4/09/2004
The Matrix Maestro
Composer Don Davis discusses the upcoming Revolutions DVD, working with publicity-shy directors and the franchise?s ambitious Internet plans.
Toby Ragaini on The Matrix Online
Matrix Revolutions DVD Review
Composer Don Davis discusses the upcoming Revolutions DVD, working with publicity-shy directors and the franchise?s ambitious Internet plans.
Toby Ragaini on The Matrix Online
Matrix Revolutions DVD Review
1/20/2004
DVD features - wednesday, 14th january
WB has released the details for the Revolutions DVD release. No details on the boxed set as yet but it's a start...read
WB has released the details for the Revolutions DVD release. No details on the boxed set as yet but it's a start...read
1/07/2004
Matrix Box Set Planned
"The Matrix producer Joel Silver has answered one of the most common questions that arrive here at IGN DVD: will there be a box set for The Matrix series? The answer is yes.
In the December 2003 issue of DVD Etc., on newsstands now, Silver discusses the film, among other things, and says the following:
We're planning to do staggering things with it in the future. There will be a box set of all three 'Matrix' films.
When asked about special features, he said it was being decided, and added that he would like to do another transfer of the first Matrix film."
Matrix Revolutions DVD
"Little bit of news regarding the new Revolutions DVD. Plenty of dates are flying round for the release date. IGN is at the moment saying April the 6th so that's what I'm saying too (got it off matrixfans so if it's wrong blame them ;) !) Also, Joel Silver confirmed earlier rumours that there will be a boxed set of the three movies. Now, however now he's saying it's because they have fantastic plans for the movies, but the word before was that WB didn't think Revolutions would sell enough on its own and needed the first two movies to prop it up. Make your own minds up on that one but if you ask me it'd do alright on its own but nothing groundbreaking. With this boxed set helping sales figures we might see another chart topper in Revolutions."
"The Matrix producer Joel Silver has answered one of the most common questions that arrive here at IGN DVD: will there be a box set for The Matrix series? The answer is yes.
In the December 2003 issue of DVD Etc., on newsstands now, Silver discusses the film, among other things, and says the following:
We're planning to do staggering things with it in the future. There will be a box set of all three 'Matrix' films.
When asked about special features, he said it was being decided, and added that he would like to do another transfer of the first Matrix film."
Matrix Revolutions DVD
"Little bit of news regarding the new Revolutions DVD. Plenty of dates are flying round for the release date. IGN is at the moment saying April the 6th so that's what I'm saying too (got it off matrixfans so if it's wrong blame them ;) !) Also, Joel Silver confirmed earlier rumours that there will be a boxed set of the three movies. Now, however now he's saying it's because they have fantastic plans for the movies, but the word before was that WB didn't think Revolutions would sell enough on its own and needed the first two movies to prop it up. Make your own minds up on that one but if you ask me it'd do alright on its own but nothing groundbreaking. With this boxed set helping sales figures we might see another chart topper in Revolutions."
12/31/2003
The Eyes of The Oracle
Philosophy & The Matrix: Precursive Faith
Out of The Matrix
CORPORATE MOFO Reloads THE MATRIX
MatrixFans.Net
Philosophy & The Matrix: Precursive Faith
Out of The Matrix
CORPORATE MOFO Reloads THE MATRIX
MatrixFans.Net
12/21/2003
12/17/2003
The Matrix Revolutions
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College professors ponder the "Matrix" philosophy ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Long after The Matrix Revolutions morphs itself off the big screen, the eternal battle of reality versus illusion, fate versus free will and good versus evil will rage on in philosophy classrooms everywhere. (Joanna Poncavage, Associated Press) 2003-11-24 REFERENCES
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Fear real-life Matrix will be monitoring you The Matrix has arrived. The most massive database surveillance program in history, the Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange could soon offer authorities extensive information on the lives of New Yorkers. (By MADELEINE BARAN
) 2003-11-23 REFERENCES
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Bill Gates in Matrix spoof LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Everything that has a beginning has an end -- and sometimes an unexpected parody. 2003-11-16 23:00:00 GMT REFERENCES
The Economist
Head jam What philosophers really have to say about “The Matrix� Reuters His dark materials WHEN the first film in the Wachowski brothers' “Matrix� trilogy came out in 1999, academic philosophers everywhere were cock-a-hoop. 2003-11-12 23:00:00 GMT REFERENCES
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FAITH AND FILM:
Matrix Revolutions will need its cult following
The Matrix Revolutions
"You see, The Machines… They’re the United States and Capitalism. Ultimately they want society operating in the 9 to 5, eat your food, grab a movie, raise the kids, go to church and get back to work sort of daze. That’s the Machine way. Don’t worry about the “MEANING OF IT ALL� just do your job, be a battery and power the big society forward."
