The deeply personal “answer” found in the historical series “The Matrix Resurrections” *Note! Contains spoilers.

A complex but sophisticated equation that yields the “answer”

The story of "The Matrix Resurrections" itself is simple to understand. However, the structure itself is very unusual. There are parts that "trace the first movie", there are also scenes from the main story of the previous movie inserted in between, and there is also a meta element that "Neo, who is in the matrix (virtual world), is The Game designer who created a computer The Game called ' The matrix '". Moreover, the content of The Game is exactly the same as the three movies.

In other words, in addition to the real world and virtual reality in The matrix, elements of the reality we live in are also involved. First, let's focus on the real world/virtual reality in The matrix.

・In the matrix, the matrix(i.e. Neo's achievements) is told as The Game. It was created by Neo/Thomas Anderson.

In the matrix , Neo has lost his memory and is now The Game designer.

Agent Smith is the same person (but looks different for some reason)

It's like this. In the matrix, Neo's colleagues discuss the pros and cons of a new The Game, and the story unfolds in a post- matrix world where people reconsider the film. In other words, the characters in the film are talking about The Game, but for us viewers, it can be taken as The matrix itself, and this sophisticated device justifies the film's depiction of the process of coming to an answer to The matrix.

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Scenes from " The matrix ," " The matrix Reloaded ," and " The matrix Revolutions " are inserted as "elements of the reality we live in." This can be considered more of a tutorial or a caution for us, the audience. If you only look at Neo (this time The Game designer) and Trinity (this time a housewife named Tiffany) in the matrix , it will seem like a parallel world story to the first movie.

However, by inserting footage from previous works, we, the audience, understand that "this is not a different universe or a story that branches off from the first work, but the world after "Revolutions". With this premise, the technological evolution of this world due to the passage of time begins to function.

Advances in technology = also functions to indicate the passage of time