07-21-2010, 12:05 AM
Tiff wrote:Reeves talked a bit about the philosophy of the Matrix. "What is reality, what is truth, what is fate, dealing with man and technology. What is AI? What is the real? And if real is just sensory perceptions why can't the matrix be as real and the whole aspect of finding authentic life."
[Reeves] begins to warm to his theme. "Those questions you have are also
strongly Neo's questions such as: Do you believe in fate? Why
not? I'm
not in control of my own life. That whole thing of asking those
questions
I think is Neo's journey and it was fun to ask them. I have a
feeling
about what Neo wants and the brothers had a feeling, so in the
second
one in an odd way I think they kind of invert what happened. In
the first
one, Thomas Anderson became Neo; his digital self became his
real self
and his fear of flying became him flying and there's a certain
aspect
in Reloaded where the hero gets inverted and we're back to Neo
as Thomas
Anderson. We see his fears, his personal kind of hopes
and his
vulnerabilities."
...a perceived parallel existence but it is
just that another EXISTENCE! Once in that other existence one still has
to deal with existence. Existence itself has still not been penetrated."
Anyone care to comment about this? This is the crux here, something we all face. Even though
Neo got out of the Matrix, he still had to deal with exisitence. So it
wasn't just about getting freed from one perception only to enter another (better one),
its about examining exisitence itself. And getting freed from perception. Otherwise, as we see Neo and Thomas Anderson are not all that different really.
[Reeves] begins to warm to his theme. "Those questions you have are also
strongly Neo's questions such as: Do you believe in fate? Why
not? I'm
not in control of my own life. That whole thing of asking those
questions
I think is Neo's journey and it was fun to ask them. I have a
feeling
about what Neo wants and the brothers had a feeling, so in the
second
one in an odd way I think they kind of invert what happened. In
the first
one, Thomas Anderson became Neo; his digital self became his
real self
and his fear of flying became him flying and there's a certain
aspect
in Reloaded where the hero gets inverted and we're back to Neo
as Thomas
Anderson. We see his fears, his personal kind of hopes
and his
vulnerabilities."
...a perceived parallel existence but it is
just that another EXISTENCE! Once in that other existence one still has
to deal with existence. Existence itself has still not been penetrated."
Anyone care to comment about this? This is the crux here, something we all face. Even though
Neo got out of the Matrix, he still had to deal with exisitence. So it
wasn't just about getting freed from one perception only to enter another (better one),
its about examining exisitence itself. And getting freed from perception. Otherwise, as we see Neo and Thomas Anderson are not all that different really.