566: Matrix Revisited - Revision history

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‎Explanation: Looks like we needed a few grammatical and explanatory changes. Did some rearranging and other ancilliary edits.

172.70.85.127: Undo revision 356714 by CalibansCreations (talk) Revised revert to be more correct. (But also rebump for the need to give just such a citation reference.

2024-11-14T12:50:19Z

Undo revision 356714 by CalibansCreations (talk) Revised revert to be more correct. (But also rebump for the need to give just such a citation reference.

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108.162.237.123: /* Explanation */ The "lines of thoughts" aren't similar at all

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141.101.98.13: /* Explanation */ Alternate explanation for the discontinuity (after all future scenes don't seem to have red/blue-mixed-pill effects, either). Removing the bit about 'real world' person having metal, inexplicably removing metal from simulation-self.

2023-12-12T12:07:31Z

‎Explanation: Alternate explanation for the discontinuity (after all future scenes don't seem to have red/blue-mixed-pill effects, either). Removing the bit about 'real world' person having metal, inexplicably removing metal from simulation-self.

172.71.22.132: Updated year from July 2015 to December 2023. Matrix is still in the Top 20 at #16

2023-12-12T07:36:20Z

Updated year from July 2015 to December 2023. Matrix is still in the Top 20 at #16

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic was drawn in celebration of the ten-year anniversary of the movie ''{{w|The Matrix}}''. (Despite the claims of the first panel, the movie was actually released on 31 March 1999 in the US, although it was next released in Australia on 8 April 1999.)
+This comic was drawn in celebration of the ten-year anniversary of the movie ''{{w|The Matrix}}''. (Despite the claims of the first panel, the movie was actually released on 31 March 1999 in the US, although it was next released in Australia on 8 April 1999.) [[Megan]] is shocked when she realizes it is already ten years ago that ''The Matrix'' came out. This is an effect Randall has used to [[:Category:Comics_to_make_one_feel_old|make you feel old]] several times (for instance he mentions The Matrix again two years later in [[891: Movie Ages]].)
 In ''The Matrix'', almost all of humanity lives in a computer simulation. Many years ago, robots took over the real world (not the simulation), and placed humans into the simulation while their body heat generated power for the robots. A few people have escaped from the Matrix, and they are on a mission with others to free the human race from the robots. The title of the strip is a reference to the documentary on the filming of ''The Matrix'': ''{{w|The Matrix Revisited}}''.

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 In the next scene Morpheus (ignoring Trinity's remark, or in a separate rerun of the interaction) has reached the part of the scene where he shows Neo two pills, one red and one blue, and tells Neo that he can either take the blue pill and return to the simulation (the Matrix), never to hear about the Matrix again, or he can take the red pill and leave the Matrix, and "see how deep the rabbit hole goes" (a reference to ''{{w|Alice in Wonderland}}''). In the movie, Neo takes the red pill. In the comic, however, he mixes the two pills then {{w|Insufflation_(medicine)|snorts}} the purple powder he has created as though it was an illegal drug such as cocaine, and apparently winds up in a bizarre upside down and inverted dimension, presumably caused by his 'Drug Trip'. Even Morpheus now has no idea where they are. Note that the inversion of both color and orientation could be intended to evoke the idea of capturing an image on film (i.e. a film negative), which is ''really'' the only place where Neo and Morpheus exist. It is possible that the combination of pills allowed Neo to break through another layer of the simulation. Alternatively, this could simply be Randall trying to explain that they are in an alternate dimension whilst still remaining within the constraints of stick figures on white and black backgrounds.
-The third scene is at the point that Neo and Trinity must save Morpheus, who has been captured by {{w|Agent (The Matrix)|agents}} of the simulation. They obtain many guns and a much ammunition, concealing a large amount of the load beneath trenchcoats (the remainder in large canvas bags that they carry). We are shown the point at which Neo is stopped at a security checkpoint in a building in the Matrix. A {{w|Metal detector#Security screening|security arch}} has shown him to have metal on his person, typically indicative of having inadvertently taken keys through the gateway rather than sending them through the luggage scanner (which has not yet shown the bag contents). A security guard tells him to remove any metallic items (such as keys) and place them in a container, in order to walk cleanly through the scanner. In the movie, he opens his trenchcoat to revealing his myriad of weapons and proceeds to dispatch all of the outclassed and outgunned guards, with the assistance of Trinity. In the comic, Neo also opens his trenchcoat, but the guard's response of "eww" implies that Neo may instead be {{w|Exhibitionism#Types of exposure|mostly naked underneath}} and the guard is disgusted by him flashing his genitals.
+The third scene is at the point that Neo and Trinity must save Morpheus, who has been captured by {{w|Agent (The Matrix)|agents}} of the simulation. They obtain many guns and much ammunition, holstering and clipping a large amount of their stock beneath trenchcoats (the remainder in large canvas bags that they carry). We are shown the point at which Neo is stopped at a security checkpoint in a building in the Matrix. A {{w|Metal detector#Security screening|security arch}} has shown him to have metal on his person, typically indicative of having inadvertently taken keys through the gateway rather than sending them through the luggage scanner (which has not yet shown the bag contents). A security guard tells him to remove any metallic items (such as the keys) and place them in a container in order to walk again through the scanner, cleanly. In the movie, he opens his trenchcoat to revealing his myriad of weapons, surprising the previously unwary guard, and then (with the assistance of Trinity) proceeds to dispatch all of the outclassed and outgunned guards that are present or arrive in immediate response. In the comic, Neo also opens his trenchcoat, but the guard's response of "eww" implies that Neo may instead be {{w|Exhibitionism#Types of exposure|mostly naked underneath}} and the guard is disgusted by him flashing his genitals.
 Back in the real world, after watching the movie, Cueball turns to his friends (Megan and another Cueball-like guy) and exclaims that he had forgotten how great the movie is. When his friend suggests that they put on the other two sequels, there is a beat panel where Megan and Cueball look at each other, then they beat up the offender off-panel.

