The Matrix’s iconic title sequences are made up of falling “digital rain”, which, upon closer inspection, was actually thousands of lines of binary code. Until now, I always assumed this code must ...

At the begining of every Matrix film comes one of the most easily recognizable visuals in the film's franchise—the falling green code. Fans of the movies have often wondered, what does the code mean?

The man who designed the mysterious 'digital rain' for the 1999 movie has confessed where the strange symbols - representing an alternate reality - came from FANS of The Matrix may have theories as to ...

The falling green characters at the beginning of all of the Matrix films have become perhaps the most recognisable visual from the film, signifying how everything in the franchise's universe is a vast ...

Millions are eager to return to the story of Keanu Reeves' Neo as the fourth instalment of The Matrix hits cinemas next week. Bullets that defy gravity and time, code falling like rain down the screen ...

While Simon Whiteley, the production designer behind the code, claims to have used his wife's Japanese cookbooks to help create the design ... What's False ... the Japanese characters were mixed with ...

While Simon Whiteley, the production designer behind the code, claims to have used his wife's Japanese cookbooks to help create the design ... What's False: ... the Japanese characters were mixed with ...

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Other than Keanu Reeves dodging bullets in slow-motion or Laurence Fishburne waxing poetic about the sham nature of our perceived reality, is there anything more iconic from The Matrix films (airing ...