What happened after the Matrix?? Remember a sequel is coming.......

[MummyChunk]

So what happened after that Matrix. With the upcoming sequel, lets
take a look back.

From SR
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Before a fourth film was confirmed for 2021, the story of The Matrix
was told over 3 movies, but the narrative has continued via other
media.

Plenty happened in the story of The Matrix after the original movie
trilogy ended. The final Matrix movie, The Matrix Revolutions,
released in 2003 to mostly underwhelming reviews, wrapping up Neo's
story in a hail of green code and slow-motion. The conclusion saw
Trinity die in the process of taking Neo to the leader of the machine
army, where the figure of prophecy promised to defeat Agent Smith in
exchange for the machines ending their war with Zion. Neo succeeds,
but dies in the process, and a fragile peace is born, with the Matrix
being rebooted and those still inside promised the choice of freedom.

The Matrix 4 is currently slated for a long-awaited 2021 release, and
both Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are set to reprise their roles
as Neo and Trinity, respectively. Rumors also suggest that Yahya
Abdul-Mateen II will be portraying a younger version of Morpheus,
while supporting figures such as The Merovingian are also slated to
return. The fourth Matrix movie's plot remains a closely-guarded
secret, but it can be said with confidence that the optimistic ending
of the original trilogy didn't quite stick, and Neo is brought back to
put things right.

However, the story of The Matrix has already been continued, mostly in
The Matrix Online. This MMORPG, made with some superficial involvement
from the creators of The Matrix (the Wachowskis, not The Architect),
was sold as the official continuation of the movie trilogy beyond The
Matrix Revolutions. The game has since been closed due to a lack of
players, and it remains to be seen whether The Matrix 4 will take
these developments into account, but with Paul Chadwick taking over
the story, The Matrix Online was certainly intended as a genuine
continuation at the time. Here are all of the major story points:

Neo's Fate

Although Neo dies in The Matrix Revolutions, his avatar is said to
live on in The Matrix Online, and a mad rush ensues to collect the
pieces of The One's projected self, and kidnap the "Shapers"
who are able to manipulate these scattered leftovers. According to The
Oracle, Neo had the foresight to realize that the world would one day
require his power again, so he split fragments of himself inside the
Matrix that could one day be used to keep the peace he created in the
Matrix movies.

Furthermore, the game confirms that the Machines never returned the
remains of Neo's body after the movie trilogy, leading Morpheus and
other Zionists to question what the enemy had done with their martyr.
However, the Machines continue to protest their innocence, stating
unequivocally that they didn't recycle Neo's physical form. Even more
curiously, Trinity's body was also never recycled, and this gives both
characters a route back into the franchise if The Matrix 4 does
somehow follow on from The Matrix Online.

The EPN & Cypherites

The rebooted Matrix and Neo's death gives way to two directly opposed
cult-like followings, one conceptually based around the red pill, and
one aligned to the blue. The EPN (E Pluribus Neo) are dedicated to
continuing the work Neo started and honoring the sacrifice he made in
The Matrix Revolutions. This group believe that everyone should be
allowed to exit the Matrix, if they so wish, and this aim continues
what audiences were lead to believe would happen after the movie
trilogy. The EPN are led by Kid, the character played by Clayton
Watson in Reloaded and Revolutions, and his training under Morpheus is
shown in a Matrix sequel comic. Problematically, there exists a more
extreme offshoot of the group, who believe citizens should be freed
whether they choose so or not.

Rather than Neo, the Cypherites follow Cypher's ideals from the
original Matrix movie. Fans will remember this character was
originally one of Morpheus' crew, and came to regret his decision to
take the red pill, striking a deal with Agent Smith to be returned to
the Matrix in exchange for spying on his friends. Cypher came to
believe ignorance was bliss, and the Cypherites also adopt this credo,
seeking reinsertion into the virtual world and subservience to the
Machines. It is subsequently revealed that the Cypherites are being
led by a machine-built program disguised as a human called Cryptos.
Like the EPN, the Cypherites have a more extreme faction within, who
attempt to forcibly reinsert freed folks back into the Matrix

The War Between Zion & The Machines Continues

The Matrix Online confirms that an era of peace did follow in the wake
of the original movie trilogy, but it was a tenuous one doomed to
fail. Parties on both sides desperately tried to maintain the
hard-earned civility, with the Machines even creating a new, more
friendly, Agent to act as a liaison between the two. Nevertheless,
tensions constantly bubbled between Zion and the Machines, with
incidents such as the Cypherite leader twist and Neo's missing remains
fostering mistrust between the two sides, but the final straw came
when the Machines discovered Zion was preparing for another war.
Apparently, it was believed that the truce would only last for 7
years, so humans began making preparations by building a second
settlement away from the eyes of the Machines and stockpiling EMP
weapons. As far as the Machines were concerned, this violated the
terms of the agreement made following The Matrix Revolutions and a
second war kicked off

The General And New Agents

According to the story of The Matrix Online, the Machine General who
lead the final assault on Zion in The Matrix Revolutions was none too
pleased that the fighting had come to an end without the humans'
complete defeat, and he attempted to break the terms of the agreement
by continuing the attack even after Neo had defeated Agent Smith.
Disappointed that his side had opted for a peaceful solution, The
General became an exiled program, gathered other Machines loyal to his
cause, and launched a covert campaign to reignite hostilities between
man and robot.

