Here are the big takeaways from the Matrix video games, comic books, and Animatrix collection of shorts.
“Have you ever had a dream that you were so sure was real?
What if you were unable to wake from that dream?
Here’s what we learned about ‘The Matrix’ from the comics, video games, and ‘The Animatrix’ shorts.Village Roadshow Pictures/Kobal/Shutterstock; Murray Close/Warner Bros; Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?”
And everyone,it seems, has a slightly different variation when it comes to the answers.
That extends to the largerMatrixuniverse.
Robot delegates from the Machine city in ‘The Animatrix’ short ‘The Second Renaissance.'.Warner Bros.
Far in the future, artificial intelligence took over earth and now use humans as fuel.
Robots worked manual labor and generally lived to do the bidding of humans.
The robot expressed human emotion, saying they didn’t want to die.
Athlete Dan David experiences self-substantiation during a race in ‘The Animatrix’ short ‘World Record.'.Warner Bros.
As a result, man moved to destroy B1-66ER and all robots like them.
The surviving machines fled to Mesopotamia, where they established the first machine city, Zero One.
In this sanctuary, they are given the safety to evolve and develop more advanced A.I.
Michael Karl Popper wakes himself up from the Matrix in ‘The Animatrix’ short ‘Kid’s Story.'.Warner Bros.
The machines remain unharmed, and war begins.
While this slowed the machines for a time, the robots, once again, evolved.
Rejecting the image mankind gave them, they remade themselves in the forms seen in theMatrixmovies.
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They also learned from their own study of human anatomy to siphon off the energy they need from people.
From that new need came the first Matrix to keep their subjects docile.
This burst of energy he exhibits awakens him inside his pod in the real world.
Morpheus from ‘The Matrix Online’ vs. Morpheus from ‘The Matrix’.TheMatrixOnline; Everett Collection
A chase ensues and he’s cornered on the roof.
Instead of getting captured, he lets himself fall towards the pavement in an apparent suicide.
Though, one could argue this isn’t true self-substantiation since it was an external force that woke him.
It’s calledMatriculated, and it’s directed and written by Peter Chung.
The story involves a group of humans trying to recruit machines to their side.
“We won’t beat the machines by making them our slaves.
Better to let them join us by choice,” a man named Nonaka says.
Another one,The Matrix Online, was designed as a more formal sequel to the original film trilogy.
In this game, Morpheus was consumed with retrieving Neo’s remains.
During the events ofThe Matrix Revolutions, Neo travels with Trinity to Zero One.
But his body was never returned to Zion.
Morpheus was eventually killed by a program referred to as the Assassin.
“This character is on a journey of self-discovery.
There’s a lot in our story that’s about growth, defining your own path.
Morpheus isn’t exempt from that.”
The truth of the matter will whenResurrectionshits theaters and HBO Max simultaneously on Wednesday.
