I would love to take credit for this one, but I can't. I found this
posted on another forum by someone with the handle MRM - Searching
For the Truth. I will paste it in its entirety. You can find the
original at matrix.ugo.com/zionswithboard
Here goes, and I'll enjoy reading the fallout.
Date Posted: Jun/12/2003 11:00 AM
"This goes deep, so follow me if you will:
The original Matrix starts with Trinity and Cypher talking, the
screen shows "Trace Program" and the date "2-18-98".
The movie ends with Neo making a phone call, the trace program is
initiated and the date reads "9-18-99"... 19 months have passed!
If you watch the movie again, you'll see that the time sequence
implies that they found Neo shortly after that initial conversation
(a few months after 2-18-98 at most).
Significant? Yes; I propose that Reloaded and Revolutions (which we
know occur one after another), take place between 2-18-98 and 9-18-
99. Here's why:
Only a few months could have passed from the time Morpheus and the
crew 'free' Neo to the time Neo is killed and revived in the
hallway. Why? for one, Neo's hair barely grows in that time and
that's not a trivial observation (it's also obvious that Neo grew
out his hair in Reloaded which occurs roughly 6 months after he's
unplugged).
We also know the W brothers don't put insignificant things into
their movies - the fact that they obviously signal to us that 19
months have passed from the start of the Matrix to the time Neo
makes that phone call is there for a reason.
In Reloaded, Neo says that "I wish I knew what I was supposed to
do". The phone call scene in the Matrix, Neo is very sure of what he
is supposed to do, "I'm going to hang up this phone and show these
people what you don't want them to see... a world without you,
without controls and boundries". Why would he have forgotten what to
do between M1 and M2? he didn't, that last scene in M1 occurs after
Revolutions!
Finally, at the end of M1, Neo states that "I can feel you now, you
are scared". At the end of Reloaded he says, "Something is
different, I can FEEL them now".
One more thing. A game directed by the W brothers called Matrix
online is due in '04 and the timeframe takes place after
Revolutions... and the matrix is alive and well in the game.
My guess is that there is no MWAM, they don't destroy the Matrix
because they can't unplug everyone at once and we'll see Neo make
that very same phone call at the end of Revolutions!
I hope this wasn't too confusing to follow."
VERY interesting yes? Now I need pkgrl to confirm those dates
posted on another forum by someone with the handle MRM - Searching
For the Truth. I will paste it in its entirety. You can find the
original at matrix.ugo.com/zionswithboard
Here goes, and I'll enjoy reading the fallout.
Date Posted: Jun/12/2003 11:00 AM
"This goes deep, so follow me if you will:
The original Matrix starts with Trinity and Cypher talking, the
screen shows "Trace Program" and the date "2-18-98".
The movie ends with Neo making a phone call, the trace program is
initiated and the date reads "9-18-99"... 19 months have passed!
If you watch the movie again, you'll see that the time sequence
implies that they found Neo shortly after that initial conversation
(a few months after 2-18-98 at most).
Significant? Yes; I propose that Reloaded and Revolutions (which we
know occur one after another), take place between 2-18-98 and 9-18-
99. Here's why:
Only a few months could have passed from the time Morpheus and the
crew 'free' Neo to the time Neo is killed and revived in the
hallway. Why? for one, Neo's hair barely grows in that time and
that's not a trivial observation (it's also obvious that Neo grew
out his hair in Reloaded which occurs roughly 6 months after he's
unplugged).
We also know the W brothers don't put insignificant things into
their movies - the fact that they obviously signal to us that 19
months have passed from the start of the Matrix to the time Neo
makes that phone call is there for a reason.
In Reloaded, Neo says that "I wish I knew what I was supposed to
do". The phone call scene in the Matrix, Neo is very sure of what he
is supposed to do, "I'm going to hang up this phone and show these
people what you don't want them to see... a world without you,
without controls and boundries". Why would he have forgotten what to
do between M1 and M2? he didn't, that last scene in M1 occurs after
Revolutions!
Finally, at the end of M1, Neo states that "I can feel you now, you
are scared". At the end of Reloaded he says, "Something is
different, I can FEEL them now".
One more thing. A game directed by the W brothers called Matrix
online is due in '04 and the timeframe takes place after
Revolutions... and the matrix is alive and well in the game.
My guess is that there is no MWAM, they don't destroy the Matrix
because they can't unplug everyone at once and we'll see Neo make
that very same phone call at the end of Revolutions!
I hope this wasn't too confusing to follow."
VERY interesting yes? Now I need pkgrl to confirm those dates
