Sunday, February 1, 2009

What if Neo had taken the blue pill?

Here's yet another torture of the insightful, "The Matrix".
I have decided to torture the part where Morpheus offers the pills to Neo.
What if he had taken the blue pill instead of the red one? I have shamelessly copied relevant parts of the screenplay.

Here you go! My edits to the script (??!!) have been italicized. Forgive me, Wachowski brothers.

MORPHEUS
Unfortunately, no one can be told
what the Matrix is. You have to
see it for yourself.

NEO
How?

MORPHEUS
Hold out your hands.

In Neo's right hand, Morpheus drops a red pill.

MORPHEUS
This is your last chance. After
this, there is no going back.

In his left, a blue pill.

MORPHEUS
You take the blue pill and the
story ends. You wake in your bed
and you believe whatever you want
to believe.

The pills in his open hands are reflected in the glasses.

MORPHEUS
You take the red pill and you stay
in Wonderland and I show you how
deep the rabbit-hole goes.

Neo feels the smooth skin of the capsules, with the
moisture growing in his palms.

MORPHEUS
Remember that all I am offering is
the truth. Nothing more.

Neo opens his mouth and swallows the blue pill. The
Cheshire smile returns.

Neo wakes up and sees his horrified face in the mirror. He gasps and looks at the clock.
It shows Oct 3 3.14 AM.

He hears a knock and opens the door and sees Trinity standing.

TRINITY
Let's go. He's waiting.

NEO
Who? Who are you? wwait? Are you Trinity? Oh my!

Neo holds his head tight.

They reach INT. HOTEL LAFAYETTE. They stop outside room 1313.

TRINITY
Be honest. He knows more than you can possibly imagine.


MORPHEUS
At last. Welcome, Neo. As you no doubt guessed, I am Morpheus.

Neo looks very confused.

NEO
Didn't I just meet you? Oh! I can't remember more!

MORPHEUS
Please. Come. Sit.

He nods to trinity.

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MORPHEUS
Unfortunately, no one can be told
what the Matrix is. You have to
see it for yourself.

NEO
Enough? I know what you are going to say! Stop this! Leave me alone! Just leave me alone!

Neo again holds his head and kneels down tired.

MORPHEUS
Hold out your hands.

In Neo's right hand, Morpheus drops a red pill.

MORPHEUS
This is your last chance. After
this, there is no going back.

In his left, a blue pill.

MORPHEUS
Remember that all I am offering is
the truth. Nothing more.

Neo opens his mouth and swallows the blue pill. Just leave me!

Neo wakes up and sees his horrified face in the mirror. He gasps and looks at the clock.
It shows Oct 3 3.14 AM.

He hears a knock and opens the door and sees Trinity standing.

NEO
WTF. why are you guys after me? why me?

TRINITY
Lets go. He is waiting

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MORPHEUS
Remember that all I am offering is
the truth. Nothing more.

NEO
Give me the god damn pill.

Neo grabs the red pill and swallows it hurriedly.

MORPHEUS
Be calm, Neo. Follow me.

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MORPHEUS
Haven't I always told you, Cypher,
not to let fear control your life.
Apoc, are we on-line?

Neo recognizes the large man from the El train.

NEO
But what on earth happen to me now? deja vu's?

MORPHEUS
Smiles.

Recursion. Apoc hacked your program on the Matrix.

NEO
But you offered me a choice of pills.

MORPHEUS
Smiles.

It was not my choice. It was Hobson's.

=== The End ===

Taking this a bit too far I will also say that Neo Embodies One!!!

brickbats welcome. :-)

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