Episode
Film Theory: The Matrix has NO ESCAPE
Overview
The Red Pill or the Blue Pill? It's one of cinema's most famous choices. But do the differently-colored pills from the Matrix actually do anything...well different? What if the "real world" and Zion are actually constructs of the Machines? Get ready to have your mind blown, Morpheus, because there is no getting out of The Matrix!
Details
- Series
- Film Theory
- Season
- Season 2015
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2015-10-09
- Runtime
- 14 min
Episode context
The Matrix has NO ESCAPE is Episode 16 in 2015 of Film Theory. It aired on 2015-10-09. The runtime is 14 min.
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