The Science of the Matrix with Laurence Fishburne

[@StarTalk]

If our universe were a simulation like in The Matrix, what clues do you think we could look for to uncover the truth about its nature?

[@DrUmarsBurner]

“Aliens” refusing to openly invade or visit our planet, despite the presumptions that intelligent life likely exists somewhere in the multiverse we theorize 😂

[@WillPecker-ej4rd]

Simply Marvelous

[@j2323j]

The sun always blocking our vision , loke they don’t want us looking that way at all and if you do RIP

[@TheMcEwens419]

Repeating oddities that science can’t explain, and Morpheus talking to Neil….!😂

[@GarboFlow]

In The Matrix, Neo just spends his time getting high and looking for conspiracy theories over the Net. Then the guys from outside find him and wake him up. If our Matrix is as well built as in the movie, it's better for your mental health to say f**k it and live your actual life unworringly. If someday the guys come to wake you up, hey that's a nice surprise.

[@DeadRosesinAugust]

I am autistic and have extreme ADD. It's the first time in a very long time i could sit so still for an entire hour just listening to these two. Something about their chemistry seemed like a dance between both their souls and i was just enthralled the entire time. To know these two are real life friends gave me such a happy feeling inside. And that feeling of wanting to be a fly on the wall to continue to see their interactions through life became a fleeting wish. Please, listen to our voices StarTalk team: please have Mr. Fishburne back as a guest.

[@Noticeonly]

Whoever thought of this matchup needs to be protected and given a raise

[@aninhapmr]

Agreed

[@elijahlevor8727]

For real

[@Fuzzled369]

Post Malone and Theo von

[@pablohcm]

Str8 up 👍🏾💯

[@emoducksauce7405]

IMMEDIATELY

[@kierankress5682]

Love it when Neil has a genuine friend in the chair, the chemistry is so dynamic its addictive.

[@mathiasburen1]

This phenomenon transcends the individuals involved; I'd wager it's the connection itself that is attractive rather than the people. (not mutually exclusive)

[@spacebar77]

Yes, though I love what they got with Chuck as well, more silly jokes there 😂

[@Bradley_UA]

still talk over him a lot though... I mean thats jut neil i guess

[@Randomyoutuber3764]

​@Bradley_UA that's why he is Neil- THE ONE!

[@maxkilroy3014]

Spooky action at a distance for me too. I almost wiped a tear. Love Startalk. 😪😅

[@NoicesVoicesAfrica]

This whole conversation is so wholesome! I didn’t think I needed this but clearly I enjoyed every bit!

[@Silvia6]

I love the Matrix, the plot, the cast, the dialogues, it was just perfect. It’s one of my all time favourite movies.

[@penny6484]

The first matrix is absolutely phenomenal

[@TimeTravelExplorer]

Agreed!! ✨💖

[@dani2.0123]

​@@penny6484Hell yeah it is, everything in that movie is perfect

[@Hal2718]

The premise that humans are used as batteries is pretty dumb for several reasons, but otherwise yes, it's a pretty entertaining movie.

[@dani2.0123]

@@Hal2718 I respect your opinion

[@georrodi]

This is like a duo we never knew we needed. They have good chemistry.

[@TimeTravelExplorer]

Yessss! 💖 OMG so good!!! ✨💖

[@yru435]

They have good physics, too.

[@asdfjkl7430]

And it makes sense. Fishburne has done sci-fi so...

[@LupeCoded]

Frfr.

[@alexfischer7876]

A duo... _of legends._

[@HarryCarterMetcalfePark414]

Laurence Fishburne is an ICON!

[@j2323j]

Boyz N the Hood

[@DavidMaloney-q3t]

Yes sir. He is. And to think he started out as Frank Whites bodyguard lol

[@DustinAxelson]

*an

[@ClarkWillDoIt]

me too

[@user-96.-]

Samuel L. Jackson*

[@12dvylika12]

I am 34 years old guy from Lithuania. I had a depression and during this period I was listening to these podcasts every evening before I go to sleep. Thanks to good mood you bring, that has helped me to feel better again.

[@asmodeusashmedai2877]

May the Creator Be With You‼️🤗

[@CarradineF]

Never give up!