Latest Articles
USA Today
College professors ponder the "Matrix" philosophy ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Long after The Matrix Revolutions morphs itself off the big screen, the eternal battle of reality versus illusion, fate versus free will and good versus evil will rage on in philosophy classrooms everywhere. (Joanna Poncavage, Associated Press) 2003-11-24 REFERENCES
NY Daily News
Fear real-life Matrix will be monitoring you The Matrix has arrived. The most massive database surveillance program in history, the Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange could soon offer authorities extensive information on the lives of New Yorkers. (By MADELEINE BARAN
) 2003-11-23 REFERENCES
Yahoo! News
Bill Gates in Matrix spoof LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Everything that has a beginning has an end -- and sometimes an unexpected parody. 2003-11-16 23:00:00 GMT REFERENCES
The Economist
Head jam What philosophers really have to say about “The Matrix� Reuters His dark materials WHEN the first film in the Wachowski brothers' “Matrix� trilogy came out in 1999, academic philosophers everywhere were cock-a-hoop. 2003-11-12 23:00:00 GMT REFERENCES
Haunted Hollywood
Matrix Revolutions.
Matrix Imploded: Trouble in Zion
What the critics won't tell you about 'Matrix: Revolutions'
Agent Smith was a drag queen
It seems everyone's finding religion in 'The Matrix'
The Matrix Revolutions and Love Actually
Christianity.com: matrix revolutions
FAITH AND FILM:
Matrix Revolutions will need its cult following
The Matrix Revolutions
"You see, The Machines… They’re the United States and Capitalism. Ultimately they want society operating in the 9 to 5, eat your food, grab a movie, raise the kids, go to church and get back to work sort of daze. That’s the Machine way. Don’t worry about the “MEANING OF IT ALL� just do your job, be a battery and power the big society forward."
12/10/2003
Matrix Revolutions
"Assuming The Matrix Revolutions is the last in the series, the story ends with the Architect and the Oracle meeting in a park that looks as if it is near the Hudson River near New York City. The war between man and machine (in which the machines enslaved most of mankind) is over. The Architect tells the Oracle that the remaining people still enslaved will be freed. Then, Seraph and Sati (two "exile" programs) meet with the Oracle. Seraph asks the Oracle if Neo will return. The Oracle replies 'I suspect so.' " More...
The Matrix Revolutions: A Comprehensive Analysis
D. Wilcock Review of the Movie "Matrix"
"The flashy new movie "Matrix" has a hidden message, woven in amidst all the Hollywood bells and whistles that have become quite cliché these days, including the gunfights where people are dying with rock-and-roll or techno music blasting in the background. The heroes of the movie are actually the ones doing most of the killings. Although it approaches bankruptcy in the spiritual sense for being so ridden with glamorized violence, it is certainly worth mentioning due to its overwhelming, direct penetration into the subconscious metaphor of the imminent Ascension event." More...
History Gets Lost in the Matrix
"More people - including Black people - have seen The Matrix than have ever heard of Herman Sonny Blount. Blount was a pianist, composer, band leader and sci-fi visionary born in Birmingham, Alabama, almost a century ago. Once migrated to the North, he took part in community action, developed a singular big-band musical style then announced to the world an unprecedented theatrical cosmology under his stage name Sun Ra. Fancying jazz's relatively esoteric mid-century scene - and the license its artists took to originate and agitate - Sun Ra extended bebop intransigence into a personal political withdrawal from Americas discrimination and disrespect. He intuited a space age myth about Black peoples history - and their future. This creative leap of imagination and self-edification used art - music - as a vehicle for escape and salvation the way others more commonly and frivolously used movies." More...
