I'm confused. What does the blue pill do? It's implied that it will keep Neo in the matrix but does he really need a pill to do that? Do people in the matrix just periodically take blue pills without question?
They are both placebo.
>>62735932
damn..
>>62735932
...woah
>>62735835
Always assumed the red pill kicked off physiological processes needed to unplug Neo, and the blue pill would just wipe his memory and knock him unconscious or something so Morpheus and Trinity could put him back in his apartment and act like nothing ever happened.
But...
>>62735932
This makes sense too.
>>62735932
couldn't be more wrong
>>62735835
red is a tracer program that wake Neo up in his pod and forces the machines to dump him instead of liquefying him
blue makes all Neo's experiences with Trinity and Morpheus seem like a dream, like they didn't really happen
>>62736034
Nice made up story bro.
>>62736010
I always thought the same cause he says "if you take the blue pill you will wake up in your apartment as if nothing happend" or something along those lings I think
The pills don't actually do anything. They are just a representation of the choices Neo has. If he took the blue pill they would most likely just wipe his memory and drop him back off at his place.
>>62736074
>the pills dont do anything
>but the blue pill does this
im getting mixed messages lad
>>62736110
Morpheous and crew don't need a pill to program neo. Thats what the operator is for.
>>62736074
The blue pill doesn't do that. At most both pills knock him out. The rest of the effects are Morpheus and the gang doing shit to him.
>>62736065
I thought the Red pill had something to do with the tracking program so they knew where to pick up the body.
Blue pill most likely wiping his memory of Morpheus, Trinity and any notions that reality was anything other than what it seemed.
>>62736065
MORPHEUS
You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe.
Can we agree once someone takes the blue pill they probably don't remember the ride home and getting into bed themselves? That'd sort of defeat the purpose of the blue pill.
As for the red pill,
TRINITY
The pill you took is part of a trace program.
MORPHEUS
Tank, we're going to need the signal soon.
We know the pods turn the dead into liquid food for the living.
That didn't happen to Neo so the trace program and whatever they do in that room must have something that makes sure the pod dumps freed minds into the sewer instead of turning them into food.
The blue pill is definately Reddit.
The red pill is Tumblr.
What would happen if Neo was just like fuck this and grabbed and swallowed both pills at the same time?
What would Morpheus say?
>>62736418
U greedy ass nigga
>>62736322
4chan is what you get when you take both.
>>62735932
Basically. They're just physical representations of the choice Neo is making and mentally prepares him for his path. One is where he trusts his instincts that something isn't right and this group could possibly know the truth, the other is that this group is crazy and everything they say are the ramblings of a group of nutjobs. It's not like he's actually physically taking a pill anyway. Everything happening in the scene is in their minds.
>>62737083
good stuff nigga
>>62737083
>explaining the symbolism
thanks sherlock, you've cracked the case!
OP wanted to know what they do in the movie universe
>>62736418
>grabbed and swallowed both pills at the same time
then it would of been like he took the blue pill only. Being the entire point of the red pill is to accept that something is off and you want to know the truth.
no different then the first step in say weight loss or fighting some form of addiction is to admit you have a problem. Until you see the problem, you are on the blue pills.
>>62736301
the "sewers" was the food processor, they rescued him.
>>62737236
>OP wanted to know what they do in the movie universe
That's the point. It's entirely fucking symbolism. The pills do nothing because there are no pills. Everything is happening in his mind. The pills are manifest expressions of choice.
Like Morpheus says, people can't be told what the Matrix is. They have to mentally accept a desire to know the truth and the possibility of something happening in order to break through the Matrix's programmed reality in their heads.
>>62736436
kek
and fall down a flight of stairs
>>62737401
>It's entirely fucking symbolism.
>TRINITY: The pill you took is part of a trace program
It is clearly symbolism for the choice to accept reality but the pill is also a tool of the resistance in the context of the universe. Asshole.
>>62737724
Doesn't mean there's a physical pill with an actual effect though. It could be that making the choice and accepting that something is wrong starts the mental rejection of the Matrix's reality. After that, it's basically scanning for units that appear to be ripe for disconnecting and subsequent removal from the system. Hence him getting flushed.
What exactly makes someone a candidate for removal from the matrix?
>>62737919
The pill is part of a trace program. Trinity says that. The pill is in the matrix, so it's programmed to be there. Why would Trinity lie about that? Why say it's part of the trace program if it isn't?
You're making things much more complicated than they need to be. You're applying the symbolism to the 'literal' world the characters move around in. The Matrix is full of symbolism, but it's also an internally logical world.
You even see them trying to follow the trace, that's what they're doing on the computers in the room when the mirror is melting.
When a movie uses something like an apple to represent temptation, it doesn't mean the apple isn't really an apple to the characters.
>>62737401
There was also no prawn/shrimp robot implanted in his stomach and no steampunk flashlight operated in the backseat of a car to remove it
>>62736436
I think this was in a flash cartoon on Newgrounds way back. Neo took both pills and then died
The red pill will also make you hate women and be very bitter.
>>62735835
It would of made him pass out so he just wakes up in bed thinking its a dream.