The Matrix Reloaded | Warner Bros. The red pill and the blue pill in ‘The Matrix’ In the 1999 hit movie, The Matrix, Neo (Keanu Reeves) is abruptly pulled from his reality and given a choice.

Those pesky red and blue pills are back in a new website teaser for The Matrix Resurrections, the long-awaited fourth installment in the sci-fi series. The website features both a red pill and a ...

Each has benefits. Red-pillers feel like the owners of secret knowledge and so enjoy being fantastically condescending to anyone they disagree with, who by definition must be taking the blue pill.

Creators across the manosphere use terms like “red pill” and “black pill” to describe their outlook on gender roles and relationships. The term “red pill” comes from a scene in the 1999 movie “The ...

The Blue Pill – The Blissful Hope for the Future The President has already met with many leaders of foreign countries affected by the new U.S. tariffs, including Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, and ...

Because while “Resurrections” again offers a choice between the red pill and blue pill, the one thing that won’t be necessary – especially for those choosing the home-viewing option – is ...

In a new video, Wachowski explained that while she wasn't sure how actively she was thinking about trans themes while making "The Matrix," the film is certainly a trans-allegory.

"The red pill is like, 'I see the truth.' It’s a call to action by the manosphere,” Adam, played by Amari Bacchus, says in the show about an Instagram comment.

That red pill that allows us to see ourselves as we truly are has an extant, nonmetaphorical form: It’s called humility. It isn’t always easy medicine, and it comes in more than one dose.

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