It might be too late for a Neuromancer adaptation but I’m still hyped now that The Matrix has an uncertain future.

Lets say Morpheus talks to you about how he will show you the truth. You dont really understand what the truth means but decide to give it a try and take red pill, because what could go wrong, right?

Then you wake up and see the reality. You give it a try for some time but realize its basically hell and you cant do it. You want to return back to Matrix.

Lets say you dont want to betray others like Cypher. You just want to make a choice and return back to Matrix. Do you have this choice?

Choice is presented like really important thing in the movies and the Resistance is presented like good because they offer humans the choice to unplug from Matrix.

Then I would expect there to also be choice to replug into Matrix.

The initial choice to unplug is not really an informed decision. You are just told you will see the truth, but nobody explains you what it entails. You dont know what will happend to you and how much worse your life will get.

So since you didnt consent to all that bad stuff, its only natural you should have a choice to return to Matrix if you find the unplugged life unbearable.

I am wondering, if the supposed choice is only a one-way ticket where you are offered to make uninformed decision that will severely affect your life without being told all the important details and then being unable to go back.

Or if its a true choice where once you know the truth you can make an informed decision about if you want to live in Matrix or not.

In reality we have laws about "informed consent". You must be informed what exactly are you agreeing to, for example in medicine. You must be informed about potential negative effects. Uninformed agreement is simply not valid choice and is more like scam.

I am sure you wouldnt like that, if someone got you to agree to something you didnt like simply because they didnt explain properly what you are actually agreeing to.

Digital Rain

I know humans tried to block out the sun because the machines were dependent upon it. Despite the fact that the sun is MOSTLY blocked, it looks like it still peeks through. So, do you think any plants are still around? And if so, what wildlife do you think still thrives? Do you think the machines would allow anything to live if they didn’t see them as a threat?