"Get this: what if all we know as reality was, in fact, virtual reality? Reality itself is a ravaged dystopia run by technocrat Artificial Intelligence where humankind vegetates in billions of gloop-filled tanks - mere battery packs for the machine world - being fed this late '90s VR (known as The Matrix - you with us here?) through an ugly great cable stuck in the back of our heads. And what if there was a group of quasi-spiritual rebels infiltrating The Matrix with the sole purpose of crashing the ruddy great mainframe and rescuing humans from their unknown purgatory? And, hey, what if Keanu Reeves was their Messiah?"
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Australian filmsThe Matrix (franchise)Films about artificial intelligenceScreenplays by The WachowskisFilms directed by The Wachowskis
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Ian Nathan, "The Matrix", Empire, (1 Jan 1999).
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(film)
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
The Matrix (film)
The Matrix is a 1999 film about a computer hacker who learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the controllers of it. It was followed by 2003 sequel The Matrix Reloaded.
48 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by The Matrix (film) →
Related Quotes
"I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species…"
"There's this one scene where I run up the walls. It lasts about 30 seconds, but it took months of training. I did tha…"
"[At a phonebooth] I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid. You're afraid of us. You're…"
"[From behind Agent Jones about to shoot Neo] Dodge this. [Shoots and kills Agent Jones at point-blank range]"
"[About to shoot and kill Neo sitting on ground] Only human."
"[To Morpheus of a near top skyscraper floor] Have you ever stood and stared at it, marveled at its beauty, its genius…"
"David Aston – Rhineheart"
"Philosophical objections aside, I think I reacted negatively to “The Matrix” because I had a sense of what was coming…"
"Too bad, because the set-up is intriguing. "The Matrix" recycles the premises of "Dark City" and "Strange Days," turn…"
"Robert Taylor – Agent Jones"