Matrix Reloaded
"Matrix Reloaded", an elegant conflict of serious and humorous with frequent exchanges of semblance on the eve of decisive battle (Do you remember Dante’s genial comparison: "Then like people hidden on a masque, that seem unlike they appeared before, if they take off their sham aspects… ", from "Paradise" thirtieth canto?). All right, if we move from the sublime intuition to a smiling fable, the reality of "The Matrix" eludes us again." More...
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"Welcome to the Real World": Christianity as the World Outside the Matrix.
"Just like Morpheus, Neo and Trinity, we Christians have left a world behind. We do not belong to this World System (later referred to simply as capital W "World"). In fact, we are "aliens and strangers on earth" (Hebrews 11:13 NIV); we don't belong here. But we continue in this World that is not our real home (John 17:15). Our job here is to help others see the truth, the only truth that can help them escape their prison (John 8:32)." More...
The Matrix is a Parable
"While the stated reason for the early release and accelerated post-production process of The Matrix was to beat the marketing hype that surrounds The Phantom Menace, it is not without coincidence that The Matrix was released on the last Easter weekend of the dying 20th Century. It is a parable of the original Judeo-Christian worldview of entrapment in a world gone wrong, with no hope of survival or salvation short of something miraculous. The Matrix is a new testament for a new millennium, a religious parable of the second coming of mankind's messiah in an age that needs salvation as desperately as any ever has." More...
"Assuming The Matrix Revolutions is the last in the series, the story ends with the Architect and the Oracle meeting in a park that looks as if it is near the Hudson River near New York City. The war between man and machine (in which the machines enslaved most of mankind) is over. The Architect tells the Oracle that the remaining people still enslaved will be freed. Then, Seraph and Sati (two "exile" programs) meet with the Oracle. Seraph asks the Oracle if Neo will return. The Oracle replies 'I suspect so.' " More...
The Matrix Revolutions: A Comprehensive Analysis
D. Wilcock Review of the Movie "Matrix"
"The flashy new movie "Matrix" has a hidden message, woven in amidst all the Hollywood bells and whistles that have become quite cliché these days, including the gunfights where people are dying with rock-and-roll or techno music blasting in the background. The heroes of the movie are actually the ones doing most of the killings. Although it approaches bankruptcy in the spiritual sense for being so ridden with glamorized violence, it is certainly worth mentioning due to its overwhelming, direct penetration into the subconscious metaphor of the imminent Ascension event." More...
History Gets Lost in the Matrix
"More people - including Black people - have seen The Matrix than have ever heard of Herman Sonny Blount. Blount was a pianist, composer, band leader and sci-fi visionary born in Birmingham, Alabama, almost a century ago. Once migrated to the North, he took part in community action, developed a singular big-band musical style then announced to the world an unprecedented theatrical cosmology under his stage name Sun Ra. Fancying jazz's relatively esoteric mid-century scene - and the license its artists took to originate and agitate - Sun Ra extended bebop intransigence into a personal political withdrawal from Americas discrimination and disrespect. He intuited a space age myth about Black peoples history - and their future. This creative leap of imagination and self-edification used art - music - as a vehicle for escape and salvation the way others more commonly and frivolously used movies." More...
Matrix Reloaded
"Matrix Reloaded", an elegant conflict of serious and humorous with frequent exchanges of semblance on the eve of decisive battle (Do you remember Dante’s genial comparison: "Then like people hidden on a masque, that seem unlike they appeared before, if they take off their sham aspects… ", from "Paradise" thirtieth canto?). All right, if we move from the sublime intuition to a smiling fable, the reality of "The Matrix" eludes us again." More...
The Matrix Reloaded
"The "matrix" is a good metaphor for bourgeois ideology. The pill that causes the character Neo to see through the "matrix" could be seen as analogous to Marxism."
