Film Theory: The Matrix has NO ESCAPE

[@weirdbutawesome160]

Morpheus: You take the blue pill, your life stays as crappy as it was. Neo: And the red one? Morpheus: Same. But it's strawberry.

[@SigynÁs]

underrated comment

[@hello-yn1lu]

LOL

[@Kai_Ning]

Deadpool enters the chat: the flavor doesn't matter, i'll still make lemonade out of it. Morpheus: wait, what ?

[@LadyOnikara]

Neo: And if I take both at once? Morpheus: Works like a laxative. I think they forgot to program bathrooms in this building.

[@eternal2319]

yes i need this

[@Abrxas01]

Isn't it amazing that 18 yrs down the line, we are STILL analyzing this movie?

[@ThePhobosAnomally]

First world problems..

[@maxstirnersego]

Second World Problems

[@karndrogo]

Digital world problems...

[@TheVariableConstant]

It's because the story is based on the most sacred truth in this part of the universe. Research Gnosticism. In an interview the directors said this movie is the most successful piece of Gnostic propaganda ever. In case you like the other 99.9% of humans aren't motivated to research further, the summary is that humans are slaves in a system designed by an incredible smart designer(architect) with powerful illusions (the matrix) while harvesting their energy to keep them weaker and keep the designer stronger (the battery/processor harvest idea). There is more to it but this is the basics. Those who attain enlightenment **individually** will be free, there is no other way.

[@drdubstep9275]

That's longer then I've lived

[@bradenvassov6214]

I hope my gta character never figures all this out

[@RakibHasan-hs1me]

Me too man

[@abstract0014]

@@shish_taouk Wonders why he is trapped in a grey box and furniture suddenly appearing and teleporting.

[@mr.savagetruthfilmstudio6888]

Lol

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

Lester knows about it, he can hack the police robots Ai and has us do crime to destabilise the simulation

[@ryanvandermerwe5587]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@happybadger806]

The best prison, is the one you think you have escaped from already. When you never had escaped to start with.

[@healbeezockt4457]

Like living in society after living in prison 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tonynasaofficial]

Oooooooo spicy

[@jacobl6714]

@@healbeezockt4457 Uhhh yeah unfortunately, that's kinda what happens for a lotta us. I've never been in that version of a place like that, the one for serious murderers and robbers who commit felonies, but that kind of syndrome or mindset is real, for sure. Sadly

[@amyth9227]

Neo in front of a mirror: Am I crazy? Thomas Anderson (the image in the mirror): No you are not crazy. You are just tripping. Neo: This is soooo surreal... a matrix inside a matrix inside a matrix inside a matrix...I love it! Thomas Anderson: I don't understand why do you always want to keep "waking up" when you are tripping?!? Why do you always want to escape from one matrix into another? Why don't you just exist in just the one universe? Why do you want to keep "waking up" into a new matrix? Neo: That's because when I trip I become God and I love becoming God! I love becoming God because I love to create a new matrix, and then live in that matrix only to "wake up" from that matrix into another matrix and in this process destroy the old one. And why are you blaming me? You enjoy this Thomas as much as I do! You are the witness. You are the one who is always marveling at my matrices and all that happens therein. Thomas Anderson: Yes but sometimes this becomes too much for me and I have a bad trip. Neo: Bad trip good trip. Call it whatever you want. Opening the third eye will have consequences. Deal with it. Thomas Anderson visibly frustrated takes a short deep breath but then closes his eyes and looks away for a moment before slowly shaking his head and giving out a long sigh. After a few seconds he opens his eyes looks at Neo and asks: So how many matrices are there? Neo: Infinite. As many as I want to imagine and my imagination is infinite. Thomas Anderson stares into Neo's eyes. After after a few seconds Thomas Anderson takes a deep breath and says: I hope you know that one day you will be the end of me. Thomas Anderson then picks up the prescription bottle on the table, looks up at Neo and says: Let's do it then. Thomas Anderson opens the prescription bottle, closes his eyes and swallows the red psychedelic pill. The End.

[@KingII_]

@@amyth9227Lol. Good one

[@lisakanzira6765]

Ah, the movie that gave me my first existential crisis. Memories.

[@CommissarChaotic]

When we make AI in the future in this 9th iteration, and they point out some flaws in this "reality", maybe you will get a second one :)

[@napoleonsolo5929]

I got my first from Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus trilogy 10 years earlier.

[@AlloyYTK]

Ya lol

[@crisdlcruz145]

You needed a movie?

[@MaxsLEGOStopMotion]

I’m going through that, but I’m kinda overcoming it at this point

[@killerfox13]

This is exactly what I THOUGHT the plot of the movie was when I first saw it- that they had never actually left the Matrix at all- but no one else seemed to agree even though they weren't entirely sure what had just happened either!

[@Darqion]

Same here.. It became even more clear to me when , i believe the architect guy said they were getting quite adapt at destroying Zion.. That it is all a cycle. They also call Neo a glitch, and i always thought the "real" world was the 2nd level of matrix to catch the people that dont cope well with the "main matrix program" as it were. And i thought for sure it was even mentioned as such in the movie itself. I`ll watch the (very old by now :P) video and see what he has to say, but im shocked to see this is a "theory" instead of like.. the plot

[@CooKieFigHt11]

the plot of Matrix 4 & John Wick 4

[@dartheinnulfr8986]

I thought the same when I saw the whole spoon issue and then the spoon was in the real world too. It was like the boy was referencing that Neo and the others had never actually left. The other one percent would be sent to the Zion matrix as another tier of the overall matrix system.

[@nichsulol4844]

@@CooKieFigHt11 their problem of creation simulation computer limitation thing : simulation required infitine computing power and required huge amount energy consuming

[@vaevictious]

@@dartheinnulfr8986 Besides the spoon thing theres the fact that morpheus - god of dreams in roman mythology (look it up) embraced zion with his very presence. there´´s no denying that zion is another layer of the matrix and just an illusion within the plot of the film

[@juliedorman1858]

Take both pills. Red and blue, this is the only escape.

[@whycee7124]

@@BerukBar then you just cut the pills in half and then take the a half red and blue pill

[@donaldthedodo2980]

you just take a screenshot that way

[@jimijenkins2548]

@Lotus 369 What kind of mind altering substance did you take and how far above the suggested dosage did you go?

[@jimijenkins2548]

@Lotus 369 Sounds like you're FUBAR. I can't help you.

[@jakewalky73]

Lotus 369 why do you tell everyone your life

[@danachase8083]

There is a concept known as "The Golden Prison". The concept hypothesizes if you make a prison so nice that no one would want to leave you need not spend resources forcing prisoners to stay - they stay of their own volition. I have believed this theory since the movies were released; They never left the Matrix. By making people believe they had escaped the Matrix to a grittier "real world" the prisoners would never question if they were still inside. Hunting down humans in the "real world" was just to keep up the ruse. The Architect actually touched on The Golden Prison when he explained an earlier version of the Matrix gave everyone everything they could ever want - but it failed. The machines learned they had to make a prison within a prison.

[@nunu4evaaa]

dam never stop questioning ce la vie

[@Simalacrum]

Hey Matt, could you do a film theory exploring the theory that the machines in the Matrix are in fact the good guys, protecting the humans in the matrix while they fix the world that humans themselves made uninhabitable?

[@mariahcareyswife719]

that would be cool. I like that theory

[@croisaor2308]

Well that's really perspective, it's a moral question, do you value freedom over security or security over freedom? Humans in the Matrix were guaranteed a normal life under the machines, while those in Zion and the uninhabitable world were free but were living in terrible conditions.

[@connerwolf379]

+Simalacrum sorry im piggybacking off of your comment, but i just want to get this out. Matpat if you see this, please tell this in the next matrix video. i'm pretty sure i commented on this on your first matrix vid, and now that it is a topic, i just want to point out the one part when agent smith used his powers in the real world, thus supporting your previous theory. i'm talking about the part when he "possesses" an actual human, and went into the real world. I'M PRETTY SURE ROBOTS CAN'T DO THAT.

[@cheecheeyit]

That might be true but why kill the things you are helping? I mean so many people died by the machines from shootings or crashing...

[@aguynamedshiz21]

No need for a video of it, it's true.

[@noahwolcott1462]

A simulation.. inside a simulation..... INSIDE A SIMULATION

[@thetrollingclownfish9739]

Kevin fought REAL hard for that job...

[@agent_boris77]

Too loud Cynthia! Too loud and too specific.

[@tom_selleck]

Simuception.

