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Scene from the 1990 film Total Recall. Historians of film note that the trope of a "red pill" as decisive in a return to reality made its first appearance in the 1990 film Total Recall, which has a scene where the hero (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) is asked to swallow a red pill in order to symbolize his desire to return to reality from a dream-like fantasy.
The red pill has been compared with red estrogen pills. [184] Morpheus's description of the Matrix creating a sense that something is fundamentally wrong, "like a splinter in your mind", has been compared to gender dysphoria. [184] In the original script, Switch was a woman in the Matrix and a man in the real world, but this idea was removed. [185]
The first film was an important critical and commercial success, winning four Academy Awards, introducing popular culture symbols such as the red pill and blue pill, and influencing action filmmaking. For those reasons, it has been added to the National Film Registry for preservation. [4]
Red pill or blue pill, anyone? The beloved “Matrix” movie franchise is expanding with an upcoming fifth installment, with the film’s original co-writer and co-director Lana Wachowski leading ...
Mr. Reagan (a.k.a. Cypher) (played by Joe Pantoliano) is a central character in The Matrix.In the film, he regrets being "unplugged" and entering the real world. He betrays the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar, offering to give up Morpheus to the Agents in exchange for being inserted back into the Matrix with no memory of his time outside the Matrix.
Keanu Reeves recently joined Reddit for an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session, where he revealed he is the owner of the original red pill from “The Matrix” franchise. In Lilly and Lana Wachowski ...
However, a woman with blue hair and a trench coat appears besides him. The woman introduces herself as Bugs, who tries to reopen his mind through a White Rabbit tattoo. Bugs then shows Neo her crew in an abandoned theater. Morpheus, part of Bugs' group once again, offers a blue pill and a red pill to Neo, who takes the red pill.
Get ready for more "Matrix." Warner Bros. has announced that a fifth "Matrix" movie is in the works. The news comes after the last installment of “The Matrix” movies, “The Matrix ...