No rascunho original de 1996, é bem mais claro. A pura improbabilidade de seu resgate de Trinity foi suficiente para remover quaisquer dúvidas remanescentes na mente de Morpheus (e convencer Tank, assistindo nos monitores).
Neo flies like a skipping stone, hurtling straight AT us, when his feet hit the rain gutter --
A fulcrum that levers him up just as --
Trinity FIRES, severing the cord from the HELICOPTER, falling free of it as it SMASHES, blades first into a glass skyscraper.
...
INT. MAIN DECK:
Tank stares at the screen, his mouth agape.
TANK: He's the One. He's got to be...
EXT. ROOFTOP (MATRIX) - DAY Neo pulls Trinity up into his arms. Both shaking, they hold each other again.
MORPHEUS: I knew it! I goddamn knew it!
TRINITY: Morpheus!
She runs at him, throwing her arms around him.
MORPHEUS: Do you believe me now? He's the One! Who else could have done this?
Na versão de baixo orçamento de 1997 do roteiro, a explosão do helicóptero está totalmente ausente. É o resgate de Neo de Morpheu que convence Tank que Neo é Aquele. Nesta versão, Morpheus aparentemente não tem qualquer dúvida.
Until the LINE ends, SNAPPING taut, cracking their fragile embrace. Morpheus tumbles, legs flipping over, falling down --
The ground deliriously distant --
As Neo snatches hold of his mentor's still handcuffed wrist.NEO: Gotcha!
INT. MAIN DECK
Tank stares at the screen, his mouth agape.TANK: He is the One. He's gotta be... but why? He's gotta be!
EXT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING Trinity is already pulling the copter up and away.
...
EXT. ROOFTOP - DAY
The helicopter touches down on the skyscraper in a swirl of dust and gravel. Neo has an arm around Morpheus, holding him up.TRINITY: Morpheus!
She runs at him, slamming her arms around him.
MORPHEUS: Do you believe it now, Trinity?
No momento em que chegamos ao roteiro de filmagem (como visto em A Arte da Matriz ), todas as histórias anteriores sobre Morpheus encontrando múltiplos potenciais, dizendo que eles são os únicos e, em seguida, observá-los morrer foi completamente removido. Nesta versão, Morpheus sempre acreditou que Neo era o messias, inquestionavelmente.
the helicopter explodes—
She bounces against a shatterproof window that spider-cracks out while flames erupt behind her.165 INT. MAIN DECK Tank stares at the screen, his mouth agape.
TANK: I knew it! He's the One.
EXT. ROOFTOP - DAY
Neo pulls Trinity up into his arms. Both shaking, they hold each other again.MORPHEUS: Do you believe it now, Trinity?
Trinity looks at Neo.