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 In the next scene Morpheus (ignoring Trinity's remark, or in a separate rerun of the interaction) has reached the part of the scene where he shows Neo two pills, one red and one blue, and tells Neo that he can either take the blue pill and return to the simulation (the Matrix), never to hear about the Matrix again, or he can take the red pill and leave the Matrix, and "see how deep the rabbit hole goes" (a reference to ''{{w|Alice in Wonderland}}''). In the movie, Neo takes the red pill. In the comic, however, he mixes the two pills then {{w|Insufflation_(medicine)|snorts}} the purple powder he has created as though it was an illegal drug such as cocaine, and apparently winds up in a bizarre upside down and inverted dimension, presumably caused by his 'Drug Trip'. Even Morpheus now has no idea where they are. Note that the inversion of both color and orientation could be intended to evoke the idea of capturing an image on film (i.e. a film negative), which is ''really'' the only place where Neo and Morpheus exist. It is possible that the combination of pills allowed Neo to break through another layer of the simulation. Alternatively, this could simply be Randall trying to explain that they are in an alternate dimension whilst still remaining within the constraints of stick figures on white and black backgrounds.
-What leads up to the third scene is when Neo and Trinity must save Morpheus, who has been captured by {{w|Agent (The Matrix)|agents}} of the simulation. They obtain many guns and load them into trenchcoats. In the shown scene Neo is stopped at a security checkpoint in a building in the Matrix. A security guard tells him to remove any metallic items, since the scanner has shown him to have metal on his person, such as keys, and place them in a bin, then walk through the scanner again. In the movie, he opens his trenchcoat, revealing a myriad of weapons and dispatching all of the guards with the assistance of Trinity. In the comic, however, Neo opens his trenchcoat, but the guard's response of "eww" implies that Neo is otherwise naked and the guard is disgusted by his display of his genitals.
+The third scene is at the point that Neo and Trinity must save Morpheus, who has been captured by {{w|Agent (The Matrix)|agents}} of the simulation. They obtain many guns and a much ammunition, concealing a large amount of the load beneath trenchcoats (the remainder in large canvas bags that they carry). We are shown the point at which Neo is stopped at a security checkpoint in a building in the Matrix. A {{w|Metal detector#Security screening|security arch}} has shown him to have metal on his person, typically indicative of having inadvertently taken keys through the gateway rather than sending them through the luggage scanner (which has not yet shown the bag contents). A security guard tells him to remove any metallic items (such as keys) and place them in a container, in order to walk cleanly through the scanner. In the movie, he opens his trenchcoat to revealing his myriad of weapons and proceeds to dispatch all of the outclassed and outgunned guards, with the assistance of Trinity. In the comic, Neo also opens his trenchcoat, but the guard's response of "eww" implies that Neo may instead be {{w|Exhibitionism#Types of exposure|mostly naked underneath}} and the guard is disgusted by him flashing his genitals.
-After watching the movie, Cueball turns to his friends (Megan and another Cueball-like guy) and exclaims that he had forgotten how great the movie is. When his friend suggests that they put on the other two sequels, there is a beat panel where Megan and Cueball look at each other, then they beat up the offender off-panel.
+Back in the real world, after watching the movie, Cueball turns to his friends (Megan and another Cueball-like guy) and exclaims that he had forgotten how great the movie is. When his friend suggests that they put on the other two sequels, there is a beat panel where Megan and Cueball look at each other, then they beat up the offender off-panel.
-The two sequels to ''The Matrix'' are widely regarded as inferior to the original, with some fans {{tvtropes|FanonDiscontinuity|pretending they don't exist}}. This is what happens when Megan and Cueball return, and Cueball repeats his statement about how good it was. Then Megan is saddened by the fact they never made any sequels and Cueball agrees. Thus trying hard (even violently) to forget those sequels. In the title text, however, Randall disagrees with the characters in the comics, remarking that he enjoyed the films when he watched them in the movie theater, but agrees that they are not as good as the original.
+The two sequels to ''The Matrix'' are widely regarded as inferior to the original, with some fans {{tvtropes|FanonDiscontinuity|pretending they don't exist}}. This is what happens when Megan and Cueball return, and Cueball repeats his statement about how good it was. Then Megan is saddened by the fact they never made any sequels and Cueball agrees, having tried hard (even violently) to forget those sequels. In the title text, however, Randall disagrees with the characters in the comics, remarking that he enjoyed the films when he watched them in the movie theater, but agrees that they are not as good as the original.
 On {{w|IMDb}} the original movie was still in the top 20 on their [http://www.imdb.com/chart/top?tt0133093&ref_=tt_awd top 250 chart] in December 2023, with an average of [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/ 8.7] vs. only [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234215 7.2] and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242653 6.7] to the sequels (though even those two scores are relatively high compared to other action titles).