[@H3li0s_kun]

Sending love, random stranger ❤ cosmic sibling

[@Pjayysan]

Hello from Texas, sending 💕

[@ClevrYogi]

​@@H3li0s_kun❤ I'm with this guy brother. May God be with you

[@maddmethod5880]

"we marveled at our own magnificence as we gave birth to ai" is a Morpheus quote that'll stick with me forever, and lately it's even louder

[@EzaleaGraves]

If we were to rewrite the movie now I think the quote would be, "we watched in horror as the tech bros marveled at their own magnificence as they gave birth to a product they called AI."

[@q.heffner3612]

I know that's right 😮😮😮

[@lizsteilkie]

Much louder

[@brianupsher6675]

Let's not forget that the AI in the matrix tried to coexist peacefully until humans blocked out the sun to spite them. Humans destroyed the world, not the AI.

[@TimeTravelExplorer]

😲✨💖

[@walterwalden1587]

This is one of my all-time favorite Star Talk episodes and, absolutely, my favorite Lawrence Fishburn interview.

[@2ndEarth]

Only moment I ever felt starstruck, despite meeting numerous celebrities in LA, was when I was serving at Venice Beach restaurant The Firehouse, I look up to attend a table and there is Morpheus waiting patiently with his daughter, I just looked at him ready to take the order and couldn’t even say “welcome” I was so starstruck… guy is a legend, and super nice and polite, even to a server.

[@Michael_Michaels]

Oh man! This was a treat!! To watch to Laurence Fishburne himself talking about Matrix and the history behind it just made my day!!

[@MrTekniqs]

I don't think I've seen a man geek out so much. This wasn't even a podcast it was an hour in the life of Neil and Laurence.

[@llchapman1234]

This is so adorable seeing Neil so star struck 😊

[@thedon7180]

Honestly I'm 10min in and im convinced they are either separated at birth or different multiversity versions of eachother.

[@frankicon9521]

A rare sight to see a grown man become a 10 year old again. Splendid 🙂 😊

[@Runecrow.]

I had to double-check how long that was when I saw your comment. It felt like 20 minutes! Lol

[@Damonpeters1950]

Two masterminds of the own Professions- love them both

[@MsShorti]

I saw this video as I was going to bed. I figured I would watch until I fell asleep and rewatch the video in its entirety later. I must say this hour flew by. I thoroughly enjoyed video and the conversation between Neil and Laurence. I may be tired in the morning but it was so worth it. Thanks! ❤

[@GJ-GamingJunkie]

I've always loved Laurence Fishburne as a person and as an actor because he is the spit of my late father. My dad died at 39 when I was 6 in 1993. Laurence in his younger years reminds me of how my dad used to look and when I look at him now, I imagine that's what my dad would look like now. I absolutely love the matrix too ❤

[@Epsilonsama]

The fact that Laurence Fishburne remembers the movie and understands it is actually amazing. That tells you a lot of his appreciation for said movie. It's actually not normal for actors working in big productions to have such an appreciation for their role. Many see big movies as gigs to make a living while they do smaller movies for their own enjoyment.

[@karlxmit]

Matrix was not a so big movie... It was still a risky concept, kudos to WB for taking it up

[@CorgiButtOnWheels]

@@karlxmit Kinda like Jim Carrey is doing now with the Sonic movies! I mean, they aren't "Small" but.

[@ConsuelaAllen923]

Nobody really expected The Matrix to be the box office hit that it was. I think the CGI really helped push it further out there, even though part of the reason they used so much CGI wasn't necessarily for the special fx, but because it was cheaper. LOL!

[@troothcentral-qz9pz]

"said movie"? You didn't say the movie.

[@allthenamesiwantedweretaken]

This is probably the best episode of StarTalk ever.

[@james12cool]

So far \m/

[@armtdawg99]

Laurence Fishburne needs to star in a movie about Neil deGrasse Tyson as Neil

[@BadEinstein1]

What a great idea… how about it Wachowskis?

[@patrickjordan2233]

Not just Neil, but his family and the intriguing sacrifices, and incentivization...

[@r4ng3k03r1]

Why wouldn't Neil just do it why use Lawrence

[@ndld4955]

We can call it "The transfer of the hair " ..😅😂

[@abstract5249]

@@r4ng3k03r1 Because Neil is a terrible actor! I'm joking, but he said so himself he's bad at acting, citing a cameo he had in Stargate.

