![]() One theory is that wearing sunglasses, or running sunglasses, helps to differentiate the difference between those who are "awake" and those who are still part of the Matrix simulation. There has been a great deal of discussion about why some characters in The Matrix wear sunglasses and other don't. (Neo takes the red pill and swallows it with a glass of water) (Long pause Neo begins to reach for the red pill) Remember - all I am offering is the truth, nothing more. ![]() (a red pill is shown in his other hand) You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. ![]() Morpheus: You take the blue pill and the story ends. (In his left hand, Morpheus shows a blue pill.) (long pause, sighs) Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage, born inside a prison that you cannot smell, taste, or touch. In the movie, the main character Neo is offered the choice between a red pill and a. The terms were popularized in science fiction culture via the 1999 film The Matrix. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth. The term red pill and its opposite, blue pill, are pop culture terms that have become a common symbol for the choice between the blissful ignorance of illusion (blue) and embracing the sometimes painful truth of reality (red). You can feel it when you go to work, or when go to church or when you pay your taxes. You can see it when you look out your window, or when you turn on your television. Morpheus: The Matrix is everywhere, it is all around us. Morpheus: Do you want to know what it is? It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Like a splinter in your mind - driving you mad. You don't know what it is, but it's there. That there's something wrong with the world. Neo: 'Cause I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life. Ironically, this is not far from the truth. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he's expecting to wake up. Morpheus: I imagine that right now you're feeling a bit like Alice. By escaping the cave or taking the red pill, everything becomes clear, and even if others perceive that liberation as suffering, the philosopher knows they are better off outside of the cave.Written by Andy Wachowski & Larry Wachowski Just as many of the prisoners would be scared of the fire and wish to return to the wall, many of those freed in The Matrix opt for the blue pill - stick to what you can already understand, just like the first film's Cypher character. Having only ever experienced the digital Matrix, humans perceive the world as reality, but the philosophically-minded individual can break free by taking the red pill and find the truth. She clearly recalls discussing the nature of the. In the canon Matrix Comic 'A life Less Empty', the main character Tiera took the blue pill. You take the red pill, you stay in wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. ![]() To compare Plato's Allegory of the Cave to The Matrix, the row of chained prisoners are the humans, the ones casting shadows by firelight are the Machines and the shadows on the wall are the Matrix itself. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. Having accustomed to his new perception of reality, the prisoner would return to free the others, and they would resist, believing their escaped friend had been harmed, when in fact he was just struggling to see in the darkness after finally beholding the light of the sun. If he resisted that urge, or was forced to leave the cave, he would eventually learn the true nature of his reality. For Plato, only a philosopher can achieve this miraculous escape. If one of the prisoners might escape, he would learn of the fire and fear it, desiring to be returned to his old existence. ![]()
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