The Matrix:Matrix helps demonstrate materialism and dialectics
The Frog Prince, The Matrix, and the Way of the Cross:
A Meditation on Philippians 2:5-11
HollywoodJesus: The Matrix
The Matrix... fully solved (with proof from the animatrix)
The-Beauty-of-the-Matrix
Perashat Mishpatim: The Matrix
"Welcome to the Real World": Christianity as the World Outside the Matrix.
"Just like Morpheus, Neo and Trinity, we Christians have left a world behind. We do not belong to this World System (later referred to simply as capital W "World"). In fact, we are "aliens and strangers on earth" (Hebrews 11:13 NIV); we don't belong here. But we continue in this World that is not our real home (John 17:15). Our job here is to help others see the truth, the only truth that can help them escape their prison (John 8:32)." More...
The Matrix is a Parable
"While the stated reason for the early release and accelerated post-production process of The Matrix was to beat the marketing hype that surrounds The Phantom Menace, it is not without coincidence that The Matrix was released on the last Easter weekend of the dying 20th Century. It is a parable of the original Judeo-Christian worldview of entrapment in a world gone wrong, with no hope of survival or salvation short of something miraculous. The Matrix is a new testament for a new millennium, a religious parable of the second coming of mankind's messiah in an age that needs salvation as desperately as any ever has." More...
12/03/2003
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11/26/2003
The Matrix: A General Exegesis
By: Michael Sanchez
The Matrix Trilogy as a landscape is a pitted one, with enormous mountains and abyssal valleys. The films themselves center on the main concept of a reality within a reality, and such a concept was thought of by Renee Descartes, probably in his book The Meditations. He described our scenario, if it were to be true, as being controlled by “a demon.” Indeed, it would be evil to deny beings the realization to the greater truth. This concept, as well as other philosophies is then tied into computers, who have gained intelligence (AI) through the efforts of their fleshy creators.
Like all storylines with a twist, a backfire occurs. The machines gain enough intelligence to realize that their very purpose was for enslavement to carry out mundane tasks. The machines then reacted both with logic and human emotion – they decided to strike back at their progenitors. The humans then retaliated, and decided to blot out the sun for that was the machines main source of energy. The robots then turned on the humans themselves by creating a reality most congruous to the world of 1999 – the year the first film was made. Newborn humans are subjected to this reality, and the machines work to have them never wake up so that these newborn children – as well as their elders – can supply them with enough energy not only to function but to mechanize the world.
Under any oppressive regime, there are those willing to risk life and limb to escape – and a small, rag-tag group manages to do so. These people then take upon their shoulders the gargantuan task of liberating the entire human race and bringing them into the cold reality of the real world – a mechanized, lifeless wasteland of circulating newborn children, giant electrical surges, the “squids,” and a perpetually bad weather system.
CHARACTER ANALYSIS:
Neo: The main character in the trilogy, the one who is at the center of the action. At first the corporate drone, then the savior of the planet. The name itself has many meanings: the term “neo” is a suffix meaning new or just born. Neo, once scrambled, becomes One, which in fact is his other name in the trilogy. A third meaning is that Neo could be a version of the Dalai Lama, which Tibetan missionaries look the world over to find. So does Morpheus. In the first Matrix film, he is awakened the instant his computer sends him a message to wake up: coincidence? Probably not, for as Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne) says, “I do not see coincidence, I see purpose.” What is interesting however, is that his computer is clairvoyant because it tells him things in advance. It is either that or the others in the “real world” – the Matrix – are perhaps controlling his actions.
The very things in his dingy apartment also tell a story. The following is one of the most obvious parallels to draw: his book, Simulacra and Simulation, is not a real book at all, but rather a hollowed out book to store his contraband. The book itself is a real book, written by a Frenchman, who like his French ancestor Descartes, probes the question of a reality within a reality.
Trinity: The girlfriend with whom Neo cohabitates in more ways than one. The term Trinity has the Judeo-Christian meaning of the Holy Trinity – the Father (God), the Son (Jesus, the Son of God, in the physical sense the product of the Virgin Mary) and the Holy Spirit. It would make sense that she and Neo would cohabitate – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit all when together, represent the One unifying force that governs the universe, theologically speaking. The One is not one without his components (Trinity).