[@invox9490]

Neil, ma man, this is what the actually kid says: - Do not try to bend the spoon, for that is impossible. Instead just realize the truth. - What truth? - There is no spoon. That's why when Neo goes to rescue Morpheus and Trinity arms the bomb on the elevator, has he straps himself and her to the elevator cable, in order to just ground himself to the madness he's doing, or possibly just to give him a little courage he says to himself the same thing: "There is no spoon". So awesome! Great talk. Loved it.

[@mkultra1982]

I didn't realize until this interview just HOW MUCH Laurence Fishburne changes his voice to perform as Morpheus. His voice becomes so smooth and buttery and he slides off the ends of the words until the last syllable almost just disappears into oblivion. It's so subtle but so evocative, I get a chill up my spine when I hear it!

[@mike.tag.autosport]

Honestly, this post is written equally as buttery...🏆🏆🏆. I went to a place, visually. It must be a very strange thing to read about a small comment on KZbin, but I mean every word.

[@blee3ee]

Flashed me back to 1999 in the theater and being hypnotized

[@KimoKimochii]

@@blee3eei remember that watching in the cinema it blew my mind

[@Nickb37]

This is the greatest StarTalk episode of all time. Thank you Neil and Lawrence for doing this.

[@inkpendude]

No joke, this was one of my favorites

[@mckylecfc]

💯

[@jlkoenig4377]

You typed the words for me!

[@CJayyTheCreative]

The voice geek session was so genuine 😂😂you can tell they both had a good time, it was so natural

[@FckDaworld-oq6wr]

We need Neo or Trinity here next.. very unexpected to see Morpheus 😂 Great interview.

[@camillealatorre9817]

Is like you don't know why THEY f is he on the podcast. So u dont have to ask for anything. Check the previous program

[@Google_Does_Evil_Now]

Omg they are great together! Charming, entertaining, interesting and fun!

[@Arthera0]

OMG that is not the crossover I expected but it is a welcome one.

[@testpm-il7qq]

the hero we needed, but not the one we deserve

[@isaiahbaggett5014]

I LOVE how they try to out-Morpheus each other...this is so damn AWESOME! What a great episode

[@tommygunn2782]

LOL, that was hilarious. 😄

[@TimeTravelExplorer]

Agreed!! ✨💖 that was fantastic!

[@digdugdigdug]

Epic intro

[@deucefoAM206]

The concept of two Morpheii together sent me back to the realm of the real 🤯

[@AdamThoba-h8k]

no Laurence Fish heard that Neil has a reputation (of cutting ppl off, rudeness) and Morpheus was maintaining his compousre

[@distantcomets]

It was endlessly delightful to see two guys who are clearly buddies just chopping it up like this. THANK YOU BOTH!

[@Jessy-e1s]

Such a rare and genuine interaction for this day and age. Like two kids hanging out in a treehouse. You can't help but get swept up in it. Loved it!

[@nodical802]

I love how unapologetically confident Lawrence is. No humble posturing bs

[@patbat613]

Best comment...

[@MDuarte-vp7bm]

And he's not afraid to say when he doesn't know.

[@JustGreggin]

So happy and excited to see this episode! Neil must have been so giddy!

[@isetfrances6124]

So glad I saved this episode for my day off. Y’all are so cool together bruhs✊🏽

[@derekseven1647]

This is Neil's best show as far as I'm concerned we need to have Laurence Fishburne back every few months and talking detail about his films and science.

[@ballsinurmouth-2]

agreed, absolute joy to listen to while working

[@ThorPalsson]

This is possibly the funniest episode of Startalk Ever Hard to believe Chuck wasn't involved Lawrance can be so unexpectedly funny

[@tommygunn2782]

That would have been TOO funny. My sides couldn't take it!

[@Move_I_Got_This-b3v]

My favorite episode.

[@GREY666KILLER]

I guess Neil wanted Laurence all to himself!

[@puppafoultv]

I swear if chuck was there 😂😂😂omg 😂😂😂

[@JC-life-is-good]

Chuck would have just interrupted at the wrong moment. I find that what he does in many episodes. Glad he was not there.

