What’s the meaning of Matrix 4? | The Philosophy of Matrix Resurrections (SPOILERS!)
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
- What’s the meaning of Matrix 4? | The Philosophy of Matrix Resurrections (SPOILERS!)
The Matrix Resurrections (The Matrix 4) is the continuation of the original Matrix Trilogy. In this video, I explain the meaning of The Matrix Resurrections from a philosophical perspective and explore its implications to the franchise and questions for us to ponder. I’ve always enjoyed the philosophy of The Matrix saga and I believe The Matrix Resurrections is a solid addition to the philosophical questions already asked.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:35 Point 1
1:22 Point 2
3:29 Point 3
6:26 Point 4
9:11 Point 5
11:00 Conclusion
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How do you feel about the new philosophical developments in The Matrix Resurrections? Let me know in the comments.
you got that all wrong from the start since only neo and trinity are "the ones"..
you can know that by the fact that no one else changes the matrix for 60 years..
more then that the idea of machines and human collaboration are in the matrix revolutions when one of the leaders talk to neo..
you forgot or ignored the one thing that was actualy said by the analyst that feeling are more importent to us then facts and humans believe in the most f@cked up things even if the truth are in front of them ...
so sorry but there is nothing new in this movie..
boring movie no new truth no nothing
@@MENKIN82the fact that there’s more than a single person as “the one” makes room for many to be transcendent.
@@DrJonTam and she only exist as the other one becuase of neo ..
so there are no others.. thats why the machines buid the place for them ...
sorry man your logic wasnt right
@@MENKIN82 I think the key word you’re missing is there are no others “yet”, because the analyst described the mechanism to generate the power to override the matrix is the capacity to love in tandem with the tension between hope and despair. If that’s the mechanism, any human had the capacity for it. But I understand that’s an ad ignorantiam position since we’ll only see that in future additions to the quadrilogy.
At a philosophical level though (which is the point of the video), I’m talking about the perennial philosophical concept that we all create meaning for ourselves, you don’t have to be the anointed one or wait for the anointed one - it’s very much in line with the gnostic roots of Matrix. When people watch movies, the mechanism of interpretation is what meaning can we extract from it if we project ourselves into that character.
@@DrJonTam so if that story is yet to be..
and maybe its just your interpretation ..
it doesnt mean that its in the story of this matrix..
and thats my point.. there are more lines in the story to show that what you told just not whats going on..
you can try to explain and show how its in the movie but i cant see how since there is no such line of story in the matrix 4.
I loved it a lot. I've been watching the trilogy repeatedly a lot and what I thought the trilogy was secretly about was outlined in stark relief in this fourth movie.
Yes, I don’t believe this was a cash grab and was a solid addition. It’s not ground-breaking like Matrix 1, but it’s true to the saga.
Appreciate you going in depth about this movie. First one I've seen break it down like this.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey this is really interesting, subbed, and I also wanted to add my own take that your vid helped me to ponder more deeply about the Matrix and “strange loops” - after I heard Morpheus say something at the beginning of the film which reminded me of a philosophical book called I Am A Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter, which explores the concept of "I" - what is self? Which I believe is applicable to human or program or machine. (please credit me, lol, if you expand on this for future vids):
Douglas Hofstadter explains I Am A Strange Loop as: "In the end, we are self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages that are little miracles of self-reference."
Morpheus at the beginning of Resurrection says he experienced something similar to Bugs - an unlocking of his mind - when he realized that we are “stuck in these strange, repeating, loops" (which made me think of I Am A Strange Loop). And once he realized this, this strange loop, he knew who he himself was, and what he had to do. That scene was so profound.
So in my view Matrix Resurrections, is further exploring this concept of "I" from the prior films - by suggesting that it is our memories and also how we perceive the world around us - which define who we are, and recursively our sense of "I" affects what our memories are and our perception of the world.