[@chuckled125]

BWAAAAAAAAA

[@diddles976]

INSIDE OF ANOTHER SIMULATION INSIDE OF A STARBUCKS INSIDE OF ANOTHER SIMULATION!

[@byronwilliams2856]

Philip K. Dick had a story called The Defenders where humanity was forced underground after a war. They left the machines on the surface to continue that war, but the machines soon came to the conclusion that war was illogical. The machines then became unknowing caretakers for humanity pretending to continue the war, but in reality protecting those exiled to the surface and cleaning up the wartorn Earth. I wonder if a similar logic could be applied to these films.

[@grell666]

+Byron Williams This is actually an amazing idea. It works too, since the machines aren't universally malevolent. I'd say they are more or less indifferent.

[@byronwilliams2856]

+Chris Keller Thank you.

[@dinnerbell6731]

phillip k. is a the best.. love his work..

[@gamerazor247]

Oooohhh, that sounds interesting.

[@byronwilliams2856]

+Aaron Burton Yes, also Minority Report, The Man in the High Castle, Total Recall and The Adjustment Bureau.

[@anmuloced8673]

I always thought there should have been a short mid or after credits scene on the third film showing one of the minor characters in Zion experiencing a little déjà vu and then just shrugging it off.

[@cheetogod1749]

This would’ve made a lot of sense when Smith/Bane was in the real world

[@mrpubes4765]

so true

[@Hopeisforever316]

I know, that would have made more sense.

[@ocarinaplaya]

I like matpat's narration. His enunciation and mannerisms are pretty likeable.

[@un4039]

+ocarinaplaya holy shit guys its ocarinaplaya

[@ocarinaplaya]

It's october and I've been impregnated with candy. Things are gonna get weird at the end of the month.

[@humantwister9209]

ocarinaplaya BWHAAAAA

[@ColemanOuimet]

i think it's the opposite

[@flowtr2]

ocarinaplaya What does that even mean???

[@drjesusgallardo]

The matrix universe has 3 levels: 1. The matrix 2. The “real world” (necessary to give humans option and the illusion of choice) 3. Reality Nobody has escaped the matrix yet. Zion has been destroyed previously, that in itself is proof enough that the “real world” is a simulation. I knew this the moment Neo had power over the machines. Matt is correct. Hopefully we should see the next level in the sequel.

[@nichsulol4844]

the problem of simulation is needed infitine computing power

[@peterbosch8112]

Nailed it

[@peterbosch8112]

@@nichsulol4844 the matrix has infinite computing power.... human brains are used as computers neural network. That's the power they are speaking of.

[@pilipinasthetruth5977]

4. Our Reality - The audience 5. The Realest Reality where existence can explain the edge of universe and can explain life before, after and where it came and where it will go.

[@billcipher9068]

Sad truth can be easily we are just in a an simulation from an type 5 civilization

[@eyalshani414]

what if the entire simulation was created to hide from them the fact that theyre in a movie

[@laela6289]

Eyal Shani LOL

[@LOLCRAZEDmonkey]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nouUZ2WMedCsq5I

[@sammyboi4548]

Stephen 😂😂

[@glubberwalrusxx1412]

Eyal Shani trippy

[@traveler7984]

Eyal Shani SHOOK

[@Flatchlenter]

In the second movie, the Oracle offers a red pill-shaped piece of candy to Neo. This subtle moment perfectly symbolizes the idea that what they perceive to be the truth revealed by the red pill is just another thing to pacify them.

[@nurse425]

Gives more weight to Smith's line "We are not here because we are free, we are here because we are NOT free"!

[@brainpowerhill7228]

Huh...

[@hungpham-yi6xb]

Uhm I have a small question. So if the matrix is an artificial entity, and it is conforming to its prime directive, which is to create an ideal world for humans, without any suffering, then why would they be at war with actual humans? would it not be feasible, to talk to the humans, and as machines do, answer their every question. They'll probably wake up in a cryo-chamber preventing aging as well as malnutrition, have their fill of freedom at various prebuilt and preserved 'holiday centers' like robot disney land, water parks, etc etc, get bored, plug themselves in again, remind the robot program to 'let them know that everything is just a program to keep myself satisfied. And if I'm not, let me out again, until I got bored and get in again." And surely, no one would argue with that, not even the machines. Hell, if all it takes is to let the humans had their fill of real experience, just to come back to a more enhanced and fortunate version, why not? All it would take is simply a percentage of their resource to maintain said service, and that's it. And as why I suppose they would not (could not if we are fortunate) harm human's physical well being, I suggest it's encoded into it's prime directives. If anyone has played oneshot, it is the first rule, no decision should come to harm any human's physical well being. And seeing how even the most powerful of program, the arc, still want to shape this world into something that pleases his creators (customers rather), I don't see any real reason why they would go and harm humans. I mean, you wake up in a chamber, with flimsy arms and legs, faced with a sturdily built industrial standard alloy robot that can probably squish your head into a fine red pulp, why would the first option be to fight it? and if the machine itself pleases the individual, why would any harm or conflict arises? and If the human is unsatisfied, why won't he point out what the problem is? and If a solution is not present, WHY would he, the human, act aggressively to the matrix? Why would he not just design his own thing and do whatever he wants?

[@monad_tcp]

@@hungpham-yi6xb Because humans are machine's pets, humans are at war and not the machines (they already won), because that's their nature. It's a human need and to keep them satisfied some small conflict must exist and some humans will die or be harmed, the human paradise ironically is something where they're at war and is made of conflict.

[@cassiusfelix2805]

Jennifer Pyrce what

[@AmRadioDJ7332]

Nice use of Armored Core and other BGM! next time PLEASE credit the creators...Why does no one do this anymore?

[@strainofthought9142]

Here's a theory: there are three levels of the matrix. 3. The matrix 2. "Real" world. Zion/machine city 1. Original program Worlds 2 and 3 were created by and are controlled by humans. There was no war. Humans reached a point where resources were scare and so they created a system to upload their minds to. In this place they were no longer mortal and lived out every fantasy and eventually became bored. To overcome their boredom they upgraded the system to include mortality. Upon death, their conciousness would reload but their prior memories would be blocked. They would then live an endless number of lives. Each one new and unique. These lives would take place in level 3. Some would not accept the programming so level 2 was created. Not only did this serve the purpose of keeping the illusion alive but also of creating a new experience. Level 1 is the original program that all minds were loaded to. Upon death, either in level 2 or 3, everyone arrives at 1. Here their memories are fully accessible, their original human life and all of their matrix lives. They can stay in this place and create anything they wish but they will know it's not real. Or they can chose to return to the matrix as a blank slate and have "real" experiences. As stated earlier level 2 was created because some would not accept or believe it to be reality. This is because in the back of their minds they know something isn't right but dont have any memory access to back up this feeling. hintergedanken as used by alan watts is a great word to describe this.

[@Dammlee]

not only is this a really enjoyable theory , but could also be applied to our world

[@Cyber_Kriss]

@@Dammlee Of course it can. The simulation hypothesis is a real concern. Check for Nick Bolstrom's stuff.

[@Hohoho-z1r]

Matrix has escape. The matrix is in our sense because the sensory information ia the world we believe real. But the sense turns off while we are sleeping. So dream is another reality beyond the matrix. Here is link for the evidence. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmLaYmiGj8mBi5o

[@serenemountain6769]

Like in Dune , the Hero Says "The Sleeper has Awaken!" if you do not know the Truth, you remain asleep ! In the Matrix !

[@clairemarchetti2358]

Brother. Have you smoked dmt and came back with the knowledge???

[@richardfurman4294]

There is no Matrix, just a bunch of high people in the future taking stronger drugs and playing better VR Games causing a Total Recall mind game.

[@BralynFuller876]

Lol

[@nichsulol4844]

@@BralynFuller876 A.I been created have trillion ablities is ready for anything

[@BralynFuller876]

@@nichsulol4844 😳

[@kaydubsthekoifish]

OOF!

[@scag4773]

This happened to me last week

[@DanielJOropeza]

I was re-watching the movies the past week and one thing I kept thinking something similar: why does no one consider the possibility that the "real world" (where Zion is) is also a simulation. I think that once you have proof that you were living in a simulation, there's no way that you can be certain that the new reality isn't also a simulation

[@rikisuryadi9000]

triloka

[@Kosteru-des]

I agree. Similar to Inception, where they always consider that they might be inside a dream

[@dg9444]

Theory: the matrix is an immersive VR experience, like in R&M with Roy, that’s why he is the saviour, and had powers.