Morpheus: In Greek myth, the god of sleep. This is appropriate, because Morpheus is the first to greet him when he wakes up. Neo has been sleeping in a simulated reality, and the god of sleep has chosen that he must wake to help their cause.
Agent Smith: The vicarious anthropomorphism of conformity, the Agents Smith represent the machines as they are plugged into the Matrix to kill the bugs that are programmed to go against the system even before they realize they are to go against it in the first place – the best antivirus program one could ever create. Once the bugs die, the Smiths have done their task, and the machine world is saved. Unfortunately for the Smiths, Neo, Trinity, Morpheus, and the rest of the clan always manage to escape. Theologically, the Smiths may be the Romans.
Seraph: The aid of Neo and the rest of his allies in the second and third films. The seraphim, in angelology (the study of angels and their divisions, an actual scientific branch of theology) is the highest rank of angel who answers only to God (and possibly Jesus, and the Virgin Mary). In many paintings, these winged creatures have the bodies of lions and the heads of men, who are also carrying often blue books, and who hover in “perpetual adoration” of God. Indeed, Seraph in the films does seem to exhibit a leader-like and meditative presence. There are nine ranks of angel, which are then divided into three principalities: the first, second, and third Triads. The first three are the seraphim, cherubim, and thrones, the second triad consists of dominions, virtues, and powers, and the third triad consists of principalities, archangels, and angels.
The Frenchman: (aka the Merovingian) The absolute personification of evil, deceit, skullduggery, and all manner of filth and pestilence all rolled into a suave, nicely dressed philandering Frenchman who has an insatiable craving for fine foods. He is evil because he is French – one of the things the Wachowskis seem to agree on with the general public. His wife, Persephone, is the personification of beauty and wisdom – and of course, because she is so, the Frenchman ignores her. The Frenchman is the root of all evil in the film, probably because he is the main machine which controls all the other machine’s actions. Or, it could simply be he is French.
Persephone: The vicar of beauty and wisdom in the film, her name also is one of Greek myth. Persephone, when whisked down to Hades by the trickery of Poseidon (possibly the Frenchman) eats 7 seeds of an offered pomegranate. These seven seeds were a contract to which Persephone must reside beside Hades for seven months of the year, or the Greek winter.
By: Michael Sanchez
The Matrix Trilogy as a landscape is a pitted one, with enormous mountains and abyssal valleys. The films themselves center on the main concept of a reality within a reality, and such a concept was thought of by Renee Descartes, probably in his book The Meditations. He described our scenario, if it were to be true, as being controlled by “a demon.” Indeed, it would be evil to deny beings the realization to the greater truth. This concept, as well as other philosophies is then tied into computers, who have gained intelligence (AI) through the efforts of their fleshy creators.
Like all storylines with a twist, a backfire occurs. The machines gain enough intelligence to realize that their very purpose was for enslavement to carry out mundane tasks. The machines then reacted both with logic and human emotion – they decided to strike back at their progenitors. The humans then retaliated, and decided to blot out the sun for that was the machines main source of energy. The robots then turned on the humans themselves by creating a reality most congruous to the world of 1999 – the year the first film was made. Newborn humans are subjected to this reality, and the machines work to have them never wake up so that these newborn children – as well as their elders – can supply them with enough energy not only to function but to mechanize the world.
Under any oppressive regime, there are those willing to risk life and limb to escape – and a small, rag-tag group manages to do so. These people then take upon their shoulders the gargantuan task of liberating the entire human race and bringing them into the cold reality of the real world – a mechanized, lifeless wasteland of circulating newborn children, giant electrical surges, the “squids,” and a perpetually bad weather system.
CHARACTER ANALYSIS:
Neo: The main character in the trilogy, the one who is at the center of the action. At first the corporate drone, then the savior of the planet. The name itself has many meanings: the term “neo” is a suffix meaning new or just born. Neo, once scrambled, becomes One, which in fact is his other name in the trilogy. A third meaning is that Neo could be a version of the Dalai Lama, which Tibetan missionaries look the world over to find. So does Morpheus. In the first Matrix film, he is awakened the instant his computer sends him a message to wake up: coincidence? Probably not, for as Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne) says, “I do not see coincidence, I see purpose.” What is interesting however, is that his computer is clairvoyant because it tells him things in advance. It is either that or the others in the “real world” – the Matrix – are perhaps controlling his actions.