Changing our memories or changing how we perceive the world - changes who "I" is, and vice versa. And this is demonstrated well in both Neo and Trinity. But I really like how they did it for Trinity. The memories that she has and how she perceives the world define who "Trinity" is; and we see 3 "versions" of her (a trinity) in Resurrections based on different memories & perception of reality:
- Tiffany
- Trinity (regular)
- A One
I also think the concept of strange loops are further reinforced in the movie by some of the points you mention: the Illusion of Binary and Antimetabole. For the Illusion of Binary - although I interpret it a little differently from you (I think?) as I interpret it as a strange loop in that 0 being the origin / determinism etc. and 1 being the destination / choice etc., a strange loop provides the illusion of "origin" and "destination" when in actuality the destination ends up as the origin - and then continues (self-referencing).
Our choices partly determine future events (determinism), and those future events impact the choices we are faced with at those points. Many references to the binary throughout the Matrix films, including those you have pointed out, for example "IO", question vs. answer, matrix vs. real world with the "real world" being possibly another simulation. Man vs. machine, when the destination may end up as a "new" being that is "man AND machine", self-referencing to the origins. Another example is Neo's "Anomaly code" needing both Neo and Trinity. And even Neo and Smith also being possibly a strange loop - which ties into your point on Antimetabole - when you mentioned this in reference to Smith’s words to Neo it also reminded me of strange loops, and the example you give is perfect: "I know what I like, and I like what I know" -> this to me is a good example of the "paradoxical level-crossing feedback loop" that Hofstadter defines as a strange loop.
Definitely looping, in tandem with inevitability and determinism, is a major theme in the series. I actually plan to do a video on this in the future, but from a Buddhist perspective which is what the series draws on heavily. If I use your idea, I'll definitely credit you! Stay tuned!
Is it only me or anyone else find this connection between the idea of "remembering who you truly are" in the Matrix movies and in the messages from "The Guides" through channeler Paul Selig? It is mind blowing, because they say this is one of the most important thing for us to do in this life 😄 and there it is also in the movie
Great video brotha. I loved Resurrections. What do you think of all the negative reviews of the movie so far? It makes me think the same thing happened when the sequals came out.
I think it’s tough to outdo a GOAT movie. They did so much groundbreaking work in the first movie that even the sequels struggled to live up to it. I do note that the action in this movie was mediocre because the OG Hong Kong martial arts cinematographers aren’t part of the team. I also like nostalgia bait so it doesn’t bother me.
What did you like about the movie?
Great analysis. We seem to be in the minority in enjoying the movie, but I feel it’s because people who enjoy it view it and understand it in a different way from most other people. The first 30 min are amazing and really show that Wachowski understands how the movie is viewed by the public and WB.
I haven’t watched it yet but all my friends reviews have been it’s not very good. Is the movie actually worth watching?
@@Zen_Power it is if you understand the psychology involved behind all the matrix movies, at least that's what I've enjoyed the most. Even more than the computer/programming essence.
Whoa 🤯
Can you even get out of the house? 😂
Great video. I did a Tumblr post about the different symbols mentioned like the name of the ship. I wonder, whats with Bugs and everyone wearing Blue? Blue pills means asleep, but they are wearing it like a badge of honor. the original matrix was green and real world blue..any thoughts on the color choice of Bugs?
Thanks! Do you mind dropping the link of your tumblr post? Be interested in seeing it. Not sure about the blue, but Bugs means Bugs Bunny, and she's taking him down the rabbit hole.
Fun fact... Searching revies for this film was like 99.9% hate it, and only 0,01% think this is good... Huh... Like an oposite to Analyst's model of Matrix...
What is choice? Why do we changing? What causing personal evolution or degradation? Is there a free will? Can we change outside world and what causing that changes? How do we shape our society, so everyone can exept it or be escepted by it? Original trilogy looks at ideas from 2000's, Resuraction look from 20's perspection.... And still it faitfull to the plot and ideas of the original trilogy... It not just rebooting or retaling same story (like Star Wars of Ghostbusters did), it add more depth to the plot... Expand it...