[@EzaleaGraves]

31:15 That scene was absolutely necessary. That was the first interaction with The Oracle, and right away she's telling us that by telling Neo the future she's influencing things. It wasn't a cliche, it was the first hint that The Oracle isn't just a passive observer.

[@anybodykill6666]

Getting the spoon line wrong hurt my soul. "Do not try to bend the spoon, that is impossible. Instead, simply remember the truth, there is no spoon."

[@CaravanseraiSouthValley]

Came here to write exactly that. Thanks for sharing that revelation!

[@humanous]

I think Neil is also forgetting they are in a simulation, and she can see the program script to know what's going to happen. Might be a small technical nuance, but it does avoid the clairvoyance cliche. He's also not seeing the humans as a source of thought and only as a source of energy: what's better than having billions of minds with unique ideas and thought processes to sift through as a sentient machine curious of the world? ( maybe it isn't explained enough in the movie )

[@itoao]

Also, Gloria Foster was such a talented actress and her delivery completely makes those scenes for me.

[@Ms0pinion]

You put it so eloquently 😊

[@H3LLS4NG3L]

Time to go on a Fishburne binge! I am very partial to all his scifi

[@miridove]

The way they said "this is StarTalk" actually brought me back to when i was a child and would listen to *Car Talk* on NPR with my mother. Really wonderful episode, thank you so much.

[@fooferbob9230]

I am always happy to see Star Talk get back to interviewing stars.

[@CraigCail]

I tend to watch the shorter explainer videos from StarTalk but not too much of these longer ones however I watched every minute of this one. Legend.

[@BDOT310]

The best StarTalk interview ever! 💯

[@grizzadams5490]

Watching Neil geek out with Laurence was priceless.

[@JanaeNikale]

Honestly so enjoying to watch

[@DoubleE5135]

Probably his favorite character from definitely his favorite movie

[@LucasKidd0325]

One of my all time favorite actors having a conversation with my favorite astrophysicist, what a time to be alive!

[@charlielucas3386]

Ikr? 😎

[@christopherkhalifafoster4277]

You and yours me and mine!!!

[@TherionAtlas]

THIS WAS thee best episode so far, god the dopamine i got from this was jacked up to 100, love them both

[@ClassicRoc87]

this was one of the most fun star talks I've ever watched. thank you so much! Laurence fishburne is a legend!

[@huangjun_art]

"Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony." My favorite line in the movie. And it's my fav movie of all time.

[@EXITLlFE]

🔴🔵

[@rasulsamad5860]

Break it down for us what does that mean to you?

[@huangjun_art]

@@rasulsamad5860 In the context of the movie it means mankind doomed itself into being imprisoned inside of The Matrix. When the machines were about to win the war, human decided to "scorch the sky", and block all sunlight from reaching Earth, and cutting off the machines' main energy source. In response the machines started using humans as a new source of energy. Combined with a form of fusion, the machines were able provide enough energy for themselves to keep going and win the war. And in order to keep humans under their control, they created The Matrix. So were it not for humans cutting off the machines energy source, they would not have become the energy source themselves. Thus our fate was ironic. Or to put it in layman's terms: "F around and find out."

[@huangjun_art]

@@EXITLlFE 🔴

[@GordonSeal]

The original script supposedly wasn't about human batteries, but about humans being used as living processors. But someone thought that was "too hard to comprehend" and people weren't ready for this, so they changed it to human batteries ... which of course makes no sense.

[@BroPeep]

I like to pretend somewhere in the machine code they need to at some very rudimentary level, keep the species alive.

[@marcossoriano8383]

I think the Architect scene in part 2 implied the Matrix is a deliberate experiment the machines were doing to understand something about humanity. Using their body heat as energy was just not being wasteful, but not the purpose of the Matrix. Living processors does make more sense.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

From a narrative point of view, and a public that mostly don't understand processors, a battery is way more terrifying. Star Trek Strange New Worlds has an episode in which an alien culture used children as processors. Very terrifying, but the ethical conundrum was the key.

[@BroPeep]

@@MariaMartinez-researcher also the story behind dollhouse series

[@ciprodriguez]

Cpus and gpus makes more sense than batteries. Using human neurons to be processors is being studied and tested as we speak.

