Matrix 4 Coming Soon

[The Dark Knight]

The poster

I like it, especially when you consider the recent trend of busy Harveyweird posters. This is clean and clear, with Neo in his rightful place at the front. It's the first time we've seen Neo and Trinity in their glasses too. It's hard to believe in a month's time I'm seeing a brand new Matrix movie.

[Gotham Knight]

Trinity as Trinity is awesome. We've really only really seen goods looks of her as a blue pill.

[The Dark Knight]

Trinity as Trinity is awesome. We've really only really seen goods looks of her as a blue pill.

Carrie-Anne Moss and Sigourney Weaver are two female leads I respect. They're pioneers. My appreciation of Moss is why I'm willing to go along with any girl power in Resurrections. Plus, I think the movie is what we need right now. Instead of killing iconic characters and leaving the cinema depressed, we're getting the exact opposite. Bring them back to life, stronger than ever. I'm so ready for it.

[Gotham Knight]

It is now apparent that the leaks were correct. I'm fine with that. Looks like a great movie.

[thecolorsblend]

Surprised they're releasing another trailer now. But hey, works for me. Great trailer.

[The Dark Knight]

The leaks are indeed true and I'm glad they are. I think the time jump justifies the fourth film and makes things different enough while being familiar. Morpheus is here, but an echo played by another actor. The Merovingian is here, but he looks like a vagrant. Niobe is here, but she's decades older. Smith is here, but he has a new face. I can see the latter being more difficult for people to accept, given the iconic power of Weaving's performance.

However from a story point of view, any new shell was justified when The Oracle was recast for Enter The Matrix and Revolutions. We've also had a Weaving impersonation with Bane in the sequels, so it's not completely out of left field. I was against Smith returning because it doesn't make his defeat in the third film final. But this recast somehow puts a new slant on my perspective. He's back, but it also feels like he's kind of not. The way I see it, all the characters shine on in some fashion, whereas Neo and Trinity essentially remain themselves. Constants against a changed world.

Story aside, this movie looks incredible. In terms of audio I've listened to the soundtrack. It doesn't speak to me at the moment, but that may change upon seeing it matched with the visuals. The standout moments are the very few times Don Davis' sound gets referenced. All in all, I think we're in for a solid film. It should be entertaining and rewarding at the very least. Fingers crossed for the box office and any future plans.

[thecolorsblend]

I read the leaks ages ago but I don't have an immediate recall of them. Just as well since the movie is so near.

Anyway. Now seems like as good a time as any to float a fan theory about goings on with Trinity in Resurrections.

But first...

To set the table, Neo is the sixth One. There were five before him. And I think we can safely assume they chose the door to the right. They returned to the Source, their One code was temporarily returned to the Source for analysis, it was given back to that One and then he chose people from the Matrix to rebuild Zion. That's the script and they all followed it. Except Neo.

I think it's implied in the existing movies that each One modifies the One code (perhaps subconsciously, perhaps not) in his own way as he makes progress to The Architect's office. That's why The One has to temporarily surrender the code. The Source needs to analyze how the newest One altered the code for his own purposes/survival before returning it to that One. The system wants to understand choice and The One is sort of the posterboy for choice in that universe.

Thing is, Neo never returned his One code to The Source. He chose the door to his left, kept his code, some stuff happened and the war ended. But The Source never saw Neo's code. Therefore, it doesn't know how to better account for choice in the future.

And it will have to account for choice in future versions of the Matrix. Because the earth as we see it in the trilogy is simply not capable of sustaining all the human life connected to the Matrix.

Now, I speculate that the Matrix has been constantly looped with only small modifications here and there since the end of the war. Real improvement hasn't been possible. So, essentially the system has been running Last Known Good Configuration ever since the sentinels bugged out of Zion.

But Neo has still been alive and still interacting with the artificial world of the Matrix this entire time. By now, his One code is probably far beyond anything the system could possibly predict or account for anymore. Even if they had the chance to analyze his code, Neo is probably just plain too powerful for the system to survive anymore without The Source getting a chance to analyze Neo's One code directly.

Spoiler- That might be way The Matrix film from 1999 appears to be an in-universe film in Resurrections.

Neo is subconsciously influencing the Matrix in ways the system itself can't control.

Here's my theory. Something has to be done. So, the system or a programmer or somebody has done a dirty hack and split some amount of Neo's code and given it to Trinity. The idea is that Trinity is the other half of Neo's soul (and vice versa). Sooner or later, they'll find their way back to each other. Trinity doesn't have the psychological faculties to alter the code. And with his as much as half his code missing, Neo should pose less of a challenge to the Matrix's stability.

Thus, when the time is right, the system can summon both of them to The Source, reclaim the code, stabilize the system in any way necessary and FINALLY stabilize the Matrix the way it should've been stabilized at the end of Reloaded.

Or I could be completely wrong.

Either way, my theory above does harmonize with some of the leaks that I remember. It's not spoiler stuff (except where marked above) but it's something that's been on my mind for a while.

[thecolorsblend]

A brief clip but it does do some interesting world building for the movie. Very enjoyable.

[The Dark Knight]

Seeing the score play against the visuals makes me like it more. It's different to Don Davis but seems appropriate. As for the content of the clip I remain very optimistic as a fan of all three movies. I can't see it being anything other than a love letter to Neo, Trinity and the fanbase. If the critics aren't on board with that then I couldn't care less. Most still don't get the sequels. This is our time, not theirs.

[Gotham Knight]

Just a tech demo! If only it were a full game! I posted this version because it has a free roam period that looks good.