In pursuit of this goal, The General creates powered-up Agents from
the fragments of Neo's digital self and later attacks both the
Zionists and the Machines by using Red-Eyed Agents. These new enemies
are actually revealed to be no more than exiled programs disguised as
Agents to try and stoke tension and break the truce. By combining them
with Neo's residual self-image, Red-Eyed Agents can be upgraded
further and turned into N30 Ag3ents that bear a resemblance to Keanu
Reeves' famous character. At various points in The Matrix Online, The
General comes under attack from Zion, his fellow Machines and The
Merovingian.

In one of The General's dastardly schemes, he kidnaps Sati, the child
placed under The Oracle's care in the Matrix movies. Following this
abduction, Oracle's right-hand man, Seraph, goes on a spree of
seemingly random attacks, but his efforts eventually unveil the leader
of the Cypherists as a Machine. Seraph's return also reveals that the
Machines have been using Agent Smith's techniques to rewrite the minds
of humans in Zion who took the red pill.. Once Sati is rescued, both
she and Seraph return to The Oracle's side.

Morpheus Goes Rogue & "Dies"

So enraged does Morpheus become about Neo's missing body, that he
embarks on a personal terrorist campaign, using bombs that force
people still plugged into the Matrix to see their world for what it
really is without the usual choice of two different-colored pills.
Staunchly under the belief that the Machines are holding onto his
former friend's corpse, Morpheus becomes a wanted man for his
guerrilla attacks, hunted by humans, Machines and exiles alike.

In a devastating twist, Laurence Fishburne's famous mentor figure is
taken out by a mysterious and powerful program known as The Assassin,
assumed to have been hired by The Merovingian. After a long period of
hunting down, The Assassin is finally finished off by Niobe, Jada
Pinkett-Smith's character in the Matrix trilogy. The General later
creates a digital fabrication of Morpheus for his own ends, but this
program manages to gain some level of self-awareness, outgrowing his
original purpose and fighting back against his own deletion, possibly
creating an alternate version of Morpheus.

The Merovingian Is A Main Villain

The real villain of The Matrix Online isn't The General, the
Cypherites, or even the Machines, but The Merovingian - Lambert
Wilson's character that appeared in the Matrix sequel movies. The
leader of the exiles survives a joint effort by the Vamps and Lupines
to end his reign as the chief of the digital underworld, and he even
manages to bring The General under his sway as the game progresses,
hoping to achieve his ultimate goal of getting rid of The Oracle and
thus consolidating his influence within the Matrix. The Merovingian is
also very likely to be the one responsible for the murder of Morpheus,
although the true nature of The Assassin is never explicitly revealed.
Since The Assassin appeared to be using Corrupted exiles to
destabilize the very fabric of the Matrix, The Merovingian could be
looking to force another reboot.

After uncovering The Merovingian's sinister designs, Niobe dedicates
herself to his destruction, and this aim is quickly adopted by Zion as
a whole, who go so far as to team up with The General to win. The
Merovingian comes unnervingly close to assassinating The Oracle after
painstakingly building a kill code for her, but he is foiled by Kid.

Anome's "Unlimit" Group

During the alliance between Zion and The General, one of Niobe's
people, a man called Anome, decides to go rogue and steals a Machine
upgrade The General had planned to give Zion for their joint operation
against The Merovingian. The emergence of this new threat creates an
unlikely alliance between Zion and The Merovingian, with the primary
intention of rescuing Niobe. After stealing more power-ups, Anome
forms the group Unlimit, who use the concoctions to give themselves
new abilities, visually represented by bright green eyes. Anome's rise
makes him an enemy of everyone in The Matrix - Zion, the Machines and
the Merovingian - and the villain is eventually killed by Agents.

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[Danart]

the Wachowskis brothers ( now the Wacko sisters )
apparently used a script from Sophia Stewart who was college trained
in Hollywood / Film writing while she was younger. The script is
called "The third eye" and word for word is literally the

"Matrix" first then the "Terminator" second. Both
are the same story. In the final "Matrix" film the machine
city is vibrant and grand while in the "Terminator" the
final machine is attempting to prevent the "one" from being
born all together.

She literally sent a copy to herself as proof. She was going to court
but from my understanding she "magically did not show up" (
probably out of court settlement ??? ).

It started when she entered a writing contest with her work to make
her writing into a comic book. She never got a reply back. This was
when many comics was being turned into movies back in the 1980's like

" Buckaroo Bonzai "
" Howard the Duck"
"Hardware"

Another fact is that a comic book author came out against the the
Wackos, ripped-off their book as well. However it is mostly the
Wacko's literally took their characters ( as cartoons and changed them
around ).

If any Matrix is released that is only because they need the income.
Honestly I am the point where I believe Hollywood is a bunch of racist
mad perverted LGBT folks using people as resources ( like with the
machines )


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