Once Neo is unplugged from the matrix or the “computer-generated dream world”, Morpheus invites him, along with the viewer, to view the matrix’s hyperreal construct as an allegory for our current postmodern inclinations. RELATED: The Matrix: What Taking The Red Pill Actually Does

The disconnect between the ‘real’ and the ‘hyperreal’ becomes further intensified during the opening scene in which Choi knocks on Neo’s door, and the latter retrieves hacked software from a hollowed-out copy of Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation, which is merely a simulated representation of the real book. It is no secret that The Matrix draws heavily from Jean Baudrillard’s 1981 philosophical treatise, Simulacra and Simulation, which delves deep into the notions of how objective reality has been replaced with subjective tokens or symbols, creating a “desert of the real.” This leads to the creation of a hyperreal world like that in The Matrix, wherein human perception is shaped by a tunnel-vision of apathy, servitude, and melancholy - as explained by Morpheus after Neo ingests the red pill at the decrepit Hotel Lafayette and comes to terms with the truth. ” This particular juncture in the film opens up a seminal plot propeller and allows the audience a glimpse into the concept of “a glitch in the matrix.” With the much-anticipated release of Matrix 4, the franchise’s newest installment, which picks up right after 2003’s Revolutions, it will be interesting to see how Lana Wachowski further unravels the saga of experiential reality that has a tangible impact on humans and machines alike. A momentous scene in 1999’s The Matrix is when Neo witnesses a black cat replicate exact behavioral twitches twice down a hallway, making him say, “ Whoa.

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