IMHO - all that theories about "Neo is a program", "Zion isn't real", "Agent Smith was right" is more solid now and can be extanded.
Trinity, Neo and Smith all programs that serve one goal - understand humans and make Matrix perfect. In order to do it they serve different functions... Neo - accumulating bugs that caused by people that can't accept the Matrix, Trinity is a debug program for Neo and Smith is a firewall that keeps Neo under controll... In original trilogy Neo reaches full potential becouse of Trinity and insert his code in Smith... This is a simbiotic relations... One who in control, One who force evolution and One who keep it under control...
But is it possible to become better if you constantly playing with less skilled opponent ot teammates? Neo is also a debug programm for Trinity... Like in real world... Perfect couples unlock the potntial of each other... Everyone can become Neo and Trinity... Everyone can become better versions of themselves... And what about Agent Smith? Well... He learned how to change himself too... Each system of values that hold back changes can be addapted and become different in order to accept changes... Trully - he can "be anybody"...
In a nuttshell... All of the Matrix movies try to answer a same question.... How we can change society? In trilogy answer was "we (Neo) find something we care for (Trinity), fight back against old world (Merovingian) and break all the bariers (Agent Smith) in order to change society (The Matrix)"...
In Ressuraction answer is more like "we (Neo and Trinity) need to forget about old world (Merovingian), let go our boundries (Agent Smith) in order to change the ideas (The Analyst) and reshape our world (The Matrix)"
Yeah the vitriol is strange. Why can’t we just have a middle ground?
Because both Neo and Trinity died at the end of the trilogy, Resurrections needed to open showing more of their resurrection by the machines. Similarly, a more fleshed-out depiction of the 'Machine civil war' that happened between Revolutions and Resurrections would have added the much-needed context that the current film was so obviously lacking. Not having more of the original actors or its original darker cyberpunk feel to instead replace it with a campy atmosphere throughout, led to that feeling we're all having over what was a landmark example of film making turned corporate mess, the very thing the original film stood against. Heard there's a sequel. Maybe we’ll eventually discover the entire Resurrections film was just another one of Neo’s dreams from safe within his pod. That would explain the disjointed, dream-like campy theme to Resurrections and allow the next film to be the real Matrix outside of the modal that was created not by Neo, but the (original) Architect. This would mean Lana played with all our minds. It’s WE that were in the Matrix within a Matrix in Resurrections. By the next film, I fully expect Neo to wake up from that dream to again become the One he still is, and is still becoming.
We can only hope. I pretty much subscribe to the fact that the green hue and blue hue worlds are just another layer of Plato’s cave.
About your idea of "anyone can be the one", I think in this recent Matrix, the concept of "waking up" can be much more relatable because is represented in something more mundane. On the first , it was this pretty radical idea of the whole reality being fake. In this one, the simple fact that you can't talk to a woman that interest you in a caffe because it puts you in a position of vulnerability, can imprison you. That can be explored, and was also hinted by the analyst a couple of times.
About the music, I would've loved to see Kashmir (Led Zeppelin) at the ending instead of Wake Up; even the lyrics of it.
What do you mean by it being "more relatable because is represented in something more mundane?
I agree. The cover for "wake up" was meh. The only "interesting" part was when she urinated on the person... but I cut that out.
@@DrJonTam It's more relatable to us, the audience. They talk about the "fear of the unknown vs the security of the current situation" in a very explicit way. And in the movie, the example of it is Neo being afraid to talk to a woman he likes on a coffee shop. That situation and perspective is far more near the audience than the radical concept of "your reality doesn't exist". I'm pretty sure a lot of people in the audience had the "coffee shop" experience, or is stuck in a job that doesn't fulfill them, in a relationship they don't like, etc
@@DrJonTam I mean, sure, to wake up in the movie, you will still gave up your whole reality inside the matrix. But this time this is represented by "mundane" situations (Neo afraid to talk to Trin, Trin as Tiffany being stuck on a relationship she doesn't like, although her kids are also fake, etc.)
