Matrix 2 Scene

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Perception: Every narrative event that occurred over the course of The Matrix trilogy was mapped out in advance and executed in accordance with a foolproof master plan. Thus, all three films constitute a singular and unified three-part story.

This claim has been repeated extensively in interviews and behind-the-scenes documentaries, in articles and thinkpieces, helping foster the impression that everything that appears on-screen in Reloaded and Revolutions had been conceived in advance, as though nothing had to be invented for them. From this perspective, the first Matrix was not designed as a standalone movie but rather as the first third of a preconceived three-part epic.

Though neither the Cypher Scene, nor the Morpheus Scene has ever been released on home video, there exists plenty of evidence that both were, in fact, filmed and then excised from the final cut close to the end of post-production.

Perhaps the earliest corroboration of their physical existence comes from Starlog magazine. In the April 1999 issue, the shooting of the extended Morpheus/Neo conversation is indirectly referenced by Production Designer Owen Paterson:

People say that I'm the traitor, but I think I'm the survivor. I'm the guy who's gonna survive this madman's plan. Because at this point, I'm so angry with Morpheus and his beliefs and I'm taking this kid down. Because this kid is gonna die. In fact, I actually tell Neo, "You know, you're not the first. You're the sixth. So when you come up against an Agent, do what we do. Run. Run like hell 'cause they're gonna kill you."

From this, one could infer that the performances of Pantoliano and Fishburne as their respective characters and their perception of the Morpheus/Cypher relationship were directly informed by the predecessor subplot.

Staenberg never specifies what was cut, but it is safe to conclude that the Predecessor subplot was removed among the five-and-a-half minutes, as every other scene in the Final Shooting Script shows up in the Theatrical Release. Some other existing scenes were clearly trimmed here and there (such as the opening conversation between Cypher and Trinity), but otherwise there is almost a one-to-one equivalence between the final cut and the final shooting script.

The logical conclusion is that the Wachowskis never intended to mislead viewers of the first movie with the false story of The One, only to then reveal the true story to them in the sequels. On the contrary, what we had learned in the first film was indeed true at the time it was released. In the course of editing, the writer-directors made the decision to cut the Predecessor Subplot, effectively erasing it from the narrative.

Contrary to the Master Plan discourse then, the overarching story of The Matrix trilogy did not arrive fully formed. Instead, like many other long-running serialized narratives, such as Star Wars, it underwent a gradual and organic evolution.

\u201CThe advantage of these films from the outset is that they\u2019ve been envisaged as a trilogy. It\u2019s not like they made the first one then thought they better write something more. These films are a complete cycle.\u201D

If you\u2019ve ever been a fan of The Matrix series, you\u2019ve probably heard on at least one occasion a variation of the claim that the first three films were always envisioned as a trilogy and/or that the sequels were made primarily because its writer-directors, The Wachowskis, had always intended to tell a bigger overarching story.

I would argue that claims of the series adhering to a master plan have been highly exaggerated and the resulting narrative has obscured the reality of how and why the sequels ultimately turned out the way they did story-wise. This is not to say that there has not necessarily ever been a plan or plans for sequels when the first film was made, but rather that such plans can and often do change organically in the course of storytelling. The biggest piece of evidence that the sequels\u2019 narrative was mostly the result of retroactive revision lies in a pair of seldom-mentioned scenes that were shot but deleted from the final cut of The Matrix. These scenes directly contradict what I will term as the \u201CPredecessor Twist\u201D central to The Matrix Sequels.

To briefly recap, the plot of The Matrix revolved around the idea that its main protagonist Neo was the second coming of a God-like being known as \u201CThe One.\u201D According to a prophecy, The (Second) One was supposed to bring about the destruction of the Matrix, thus ending the reign of the Machines over humankind, an event that begins in earnest at the end of the movie. However, the sequels fundamentally revised the very concept of The One, rendering the canon established the first movie as apocryphal history.

The Matrix Reloaded revealed that much of what the first film had established about The One was a lie. In reality, Neo wasn\u2019t the second incarnation of The One but the sixth. And rather than being destined to liberate mankind, The One was merely a participant in another system of mankind\u2019s control by the Machines. The third film, Revolutions, then sees Neo attempt to break out of the seemingly endless cycle repeated by his 5 Predecessors.

At the moment, I am not interested in examining the particulars of the predecessor twist. What I want is to emphasize how \u2013 alongside other plot points in the sequels \u2013 this twist was and continues to be sold to the audience on the extratextual level as a natural preplanned extension of the first movie\u2019s narrative. Per the continuously perpetuated Master Plan discourse, the revelation of the \u201Ctrue\u201D history of The One was always intended to occur at the end of the second film, in turn leading to the events of the third, even before the first movie came out.

This means that the writer-directors intended to make viewers of the first movie believe the false story of The One, only to then reveal the true story to them in the sequels. When we hear Morpheus tell Neo about the prophecy of The One in the first film then, we are meant to be hearing a lie that Morpheus believes, as this and all other scenes in the film were initially written with the idea in mind that really, all along, there were 5 Predecessor Ones before Neo. It wasn\u2019t that the mythology and history we learned in the first film was initially meant to be canonical, but later became invalidated retroactively. No, the Story of the One in the first movie always meant to be non-canon, an intentional misleading of the audience, a red herring.

\u201CThis trilogy completely flows from the very first shot of The Matrix to the last shot of The Matrix Revolutions. It's all part of a master plan, and it all goes where it's supposed to go.\\\"\u201D

Despite the fact that The Matrix is a modern sci-fi classic, its Deleted Scenes surprisingly never really seem to come up in discussions among fans and critics. Indeed, I get the impression that nobody even knows that they exist, save for the cast and crew of the first movie. Even then, those aware of them seem to downplay their significance by never discussing them at length or making them out to be minor or unimportant. I find this surprising, for the two scenes together compose a subplot, according to which Neo had 5 Predecessors in the first movie\u2026 all of whom died fighting an Agent under the mistaken belief that they were \u201CThe One.\u201D

Though never released on home video, they appear in the released official copies of the film\u2019s Final Shooting Script and I\u2019ve been able to corroborate that both were indeed shot before getting excised in post-production.

The first deleted scene is an extension of the conversation between Neo and Cypher on the main deck, where Cypher offers Neo a drink. In the released film, after Cypher discusses with Neo what a \u2018mind-job\u2019 it must be to learn that he might be The One, he then advises him to run away when he encounters an Agent.

The second scene takes place later when Morpheus takes Neo to see The Oracle, specifically once they reach the door in the hallway that leads to Oracle\u2019s apartment. In the theatrical release, after Morpheus tell him that he can only show Neo the door, and that Neo must walk through it, Neo tries to open the door almost immediately, only for a Priestess to open it before he does from inside the apartment.

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