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    Matrix Reloaded (2003) - trivia entries

    some interesting trivia threads will be posted .. read them they are as entertaining as the movies =)

    -> The "code" in the matrix consists mainly of both Western numbers and the Japanse Katakana writing. Both were mirrored vertically.
    When the dance starts at Zion, the camera zooms in to show two drummers. The one on the left is Arion Salazar, the bassist for Third Eye Blind.
    -> Ducati motorcycles are never shipped fully prepared to ride, out in the open, on a car carrier. They are shipped in a large crate and require some assembly and fluids.
    -> The Architect shows Neo images of the humans that will die if Neo chooses not to go into the Source. Many of those images are from the movie "Baraka." A study of comparative religion, "Baraka" contrasts the purity and beauty of nature and religion with the ugliness and misery of modern technological society. The word "baraka" means "odor of the holy," "fragrance of the divine," "saintly," etc. Interestingly, some of the images that Neo sees are of people who were killed in Nazi and Pol Pot concentration camps, as "Baraka" seems to suggest.
    -> A real power station in Sydney (the White Bay Power Station) was blown up for the - what else - power-station-blowing-up scene. It was slated for demolition anyway and the film makers requested that they organise it and film it. A lot of people got quite excited about it and turned out to watch it all happen, but in the end it was a bit of a let-down - it's obviously been enhanced for the film.
    -> When Neo is taken by the agents for interrogation in the first movie, we can see a shot of him in the interrogation room from an array of television sets, which zoom in. That's the same array of television sets from the Architect's room.
    -> At least two points in the movie the number 101 is shown ... 101 was the apartment number of Neo in the first movie. In addition, the freeway race is on the 101 and the 303 (Neo-1, Trinity-3). In addition, 101 is the binary number for 5. 5 Matrixes have already passed and the current one is number 6.
    -> When Neo is meeting the Oracle, as well as when he's fighting the Agent Smiths right after, there are a bunch of words spray-painted on the fence, walls and bench, two of which are "one", spelled upside-down and backwards, and "role", which has to do with everyone having a role, or purpose, to play in and/or outside of the Matrix.
    -> A freeway was built on a military base in California specifically in order to film the freeway chase scene. It was built as a continuous loop that is about 2 miles of freeway. This also explains why you see some of the background repeating.
    -> During the entire freeway chase, almost every vehicle was GM made. GM donated about 300 cars for use in the film. By the time filming was finished, almost all of them were wrecked in some way.
    -> When Neo meets the Oracle, she offers him some candy. You don't see it when Neo eats it, but when the Oracle eats hers, it looks a lot like a red pill from "The Matrix", a potential plot device for "Revolutions", perhaps?
    -> In the scene where Neo has his talk with the Architect you can see scenes from the original Matrix on the TV screens that cover the wall.
    -> When Neo is talking to the Architect, watch the screens surrounding them. The Architect says they've learned that humans need an imperfect world with evil in it. One screen shows a picture of President Bush while another shows a picture of Osama Bin-Ladin.
    -> When Neo is walking into Zion for the first time, he is wearing some sort of pack. If you look on his right shoulder, you will see what appear to be "Coppertop" batteries.
    -> One night on the 2 mile stretch of highway made for the movie, a security guard decided to race his car up and down when no one was around. He did, but he totalled his car and instead of telling anyone, he just ran off and was never seen again. (A little bit of info from Keanu Reeves on an interview on the Tonight Show).
    -> The 'twin' characters are non-film actors, but carpenters by trade, whose only other screened work was on UK TV programme Carol Vorderman's Better Homes (DIY show). They have done some stunt work, but got the part when the makers of the film were looking for identical male twins who were both skilled in martial arts.
    -> Keanu Reeves bought Harley Davidsons for all the stuntmen in the "Burly Brawl".
    -> The actor who plays Cas is the real-life wife of Laurence Fishburne, Gina Torres.
    -> At various times in the movie, Morpheus makes a statement relating to dreams. In Greek/Roman myhtology, Morpheus was the name of the god of dreams.
    -> If anyone's wondering what happened to Tank, this story might help explain: http://earthlink.eonline.com/News/It...11831,00.html.
    -> Towards the end of the freeway chase when the Agent takes control of the truck, the suspenseful sound effects that play in the background are almost identical to those used in the famous truck chase in Terminator 2.
    ->> When the first ship is blown up by the sentinel's bomb, they show the sentinels moving towards the ship, notice in the background, there are the remains of one of the old Zion's. You can make out the long central shaft connected by many bridges. This raises the question of how literal the Architect was being when he said that any trace of their existence was removed. Hopefully Revolutions will clear it up...
    -> If you have seen "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", pay attention to the fight between Neo and the Oracle's Chinese bodyguard. It has the same exact hits, shots and music of the first fight of CTHD (it is especially obvious when we see both men's legs almost like dancing). A tribute from the directors?
    -> If you listen to the Hundred Smiths fight scene, the sound effects used then Neo uses a Smith to knock down other Smiths are sometimes quite comical. At one point, they use the sound of dominoes falling. In another, they use the sound of a bowling ball making a strike.
    -> Carrie Anne-Moss did most of the motercycle driving herself on the freeway scene.
    -> Carrie-Anne Moss actually broke her leg during training for the Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions. Not wanting to miss out on working on the movie, she fell into denial about breaking it. She drove home and returned the next day before accepting treatment. By that time, her knee had swollen to twice the size. Even when out of action, she was present at training to give her colleagues encouragement. However Carrie-Anne got no sympathy from Keanu Reeves, saying "Everytime I sat down, he would call me lazy. He drove me crazy!".
    -> Near the beginning of the freeway chase the car containing Morpheus, Trinity and the Keymaker and the van containing the superb "Twins" pass a bilboard. This billboard is advertising steak. Steak was the meal Cypher ate with Smith in the first film. Also if you watch until the end of the credits of the first film you will find that the password for the website www.whatisthematrix.com is steak.
    -> The Concise English Dictionary definition of Neo is "revived in a new form".
    -> Near the beginning of the film, Agent Smith drives up in an Audi with the license plate "IS 5416". This appears to be yet another Bible reference -- Isaiah Chapter 54, Verse 16 reads as follows: "Behold, I have created the SMITH that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy." (Capitals are for emphasis).
    -> When Neo meets the Oracle she is feeding crows. The number of crows coresponds to a prediction for the future (appropriately enough). She is feeding 5 crows, the symbol of sickness (of the matrix or humanity perhaps). More crows arrive with Smith and 6 or more is a portent of death.


    wow...are these really intentional? anway these are my fav..hehe

    -> One night on the 2 mile stretch of highway made for the movie, a security guard decided to race his car up and down when no one was around. He did, but he totalled his car and instead of telling anyone, he just ran off and was never seen again. (A little bit of info from Keanu Reeves on an interview on the Tonight Show).

    -> Keanu Reeves bought Harley Davidsons for all the stuntmen in the "Burly Brawl".
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    If theses are intentional, I have more appreciation for the work that the brothers have done to go through and put that many little details in the movie.

    Funny I was watching The Matrix two weeks ago and when it came to the scene where you see Neo sitting in the interrogation room, I said to myself "Hey those are the same monitors from Reloaded." It was amazing watching it and seeing and hearing a lot of stuff that foreshadows what we find out in Reloaded. The Wachowski brothers created this whole mythology for one movie when they weren't guaranteed any sequels. I guess it's sort of like what Lucas did for Star Wars.
    You're waiting for a train, a train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you can't be sure. But it doesn't matter - because we'll be together.

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