I liked the movie. My only complaints have more to do with not being wowed by the action like I was in 1999, but that’s not fair because I was a child then.
The reason you weren’t wow’d was because the martial arts cinematographer Yuen Woo-Ping from the original trilogy were not part of the team. I think COVID may have had something to do with it since HK lockdown is really strict with their 2-week quarantine.
What did you like most about the movie?
@@DrJonTam Trinity finally acknowledging how much I hate the name Tiffany. Lol.
I liked that it sets up some more movies. It had a solid nostalgia:new-stuff ratio. I’m hoping we get more Bugs, Lexi, and Shepard later. And I really liked the friendship/partnership with the sentients (like the little wire Groot), I hope we get more of them too.
@@pabloquijadasalazar7507 yeah, I think they set the foundations to build an interesting world. I’m interested to see where they take it from here. And yes, I think Bug’s is a solid addition.
@@DrJonTam I did find Bugs a bit hard to understand a few times though.
Also, Yuen Woo-Ping not being a part of this probably has a lot to do with it, but also, they’re older now & it’s not fair to expect them to go as hard as they did 22ish years ago.
Hi Jon, thanks so much for this! 🙇♂
Q: What's your word at 4:59? "... which is why when _____ told Neo ..." 🤔
[😯 👈 That's me, hanging on your every word. 😝]
It’s “Neologists”, which are the people who studied Neo after he disappeared for 60 years and the guy who escorted him around Io.
This movie got alot of undeserved hate. There was alot of deep and symbolic elements in this one . The execution wasn't as good as previous ones. But the story and philosophy was there and that's what I wanted from this movie . Great review man !
I agree the execution wasn't great, in large part because they switched the HK-style martial arts choreography that defined the first trilogy. I'm speculating the pandemic and stringent HK lockdowns (2-3 weeks mandatory hotel quarantine upon return) may have had a lot to do with it.
the matrix movies are great i think we can all agree... i've been thinking about something a friend of mine shared on FB me yeaaaars ago... he made a FB post writing "you ever feel like you're the main character in this world"? and i told him "you're delusional"... and tbh i just didn't want this to be true... but it happened to be exactly what i've been through... i don't like to talk about my story.. because i can't prove it.. but basically i went through the temptations of christ "temptations Jesus went through"... and the most important one is the third one: follow the being known as theDevl and the material world is yours.. i try to never lie in my life, and this temptation meant for me to become a liar.. it was supposed to happenin2024, and according to the prophecy, i had high chances of failing (and bringing the apocalypse).. andTrxmp was supposed to welcome me.. but i went through it sooner, chose hope and passed it thank God (august2020) and changed reality
Well, your story sounds like mine. My life so wild with miracles and disasters that no one would ever believe my life story. A story beyond the matrix.... all I know us I want out of here... take care
@@captainkirk7676 i'd love to know more.. how is our stories similar? you went through the temptations of christ too?
LOSS
I saw a video were Lana was explaining that she experienced tragedy( passing of both parents and a close friend) and how this project helped her deal with grief.
I couldn't help but wonder if Neo and Trinity , symbolically were her parents or the memories of them.
When we experience the loss of a loved one , are we going through some process of ressurection and letting go through our own personal grief matrix?
Neo goes through many reincarnations Neo, Thomas A Anderson, The One,
Each identity a birth and death process.
Digital Analogue LOVE.
Sati is the love child of two programs and we see her as an adult, implying growth.
Synthians work with humans and one risked it's life to find Neo body.
Trinity has kids most likely programs.
