»Matrix 1 plays AFTER Matrix 3«

note:i did not write this
This goes deep, so follow me if you will:

The original Matrix starts with Trinity and Cypher talking, the screen shows "Trace Program" and the date "2-18-98".

The movie ends with Neo making a phone call, the trace program is initiated and the date reads "9-18-99"... 19 months have passed!

If you watch the movie again, you'll see that the time sequence implies that they found Neo shortly after that initial conversation (a few months after 2-18-98 at most).

Significant? Yes; I propose that Reloaded and Revolutions (which we know occur one after another), take place between 2-18-98 and 9-18-99. Here's why:

Only a few months could have passed from the time Morpheus and the crew 'free' Neo to the time Neo is killed and revived in the hallway. Why? for one, Neo's hair barely grows in that time and that's not a trivial observation (it's also obvious that Neo grew out his hair in Reloaded which occurs roughly 6 months after he's unplugged).

We also know the W brothers don't put insignificant things into their movies - the fact that they obviously signal to us that 19 months have passed from the start of the Matrix to the time Neo makes that phone call is there for a reason.

In Reloaded, Neo says that "I wish I knew what I was supposed to do". The phone call scene in the Matrix, Neo is very sure of what he is supposed to do, "I'm going to hang up this phone and show these people what you don't want them to see... a world without you, without controls and boundries". Why would he have forgotten what to do between M1 and M2? he didn't, that last scene in M1 occurs after Revolutions!

Finally, at the end of M1, Neo states that "I can feel you now, you are scared". At the end of Reloaded he says, "Something is different, I can FEEL them now".

One more thing. A game directed by the W brothers called Matrix online is due in '04 and the timeframe takes place after Revolutions... and the matrix is alive and well in the game.

My guess is that there is no Matrix Within A Matrix, they don't destroy the Matrix because they can't unplug everyone at once and we'll see Neo make that very same phone call at the end of Revolutions!

I hope this wasn't too confusing to follow.

So, this means that Neo was talking to the architect during the last scene of M1 (i can feel you now, youre scared)....we also know that neo doesnt die, no matrix-within-a-matrix, and the matrix doesnt get destroyed......there it is folks!!!!! THE END OF REVOLUTIONS IS THE END OF THE FIRST MOVIE!!!!

oh yeah and im sorry for spoiling the movie for you but im VERY sure this is what happens it makes the most sense

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Wow, I never really thought about it like that, when you say it like that it makes sense, but Ive got a theory of my own, what if this was all a dream that Neo has? i know its a little out there, but just bear with me for a second, like what if it ends with Neo waking up at his computer just before Trinity starts doing that thing on the screen? He wakes up expecting it to happen, but it never does. I took the liberty of doing some research to come up with quotes that support this theory.

Morpheus: You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that's not far from the truth.

Neo: You ever have that feeling where you're not sure if you're
awake or still dreaming?
Choi: Mm-hmm. All the time! It's called Mescaline....It's the
only way to fly.

Agent Smith: But I believe that, as a species, human beings define their reality through suffering and misery. The perfect world was a dream that your primitive cerebrum kept trying to wake up from. Which is why the Matrix was re-designed to this: the peak of your civilization.

Morpheus: Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?

Pay special attention really to that last one. They all pretty much support my theory but some better than others.

DreamWorld wrote:

but Ive got a theory of my own

...which was posted here already:

Sorry to detroy your dreams...but there is no theory in the Matrix just ideas that leave us asking the question. Why O Why did they make the second movie?

Is there an echo in here?

Yeah i know knn, i posted it twice, in different rooms, both were based on theories for the third matrix, i wanted to get as many responses as possible.

Man, if you are right and after 3 films Neo, sorry Thomas Anderson just wakes up at his computer late for work, well I'm gunna loose my mind. Unless, I wake up at my computer and this has all been bollox. How do you know if you're dreaming...?