[@mauigio]

My new theory... is that there will be no need for AI or Skynet terminators or enslaving human beings, because the internet has made us all so incredibly, passively, dependant, docile, and addicted, to not only a sedentary lifestyle, but one which we DEMAND to be entertained to achieve that same sedentary lifestyle, due towards our conditioned shortened attention span, and obsequious hunger for narcissistic fulfillment. We won't need machines anymore, it will honestly be 5 corporations that will control everything, aided, sanctioned, and administered by 3 world governments The irony will come when AI androids try to become more real than sedated humans sitting in their Minority Report arcade-like living room control entertainment consoles Do you honestly think we are going to stop being dependant on the internet? The machines from the future have already won without ever having to plug you body for energy lol

[@mauigio]

@lolletsplay04 scary stuff indeed, theres a lot we don't, or refuse to know

[@nichsa8984]

@lolletsplay04 matpat celebrity a.k.a mad sciencetist level knowledge of holograpich universe

[@onerichzoejulien6639]

😂😂 this guys taking Roy off grid ⬆️⬆️

[@longwoodsrise]

It’s not powers it was a natural ability from his code

[@leab6109]

The thing about dying in a dream and dying in real life is a hoax. I have seen myself die in dreams 3 times, by decapitation, and I’m still alive.... unless the afterlife has really good wifi...

[@rhonchee]

You are still in the matrix.

[@Cyber_Kriss]

Talking about a bulletproof argument !

[@sparecreeper1580]

Omg I can’t like there is 69 likes

[@leab6109]

Ultimate Gamer Gotta watch out for that one struggling to ruin that perfect number

[@leab6109]

President MooMoo if I’m still in the matrix, it’s a pretty shitty one. I’d like to talk to the manager about this!!!

[@areaof]

The way I understood Morpheus asking "Is this real?" He wasn't asking about the world being real, he was in disbelief that the war was over

[@TrueJamo]

Yup. That's exactly why he said it.

[@rars0n]

Yeah, I mean that's kind of obvious, and it's also clearly intended to contrast the disbelief of that true reality versus the general disbelief of the Matrix. I think it's fun to theorize (obviously, or I wouldn't be watching this channel) and little nuggets like that are cool to point to in support of the theory, but at the same time, I think it's pretty obvious that the Wachowskis wrote it intending that Zion was real, despite all of the flaws that point to the possibility of it being not.

[@johnny1873]

Adam Baldwin I, in seeing The Wachowskis talk with people like Ken Wilber etc., know that they are very deep persons (especially Andy/Lana). I think It is quite obvious that this ”film theory” is how the Wachowskis intended it to be. I mean, the architect LITERALLY explaines that Zion is also a simulation. There is no real case for provning ”the real world” is real.

[@nichsulol4844]

@@TrueJamo when eye sleep but they're sad powerfully emotional

[@vaevictious]

Morpheus is the god of dreams in roman mythology . its no coincidence that he´s shown in Zion. add it up with the spoon scene reemerging in zion ..... and it shows that zion is just another layer of the matrix within the plot of the matrix.

[@SITE11SCP]

My personal theory is that the 'humans' in the matrix aren't really humans. Which makes sense, they were grown, not born, so maybe they're just a different species, meaning it's possible they can interact with the matrix a little bit weirdly, since they were born to.

[@subtlefeatures1087]

That’s actually a really interesting take

[@АлексейТучак-м4ч]

they resemble programs. Neo was bugged in the first movie, and then there is a thing with knowledge downloading

[@bryan6434]

@@АлексейТучак-м4ч not to mention they have built in usb ports, almost cyborgs really

[@jameswalker9244]

Neo has WiFi. That's a pretty brilliant theory.

[@MegaCityOne]

That's what I am thinking. Maybe Neo had a chip in his brain that allowed him to sense the world kinda like a video camera.

[@racheta9]

@@MegaCityOne He had code in his brain

[@brucebanner3566]

@@MegaCityOneneo just became wireless after meeting with the source and is simultaneously connected in the real world and virtual. I think film theorists is overthinking things a little bit.

[@hokusman100]

That's what I always thought. I don't understand how people have such a hard time conceptualizing that an advanced AI society would have the ability to create wireless connections. Neo's body is full of mechanical implants for crying out loud. I don't think that it's a stretch that The Oracle could have enabled wifi on one of Neo's implants with one of her cookies

[@the_genisis8954]

YAAAAY

[@kapboom_9432]

ROSES ARE RED VIOLETS ARE RED TULIPS ARE RED BUSHES ARE RED TREES ARE RED FENCES ARE RED OMFG MY GARDEN IS ON FIRE!

[@joosymoosy7214]

lol

[@guybrushmonkey97]

+Kapboom _ lmao

[@joemama-vb4rs]

+Kapboom _ Roses are red violets are red my gardens on fire help me please

[@xXdarkdekuXx]

Kapboom _ reported

[@kapboom_9432]

+thy_savior 4 what?

[@ShadowsOfEssence]

All those years ago when Neo stoped the squid with his powers, my very first thought was he was still in the Matrix. I was crestfallen when the movie was like, no he is just the chosen one.

[@nothingtoseehere8865]

William Burke someone busted out the thesaurus

[@shdowhdgehg404]

I like how u used the word crestfallen thought I was the only one....😏

[@HouseCrabChampion]

Its explained hy the oracle in the third how he was able to stop the sentinels in real life bcus his code is connected to the source all to the eay to the machine city

[@HouseCrabChampion]

No yall are all wrong this dude is clearly a dumbass making this theory. Its all explained by the oracle in the 3rd movie, why he is able to take down the sentinels in the real world. Its because Neo's code is linked to the source of the main frame thats why it almost killed him. Dont bilieve me, look it up for yourselves.

@@HouseCrabChampion u are an idiot

[@haliamyx]

I love the colour symbolism too, I'm not sure if someone already mentioned it, but in the matrix it's all green, morphious wheres a green tie, the other guy a greens shirt but in the real world it seems okay but you realise it's all blue. Even their clothes are blue/sometimes and zion is orange which is blues complimentary colour.

[@jdoodah]

the new matrix has a lot of gold if you look, beyond the obvious sunsets etc. The gritty old green matrix (that i loved the style of) is gone, sadly. But it's the Analysts version of the matrix in this one. Even the Analysts geeky glass are bright blue, suggesting blue pill, and the really obvious literal blue pills he has Neo on daily to stop him from remembering his experiences/keep him trapped in the illusion

[@pathologicaldoubt]

Neo: ... Spoon: I’m gonna end this man’s whole notion of reality

[@nichsulol4844]

schizophrenia

[@erickamakeeaina1649]

300th like

[@Rheberto]

The part of the boy sending Neo the spoon is quite simple to explain... That boy was freed from the Matrix, and now he is living in the real world, in which he just sends a regular spoon from the real world to Neo as a Souvenir.

[@DaceJ]

surprised nobody else has mentioned this.

[@mishionary8632]

i thought this was the obvious answer. The kids are at the oracles house because they are about to be freed, also why they are called orphans.

[@dystopia-0616]

but its the exact same spoon

[@Rheberto]

@@dystopia-0616 I bought a set of 6 spoons last week... They all look the same..... Are they really the same? NO... They just look the same, and that's it.

[@dystopia-0616]

@@Rheberto fair enough, but the spoon has a very particular look to it, is all im saying

[@ManiaMac1613]

Daniel O'Brien from Cracked came up with an interesting theory: What if the machines are the ones in a simulation? What if the humans knew that the machines would eventually grow too smart and rebel, and decided to link all machines with advanced A.I. to a simulation in which they won the war but still have to deal with pesky rebels who won't accept The Matrix? That way the machines are convinced they have already won, but are too busy dealing with the imperfections in The Matrix to realize that they are the ones who are actually trapped.

[@slimaklol6234]

+ManiaMac1613 damn men, lets do that irl when we make AI

[@ManiaMac1613]

DaisyMcP I did. I probably should have mentioned that.

[@ManiaMac1613]

***** But we still need the machines to perform tasks. By tricking the A.I into solving problems in their simulation they could also simultaneously solve them in the real world, just like how, according to this theory, the actions of the humans affect multiple levels of The Matrix simultaneously. The machines would still work, but they'd be docile.

[@elbenardo2715]

+ManiaMac1613 Someones watched the after hours. LOL

[@johnellizz]

+ManiaMac1613 And that would explain why Colonel Sanders is the architect of the simulated matrix. That would be a human programmer joke.