In M4 we are seeing a redefinition and the falling away of the distinction between " Human" " Program" "machine"
"I love and am in love with this movie" is an incredible understatement. Which I watched 22x times as of this comment. It is required. Take the red pill. Go down the rabbit hole. Many keep making the mistake of assuming that anyone can become "THE ONE" because TRINITY did. TRINITY was always THE ONE along with NEO since the first matrix movie. "THE ONE" is a program, THE PRIME PROGRAM. Not a person. THE ONE is THE CONNECTION between NEO & TRINITY, and THE MATRIX. The new, 7th version of the matrix required the full activation of THE ONE/THE CONNECTION, NEO & TRINITY. The older 6th version only required THE ONE to pour through only NEO but she was always THE ONE also. Like if the matrix picked up a stick with two ends(NEO & TRINITY) by one end(NEO). Not two ONES. Only THE ONE. Like a hologram cut into two or a being split into two through it's BINARY nature; man & woman, left brain & right brain, estrogen & testosterone, 0 & 1,... TWO WORKING TO FUNCTION AS ONE. Which is why before they escaped at the end, NEO used FORCE FIELD & TRINITY used FLIGHT. This new 7th version requires to pick up the stick by both of it's ends(NEO & TRINITY). TRINITY also saw the code of this new version which was white or the color of water instead of green before they leaped off the building and she flew. Neo's first ability when he woke up was the force field to stop the bullets in the first movie which is why it was his first in this movie. By the end they(NEO & TRINITY) are both at 100%, like a hologram. THE ANOMALY
You may well be right about this for the plot, as another comment pointed out. My intent, however, is to extract philosophical meaning out of this, which means mapping the human experience to the story. And my interpretation is that anyone can transcend the metaphorical system.
@@DrJonTam I can appreciate your intention.
Her name alone eludes it's about 3 things, 3 poeple (Morpheus, Neo, Trinity) 3 enemies (Smith, Analyst, Merovingia), 3 philosophies, 3 factions (red, blue, humans).
Hello, do you have any idea how Neo was able to use his powers outside of the Matrix? they showed that in the 4th movie as well .(when machines were trying to resurrect them? i think it is another layer of the Matrix or Neo has some sort of devices in his body that allows him to connect to the machines and destroy them
My personal belief is that Neo is still inside a simulation even in the “outside” word, and that’s why he’s able to resurrect trinity, see the yellow golden code, and stop the sentinels. So we’re pretty much in agreement.
After Neo touched THE SOURCE:
THE ORACLE: "The power of THE ONE extents far beyond this world. It reaches all the way back from where it came from" - THE ORACLE
NEO REPLIED: "THE SOURCE" - NEO
Today you can watch what's on your cell phone on a tv, listen to radio, drive a car on Mars, everything,... wireless.
There's more than one way to touch. We do it everyday all day. For example when you touch someone's heart.
The Matrix messages are spiritual ones but I really don't ever think they were referencing Christianity specifically. The first film is about having spiritual awakenings and a commentary on whether true 'enlightenment' is possible. The second film is about integrating that awakening into your everyday life with all its complexities. The third film is about accepting death for yourself and your loved ones.
I think this film is a commentary on how the real nature of reality is non-duelism, or the universe being one (non-binary, as you say). I also believe this latest film is trying to suggest you can slip back into being unenlightened because of everyday life and possible mental issues, although you know something is wrong now. It's also saying it's possible for anyone to become enlightened especially when you find a spiritual connection with another person to make it easier (not a shallow desire kind of love).
Money. It is money
This video is focused on philosophy. But I agree, it’s also a cash grab.
I don't like how they explained why they kept Neo and Trinity alive in fact it made no sense to me
You missed the fact that, through all the changes, the most powerful force is man and woman joining together, when psychiatry, govt, and society fight against it.
That, to me, is the most important lesson.
The path of the one is the path of many.
The path of many is the path of the one.
@@DrJonTam indeed it is!!!
@@DrJonTam There is no path. It's an illusion. Though there is a direction.
There are no many. We only have the one in many forms
I thought neo and trinity might represent you.
The balance of the masculine/feminine.
The left and right brain. Working in balance, bringing power. Animus and anima. Integrating oneself in the whole.
When integrated and balanced then reality becomes more flexible.