The very things in his dingy apartment also tell a story. The following is one of the most obvious parallels to draw: his book, Simulacra and Simulation, is not a real book at all, but rather a hollowed out book to store his contraband. The book itself is a real book, written by a Frenchman, who like his French ancestor Descartes, probes the question of a reality within a reality.
Trinity: The girlfriend with whom Neo cohabitates in more ways than one. The term Trinity has the Judeo-Christian meaning of the Holy Trinity – the Father (God), the Son (Jesus, the Son of God, in the physical sense the product of the Virgin Mary) and the Holy Spirit. It would make sense that she and Neo would cohabitate – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit all when together, represent the One unifying force that governs the universe, theologically speaking. The One is not one without his components (Trinity).
Morpheus: In Greek myth, the god of sleep. This is appropriate, because Morpheus is the first to greet him when he wakes up. Neo has been sleeping in a simulated reality, and the god of sleep has chosen that he must wake to help their cause.
Agent Smith: The vicarious anthropomorphism of conformity, the Agents Smith represent the machines as they are plugged into the Matrix to kill the bugs that are programmed to go against the system even before they realize they are to go against it in the first place – the best antivirus program one could ever create. Once the bugs die, the Smiths have done their task, and the machine world is saved. Unfortunately for the Smiths, Neo, Trinity, Morpheus, and the rest of the clan always manage to escape. Theologically, the Smiths may be the Romans.
Seraph: The aid of Neo and the rest of his allies in the second and third films. The seraphim, in angelology (the study of angels and their divisions, an actual scientific branch of theology) is the highest rank of angel who answers only to God (and possibly Jesus, and the Virgin Mary). In many paintings, these winged creatures have the bodies of lions and the heads of men, who are also carrying often blue books, and who hover in “perpetual adoration” of God. Indeed, Seraph in the films does seem to exhibit a leader-like and meditative presence. There are nine ranks of angel, which are then divided into three principalities: the first, second, and third Triads. The first three are the seraphim, cherubim, and thrones, the second triad consists of dominions, virtues, and powers, and the third triad consists of principalities, archangels, and angels.
The Frenchman: (aka the Merovingian) The absolute personification of evil, deceit, skullduggery, and all manner of filth and pestilence all rolled into a suave, nicely dressed philandering Frenchman who has an insatiable craving for fine foods. He is evil because he is French – one of the things the Wachowskis seem to agree on with the general public. His wife, Persephone, is the personification of beauty and wisdom – and of course, because she is so, the Frenchman ignores her. The Frenchman is the root of all evil in the film, probably because he is the main machine which controls all the other machine’s actions. Or, it could simply be he is French.
Persephone: The vicar of beauty and wisdom in the film, her name also is one of Greek myth. Persephone, when whisked down to Hades by the trickery of Poseidon (possibly the Frenchman) eats 7 seeds of an offered pomegranate. These seven seeds were a contract to which Persephone must reside beside Hades for seven months of the year, or the Greek winter.
11/20/2003
The Matrix Trilogy: A Parable for Our Lives
The Matrix Trilogy can serve as an inspiration and teaching for improving our lives. This essay will explore the parable based on two scenes. From The Matrix, the scene of Neo waking up in a pod of human crops and then being “born� into the real world. From The Matrix Revolutions, Neo going to the Machine Source and the final battle between Neo and Agent Smith.
Humans Asleep in Pods
Being asleep in a pod, unaware of the true nature of reality or life is a powerful metaphor to our actual existence. The Machines and the Matrix represent the mind and all the characters in the trilogy represent different aspects of Neo.
Complete essay...
Is God in the Matrix? Part 1
In The Matrix, the word "God" is only used to swear as in "goddamn." The Oracle tells Neo that he has a good soul. There are no other direct statements related to God.
In The Matrix Reloaded, the word "God" is only used to swear as in "goddamn." There is a prayer meeting at the temple mount. The prayer is really a speech and there is no mention of God.
