The Hoya

‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Takes the Blue Pill and Poorly Innovates Beyond Source Material

When given the choice between the red pill to innovate the franchise and the blue pill to stay the same, “The Matrix Resurrections” ultimately chose the latter. While “The Matrix Resurrections” ...
Forbes

Are You Already In The Matrix—35 Million Devices Under Blue Pill Attack

Update, Nov. 27, 2024: This story, originally published Nov. 26 now includes additional information regarding the Matrix campaign’s initial access routes. Your home router could be running slow as it ...
Yahoo

“No! That’s wrong!”: Lilly Wachowski slammed right-wingers for co-opting the “red pill” and missing the point of “The Matrix” entirely

Lilly Wachowski recently pushed back on MAGA supporters who tried to claim an iconic scene from The Matrix. The movie’s release in 1999 introduced the now-famous moment when Morpheus offered Neo the ...
The Atlantic

The Red Pill of Humility

The 1999 film The Matrix is famous for coining the metaphor of the “red pill.” In the imaginary world of the movie, people live largely in a state of illusion, experiencing a completely managed ...
Wall Street Journal

25 Years Later, We’re All Trapped in ‘The Matrix’

It is a cinematic scene familiar to millions: A man named Morpheus sits across from another man named Neo and informs him that his entire notion of reality is a lie. If Neo wishes to know the truth of ...