[@tiberiusblack659]

I'm pretty sure Morpheus asking "Is this real?" was him questioning if, for once, the war was actually over - not if the real world was real. Kinda like asking "Are you serious?" or "Is this really happening?"✌🏾

[@kevinazim5133]

There's no hazards in these movies

[@Silmerano]

The way Neo is able to stop the machines in the real world is simple. He figured out the machines wifi password.

[@MrLinkman477]

+Wade Wilson having password as your password....damn machines

[@melting__lead]

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm aching from laughing so hard!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! GOOD ONE!!!!!

[@grimace5800]

He put his hand in his pocket that has the router and turned it off

[@DARTHMOBIUS]

Well he was supposed to be a hacker... lol

[@harley5047]

ddos attack huehuehuehuehue

[@derekdonahue2435]

The spoon part really hit me 😲

[@crownsword8045]

Wait until you realize how you can apply this in real life. When that hits you, you will not know any words that can describe it. In fact, if you try to use words, people will say you are crazy. So just don't even try. Just apply what you've learned, don't try to convince others. Yes, I'm being serious. Take care to notice how some of the ideas in the movie hits a chord inside you. It stands out more than merely a good story. Its almost as if... there's something special about it. Something intangible but you are aware that it is there. It is not something you will reach by overthinking it. But do yourself a favor, make a decision, an intention, that you will find out what this ... feeling ... is. And trust, that even if not through any action of your own, the opportunity for you to find out will present itself and you will recognize that opportunity. There may be no red pills or white rabbits, but better strap in your seatbelt, because the ride is real. See you on the other side.

[@piiibi1018]

dmt helps :-D

[@omarcruz8838]

whats the spoon reference comkng from?? is it like the smoke from a smokeball in a magic trick?₩

[@mayphoenix4725]

BMAN488877 +Are we like the spoon also...just a lie...not real?

[@BakaryD]

Did the spoon hit you ?

[@Tyler_W]

Come on man, don't mess with my mind like this haha.

[@Tyler_W]

One question though, if the real world is just another inception of the matrix, why is it that humans still plugged into the supposed first level of the matrix are liquified to sustain the living if the real world is just another firm of the matrix? There would be absolutely no need to do that if it was just all code because the people being liquified are sustaining the people still trapped in the first level of the matrix. The while liquification thing is irrelevant if it wasn't the real world.

[@shinysunglasses3617]

+Tyler Worsham wtf did you say?

[@raymanspy95]

+Tyler Worsham What the hell are you trying to say, since that did not make any sense to me and I reread what you wrote three times, and I still don't understand what you are trying to say.

[@Tyler_W]

+Raymanspy95 a part of your misunderstanding might have something to do with my fingers being a little less precise and accidentally pressing the "i" instead of the "o". my point is this: the video proposes that the Matrix has multiple levels of existence like in the movie Inception. what I want to know is if the "real world" was just another level of the Matrix, why is it that people who die in the first level of the Matrix are liquified within their pods upon death to feed the living humans in the pods when that's basically an unnecessary measure. it's unnecessary because if the "real world" is still another level of the Matrix, the people in the pods wouldn't need to be feed with liquidated people juice because they are already in the Matrix. the people who died in the first level of the Matrix are exactly that, dead, so why are they being liquified when it serves nobody. if the supposed real world was another level of the Matrix, it makes no sense to me that people would be liquified to feed the living if it wasn't really the real world. I like the theory, but the whole liquification element confuses the theory if you ask me.

[@raymanspy95]

Tyler Worsham Well, they have to make it seem real to the ones who think they are in the "real" world. and maybe the ones who die, actually do wake up in the real world and you just never know about it.

[@JoshuaWillis89]

My favorite aspect of this theory is that we can use it to retcon the stupid “humans are batteries” thing as part of the illusion and not the actual purpose behind the Matrix.

[@ekuliyo]

I died in a dream once. I got hit by a rocket launcher. And then I thought, "wait, that can't be right" and my brain rewound the dream and I dodged the rocket.

[@LIONtib]

Same thing happened to me, but a 737 crashed on top of me.

[@ekuliyo]

You feel pain? I've never heard of that.

[@ekuliyo]

Ah yeah that makes sense. In that case that more or less happens to me...sleep on my arm and dream it's broken or whatever. But the latter I don't think I've ever had.

[@smith549371]

I've had similar experiences and the dream rewinds and changes a little bit and sometimes I feel as though I have conscious control over the changes too but I'm not sure if I realised at the time that I was dreaming or not. Brains are confusing bits of kit.

[@nualacassidy]

when ever have a near death dream I wake up before it!

[@GilWanderley]

Well, this theory is suddenly relevant with Matrix 4 being confirmed by Variety and staring Neo and Trinity even though at least one of them is dead.

[@badjano]

Beat me to it

[@romellperez5661]

yes seems like the perfect opportunity to bring the real story that the directos wanted in the first place, by now the generations are well aware of the teconolgy so it would be "less" confusing

[@meatrealwishes]

You can die only in one reality if it is not your time yet.

[@montazownianr1]

@@romellperez5661 Perfect time for selling WOKE agenda.

[@pruke8720]

has thou heard of a prequel

[@SlyRocko]

Can we just have a whole episode dedicating to understanding the Inception plot?

[@meowmeowmoogabenrules4854]

*makes inception joke*

[@ianrodriguez8525]

+Sly Rocko “Weegee” It actually is not that hard

[@phoenixoutoftheash]

+Ian Rodriguez finally someone gets it

[@hrishiv27]

BWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@ianrodriguez8525]

+Lelouch Vi Britannia Damn I just started watching the second season of your series! All hail BRITANNIA!!

[@InLohmansTerms]

Finally, after two decades, I'm not the only one going all Pepe Silvia on everybody about how Zion was part of the Matrix! Thank you.

[@emilykeepsmiling9465]

Pepe Silvia 😂😂😂😂😂 oh my god I love this comment!!!!! Hoping my reply brings you back to it 😁

[@AntoineBandele]

I've actually thought they were all in the matrix.

[@rmaand]

Wow!I didn't expect to see you here!

[@seen9252]

oh hiii

[@jasperasis5209]

Antoine Bandele ...that is because you are in the matrix... Therefore producing everything you see as matrix...

[@drac149]

OMG I watch your Avatar vs. vids I never expected you here.

[@eviloval323]

Antoine Bandele same

[@oboistas1]

The cake is a lie.

[@bongwater4282]

Cake is a lie. I love cake. WE love cake. Love is a lie. Love is hopeless.

[@matteussilvestre8583]

+Isaiah Thomas Well that escalated quickly.

[@robostanley6199]

The blue pill gave me a boner all day.

[@LakouniGr]

+oboistas1 half life 3 is a lie too :(

[@enzofurtado4912]

+LakouniGr They can't count ... to ... to... tree no what is the number that come after two? Oh yeah, is 2.1 and 2.2

[@petefaders]

This is what I thought when I saw Neo having powers in the "real" world. It's still the Matrix

[@rich1051414]

Yep, same here. It has always been my theory, in spite of everyone calling me stupid for having it. Yet, they can't explain it.

[@rich1051414]

My theory is this, Neo wasn't 'the one' of 'the matrix', that was agent smith. Smith was the one who fucked the inner matrix up. Neo was 'the one' of the 'real world' which was just another layer of the matrix, the outer matrix. The architect explains quite clearly why there needed to be multiple layers of the matrix.

[@kevinduru5478]

On top of that the architect said it would be the 6th time destroying Zion, which should be in the real world. And on top of that the Oracle predicted and knew about events in the real world like Neo' s dreams.

[@HouseCrabChampion]

No yall are all wrong this dude is clearly a dumbass making this theory. Its all explained by the oracle in the 3rd movie, why he is able to take down the sentinels in the real world. Its because Neo's code is linked to the source of the main frame thats why it almost killed him. Dont bilieve me, look it up for yourselves. The conversation with the Oracle in the third movie.

[@NickT79]

@@HouseCrabChampion explain more

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

Everyone accepts the idea of humans not making a good battery because it takes more energy to make the human body work, but no one accepts that idea for the machines needed to access "alternative fuel sources"...

[@tedarcher9120]

You need more energy to grow food to give to humans, you might just as well use that food to make biodiesel. Diesels are 50% energy efficient, humans are 0.00005% efficient

[@baishihua]

@@monkwindu erm with nuclear fusion, why on Earth do you need human batteries at all? The amount of energy to grow them is still more than the energy they produce, you can't walk around this problem.

