The Matrix: Pause for 1 hour and 17 minutes and listen carefully to what Oracle tells Neo

Morpheus’ unique adventure at London’s Heathrow airport, the Orwellian reference on Neo’s apartment door, his parents’ names revealed on the first page of his file, or even the biblical reference hidden on the metal plate of the ship Nebuchadnezzar. .

Like many pop culture monuments, such as various episodes of the Star Wars saga or Marvel Cinematic Universe feature films, the first Matrix (directed by the Wachowskis in 1999) includes a lot of winks that true fans of the film may have noticed. .

Filled with literary, philosophical or scientific references, Matrix also reserves a special place for the computer dictionary, which it constantly refers to more or less emphatically to emphasize its point.

Once again, this is the replica we are going to focus on today. Clocking in at 1 hour, 17 minutes and 21 seconds into the film, it concludes with a crucial discussion between Neo and Oracle.

“Eat some cake. Eat it, I promise you’ll feel a lot better. And you’ll smile again.”The latter tells the hero, played by Keanu Reeves, after revealing to him that he was not chosen.

As digital experts have already learned, this seemingly innocuous little phrase simply refers to the fact of “accepting cookies or not” when visiting a website. This decision, which is transmitted to the Internet user when he visits a new site, allows him to accept (or refuse) a small amount of data related to this site, which will facilitate the user’s navigation and offer him personalized content. own data.

According to some Internet theorists, it is by receiving this cookie from Oracle that Neo can finally access the powers of the Chosen One and assume the role assigned to him.

What do you think of this unusual little hidden detail?

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