What are the green letters in Matrix?

The falling green characters or "Matrix Rain" as some have come to call it consist of Japanese hiragana, katakana and kanji characters and is meant to tell the reader what is happening in The Matrix. Simon Whiteley, creator of The Matrix code, tells CNet that he attributes the design to his wife, who is from Japan.
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What is the green text in Matrix?

Matrix digital rain, Matrix code or sometimes green rain, is the computer code featured in the Matrix series. The falling green code is a way of representing the activity of the simulated reality environment of the Matrix on screen by kinetic typography.
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What does the green tint symbolize in the Matrix?

'Green' is the colour of decay (like mould), disease (you get a greenish face when you are sick) and dead. And everyone living in the Matrix is nothing else than a nearly dead person in the real world who is kept alive in a reddish liquid.
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What are the symbols in the Matrix code?

The code is characterized by green flashing reversed Roman and Japanese katakana characters and Arabic numerals, as well as pictorial symbols, such as a bull's head (as pictured at the end of the Matrix Revolutions title sequence), falling in a black screen while changing and fading.
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Why is everything green in the Matrix?

In the beginning, computer was a black screen with a blinking, all the writing was green, everything was green. Wasn't much color in it. So, at that time, it would make sense to have that kind of green look to the Matrix.”
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Why is Neo's face green?

Green is why the Matrix looks weird. A green filter was used on all the scenes shot of the Matrix, which gave it that otherworldly feel, as though we're seeing it through a monitor. Also, the color blue was removed from everything we see in the Matrix.
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Why did the Oracle say Neo was not the one?

The Oracle's role was not to tell Neo that he was the One, but to set him on the right journey. She had to set him on an adventure of self-discovery. One final point to make comes right after the Oracle tells Neo that he's waiting for something.
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Who is God in the Matrix?

In Greek mythology: Morpheus is the god of dreams. In the movie: Morpheus is the leader of the rebel forces who fights to awaken enslaved masses from a dreamlike reality.
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What inspired the falling green code in the Matrix?

So Whiteley went home and began browsing through the "stacks of Japanese cookbooks" owned by his wife, looking for inspiration. One recipe book in particular caught his eye and the recipes therein served as the basis for what would eventually become the film's iconic falling code.
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Does Neo only see in code?

Neo does not only see the things in the matrix, but the inner mechanics, which make them tick. Best to see in his last fight with (still) Agent Smith: He does not need to look at him, because he sees in the code which action(attack) the program (akasmith) does perform.
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Why is there Japanese in the Matrix?

According to CNET, Simon Whiteley was a production designer on the film who came up with the green lines of code. Whiteley said that the Japanese-inspired characters were pulled from his wife's cookbooks. “I like to tell everybody that The Matrix's code is made out of Japanese sushi recipes….
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Is the Matrix code real?

Nearly 20 years ago, the Wachowskis unleashed The Matrix on an unsuspecting world, embedding fans around the globe in the film's rich mythos as early as its opening frames.
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Is the Matrix based on Jesus?

Neo is referred to throughout the Matrix trilogy as the One, that is, the chosen one, which also describes Christ—a messiah, sent to deliver salvation. References to Christianity proliferate in the films, and the Matrix films are an allegory for the Christian faith and that Neo is a modern-day Jesus.
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Who created machine City?

History. After the Machine Revolts failed and at the peak of anti-Machine sentiment, Machine-kind was driven out of all human society. The Machines, seeking refuge, fled to Mesopotamia and founded the Machine City 01.
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Who was Neo talking to at the end of the Matrix?

At the end of The Matrix, Neo makes a call to the machines from a phone booth. Two movies later, Neo and Agent Smith are seen falling from the sky and collide with the ground at the same intersection as the phone booth from the end of the first Matrix; the phone booth can be seen in the background.
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What is the White Rabbit in Matrix?

Dujour (also known as the White Rabbit Girl) was a young woman in Goth apparel who visited Neo with her boyfriend, Choi, at his apartment to pick some illegal software that Neo wrote in his spare time for extra money. She is portrayed in The Matrix by Australian actress Ada Nicodemou.
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Is the Oracle Agent Smith's mom?

I understood her being called the mother of Smith to mean that the oracle reproduced Smith after he was destroyed in the first movie because she saw the potential for him to create the conditions wherein peace could brokered between humans and the machines.
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What does the cat in Matrix mean?

A black cat crossing your path is considered bad luck in western folk-lore. The Matrix' shooting script describes it as "a black cat, a yellow-green-eyed shadow that slinks past them and pads quickly down the stairs."
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Is Neo a glitch in the Matrix?

In The Matrix, when inside the simulation, Neo (Keanu Reeves) experiences déjà vu when a black cat passes him twice. What does this glitch signify? A momentous scene in 1999's The Matrix is when Neo witnesses a black cat replicate exact behavioral twitches twice down a hallway, making him say, “Whoa.
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Is the green code in The Matrix sushi?

Nope, it's just a load of recipes for sushi. The Matrix production designer Simon Whiteley told CNet of the apparently indecipherable collection of Japanese hiragana, katakana, and kanji characters: "I like to tell everybody that The Matrix's code is made out of Japanese sushi recipes.
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Is The Matrix Binary?

The Matrix trilogy is a series that deals in binaries.
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What exactly is Seraph in the Matrix?

Seraph is the name of a fictional character (played by Collin Chou) in the science fiction film saga The Matrix. He is portrayed as the personification of a sophisticated challenge-response authentication which guards the Oracle.
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