The Matrix: The Movie Special Page #2

What is happening to me?

You are the One, Neo. You may have

spent the last few years...

...Iooking for me, but I've spent

my entire life...

...Iooking for you.

Now, do you still want to meet?

-Y es.

- Then go to the Adams Street bridge.

Get in.

-What's this?

-It's necessary, Neo. For our protection.

-From what?

-From you.

T ake off your shirt.

Stop the car.

Listen, coppertop.

We don't have time for 20 Questions.

Right now, there's only one rule:

Our way...

...or the highway.

Fine.

Please, Neo, you have to trust me.

-Why?

-Because you have been down there.

You know that road.

You know exactly where it ends.

And I know that's

not where you want to be.

Apoc, lights.

Lie back.

Lift up your shirt.

-What's that?

-You're bugged.

Try and relax.

Come on.

Come on.

It's on the move.

Come on, you sh*t.

-You're gonna lose it.

-No, I'm not.

Clear!

Jesus Christ!

That thing's real?!

This is it.

Let me give you one piece of advice.

Be honest.

He knows more than you can imagine.

At last.

Welcome, Neo.

As you no doubt have guessed...

...I am Morpheus.

It's an honor to meet you.

No...

...the honor is mine.

Please, come. Sit.

I imagine...

...that right now you're feeling

a bit like Alice...

...tumbling down the rabbit hole?

You could say that.

I can see it in your eyes.

You have the look of a man

who accepts what he sees...

...because he's expecting to wake up.

Ironically, this is not

far from the truth.

Do you believe in fate, Neo?

-No.

-Why not?

I don't like the idea that

I'm not in control of my life.

I know exactly what you mean.

Let me tell you why you're here.

You know something.

What you know,

you can't explain.

But you feel it.

You felt it your entire life.

Something's wrong with the world.

You don't know what, but it's there.

Like a splinter in your mind...

...driving you mad.

It is this feeling

that has brought you to me.

Do you know what

I'm talking about?

The Matrix?

Do you want to know...

...what it is?

The Matrix is everywhere.

It is all around us.

Even now, in this very room.

You can see it when you

look out your window...

...or when you turn on your television.

You can feel it when you go to work...

...when you go to church...

...when you pay your taxes.

It is the world that has been

pulled over your eyes...

...to blind you from the truth.

What truth?

That you are a slave.

Like everyone else,

you were born into bondage...

... born into a prison that you cannot

smell or taste or touch.

A prison...

...for your mind.

Unfortunately, no one can be...

...told what the Matrix is.

You have to see it for yourself.

This is your last chance.

After this, there is no turning back.

You take the blue pill...

...the story ends, you wake up

in your bed and believe...

...whatever you want to believe.

You take the red pill...

...you stay in Wonderland...

...and I show you how deep

the rabbit hole goes.

Remember...

...all I'm offering is the truth.

Nothing more.

Follow me.

Apoc, are we on-line?

Almost.

Time is always against us.

Please take a seat there.

You did all this?

The pill you took is

part of a trace program.

It disrupts your carrier signals

so we can pinpoint your location.

What does that mean?

It means buckle your

seat belt, Dorothy...

...because Kansas...

...is going bye-bye.

Did you...?

Have you ever had a dream, Neo,

that you were so sure was real?

What if you were unable

to wake from that dream?

How would you know the difference

between the dream world...

...and the real world?

-This can't be.

-Be what?

Be real?

Going into replication.

-Still nothing.

-It's cold.

It's cold!

Tank, we'll need a signal soon.

-I got a fibrillation.

-Apoc, location.

Targeting almost there.

He's going into arrest.

-Lock. I got him!

-Now, Tank, now!

Welcome...

...to the real world.

We've done it, Trinity.

We found him.

-I hope you're right.

-I don't have to hope.

I know it.

Am I dead?

Far from it.

He still needs a lot of work.

What are you doing?

Your muscles atrophied.

We're rebuilding them.

Why do my eyes hurt?

You've never used them before.

Rest, Neo. The answers are coming.

Morpheus, what's happened to me?

-What is this place?

-More important than "what" is "when. "

-When?

-You believe it's the year 1 999...

...when in fact, it's closer to 21 99.

I can't tell you exactly

what year it is...

...because we honestly don't know.

There's nothing I can say

that will explain it for you.

Come with me.

See for yourself.

This is my ship.

The Nebuchadnezzar.

It's a hovercraft.

This is the main deck.

This is the core...

...where we broadcast our pirate signal

and hack into the Matrix.

Most of my crew you already know.

This is Apoc...

...Switch...

...and Cypher.

The ones you don't know:

Tank and his big brother, Dozer.

The little one behind you is Mouse.

You wanted to know

what the Matrix is?

Trinity.

Try to relax.

This will feel a little weird.

This...

...is the Construct.

It's our loading program.

We can load anything, from clothing...

...to equipment...

...weapons...

...training simulations...

...anything we need.

Right now we're inside

a computer program?

Is it really so hard to believe?

Your clothes are different.

The plugs in your body are gone.

Your hair has changed.

Your appearance now is what we call

"residual self-image. "

It is the mental projection

of your digital self.

This isn't real?

What is "real"?

How do you define "real"?

If you're talking about

what you can feel...

...what you can smell, taste and see...

...then "real" is simply electrical

signals interpreted by your brain.

This is the world that you know.

The world as it was at the end

of the 20th century.

It exists now only as part of

a neural-interactive simulation...

...that we call the Matrix.

You've been living

in a dream world, Neo.

This is the world...

...as it exists today.

Welcome to "the desert...

...of the real. "

We have only bits and pieces

of information.

But what we know for certain

is that in the early 21 st century...

...all of mankind was united

in celebration.

We marveled at our own magnificence

as we gave birth to Al.

Al.

You mean artificial intelligence.

A singular consciousness that spawned

an entire race of machines.

We don't know who struck first,

us or them.

But we know that it was us

that scorched the sky.

They were dependent on solar power...

...and it was believed that

they would be unable to survive...

...without an energy source

as abundant as the sun.

Throughout human history, we have been

dependent on machines to survive.

Fate, it seems, is not

without a sense of irony.

The human body generates more

bioelectricity than a 1 20-volt battery.

And over 25,000 BTUs of body heat.

Combined with a form of fusion...

...the machines had found all the energy

they would ever need.

There are fields, Neo,

endless fields...

...where human beings

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