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 ==Trivia==
-*The 6th, 7th and 8th panels have been turned into an internet meme {{acn}}
+*The 6th, 7th and 8th panels have been turned into an internet meme.{{Actual citation needed}}
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 ==Trivia==
-*The 6th, 7th and 8th panels have been turned into an internet meme {{actual citation needed}}
+*The 6th, 7th and 8th panels have been turned into an internet meme {{acn}}
 {{comic discussion}}

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	On {{w\|IMDb}} the original movie was still in the top 20 on their [http://www.imdb.com/chart/top?tt0133093&ref_=tt_awd top 250 chart] in December 2023, with an average of [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/ 8.7] vs. only [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234215 7.2] and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242653 6.7] to the sequels (though even those two scores are relatively high compared to other action titles).		On {{w\|IMDb}} the original movie was still in the top 20 on their [http://www.imdb.com/chart/top?tt0133093&ref_=tt_awd top 250 chart] in December 2023, with an average of [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/ 8.7] vs. only [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234215 7.2] and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242653 6.7] to the sequels (though even those two scores are relatively high compared to other action titles).
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−	9 years (and one day) later Randall made the comic [[1978: Congressional Testimony]] where the movie ''{{w\|The Terminator}}'' is mentioned. In the title text a similar line of thought as the one in the bottom strip of this comic is made. The third movie in the Terminator Franchise was so great that Skynet sent back a robot to prevent James Cameron, the director of the first two Terminator movies, from directing it, and instead another (much worse) version of the movie was later directed by another director. This indicates that Randall would rather not have had the third movie made, and also fantasizes about how much better it could have been with the original director making T3.