In The Matrix Revolutions, the word "God" is only used to swear as in "goddamn." The only other time God is used is when the Trainman tells Neo, "Down here, I am God." Seraph, Morpheus and Trinity fight the Merovingian in Club Hell. There are references about The Oracle, prophecies, miracles and the messiah, but they are not directly linked to God.
The Trainman's statement, "Down here, I am God," is inconsistent with the Judeo-Christian monotheistic concept of God. No one can exist independent of God. There can be no place where God does not exist. The statement, I am God, negates the existence of God. It violates the 10 commandments on many levels.
The omission of God in the prayer session in Reloaded may also negate the existence of God. How could a community that has a belief in God or a higher power, have a prayer session for their very survival and not mention God?
The sheer number of times "goddamn" is used in the trilogy questions the existence of God.
Morpheus trains his crew to fight and provides weapons for their missions. He instructs them that anyone who is not "unplugged" is the enemy. He essentially gives them the green light to do what ever is necessary and kill who ever is necessary to further their cause. While the Old Testament has battles that could be seen in the same light, there are also vast teachings in the Bible about the sacredness of life, of how one should not take another's life if at all possible. These types of moral teachings seem to be absent in the Trilogy and there appears to be little or no remorse at the multiple killings that take place.
All of Neo's powers can be explained by his interactions with the machines. Even when he saves Zion at the end, it is just him and the machines. The savior of the human race had no blatant connection to God.
Despite the religious symbolism in the trilogy, the script does not seem to provide much evidence of God and may even suggest that God does not exist.
Is there, however, another way that God can be inferred from the Trilogy?
Part 2...to follow.
The Matrix Trilogy can serve as an inspiration and teaching for improving our lives. This essay will explore the parable based on two scenes. From The Matrix, the scene of Neo waking up in a pod of human crops and then being “born� into the real world. From The Matrix Revolutions, Neo going to the Machine Source and the final battle between Neo and Agent Smith.
Humans Asleep in Pods
Being asleep in a pod, unaware of the true nature of reality or life is a powerful metaphor to our actual existence. The Machines and the Matrix represent the mind and all the characters in the trilogy represent different aspects of Neo.
Complete essay...
Is God in the Matrix? Part 1
In The Matrix, the word "God" is only used to swear as in "goddamn." The Oracle tells Neo that he has a good soul. There are no other direct statements related to God.
In The Matrix Reloaded, the word "God" is only used to swear as in "goddamn." There is a prayer meeting at the temple mount. The prayer is really a speech and there is no mention of God.
In The Matrix Revolutions, the word "God" is only used to swear as in "goddamn." The only other time God is used is when the Trainman tells Neo, "Down here, I am God." Seraph, Morpheus and Trinity fight the Merovingian in Club Hell. There are references about The Oracle, prophecies, miracles and the messiah, but they are not directly linked to God.
The Trainman's statement, "Down here, I am God," is inconsistent with the Judeo-Christian monotheistic concept of God. No one can exist independent of God. There can be no place where God does not exist. The statement, I am God, negates the existence of God. It violates the 10 commandments on many levels.
The omission of God in the prayer session in Reloaded may also negate the existence of God. How could a community that has a belief in God or a higher power, have a prayer session for their very survival and not mention God?
The sheer number of times "goddamn" is used in the trilogy questions the existence of God.
Morpheus trains his crew to fight and provides weapons for their missions. He instructs them that anyone who is not "unplugged" is the enemy. He essentially gives them the green light to do what ever is necessary and kill who ever is necessary to further their cause. While the Old Testament has battles that could be seen in the same light, there are also vast teachings in the Bible about the sacredness of life, of how one should not take another's life if at all possible. These types of moral teachings seem to be absent in the Trilogy and there appears to be little or no remorse at the multiple killings that take place.
All of Neo's powers can be explained by his interactions with the machines. Even when he saves Zion at the end, it is just him and the machines. The savior of the human race had no blatant connection to God.
Despite the religious symbolism in the trilogy, the script does not seem to provide much evidence of God and may even suggest that God does not exist.
Is there, however, another way that God can be inferred from the Trilogy?
Part 2...to follow.
