The following web page provides quite a number of interesting hidden meanings and not-so-obvious facts from M1 (some of which have already been discussed here in other threads):
-- According to some crew members, Keanu Reeves was really vomiting as shown in the film when his character Neo leaves The Matrix for the first time.
-- The scene in which Neo meets the gifted children in the Oracle's apartment is an homage to the similar scene at the end of "Akira" (1988).
-- Ewan McGregor was offered, but turned down, the part of Neo.
-- The name "Neo" is Latin for the word "New."
-- When the traitor meets with agent "Smith," we learn that his name is Reagan. He says he wants to be someone important, maybe an actor, and that he wants to "remember nothing"! Sound familiar?
-- The glyphs on the computer screens, with the exception of the call traces, consists of reversed letters, numbers, and Japanese katakana characters.
-- Inside the Nebuchadnezzar there is a brief shot of a plaque with the ship's name, above which it says "Mark 3 no. 11." The Biblical verse Mark 3:11 is, "And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out saying, `You are the Son of God.'"
-- When Neo is meeting with the Oracle, the music playing in the background in her apartment is Duke Ellington's "I'm Beginning to See the Light," a reference to Neo's continued awakening.
-- In the movie "Higher Learning" (1995), Laurence Fishburne's first sentence was: "Welcome to the real world."
-- Cypher is a play on the name Lucifer - the devil.
-- When Neo is calling to get extracted from the Matrix, he says, "Mr. Wizard get me out of here," a reference to the 1960's cartoon "Tudor Turtle"...
-- Cypher is a play on the name Lucifer - the devil.
For some reason I heard that awhile ago, (awhile meaning while The Matrix was still in theaters) that someone got ahold of the script and it showed Cypher's first name as Louis, and that was how you were supposed to link it, Lou Cypher, Lucifer. But I am not sure its true, but it still works.
yes, that's from the rourke/deniro supernatural thriller "angel heart". 'louis cypher' is the name of the character played by deniro, who is later revealed to be the devil. rourke even remarks, "louis cypher...lucifer. even your name is a dime store joke." but actually the bit is even older than that.
The movie playing when Neo visits the Oracle's house for the first time is called "Night of the Leapus"
it's about giant bunnies attacking...
Still wish I could find this somewhere
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Page one on Simulation and Simulacra includes the phrase "desert of the real" and it includes a chapter called "The Remainder" (as in "your life is the sum of the remainder of an unbalanced equation")
Alright, instead of making a new thread, I brought this one back from the ashes, way back in June (see how long I've been posting? )
Check out what I found about the meaning behind Rama-Kandra from matrixfans.net:
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Rama:
Lord Rama is the seventh incarnation of Vishnu. Born during the second age of the world called TRETA YUGA, he is the immortal hero of the great religious epic of India, the Ramayana. This epic seems to have been written sometime between the fifth and the first century B.C. though broad-lines of Rama's noble life were known to the residents of this land much earlier. Rama occupies a very considerable place in the religious life of India and in the religious history of the world. He is the embodiment of righteousness and is believed to be the incarnation of the solar aspect of Vishnu.
masculine.. Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "pleasing" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu god Vishnu. It was also borne by the hero of the 'Ramayana', a Hindu epic, which tells of the abduction of his wife Sita by the demon king Ravana, and his efforts to recapture her.
Kandra:
In Sanskrit, the well-known names of the moon are Kandra, Soma, Indu, and Vidhu...
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So Rama is the 7th incarnation of Vishnu, Hindu God if I'm not mistaken. And Neo is the 6th incarnation of The One. Knowing the W Bros, there has to be something to this.
I never read that Cypher stuff before - thanks -
Here's something i never saw before - in the Oracle's apartment - the blocks suspended in mid-air -
one has a helicopter on it (with a propeller that looks like infinity) , a *3* (Trin?), *P*, *L*, a dog or something (Trin encountered a helicopter soon after this-
another has a *J*, *W*, something that looks like a cable-car, and an old-style TV like the Oracle's and Morpheus's not the Architect's (lots of TV's)
another has *V*, *I*, *Z*or*N*, *9* (Oracle's floor is 9 and apartment number is C960), and a locust - i am thinking locust, lepus both consuming everything in sight - Smith, possibly squiddies -
also there is a lady carrying a new baby -may mean nothing
Trin exits #303 in Reloaded and the exits look like it loops right back-
when Morph sees the agent on the truck he goes under a sign that says
Whipple Ave 1/2
Woodside Rd 1/2
Marsh Rd. 3 3/4
then as he passes under, the other side says the same thing- i really think everything is a loop there
ahh yes, either way too much time on my hands (no) or i am quite obsessed
i enjoy all this great stuff you guys think of and find, more than i can say - please keep chipping away at the mystery - i have a feeling that there will be plenty left after Revolutions
Originally posted by Pinkshirtbadman The movie playing when Neo visits the Oracle's house for the first time is called "Night of the Leapus"
it's about giant bunnies attacking...
Still wish I could find this somewhere
(:
Hmmm... Reminds me of Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey... Or was it Excellent adventure? (Remember the big bunny chasing them?)
Keanu Reeves was in that movie as well... for those of you who live under a rock
Please pardon my pseudo-intellectuaphilisophicalismysiticality.
06-18-2003 10:17 PM
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