[@darkshortymx]

Matrix is my favorite movie, this conversation of two great friends talking about it, and one of them is the REAL Morpheus, make my day, most of the actors don't really remember their lines, but the way Laurence Fishburne does OMG! Great show 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@WhiteErFox]

I never fully watched a full hour show where people are just talking, except... this one. This is a first for me. I'm amazed, but time flew by so fast, it was so fun and interesting. I loved the little jokes, the interesting tidbits but also, the whole list of titles that sound so interesting but that passed by me because of my age or just general life situation. Laurence has a great sense of humor! (Neil does to, but I already knew that. :p ) So thank you both. :)

[@nathanmoore1893]

Awesome seeing such an illustrious guest. Fishburne is awesome.

[@achromat666]

I've never seen these two have this much fun on camera.

[@Ennugia]

I feel like Fishburne is annoyed and waiting for Neil to stop with his nitpicking of, after all, only a movie, but it might just be his usual demeanour.

[@okstever]

This episode made me smile within the first minute. Who ever thought of this pairing deserves a raise.

[@jantoleu8392]

It's so entertaining to listen to these two humorous legendary personalities. Never thought they would meet together in one set.

[@4GameAdventure]

Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus is a legend and as for that voice, really extraordinary!

[@johnmccombe6342]

Event Horizon!!!! Love that movie!! One of the most criminally underrated movies.

[@MrGregory777]

We're leaving! Best line ever

[@TurtlesOnIce]

I found it after finding Warhammer 40,000 and even apart from that franchise it is a great horror film.

[@flunk_waffle8073]

JUSTIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!!

[@helgemeyer6511]

Imagine that this piece of paper, this attractive piece of paper, is space.

[@sadithcespedes5096]

Extraordinary episode, I listened three times on Spotify

[@lovelywaz]

I LOVED his Silver Surfer voice role in 2nd Fantastic Four movie with Chris Evans as Johnny Storm aka Human Torch! 🤩🤩

[@individualmayhem]

I didn't know I needed this episode.

[@LupeCoded]

I don't think any of us did. This was legendary.

[@1untamedbrain]

I think I'm going to go on a Fishburn binge tonight! LOL Loving this so much!

[@raymondskowron646]

I was an extra on “Red Heat” and Lawrence was so friendly to the extras!

[@UnionYes1021]

I love watching these two fooling around! It’s such a joy. ❤️❤️❤️

[@tinad2847]

I really loved this episode! I love Laurence Fishburne…he is one of my favorite actors and The Matrix is one of my favorite movies, too! I’m not a physicist (but I am a nurse with an interest in physics), and I’ve thought about the same things re: energy production and conversion using humans as batteries, as well. So happy you explained that Dr. Tyson! Your conversation with Fishburne here is so interesting and entertaining. Love y’all!

[@allthingslego3537]

Neil and Laurence are both legendary in being an astrophysicist and actor, which is why I made those few mouse clicks to support because I grew up with them as a teenager. Plus it was just great vibes and I genuinely laughed about all they said and talked about.

[@jarrellrobinson1516]

Two of my favorite people in one place…amazing

[@DJSkoomaWR]

This episode just hits different. Both voices make it super easy to fall asleep

[@davidanderson4091]

My granddaughter decided to become a forensic psychologist from watching CSI as a teenager. She now has a degree and works for a police district here in New Zealand.

[@kholomokolo]

The power of good TV programmes 👌🏾

[@playedout148]

More power to her. I couldn't do crime scenes all the time.

[@4oyageryramaira269]

i can see the TV show now..... CSI Whakatane!!!.. starring.....

[@zaqwe]

Glad she didn’t watch Dexter

[@danegerdane]

Haha wow is that the Nelson church in your pic? I'm there too, small internet

[@LSA30]

There is something incredibly endearing about two icons (Neil and Laurence) fanboying about James Earl Jones and Darth Vader. Amazing episode!

[@frankicon9521]

Wow never thought I'd see professor Neil Degrasse Tyson become a 10 year old kid again, just look at him all happy and excited to be talking to his film hero. 🙂 it's always a great sight to see such rare moments.

