reactor' talking over all the expose' in the beginning... which is why she spent most of the film trying to figure out what was going on.

[@Danceofmasks]

No, they're not "agents underneath." They're real people with a simulated body, and the agents take over their simulation. When the agents get shot, the real person dies, but the agent doesn't because it's just a program.

[@jpbmdm]

You and many people tend to think that when Neo and Morpheus fight, they are in Neo's head, like in Inception. No, they are inside a computer program. They control their own avatars with their minds.

[@BileDuctBalderdash]

When this movie came out Google had only been around for about 9 months and it was nowhere near what it is today.

[@beannathrach2417]

The movie is filmed in Sydney Australia, but street names are from Chicago. The city is virtual, only in the computer, so it does not matter. Some action takes place in Zion in the sequels: (2) Matrix Reloaded, (3) Matrix Revolutions, (4) Matrix Resurrections. In the matrix, the human shaped objects are projections of actual humans who are still sleeping in one of the pods. Whatever is done to the projection is inflicted on the actual human. That means all the guards killed in the lobby shoot out are actually killed in their pods. Anyone in a pod who still plugged in with their spinal plug can have their projection by agent software who takes control of the projection's action in the matrix until the agent jumps to another person. In the subway fight, Smith takes over the bum's projection. The train hits the Smith killing the actual human; Smith than jumps into one of the humans on the train . The rules do not make sense when you think about playing a VR game. The rules are just a story device for the drama of endangering our characters. I was confused for a bit because I thought hovercraft meant hover on water. It hovers through the air. There is an old question: how do you know you are what you think you are. You could be a brain in a bottle being fed sensation through your spinal connection.

[@parksnrec5476]

You worried me hanging out in "spy land", but then it came together for you! Yeah, taking in The Matrix is a lot in one watch. We probably need to start making it required viewing in kindergarten. There's a lot of wisdom in the movie, especially about faith.

[@pandafan4672]

The roots of the movie are in Gnostic Christianity, a major branch that progressively fell aside from the more popular Pauline Christianity, which became what we call just, Christianity. The Gnostics believed that the physical world is a sheet pulled over our eyes to keep us from fully approaching God. Only through contemplative activities, and attempts to moderate our senses, can we approach God (note: this is just their theory, not mine). Neo (the One) is a possible metaphor for the 2nd coming of Christ (in the movie, Morpheus references that there once was a man that could shape the Matrix to his will), Trinity is a metaphor for the sacred feminine and therefore, Mary Magdalene, Morpheus is John the Baptist, Cypher is Judas. There are something like 120 identified Gnostic references in the movie. Even the red pill has some reflection in Gospel...being shown the way by the blood of Christ, and through Faith. If you do a websearch for "The Matrix: A Cyberpunk Parable" there's a document that in great detail lists all the references, possible, intentional, or accidental.

[@steved1135]

Alternatively one could read up on the real roots of the movie, the notion of the evil deceiver, from Rene Descartes' 17th Century "Meditations on First Philosophy"...

[@davidmusser7927]

I’m always surprised when reactors never question, “disrupting your input/output carrier signal, so we can pinpoint your location.”

[@SuperPooh64]

I think for most people it just reads as "tech-sounding mumbo jumbo"

[@mannykae]

People who know this movie very well is me, I’m that person. You gotta watch the next two, it really answers all questions.

[@joeblankenship377]

Sure wish I could unplug from the Matrix right about now.

[@tomyoung9049]

The 'agents' are programs within the Matrix. All the people they meet are just that, regular people plugged into the Matrix unaware that everything is just a simulation. The AI, can override anyone still plugged in to use as an agent.

[@threepac]

Yea think of it like a civilian becoming an FBI agent, but in the Matrix the transition is instantaneous.

[@henrytjernlund]

Great reaction, thanks.

[@lopolis]

The closest to a "based on" book, is "Simulacra and Simulation", by Baudrillard. I believe there's a brief shot of it, maybe on Neo's bookshelf early in the film. One of the modern philosophical writings to propose that what we think of as reality could just be a simulation and we wouldn't know any difference. Edit to say: It's the fake book that he has the disk/drugs hidden in, at his apartment at the start of the film.

[@fredbasic1918]

All the people still plugged into the Matrix (police, helicopter pilot, etc) can be accessed by the agents which are sentient programs of the Matrix. When an agent is killed the human dies and the agent accesses another human (through the connections in the pods) which is why you run your ass off when one appears.

[@aztecadog]

Fun fact: The first movie with AI & robots was Metropolis in 1927

[@AlaskanGlitch]

It is important that you understand that the Matrix is a story that is told over three movies. Like the Lord of the Rings movies. You have just watched the first third of the story. You still have two more movies to watch before you get the entire story.

[@1001Hobbies]

Most of this movie is right from Zen. When you want to know what reality actually is, instead of just how we perceive it with the paradigms that programed us to see things the way we do, then you need to find Zen for yourself. You cannot be told what it is, you have to see it for yourself. However, just like in this movie, if you choose to go down that rabbit hole you can never go back. Ask me how I know.

[@sarcasticstartrek7719]

"Is this NYC?" no, it's just "The City". An endless city. Filmed in Sydney, for parts, though, if it helps.

[@hnamp1035]

She dont know who Keanu Reeves is? This is gonna be good channel.

[@ErinCaseyGamers]

I have A LOT to learn 😂

[@MatthewPettyST1300]

@@ErinCaseyGamers After watching the rest of this series you can go on to " John Wick" 1, 2, 3, and 4 to see more of Keanu Reeves. each movie like this one builds on the ones before and get better and better ! anything I say about ' John Wick" would just be a spoiler !

[@SmokyOwl]

With everything we now know about the matrix universe, it seems very dangerous for trinity to meet neo in a VERY busy and public night club.

[@timstiles1018]

I am 53 and I heard that saying when I was a kid