»Pick up the phone«

Ok I thougt of this a few days ago and have not seen it talked about anywhere. Not one time in the trilogy do we see a shot of someone entering the matrix, just exiting. We know that they exit by picking up a phone and going out through the phoneline(I would be very surprised if anyone didn't know this) but how does that work when they enter. It's not like there is anyone waiting to pick up the phone for them as they enter. I guess I'm just stupid or something, has anyone else thought of this?.

A very good question that I always thought would eventually be addressed in the comics or animatrix but never was. I have a feeling they just "appear" (along with any uploaded gear, vehicles) etc. Operators can drop stuff in different locations, too, since they always have a car waiting for them in the alley.

I guess they do just appear out of thin air. The Matrix is being fed to their minds, they aren't physically inside The Matrix at any time.

I think they showed how red-pills "jack-in" during one of the CGI section of Enter the Matrix.

They showed Niobe and Ghost in a construct-like white area where they could pick guns and the like. Then the Matrix was just built piece by piece around them.

I think that is what "jacking-in" would probably look like.

Thanks GPieters!

I consider ETM canon. That works for me.

Thanks guys I thought it might be something like that since it is impossible for them to pick up the phone themselves while entering. It's like in M1 where Morph and Neo just appear in the dojo.

I agree with the most part of the "Enter the Matrix" idea where the Matrix is built around them.

However, to the person watching these people "jacking" in, the rebels and other equipment would just fade into place (kinda how someone leaving the matrix via telephone fades).

There is only one scene that comes close to showing this, and thats when Neo is first taken to the Matrix...but in that scene everyone just shows up in a room.

Thats my ideas.