[@Griimnak]

As a huge matrix fan, this was an awesome interview! I'll be watching year million, sounds cool

[@Phoenix_1991]

The Matrix is my favorite movie of all time, so this video essentially became my favorite StarTalk episode of all time too. Awesome! Loved every minute of it when they talked about the movie.

[@8xMorladumx8]

"Because... you're not." Had be dyyyyying!!! Best episode, hands down!

[@sunshinesquares]

I would listen to their deep voice challenge all day.

[@empminelik]

Been smiling for over 30 minutes. This episode was such a delight , always fun seeing Neil geek out so much. 😁

[@ElectricClouds777]

Laurence is so cool for going into the Morpheus stuff and being playful with it, I’ve noticed in other interviews with actors, especially dramatic actors, they’re not really too into doing that kind of stuff. Great watch

[@nyc220guy]

You could tell Laurence was only entertaining it because it was Neil asking. Loved it though

[@leomiguel]

About the batteries, originally the machines wants to use the humans as a neural network, but the writers feared that the public don't understand it. So instead of neurals we became batteries

[@compfox]

That makes sense.

[@cashX3r0]

I thought it was Warner brothers who made the decision to switch to batteries

[@SALAVEY13]

so, matrix is rendered right in the minds keeping people only physically vegetable, win win

[@meofnz2320]

I would like to have been a fly on the wall at that meeting…😂

[@compfox]

@ Seems, all those decision makers are now Disney employees.

[@nathan-shearer]

In formal computer science and mathematics, there is something called the Halting Problem, which is a program that is undecidable. It is a special program that can either cause a machine to run forever or halt. There is another concept called an Oracle Machine, which is a special machine with the ability to identify a halting problem. In the movie, Neo is faster than the machine and the Oracle is able to identify if Neo is The One.

[@saftheartist6137]

Yes! Incredible collaboration!!

[@ProdCritic]

They *genuinely* seem like siblings just catching up 😂 Great interview!

[@MDuarte-vp7bm]

Twins, even!

[@strongestavenger9936]

It’s time to cast Lawrence as Darth Vader too.

[@q.heffner3612]

Immediately

[@rexrocker1268]

They have a really good voice actor who does him now and I think they tweak his voice to make it sound almost exactly like James Earl Jones. But Lawrence could do it too. That would be awesome. They really should and could make an awesome Darth Vader movie. Like hunting down Jedi and being a warrior. That last scene in Rogue One is awesome. “Darth Vader’s Rage”

[@SlyLix]

With Disney at the helm we’re more likely to get Steve Urkel.

[@rexrocker1268]

@ Yeah they suck. Some of their Star Wars has been ok. Mostly garbage though.

[@The_Isaiahnator]

Check out his voice work in Osmosis Jones, in which he played the villain, Thrax. He had a similar presence to Darth Vader, and I wish he'd play more villain roles, because actors who usually play heroes are typically good at playing the other side.

[@savethedandelions]

What a great episode! Love these two together!

[@adriancline-bailey3301]

THIS IS SO AWESOME!! Thank you StarTalk I'm only literally 13 minutes in and geeking out!!!

[@TheDigitalGuerrilla]

Just from the intro I knew it was gold

[@smccabe277]

All the best from Queens, NY

[@wild_lee_coyote]

Instead of a battery, originally the idea was that people were used for computer memory, not heat. They didn’t think that people would understand computer memory as easily so they changed it to a battery. When you think about it using humans as computer memory makes a lot more sense. The human mind has about 2.5 Petabytes of memory capacity. With a special form of compression the machines found all the memory they ever needed. They converted a human body into this (holds up a floppy drive.)

[@WAKE-v5h]

t isn't about being battery. ceo of NVidia telling they training robots in virtual world instead of real world. matrix is real place of robots, so they have to fully bring human there. robots use that pods to focus energy of human body to system. u see when they put out neo. there isn't bunch of pods. there is system of pods. bring human to virtual world need energy. robots have lots of way.

[@fzbk4143]

I've never clicked on a video so fast...and I've been on KZbin for 18 years...browsing and clicking every single day!

[@DrDD-pw8wn]

First movie ever seen with Laurence Fishburne was Cornbread, Earl and Me. In the early 70's .. I was 9. Awesome actor, and it shows.

[@stonerainproductions]

That intro was amazing!!!

[@boy638]

So surreal to be early, I wonder I'm in the matrix.