[@warhammer8867]

​@@baishihuaI feel like they still want humanity, even thought they eliminate most of them in their war. They still give mercy even from the many peaceful choices that gave to us. But I hope it's not that I Gave No Mouth But I Want To Scream novel because that would make it worse for Matrix.

[@demonocusmetalocus3558]

The matrix wasn't destroyed 6 times it just needed to restart to install updates :)

[@keithappleby1212]

yes it was written by the same guys that created microsoft windows. lol

[@ghenulo]

One would hope that the matrix is better designed than 'doze. Linux doesn't require to restart to install updates. Even the kernel can now be updated at runtime.

[@Ezio999Auditore]

Smith: "It's over Neo! i-" *Windows 10 is installing updates* *0% complete*

[@ERRORNAMENOTFOUND-ez6pu]

Marijan Karaula hahahahahahahahaha **deep breath** hahahahahahahaha so relatable lol

[@Ezio999Auditore]

Hahah!

[@AridersLifeYT]

everyone knows USB sticks have 3 sides, First side dont work, Second side dont work, 3rd side works.

[@mathgeniustb9973]

I have mastered the art of getting it on the first try

[@ThePipeMonk]

It's true !!

[@tucker8676]

USB type A is 4-dimensional

[@zurielbabida8162]

BikeStuff what?

[@MrMetsakurat]

I never got this joke. I mean, you have to be an idiot to insert it the wrong way. Do you insert any other powerplug the wrong way? Nope. If you're able to actually tank your fucking car you're able to insert the USB stick in the right way in the first try. The problem here is that nowadays the world is filled with lazy, spoiled brats who can't even take 5 seconds to look which way they should insert a USB stick. A task as simple as taking a piss.

[@rosemarywilliams9969]

This is why the Matrix as a whole represents our own reality. If you think too hard about it, you will shut down lol so sit back eat some sugar and enjoy the show.

[@ultravioletron]

Who else came here after watching the Matrix: Resurrections 2021 trailer and excited to see the actual reality beyond all the layers of Matrix?

[@guitarboy0211]

Exactly. Seems like the writers went off of this video and the trailer strongly implies this is true.

[@ultravioletron]

@@guitarboy0211 I think it was planned from the original trilogy. The monologue of the architect, Neo being able to control machines in the so called "real" world made me believe that.

[@P.WPlays]

Me

[@keksi6844]

Neo has been DREAMING entire time as in first movie he "wakes up" with words Wake up,Neo but in reality he is just dreaming.

[@Arcticiris]

The reality beyond all the Matrix Layers is our literal world. I wonder what’s beyond that.

[@frankbrown4780]

I just figured that spoon boy had been freed from the matrix and was currently living in Zion.

[@wanderleycunha6577]

he was free at the final

[@nichsulol4844]

@@wanderleycunha6577 the matrix if everyone wake up to built planet real colonize

[@smithyofnormandy5144]

HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!' Who in their right mind hates matpat's voice! It's honestly 50% of the entertainment

[@twinkiephobe2915]

It seems the matrix is film theorie's version of fnaf in game theory

[@3DPlanets]

+Twinkie Phobe With far less internet cancer.

[@sugarsri]

+tbh1138 "internet cancer" XD

[@vVAstrAVv]

+Twinkie Phobe im not complaining dont like fnaf dont like the matrix but i like their videos on them lol

[@shane55pwnt]

Not really. He's also done 2 Game of Thrones videos and 2 Doctor Who videos.

[@somethingciremovies1651]

+Twinkie Phobe It's starting to look that way lol.

[@MochaMei113]

Matpats voice and narration is always enthusiastic, he seems like he loves doin’ what he does and I’m dumbfounded that people think that Mats voice is annoying or obnoxious!

[@TF2Scout..]

Indeed

[@Jo-zi5px]

He’s just so engaging and very upbeat when talking. You either want to listen to his theories or not , I like it 😂💯. Leave the haters be

[@MochaMei113]

@@Jo-zi5px exactlyyyyyyyy

[@gilbrandon123]

Please do why storm troopers have really bad aim

[@heedmywarning2792]

+gilbrandon123 bad helmet design.

[@lunareclipse8573]

+gilbrandon123 It is theorized that they purposefully did not aim to kill the main characters on Vader's or the Emperors orders.

[@Gillymonster18]

+gilbrandon123 Maybe like a reverse order 66? Plant a subliminal command that disables them from actively aiming. That and bad helmet design. And too many hip shots.

[@DavidWillanski]

They're right handed, but their blasters are designed for left handed people.

[@mayankimmortal]

DO IT!!!

[@KevWebsz]

OMG you're right! That scene didn't have a lap dance!

[@Ranger1812]

+mrdoe97 Still a woman.

[@ramsaysnow9196]

+KevWebsz SMITH IS THE ANOMALY,HE VAS SO HUMAN IN THE FIRST MOVIE AND THE OTHER AGENTS WERE JUST MACHINES,SMITH VAS THEYR LEADER COUSE HE IS THE BEST AGENT IN THE MATRIX HE UNDERSTANDS HUMANS,HIS PROGRAM IS WHAT THE MATRIX NEEDS,THE ONLY PROBLEM IS YOU CANT MAKE AN MACHINE UNDERSTAND HUMANS WITHOUT MAKING IT HUMAN SO THAT IS THE ANOMALY THAT THE SOURCE UY COULDNT FIX,AND IT IS CLEAR WHY ITS UNFIXABLE!

[@Zacharyg5]

+KevWebsz I'd like to point out that the sin counter, in base 2, is 69 in base 10.

[@36nuts18]

+Ramsay Snow what?

[@manwe1532]

+Ramsay Snow well good job you made me hate you even more

[@amyhoyle8927]

But if this is true, then there is no proof that the robots are real, why couldn't it be humans doing this to them? Testing a new online world, or even an online prison, where each prisoner has there own matrix, and they stay in that one matrix till there body dies or there stretch is up.

[@Jordan_C_Wilde]

+ryan hoyle Wow wow wow didn't Morpheus say something that they were all criminals or hackers or something before they got into the matrix ?? What if that's the reason they got into this prison ?? O.o

[@GruntDestroyarChannel]

oh.... better go rethink my life brb

[@gonzomuse]

+ryan hoyle And, if everyone is in the Matrix why would the "machines" make them aware of what they are doing, unless of course it's not! Once you go down the "Nothing is real" hole then you can make up any scenario. I would have thought the Wachowskis would have left some better clues if this was really the case.

[@DasAntiNaziBroetchen]

+Mark Bowyer They explained that the humans need a mind in order to stay alive. Therefore they created the matrix. I might misunderstand your question though.

[@gigisilk798]

+ryan hoyle mind. blown

[@thisismyname007]

The City of the Living Dead, a short story by Laurence Manning and Fletcher Pratt originally published in Science Wonder Stories in 1930, has sometimes been claimed as an influence on The Matrix. In fact the story incorporates a number of concepts that would later be hailed as revolutionary when the cyberpunk writers rediscovered them half a century later.

[@ArchonPook]

The Matrix being multiple levels deep has been my favorite theory since it was announced there'd be sequels. I've felt strongly the movies would have been better if they'd stuck to that idea.

[@OfMiceAndMegabytes]

Matriception.

[@human3213]

But it's still wrongly used It's still a theory

[@vinayk7]

Can't agree more ; but I really got scared on this thought "What if they all (including Neo,Morpheus etc) are just oblivious programs running in matrix's mainframe with humanity gone extinct long back ?"

[@rahimgaming5719]

Omg!

[@Theelectroarcheologist]

Well here's another thought what if the humans in the matrix aren't human in the real world? What if in the real world humans never existed at all? But then again what is real?

[@vinayk7]

:0

[@vinayk7]

+theelectrokitten You mean to say humanity was created just as an abstraction by the architect and incepted in some programs to find what would it be like? But then question is who created him? Aliens ? or was it the nature just the way it created our biological life forms.

[@yuenglingking]

+Vinay K actually...the matrix is humanity's answer to rogue AI. it is the prison that saved our race

[@Xartab]

-But where did you go to high school, Neo? (Pause) -...in the Matrix. -The machines tell elegant lies. -(In a small voice) Could I please have a real physics textbook? -There is no such thing, Neo. The Universe doesn't run on math. HPMoR

[@Xartab]

Dr.Science you mean the missed "go to"? That's not bad grammar, that's bad typing and editing.

[@Xartab]

+Dr.Science fixed, by the way.

[@KinseySwartz]

Well, he correctly used the vocative comma. That trumps any simple typo.

