Talk:Redpill

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Contents 1 Dossier 2 Miltary Slang 3 Total Recall 4 Matrix Online 5 Crystal Method 6 Redpill AB? 7 Direction of this article

[edit] Dossier

If anyone can read the information in Neo's dossier that Smith opened in the interrogation room, we may have our answer on what Neo's age really is. The range of 30-35 is logical, but it may never be determined without this visual record from the movie. I believe I found this information before, but its source now escapes me. Spencerian 00:00, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Miltary Slang

In current US military slang, and going back at least to the 1960s, "redpill" has a very different meaning, particularly among US Army artillerymen. A "red pill" is a tactical nuclear artillery shell, which may have a bright red band painted around it for identification. "Redpill," the verb, is the act of firing a tactical nuclear shell at the enemy. I don't know whether this is sufficiently noteworthy to merit a Wikipedia entry but it's actually what I expected to find in the article; the Matrix references actually surprised me.

[edit] Total Recall

Wouldn't the "path out" be a blue pill then, rather than a red pill? The story of Total Recall is that his memory of all prior events is fake -- the "path out" of being aware of that would make him oblivious to the farce, much like the blue pill would cause a person to disregard all the events that unmasked the fake existence in the Matrix. I don't see how this "easy way out" can be seen as analogous to the red pill. — Ashmodai ^{(talk · contribs)} 04:41, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Matrix Online

I've edited the portion of the entry that discusses the presence of the term 'Redpill' in The Matrix Online. Namely, I deleted the reference it makes about living in Zion, as no part of the game actually allows this (unless that's what you want to say, roleplaying-wise, if you let your account run out). I have, however, put something back in to make up for what I took out; a brief explanation of where things go once someone begins playing the game.--MythicFox 11:59, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Crystal Method

I've added a line to the trivia section to include the song from the Crystal Method titled 'Red Pill' 212.2.167.199 01:14, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Redpill AB?

The Redpill AB statement seems irrelevant. Should it be deleted?GlobeGores 01:39, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok, no one seems to have any comment, so I will delete it. GlobeGores 03:40, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Direction of this article

The lead section implies this article is discussing the term as a person aware of the matrix, but the bulk of the content is references to the red pill as an item from the matrix. It appears there is sufficient content to potentially justify an article on the latter aspect, but focusing on it's usage as a slang term (or a slang term within a fictional universe) has questionable notability for it's own article. I'm not quite sure what to do about this. I'm thinking it would be best to reorganize the article to be about the red pill from the matrix and move it to Red pill or Red pill (The Matrix). Opinions would be appreciated; I'd like to avoid just sending this article up for AFD, as it has some decent content, unlike the now deleted Bluepill article. -Verdatum (talk) 18:33, 1 February 2008 (UTC)