As a fan of rage against the machine I really did not enough the female version of the song of the end of the new matrix. I smile as I make this complaint but hey.
The masculine/feminine integration is definitely a possible interpretation. I think if there's a Matrix 5, it'll be shed more light on this perspective.
Yeah, the brass version of Wake Up is kind of weak compared to rock guitars.
@@DrJonTam Neo one .. Morpheus masculine trinity feminime
How deep is the rabbit hole? Deep like deеpression...
Нео на фоне профессионального выгорания лечился от хронической депрессии. Но стал смешивать прописанные психоаналитиком психостимуляторы с депрессантами (каннабис, морфин), получил параноидную шизофрению и его сознание буквально повисло в воздухе между реальным миром и галлюцинациями как персонаж в текстурах видеоигры. И только сила любви к Тринити удерживает его от падения вниз. Любовь, которая дарит надежду на спасение. А надежда - это квинтэссенция человеческого заблуждения и источник вашей великой силы, как говорил Архитектор.
Zanks!
I'm using Google Translate. Let me know if it sounds weird 😂
Я согласен с тем, что основная тема саги о Матрице - это то, как любовь может спасти мир и вырвать его из порочного круга Матрицы.
@@DrJonTam Matrix4 is based on junkie slang like trilogy on programming code previously. The consumer society is portrayed as a digital and pharmaceutical addict fleeing real problems in the world of video games and drugs.
Back to the roots. Neo chooses to self-isolate his mind in an incubator. The circle of rebirths is complete. End of the movie ...
Everything ends where it started... in the matrix under control of deus ex machina.
Happy new year!
@@Inok-IO yep, it definitely can be a critique of modern society.
с новым годом!
How deep is the rabit hole...is a thank you to Alice in wonderland, Dune, the Bible of course but so many more ...it is about the innerjourny, shadow integration, ans so mich more..
@@ilovescama Morpheus: _"Set and setting, right? It’s all about set and setting. After our first contact went so badly, we thought elements from your past might help ease you into the present. Nothing comforts anxiety like a little nostalgia."_
Morpheus (morphine), as the ancient Greek god of dreams, uses Neo's nostalgia to send him into yet another narcotic dream. Of course the film is much more than about drugs, the criticism of society, transhumanism, wonderland like digital Metaverse - Matrix. It is more about man's search for God and the acquisition of the immortality of the soul. But Neo turns away from God every time, accepting the choice from the devil and becoming the Antichrist. Instead of the desired freedom, new digital technologies bring even greater enslavement of mind and body.
But as long as there is love, so long there is hope for the salvation of the soul.
I'm confuse
METAVERSe
One day I will die( return to source)
I can choose exile in this society (matrix)
In matrix 2 in the original script Neo says the matrix is a Chrysalis and we know that the humans were used for computing not batteries.
( borrowed from Westworld)
I can't live in this society in exile indefinitely.
I collect info about myself( character , backstory, core beliefs, narritive) combine it with A.I to create a digital copy of myself. (Facebook)
Insert this digital copy into a digital world (Metaverse) live forever.
Were seeing a redefinition and falling away of the distinction between "program" , " machine", "human"
WakiNG Up.
This organism is alive and self aware.
This organism writing this comment cannot perceive reality as it is.
So it collects info through the 5 senses processes and creates a modal of reality.
This model is used as a map, user interface , run simulations and it is taken to be reality.
The organism collects info on itself and other organisms , creates a profile , self concept which it takes to be it's identity.
The self concept and model of reality are the organisms personal matrix.
So what happens when the organism questions it's personal matrix?
But the Christian parallel continues.
The Christ figure resurrects and prepares a place for his bride in the new heavens and new earth.
And he begins this rescue before her consent. Very Calvinistic
😂 love how you dropped Calvin in that comment. However, isn’t the bride equal to Christ at the end?
Matrix is about transhumanism, but they will not tell you that. Metaverse and Neuralink
It means he took mesculine in matrix one and still hasnt woken up...cause everything else was bull...