[@elck3]

Wake up, Neo.

[@DustinAxelson]

It's looking more and more likely.

[@mercurialdude]

Me too!

[@Drunk3nMonk3y72]

The collab we never knew we needed. this gone be good. science communicator and a science fiction actor

[@phillipsmith5013]

Thank you for the hour we got with y'all two. I could have listened to hours more of y'all two.

[@zedng6498]

We needed this

[@RedwoodsAndRain]

SO MUCH FUN! When they giggle together..I lost it. Such a joy.

[@tkskagen]

This is one of the first times that I watched/viewed an entire episode of STAR TALK. Many thanks to "Morphious"! I agree, the MATRIX Trilogy was/is the BEST Sequel ever.❤

[@SheSaidWhat1101]

This is so good it’s insane. Best interview ever. It makes the audience feel like we’re listening in on an old friend’s conversation.

[@marvhollingworth663]

Not sure it's the best, there's an old Samuel L Jackson interview that was done around the time of Attack Of The Clones that was hilarious! It was on British telly though so most people probably didn't see it.

[@amp86400]

Event Horizon, such an underrated movie. Great adolescent memory! 😊

[@Dzunei]

I really hope that this message gets to Neil since Matrix is his favourite movie. The original idea that I've read in multiple sources was that all the humans were not batteries, but a neural network needed by the machines as processing power. Allegedly, the producers insisted that the reason was too outlandish and they should be a battery farm. So...flawless concept originally!!!

[@DitzDj]

Kinda makes sense. My interpretation at the time, was just the size of it... finding materials, as a power source, would create waste and also run out. With humans, it's more "recyclable" and scalable. They grow us and who dies is used to feed the live ones... This also means that, some or most, would die still a baby.

[@emorsi]

Laurence Fishburne is many of things: A superb actor, a gentleman and an intellectual. And I am glad that he was on StarTalk too. One of the best talk on StarTalk so far.

[@MichaelWyattMDW]

Hey, Neil! On your hall pass... the idea that human beings were batteries was a fall-back idea. The original idea was that humans were co-processors, but they didn't think the audience would be smart enough to pick that up. But as for your comment on "Why don't the machines just process the energy themselves" I like to think of it as us being the gut bacteria biome for the machines. The 'food' that the machines are giving the humans is like a person eating pro-biotic yogurt to stay healthy. But really, I like the idea of the machines using human brains as math co-processors that are pretty good at fuzzy logic better than human bodies as questionably efficient batteries. And I can't even describe how much I LOVE that Laurence understands and loves the lore of The Matrix and is scientifically curious! I've always felt more than a bit annoyed when some actor played in something like Star Wars or Star Trek or Doctor Who with no concept of the meaning or understanding of the lore or seeing it as anything but just a job. I mean... I guess it is just a job, but this job produces stories that have meaning for people. When someone doing the job to produce the stories has an understanding of the stories and realizes the importance of the stories and how those stories touch people... it is more meaningful.

[@0sba]

Was looking for this comment, thanks!

[@glenysdiaz1971]

Thank you for posting this. Using the same example or car engine and gas is much more simple: whatever they were feeding the humans can only be converted to energy by humans, not the machines. As we cannot run on gas, a car can’t run with food.

[@dewelperez5416]

The food is dead people liquified.

[@JodyBrazyFromHell]

But in the Animatrix that tells the backstory of The Matrix, if I remember it correctly, the reason why they used humans as an energy source is because the machines were at war with humanity and humanity made some sort of bomb that would create a type of fallout that could block out the sun since the machines were using solar energy. After that, they started enslaving humanity to use them as an energy source

[@MichaelWyattMDW]

@@JodyBrazyFromHell Yeah, you're right and that was the reason that ended up being used. I'm just saying it wasn't the original storyline reason.

[@theplothickens]

This is great. We don't get enough of these long deep conversations about *one* particular film with one of its stars.

[@chasefrost1401]

Event Horizon is one of my all time favorites

[@cine_viking_1986]

Oh same here. Where we are going we dont need eyes

[@clevo090]

Same!

[@Dutchy80]

It's refreshing to see an actor proud of his movies. And to know the ins and out of the matrix as well as other actors lines is amazing!