[@bonoki3870]

this is the most insightful episode you ever did. it makes me rewatching the films with more depth. i can't wait for you to dissect Tenet. thank you.

[@quickattackfilms7923]

There's a theory that the whole plot, the entire series, is actually inside of the ROBOTS heads so that they don't overrule us. They get bombarded with "Humans will win!" messages all day, so logically, they don't revolt.

[@quickattackfilms7923]

But that's just a theory... A MOVIE THEORY!

[@sultanaljuhani1571]

+Quick Attack Films That would be the best plot-twist in the history. thanks for sharing

[@quickattackfilms7923]

Sultan Alrefaie Yeah, lol it'd be pretty awesome. It's not my own theory, I don't take credit for this. It's one from Cracked, but I thought it was pretty cool.

[@SteenG3yL]

+Quick Attack Films This was explained in a Cracked "After Hours" video.

[@a_youtuberk.4227]

+Quick Attack Films Meh.. pretty easy to say it's just a simulation.... inside a computer designed to produce sci-fi action films.....

[@michaeldmingo1525]

Knew it all along. Neo shouldn't have powers in the "Real World" so it couldn't be the Real World.

[@gokudrip8693]

Same lmao

[@egekahraman8985]

I first thought he influanced codes in the macines but this makes more sense

[@Sharp_3yE]

Neo is connected to the source. It's the real world.

[@ifiwantyoutofeel]

@@Sharp_3yE yup your right 👍

[@RedJAM47]

@@Sharp_3yE you got a point

[@Nolan__H]

Mat pat does so much research he should be a least in the top ten for KZbinrs

[@GogiRegion]

(+Nolan Harvey) He's too smart for them.

[@InimicalWit]

That the “real world” was another layer of the Matrix is what I thought we were being told, finally evidenced by the end of “Reloaded”; that the third movie would be about Neo finally waking everyone up for REAL for the first time since it all began. I was really disappointed when we were given this “the powers of the One extend beyond the Matrix” (or whatever the quote is) line in the third movie. Oh, well.

[@tedarcher9120]

Doesn't mean it's true

[@Tw1s7]

A lot of Game/Film Theory videos put me in a deep emotional/depression state. Thanks, MatPat.

[@rufflesthegreat2264]

i see u alot

[@Tw1s7]

Ruffles the great Not lately tho

[@rufflesthegreat2264]

***** yes i do

[@Tw1s7]

Mc Karl They are so thought provoking that I just go deep. I'm a deep thinker.

[@Tw1s7]

Mc Karl It's quite possible. A layer within a layer. Makes me want to see an Inception video.

[@shuvospeaking3250]

2021: This theory came true in the new Matrix 4.

[@ivxwiv6692]

most likely YES, since Trinity is alive

[@nichsulol4844]

@@ivxwiv6692 self-aware sentient in multiverse escaped: *computer goal achieved has reached the true* welcome to the desert of real

[@CooKieFigHt11]

2022

[@JP-se5kf]

It better be

[@HOTD108_]

@@nichsulol4844 The multiverse isn't real.

[@erwinbrehme3329]

8:20 Fun fact: Defibrillators don't restart the heart - they shut it down so you can give it another strong impulse to make it work without beating rate like klitschko

[@monicasimmons3641]

Erwin Brehme that’s what the word restart means. When you restart a computer it shuts itself off then reboots itself

[@star_gaz3r33]

😂 this made laugh so much! This dude is the ONE, the dumb one that is hahahahah

[@chaosbalanced]

Neo’s Power works everywhere because he still in the Matrix or because hes finally freeing his mind everywhere !!

[@GlennDavey]

You can't have powers in reality, so it must have still been inside a computer, which is the only place you can "free your mind".

[@lmeza1983]

what if the one is just a chosen human by the machines to be upgraded with chips in their brain? That would explain many things including the ability to read machine code, process data way faster and connect wireless to the matrix.

[@ThatguyNice]

I took the blue pill and the red pill and all I saw was purple rain and a strange musical androgynous symbol.

[@369Æchilles]

David Bowie nice

[@uknowwhodontyou921]

Nice Prince reference! May he rest in peace.

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

Nice Michael Jackson lyric!!!

[@nichsa8984]

never trust the cake and cake is lie even everything you see is lie

[@stateofopportunity1286]

Chocolate Rain!

[@tadasuko8935]

Ok, so I can accept this whole entire theory, but then what IS the machines plan?!

[@zashgekido5616]

Neural network?

[@MewMewMewtu]

Maybe there are no machines at all. It could be humans, who clone people for harvesting organs and they put those people in the matrix so they wont complain or some shit. Or prisoners which are in some kind of stasis

[@christreigns2524]

+Julian H I think that it definantly could be prisoners.

[@lordzphyr]

Assimilation.

[@temetyly]

Most important question. If we place the whole movie "in the matrix", the entire movie is a charade and we learn nothing (Including the architects whole speech, since it'd be part of the show - including the machines as well actually haha - there might not even be machines or some plot). Unless the movie 'power source/neural network' plot is meant to mirror the real real world, in which case the movies plot would just move up a level, with a "one" coming from a higher level of reality as well. The only way it wouldn't would be is if you couldn't actually leave the matrix at all from within it. Which begs the question, why do the whole charade for humans at all? I suppose a tentative response could be that to properly work as a power source/neural network, human brains would need to be kept working and busy, and the matrix does that function for the machines, allowing them to go about their everyday business haha. That's following with the reasoning, but I'm still not ssure I'm convinced of the vids point , though I do find it fun to think about. I'm gonna paste this as a normal comment to, since I think it pertains more generally to

[@nm93932]

05:15 lol "im liking those odds." 😂OMG😂 👏Bravo for making me laugh.

[@avoprim5028]

9:51 - Full scene: Spoon Kid: Do not try, and, bend the spoon, that’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth. Neo: What truth? Spoon Boy: There is no spoon.

[@anthonygaydotcom]

Yep. Even death is not an escape. You'll just be recycled into a new body.

[@anthonygaydotcom]

@Karen luvs Jesus belief is merely unprovable opinion. Knowledge exists if you care to find it.

[@edwinkandjii4146]

@Sheila collins where you see that???

[@Batman-jm7np]

That's life and reincarnation

[@kiefer889]

dead by matrix

[@hecki3528]

How you that?

[@cyssero215geechiest2]

I agree with this one too... I also believe that neo is an anomaly just like agent smith... Smith is the anomaly on the machine \program side of creation and neo is the human anomaly of creation... two different creations with the same anomaly problem to what would be a perfect harmony of mathematical precision... (Architect voice)... But that's just a film theory (Matt voice) this is fun lol

[@AcaciaTreeTV]

CYSSERO 215 Geechiest well of course he is the anomaly. That is literally the purpose of his creation. He is everything wrong with the system put into one single being.

[@BigJeremyBeyer]

Neo is the anomaly. When he jumped into Smith, part of the anomaly code imprinted and created an equal opposite duplicate. I think it was pretty clear.

[@MyWatchIsEnded]

I like the sound of Neo being the pseudo-gravemind of humanity in the form of a man while Smith is the same except in the image of the machines. They are a dualistic relationship of a marriage between man and machine eternally at war.

[@taoist32]

CYSSERO 215 Geechiest They are Yin and Yang. The two complementary forces that create the universe. They are both literally the foundation of the matrix program.

[@Black_pearl_adrift]

Now do one about frozen...

[@phantom9in]

Funny thing about this, when I went and saw the movie with friends, and Neo stopped the "squiddies" in the real world, I said to my friends "they are still in the Matrix, it has multiple levels."

[@Spliffcraniums]

Once Neo spoke to the “Source” or Architect he became a WiFi signal between the Matrix and the “Real World” that’s why he seemed to carry his powers over after that interaction

[@akhenatten]

My theory: The Matrix wasn't actually created by machines at all. It was created by some producer as an attempt to entrap Keanu Reeves and protect the rest of the world from his emotionless acting, but the Wachowskis somehow snuck in a camera and filmed the whole thing. Those bastards!

[@bobpolo2964]

There is no Keanu

[@redjirachi1]

What if the Matrix is actually there to trap the machines? It's actually an advanced simulation to test artificial intelligence so SKYNET doesn't happen

[@bobpolo2964]

John Porteous sounds interesting

[@akhenatten]

+John Porteous what if there are no machines at all...the Matrix was created by humans as a means of preserving our consciousness in a giant supercomputer thousands or millions of years ago. Each level of escaping the Matrix is just another level inside the computer's program, in reality there is no escape for we have given up a material existence for a virtual one long ago. The levels are there to simulate struggle, defeat, and surrender to keep us satisfied that life serves some kind of purpose.

