Munchies spotted a CNET report on the origins of the green code that waterfalls down the screen as the movie—and its successors—opens by way of Simon Whiteley.

If you remember, the film featured a cascading green code that rained down the screen. Source of The Matrix’s Digital Rain That code has a surprising, rather weird, origin story behind it.

“I like to tell everybody that The Matrix’s code is made out of Japanese sushi recipes,” Whiteley muses. To quote Neo, “ whoa. ” The recipes could literally be anything.

When ‘The Matrix’ hit theaters in 1999, it revolutionized science fiction filmmaking with its groundbreaking visual effects, ...

The iconic green falling code in *The Matrix* may seem like a deep, mysterious symbol of the virtual world, but in reality, it's based on something far simpler—sushi recipes. Simon Whiteley, the ...

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. Those glowing green ...

“I like to tell everybody that The Matrix 's code is made out of Japanese sushi recipes,” says Whiteley who scanned the characters from his wife's cookbooks. Well, we didn't see that one coming.

"The Matrix" was one of the most successful movies of the 90's. It entered the pop-culture lexicon almost immediately and inspired an abundance of questionable fashion decisions. The movie was ...