u/duhhsty

I know - I know. They are all meaningful in some way - but I love how some names could be "hidden" stories within the movie.

1. Choi and Dujour which loosely translates to "Choice of the day"

2. Cypher - archaic term meaning "Zero" - I assume this is to be the opposite of "The One"

3. Switch - Originally intended to be a Male in the real world and a woman in the Matrix. Warner bros didn't want any of that - so it was cut. I find it interesting that Switch seems to be a nod to the Wachowski's inner struggles they may have been facing at the time.

4. Agent Smith (Full disclosure, I don't believe this was originally the concept behind his name but.....) - Beginning of Reloaded, Smith pulls up in an Audi with the license plate number "IS 5416" - This is referring to the bible Isaiah, chapter 54, verse 16. ""Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy."

Any others that you find interesting?

Allegedly, the Wichowski's scrapped a part of this scene that further illustrated the significance of the cookie. If this is true, I wish they had not.

IIRC - this was more than a trivial double meaning where "lol internet cookie, like you know those things you clear with your browser history" wasn't the full story.

I believe the cookie wasn't a lone data packet at all - I think it was a full scale software update. The IDKFA cheat code that he didn't realize he activated until later. I believe this cookie was the Oracle's way of injecting some sort of incorruptible files into Neo.

I don't believe Neo was truly the one until he ate that damn cookie.

For context: Neil deGrasse Tyson disagrees with The Matrix's use of living batteries. He says that the premise violates the Second Law of Thermodynamics, as energy is lost whenever it changes form, and that feeding humans food to extract their body heat is incredibly inefficient. "Why not just cut out the middle man!"

So.. I'm not an physicist, however I want to point something out that maybe he's overlooking. When Morpheus is describing how the Matrix uses humans as an energy source - he never indicates that this is the ONLY energy source. In fact, he says that the recycling process (liquefying the dead) mixed with a form of fusion (this fusion being likely the Matrix's main energy source) is how the computers are able to keep up and running. It's also worth noting that the Matrix keeps humans alive not only for their energy - but because the Matrix needs their brains for immense data processing. Remember when Agent Smith described how the early version of the Matrix failed because of the "perfect" version of the world? "Many crops were lost." This would never be a relevant point to make if humans were just mere batteries plugged into the system. The Matrix needs humans to not only survive, but to exist in the first place.

TLDR: Fusion is the Matrix primary source of energy. You can't cut the humans out of the equation as their brains are required to keep the Matrix alive.

Anybody else have further commentary on this take? I'm just baffled because he claims the Matrix is his NUMBER ONE MOVIE OF ALL TIME. I just can't help but feel he's mistaken.