Its a metaphor for a real philosophical movement that parallels the trans experience, and decision the writer/directors did make themselves.
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PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Neo was powerful. I wonder if he could have gained the same abilities, without the help of Morpheus, throughout his time in the matrix. Were he able to do so, he could have lived a nice life inside. I guess Neo felt a higher calling to free mankind or something, so he left… or maybe Morpheus just didn’t tell him the whole picture before offering the pill. Morpheus probably needed a powerful warrior and just rolled the dice on Neo.
Anyway… had I known the whole picture, I’d have stayed inside.
ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 hours ago
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 6 hours ago
The gender binary literally rewrites our perceptions, causing us to perceive nonbinary people as male or female, unless we go through the effort to deprogram ourselves and take agency over our perceptions.
The Matrix wasn’t a metaphor.
plutopos@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
for me, it’s the opposite. I don’t mind living in a simulation if everyone else is a real thinking person, but I would’ve felt compelled to help give everyone the option to leave
muzzle@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
Image from xkcd
merc@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Morpheus says that line to Neo from within the Matrix. I think he’s basically saying to Neo that if he just used words to explain it, Neo would never fully understand or believe it. Aside from his encounter with the agents, Neo has never apparently questioned whether he’s actually living in reality or in a simulation.
Keep in mind that this is 1999 when the peak of computer graphics is Quake 3, Unreal Tournament and Crazy Taxi.
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 6 hours ago
On the other hand, Neo is a skilled hacker, deep in geek culture, and he feels the Matrix like a splinter in his mind, driving him mad.
Maybe Neo would have understood, but the audience wouldn’t.