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 In the first scene Morpheus tells Neo that one cannot explain what the Matrix is and that he must see it for himself to understand. Morpheus is very mysterious as he tempts Neo to take a look himself, which, in the movie, leads to the next scene. In this comic, however, Trinity makes Morpheus look foolish by clearly explaining the Matrix in a single, simple phrase, and then telling him that he must suck at explaining. (The actual quote from the movie is <q>no one can <em>be told</em> what the Matrix is</q>, which makes more sense: even after being rescued from the Matrix, Neo at first refuses to accept that his entire life has been a simulation, becoming highly distraught when confronted with that truth. Morpheus later mentions that for this reason, it is unusual to rescue people past a certain age.)
-In the next scene Morpheus tries to ignore Trinity's remark and continues by showing Neo two pills, one red and one blue, and tells Neo that he can either take the blue pill and return to the simulation (the Matrix), never to hear about the Matrix again, or he can take the red pill and leave the Matrix, and "see how deep the rabbit hole goes" (a reference to ''{{w|Alice in Wonderland}}''). In the movie, Neo takes the red pill. In the comic, however, he mixes the two pills then {{w|Insufflation_(medicine)|snorts}} the purple powder he has created as though it was an illegal drug such as cocaine, and apparently winds up in a bizarre upside down and inverted dimension, presumably caused by his 'Drug Trip'. Even Morpheus now has no idea where they are. Note that the inversion of both color and orientation could be intended to evoke the idea of capturing an image on film (i.e. a film negative), which is ''really'' the only place where Neo and Morpheus exist. It is possible that the combination of pills allowed Neo to break through another layer of the simulation. Alternatively, this could simply be Randall trying to explain that they are in an alternate dimension whilst still remaining within the constraints of stick figures on white and black backgrounds.
+In the next scene Morpheus (ignoring Trinity's remark, or in a separate rerun of the interaction) has reached the part of the scene where he shows Neo two pills, one red and one blue, and tells Neo that he can either take the blue pill and return to the simulation (the Matrix), never to hear about the Matrix again, or he can take the red pill and leave the Matrix, and "see how deep the rabbit hole goes" (a reference to ''{{w|Alice in Wonderland}}''). In the movie, Neo takes the red pill. In the comic, however, he mixes the two pills then {{w|Insufflation_(medicine)|snorts}} the purple powder he has created as though it was an illegal drug such as cocaine, and apparently winds up in a bizarre upside down and inverted dimension, presumably caused by his 'Drug Trip'. Even Morpheus now has no idea where they are. Note that the inversion of both color and orientation could be intended to evoke the idea of capturing an image on film (i.e. a film negative), which is ''really'' the only place where Neo and Morpheus exist. It is possible that the combination of pills allowed Neo to break through another layer of the simulation. Alternatively, this could simply be Randall trying to explain that they are in an alternate dimension whilst still remaining within the constraints of stick figures on white and black backgrounds.
-What leads up to the third scene is when Neo and Trinity must save Morpheus, who has been captured by {{w|Agent (The Matrix)|agents}} of the simulation. They obtain many guns and load them into trenchcoats. In the shown scene Neo is stopped at a security checkpoint in a building in the Matrix. A security guard tells him to remove any metallic items, since the scanner has shown him to have metal on his person, such as keys, and place them in a bin, then walk through the scanner again. In the movie, he opens his trenchcoat, revealing a myriad of weapons and dispatching all of the guards with the assistance of Trinity. In the comic, however, Neo opens his trenchcoat, but the guard's response of "eww" implies that Neo is otherwise naked and the guard is disgusted by his display of his genitals. It is possible that Neo, on account of having many metal implants (seen in the movie as being in the bodies of everyone raised by the robots), is trying to remove his implants, thus starting to take his clothes off.
+What leads up to the third scene is when Neo and Trinity must save Morpheus, who has been captured by {{w|Agent (The Matrix)|agents}} of the simulation. They obtain many guns and load them into trenchcoats. In the shown scene Neo is stopped at a security checkpoint in a building in the Matrix. A security guard tells him to remove any metallic items, since the scanner has shown him to have metal on his person, such as keys, and place them in a bin, then walk through the scanner again. In the movie, he opens his trenchcoat, revealing a myriad of weapons and dispatching all of the guards with the assistance of Trinity. In the comic, however, Neo opens his trenchcoat, but the guard's response of "eww" implies that Neo is otherwise naked and the guard is disgusted by his display of his genitals.
 After watching the movie, Cueball turns to his friends (Megan and another Cueball-like guy) and exclaims that he had forgotten how great the movie is. When his friend suggests that they put on the other two sequels, there is a beat panel where Megan and Cueball look at each other, then they beat up the offender off-panel.

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 The two sequels to ''The Matrix'' are widely regarded as inferior to the original, with some fans {{tvtropes|FanonDiscontinuity|pretending they don't exist}}. This is what happens when Megan and Cueball return, and Cueball repeats his statement about how good it was. Then Megan is saddened by the fact they never made any sequels and Cueball agrees. Thus trying hard (even violently) to forget those sequels. In the title text, however, Randall disagrees with the characters in the comics, remarking that he enjoyed the films when he watched them in the movie theater, but agrees that they are not as good as the original.
-On {{w|IMDb}} the original movie was still in the top 20 on their [http://www.imdb.com/chart/top?tt0133093&ref_=tt_awd top 250 chart] in July 2015, with an average of [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/ 8.7] vs. only [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234215 7.2] and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242653 6.7] to the sequels (though even those two scores are relatively high compared to other action titles).
+On {{w|IMDb}} the original movie was still in the top 20 on their [http://www.imdb.com/chart/top?tt0133093&ref_=tt_awd top 250 chart] in December 2023, with an average of [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/ 8.7] vs. only [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234215 7.2] and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242653 6.7] to the sequels (though even those two scores are relatively high compared to other action titles).
 years (and one day) later Randall made the comic [[1978: Congressional Testimony]] where the movie ''{{w|The Terminator}}'' is mentioned. In the title text a similar line of thought as the one in the bottom strip of this comic is made. The third movie in the Terminator Franchise was so great that Skynet sent back a robot to prevent James Cameron, the director of the first two Terminator movies, from directing it, and instead another (much worse) version of the movie was later directed by another director. This indicates that Randall would rather not have had the third movie made, and also fantasizes about how much better it could have been with the original director making T3.