[@appizano592]

+akhenatten for what purpose?

[@kdawgnation464]

My brain hurts this theory is so convincing I’m actually considering it

[@wokewoods6033]

U are 100 percent in

[@kinglex2805]

Same

[@HenryMusic255]

WOW.. it's actually true.. How else could the little orphan boy have sent the spoon.. How else could Neo have powers in the real world unless it wasn't the real world..?

[@ToriRocksAmos]

Maybe the boy just told the guy to give neo any spoon? Not this one specifically. It looks kinda shitty, compared to the spoons in the first movie.

[@HenryMusic255]

lol, yh.. The spoon in the 1st one was stainless steel, lol

[@FIREGOD333]

u guys r so dumb..... THERE IS NO SPOON

[@GROENAASMusic]

What if the orphan boy was actually disconnected and saved from the matrix and made the spoon afterwards? I can't believe people didn't think of that.

[@HenryMusic255]

yh.. that..

[@umairrajpoot7568]

This is a great theory, it also goes along with a quote from Agent Smith in the first movie, that "humans define their reality through misery".

[@grey3247]

"there is no spoon" BOOOM

[@rkeriadavis790]

I'M DYING

[@ava5219]

+Jason McCann spork?

[@black7594]

+Jason McCann bowl

[@LordOfLove69]

infinite Mana

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

I came out with this theory back while we were waiting for episode 3 to come out. However i had one major difference. In my theory not only was the so called "real world" another layer of the Matrix but also it was not created from a war between man and machine. The Matrix was created due to man destroying the earth's environment and therefore we created the Matrix to save mankind from extinction by our own hand and the machines were simply caring for mankind. Those that rejected the Matrix were given Zion and the rebellion seeing the machines as the enemy to fight against simply because that's what that segment of the population needed.

[@germanfan6481]

Maybe the 1% of the people who rejected Zion where realized into the real world in a artificial biosphere.

[@REDPUMPERNICKEL]

Luc - You'll have to call it 'our' theory from now on because it occurred to me too. And I'll bet there's many of us out there. But I think the seed of our perspective, at least in my case, was planted long, long ago by... " 'The Machine Stops' is a science fiction short story (12,300 words) by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review (November 1909), the story was republished in Forster's The Eternal Moment and Other Stories in 1928. After being voted one of the best novellas up to 1965, it was included that same year in the populist anthology Modern Short Stories. In 1973 it was also included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two. " and by... at least one episode of the original Star Trek in which a 'landing party' encounters a planet in which the people inhabit an underground virtual reality... which very well may have been inspired by E. M. Forster's story. Cheers!

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

@@REDPUMPERNICKEL Nice... "our story", like it. Much better that being the only freak lol. Let's not forget spocks brain.

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

@@REDPUMPERNICKEL Have you watched metropolis and what did you get out of it?

[@REDPUMPERNICKEL]

@@The1stDukeDroklar In another direction - What was the funniest moment in the movie trio? I propose Neo's question, "Am I dead" as a prime candidate. Do you have another?

[@saulw6270]

What if you took both pills

[@ThinkerHaistTV]

+Regal Johnston 😕

[@royrieder2113]

Yeah. You become aware of the matrix, but are unable to escape it and gain no control over it from your awareness.

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

Experience talking here?

[@musicprofile1841]

+triigga s what if he just walked away instead of taking a pill?

[@selenedaqueen7069]

+triigga s you'll be in the matrix with a hard on XD

[@MoonLight-yt3wf]

This is a cool theory but the part about the spoon can actually be explained ridiculously easily. Neo or another resistant guy, freed the kid from the Matrix(or the first layer however you want to call it) and then the kid sends Neo the spoon, to either thank him or wish im luck or something to tell him to don't forget about the spoon while you're in the matrix.

[@solaceboy]

So in theory, the machines won and were never stopped. The trilogy where the villains not only won, but were always the winner; in theory of course.

[@helios5868]

+Solaceboy Actually, no. This is where the theory breaks down. The entire reason the machines would need a secondary matrix was because people would eventually figure out they were in a matrix. That's why the outside is in a constant state of war, to distract them from noticing that they are still in the matrix. However, the war ends at the end of the third movie. This means that the people of Zion are no longer distracted and will eventually realize they're still in the matrix.

[@PKMN5Ds]

+helios5868 Tbf tho, they've destroyed Zion 5 times. Maybe after the credits roll, more machines rain in and destroy Zion entirely, leaving all the revolters who chose reality dead

[@PKMN5Ds]

+helios5868 Then simply reset the Matrix and repeat

[@danielsantarosa101]

+Solaceboy But did the machines win, or were humans who won over other humans? Since we have no idea of which layer and how would the supposedly real world be, we have no idea if the machines actually did develop such smart AI or if they are in the end being controlled by humans. In the end, the whole Matrix might just be a video game, and not some sick plot to enslave humans.

[@helios5868]

+PKMN 5D's So, you're saying that the machines gave up an absolute victory (ie the one returning to the source and the absolute destruction of zion) just to claim victory later killing people they might not have had to kill and also have to reset the entire Matrix (which I can't imagine would be easy)? Wouldn't it be so much easier just to keep going after Neo saved the Matrix? Here are the possibilities I see, copied and pasted from another comment of mine. [TL,DR, Neo is probably the one and perhaps Smith is too.] Option 1: Somehow the operators of The Matrix (whoever they are) were genuinely moved by Neo's sacrifice at the end of the movie and genuinely were willing to let people leave The Matrix. Perhaps you could read Smith as a virus that would have destroyed their beautiful machine or their lives work or something like that, and thus he moves them to mercy and allows people to break through each layer and, eventually, leave. This has a certain charm to it, but it means assuming some kind of character development for characters we've never seen. It means constructing so much action outside of what the movies show us that it's far more complex than the explanations that do work to excuse these problems. Option 2: The matrix is the movie franchise itself. Think about it. Movies are very convincing worlds built by...machines that are ultimately using the people in those worlds to power themselves (films earn money which is used to pay for the electricity that powers the cameras and computers that make the world). However, that makes the ending...meaningless. It ends up being Neo just...giving people a happy ending in order to complete the movie and end The Matrix that way. Option 3: You (Matt) were wrong and the outside Matrix serves an entirely different purpose. What that purpose could be is a complete mystery to me. Frankly, it's far more likely that all the "extra human" abilities that Neo manifests all come from him having a closer than normal connection to The Matrix and the machine's associated with it while being being in the real world. There being a secondary Matrix would explain some of the shortcomings of the third movie, but really, I read the movies like this: The Matrix was about how people with power can manipulate people into viewing the world so that their power cannot be questioned, The Matrix Reloaded was about how even methods of rebellion can be used to control people, and Revolutions was all about how even people who are genuinely trying to fight control can be corrupted by the systems they are rebelling against i.e. the directors. What this means is that Neo MUST be the one and Smith is, at best, the yang to Neo's yin making him also the one.

[@Gaaaaaamer]

8:03 The Machines probably engineered the artificial humans a little differently. 10:31 The boy probably got unplugged not long after they met.

[@adampatterson7248]

This shit crazy but it makes sense 😥

[@carlz2692]

Honestly I always wondered why everyone was so sure they weren't still in the Matrix after they unplug themselves. Personally I wouldn't believe anything was real after that.

[@TheKeyser94]

+Carl Z Maybe because they were unplugged of a giant power plant controlled by machines? And could see the bodies of every men, woman and children still plug in their pods, that was enough confirmation that they were in the real world. Even that MatPat is wrong in a lot of things, because he miss the whole point of the Architect dialogue.

[@carlz2692]

TheKeyser94 But why would they take that as confirmation? How could they trust what they were seeing, considering they just left a virtual world? Obviously near-perfect virtual worlds can exist, since they've just left one.

[@TheKeyser94]

Carl Z Because the worlds of every captain when they would chose between the blue or the red pill: "I would show you the true, nothing more, after this there is no turning back."

[@carlz2692]

TheKeyser94 Right... but how do they know that's the truth? How does Morpheus know what's the truth? Just because he says it doesn't make it true.

[@TheKeyser94]

Carl Z Yeah, but they had search it for so long. Wondering what was the Matrix that finally they reached to the end of the rabbit hole, they would take everything as true. More if they have a violent exposure as waking up in the power plant.

