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The future is defined by the past in both the real world and the Matrix.
Those are the broad strokes, but the world-bending specifics are far more complicated.
Before the franchise is resurrected, plug back in with us and reexplore all the dimensions of theMatrix.
The Second Renaissance
TheMatrixtrilogy hinges on a war between humans and machines.
But what was the start of this conflict?
But this isnt some Skynet-style story about evil machines.
This is a battle for existence and recognition.
In the end, rather than destroying the machines, humanitys controlling forces segregated them.
But free of their human programming, the machines found a new purpose.
What Is the Matrix?
The Matrix is a virtual-reality simulation set near the beginning of the 21st century.
It houses the consciousness of most of the worlds human population.
But humankind rejected it, seeing it for the false reality it was.
This version was also a failure, if only because it predated the creation ofTwilight.
Its just as terrifying as it sounds.
But Zion, it turns out, is yet another falsehood.
It is actually the sixth iteration of the resistances home city and the year is actually closer to 2699.
The One
Okay, heres where things get heady.
The Ones directive is to return to the core machine mainframe, a.k.a.
The stories of the previous five have not been told.
Like the allegory of Christ, he, too, is foretold to rise again.
She is played by Priyanka Chopra Jonas inThe Matrix Resurrections.
Whereas the Ones goal is to preserve life, Smiths was to destroy it.
The film series ends with the survival of Zion and Machine City.
Niobe (Jada Pinkett Smith) lives on to help rebuild.
Neos consciousness is absorbed into the Source and his body is taken to Machine City for unknown purposes.
The Oracle says she expects theyll see him again one day because she believes.
The massively multiplayer online role-playing video gameThe Matrix Onlinepicked up where the film trilogy left off.
(Accounts of what some players experienced, meanwhile, are archived on theMatrixWiki.)
