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The Matrix
"Matriculated"
Animatrix
Written and directed by Peter Chung
2003 |
A machine is subjected to a human
version of the Matrix.
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Didja Know?
"Matriculated" was an animated short
that appeared on the
Animatrix video relased in 2003 with seven other
animated shorts.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this story
Alexa (dies in this episode)
Baby (bush baby, dies in this episode)
runners
Nonaka (dies in this episode)
Chyron (dies in this episode)
Raul (dies in this episode)
Rox (dies in this episode)
Didja Notice?
Some of the mechanical debris on the surface has electric
lights on it. Why?
At 1:59 in the video, the runner's POV display shows the
names of the woman and a rebel engineer, Alexa and Nonaka.
Seconds later, we also see the names of Chyron, Raul, and
Rox. Otherwise, we never learn the names of the resistance
members seen in this video.
This story introduces a Matriculation program that the
humans of the resistance use to lead captured machines into
siding with the resistance. This is the only time we see it
used.
The machines that have been turned to the human cause have
green-lit eyes instead of red. By the end of the short film,
the captured runner's eyes have also turned green after
going through the matriculation program.
At the end of the story, Alexa seems to die of her injuries.
Then we see the formerly-captured runner gazing out along
the debris-strewn coastline. It seems the runner may feel
some form of sorrow for the loss of Alexa.
Memorable Dialog
to an artificial mind, all reality is virtual.mp3
my
mind exists.mp3
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