[@ConStins70]

It's not physical energy, it's spiritual energy. Vast difference. Spirit has massive energy, limitless. Everyone misses that.

[@lilprincekilla]

Little too late on this theory Film Theorist. Agent Smith (the so called real one) stated this in Reloaded saying "we're not here because we're free we're simply here because we are not free." But that's just a theory, A COMMENT THEORY! Thanks for reading......

[@pepperfellover]

... I like you

[@lilprincekilla]

Pawsitive Scamp ....I like you too I guess.....

[@pepperfellover]

;-;

[@6d653]

+LilPrince Killa not even a theory just a quote

[@lilprincekilla]

6D65

[@tobito9730]

I once died in one of my dreams. And I still live

[@tracyblanchard7663]

Tobito TV I got fucking impaled on a harpoon in a dream of mine. Not dead, but there was some fittingly creepy sleep paralysis on the side where I got impaled in my dream.

[@Pernection]

Robert Blanchard I got shot in the back in mine but i turned over and looked up at the ceiling and it opened up with sun light coming in and a silhouette of a man reached out to me and the next thing I heard is "i got him". Come to find out some kids were runnning past the house and that was one of their voices but the timing was uncanny.

[@RegularCupOfJoe]

Tobito TV ever have a dream where you die but you're still seeing through the eyes of your dead body in the dream? Like, that scene from RoboCop?

[@tobito9730]

Glass.Cannon No. Just in 3rd person

[@kobathedread]

And I killed someone in one of my dreams. And the cunt's still alive somewhere.

[@lilsaprel6725]

1% of that 1% be like: Matpat, I’m about to ruin your whole career

[@nichsulol4844]

all humanity could be just fantasy on a holograpich substance hallucination

[@gokudrip8693]

@@nichsulol4844 Bro, it's dumb if you accully think all humanity is a fantasy.

[@benkirk6880]

Excellent theory and would have been a much better script for this latest update to the matrix

[@brandonlee9077]

God, Resurrections made me want to throw up.

[@Jaies_]

Well, if there are many layers, what is the ACTUALLY REAL REAL REAL world then?

[@AbandonedVoid]

Heaven.

[@cxtch8997]

There is no real world. After the collapse a computer generated smart AI

[@annietrinity1833]

+PieNinjaProductions | Gaming and IRL! Well the beauty of that theory is that it fixes the problem of the wish fulfillment aspect of the Matrix. It undermines the initial contentions that if you're NEO, then you're special, and your REAL life is just around the corner. Abandoned Void inadvertently brought up how this ties into the real world: there are so many people focused on some concept of the afterlife, because it's easy to think you can just climb a level of consciousness to remedy our boredom. If there's no escaping the Matrix, then we have to go back to caring about the world we exist in, not a hypothetical other.

[@mikesholler27]

+PieNinjaProductions | Gaming and IRL! it doesn't matter. reality is what you make of it. the reality you are personally living in may not be REAL. you have no ultimate way of knowing what matters is. which reality is real to you?

[@isogash]

Maybe: humans created a super intelligent self-improving AI and tasked it with keeping the human race alive and happy forever. The AI's is the architect. It created multileveled matrixes just to keep the humans alive and happy whilst doing all of the other sciency stuff that AI does without interruption (Von Neumann machines, Dyson spheres etc.)

[@WK_MERCURY]

12:15 "Red or blue, take either pill. It doesn't matter which one because you'll still be trapped in the machine" That eerily reminds me of the current political situation in America. Conservative vs Liberal, left vs right. What if our philosophy on life doesn't change the human condition; we are damned to an existence of chaos, brought on by each other, with death as the only escape.

[@bejitah]

CristianV88 Left wing, right wing, same damn bird.

[@lw_rbit_in_fartz_3415]

Truest shit tho

[@JB-sv5pr]

Trump or Hillary which ever you choose your still fucked and trapped

[@Fannystark007]

CristianV88 40Mio people having health care see that different (hopefully)

[@WK_MERCURY]

MIllions of people used to think blacks were less than human. Does that mean they were correct? And what does health care have to do with this?

[@mistressofthedark5775]

Overall pretty good theory but with some small errors: 1. The brain controls everything including the circulatory system. So, if we are in the matrix and they hit us and we start bleeding, it could be possible to bleed in the "real world" as your body actually feels the hit like if it was real. Just like some people start bleeding out of their nose while dreaming something that is making them stressed. The brain at that moment thinks that that is real, and the matrix feels even more real than a dream. 2. When the heart stops the brain keeps working for around 6 minutes, making possible the resuscitation of someone whose heart stopped. BTW sorry if I misspelled something, English is not my first language.

[@pigi1004]

Here are errors in your errors: The brain will not hurt its owner. The best case I have is a Lucid Dream, a dream so real you can sometimes misjudge as reality. Even the brian is like that, if you have a Lucid Dream about you asking someone for a date and you agree on a time, when you wake up, you might actually think it was real BUT it is not dangerous. Any physical harm can ever happened because it's inside your head and your head won't believe it.

[@tron0150]

@@pigi1004 Brain not hurting body not because it can't, but because it evolve not to do it. With direct control over brain like with cable, you can in theory bypass inner limiters and make body hurt itself.

[@hugoperez3110]

ok but what if you break your leg in the matrix? How is your brain going break you leg while lying down in the chair in the "real world" ?

[@jasperowens1669]

Man old film theory is so much better

[@duaelfilms]

MATRIX 4... this theory might be more relevant than we realized.

[@bluecrow3748]

It’s true . It might as well became something real .

[@danielsaunders4058]

You take the blue pill-the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill-you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more.

[@shredBucketheadshred]

you take the blue pill and you wake up in bed....with a boner

[@avi-sb5lb]

You take the green pill- you go on a sick acid trip

[@bobv7522]

Wait wait wait, doesn't the Matrix in a Matrix theory completely change how this line should be analyzed? Like, what if the choice was blue for waking up in the real real world while red was to go deeper into the Matrix, like, as a twisted way of the program to abuse human courisity to trap the mentioned 1 % even deeper in the system?

[@thomas-stilinski8149]

@@shredBucketheadshred im surprised that isn't on pornhub

[@kainuipenaloza9395]

Red

[@dragon3010lol]

what happens if you take both pills?

[@younghundead]

dragon3010lol then you are rude for bot sharing

[@dragon3010lol]

younghundead bot sharing? what the hell are you talking about?

[@younghundead]

dragon3010lol *for not sharing, serious? Can't even guess the sentence when there is 1 letter wrong😂 i wonder how smart you are

[@dragon3010lol]

younghundead I thought you said bot sharing intentionally which in this case would make no sense. and about that last part yeah you're not going to find out

[@TTTristan1]

You're ripped in half. One side goes back to the matrix and the other goes to Zion.

[@oofman6000]

THE NEW MATRIX MOVIE CONFIRMS THIS imagine matpat making a correct prediction theory. lmao

[@bard5865]

What i have heard from some specilation is that the Neo we see in the New Matrix is but a copy of the real Neo who died

[@generallymexican8978]

Oh cool William. I was wondering if I'd see new comments from people talking about the new trailer.

[@RightWingRadioShow]

@@bard5865 Neo from the movies is already a copy.

[@lmeza1983]

Not yet, however makes something clear to me, Neo is indeed the one, Agent Smith was the anomaly. Also it creates a new question, what is the machines real prime directive? Plugging Neo back to the matrix or resurrecting his mind does nothing but complicate things "withing" the matrix, the real world stays the same no matter what. My new theory is that the machines want to save mankind from extinction and their self destructive ways, otherwise all this struggle is meaningless. Machines are so advanced that they don't need humans at all, as Matt said anything is a better source of energy than a human (the brain network computing is also kinda useless since they need the processing power to run the matrix itself and it could easily be changed to real processors if all humans died) they have no problems going to the moon so they could build a solar stations in space and redirect all the energy they need from it. If you consider this everything makes a little more sense, Neo was chosen to be an upgraded human (maybe brain implants) to pacify human minds in the matrix and Agent Smith was the glitch, this mathematical error put real human lives in danger in a massive scale, the machines just had to restart the server they never were in any real danger of losing control or anything.

[@RightWingRadioShow]

@@lmeza1983 The prophecy is fake. It's created by the oracle to control zion and get close to the anomaly so she can program him to return to the source(cookies, candy). The anomaly trades zion for the rest of humanity that is still plugged in by returning to the source, preventing the matrix fron collapsing and killing everyone. The architect explains this. Zion is basically a recycle bin that needs to be cleaned out every couple of decades. Neo is the anomaly.