Personally, I wouldn't make him overtly nefarious. He'd never intent anyone to die and would be betrayed by the robots instead with his deal, and all the human casualties would be in the resistence against the robots in the Matrix itself. He'd also get a background story about how the main reason he ever took the red pill was because he was friends with Trinity and had a massive crush on her (they were both teenagers during that time as supported by Neo being apparently too old to leave Matrix), so he just followed her. Optionally Cypher can have some sort of a redemption arc, but ultimately his fate is mostly irrelevant. There could be also part where Morpheus knew all about his motivations and suspected he would've hated the Matrix, but knew that Cypher would be too valuable of an asset to pass by, giving Morpheus also more of a depth and it would add slightly more tragedy to the character.
Whats wrong with his story that it needs to be changed?
>the woman he liked cockblocked him and jumped on Neos dick from day 1 >he was working a shitty job on niggercabrezar >he was eating slime everyday >Morpheus told him some bullshit to keep him working
Can you really blame him for chimping out like he did?
Nicholas Brown
unironically better writing
Sebastian Parker
it’s a twenty year old movie; you don’t need spoiler tags
Luis Gonzalez
whoa whoah, what makes you think that way you fucking double tranny?
Joseph Wood
Imply that Morpheus May have pulled him from the Matrix at too old an age because he thought he was a prospect to be The One, giving another element to his resent for both Morpheus and Neo.
Anthony Collins
I would make him talk about Arch Linux.
Hudson Stewart
While the basic idea of him wanting to leave Matrix and willing to betray his crew for it is reasonable, the part where he not only gets everyone he knows killed, but that he'd personally psychotically murder them like some sort of I'M DAMAGED character and doom every single known free human to death is a bit too far.
It just makes him look goofy and pointlessly evil, like some sort of cardboard cutout, which is weird, since he has an excellent scene with Neo, where he offeres him booze and tells him to run away from the agents. While the intention was likely to make him say that Neo isn't as hot as everyone else says, it actually comes off like a genuine advice that a realistic concerned person would make, which is to a stark difference to everyone else, who's just riding Neo's dick for little to no reason.
That's quite simple and elegant, though I'm not sure that I like him being the supposed chosen one as it just doesn't work/fit for me personally, though if you go that route you could also weave in somehow the Trinity's prophecy. It would also add the idea of whether Neo would ultimately follow the same path as Cypher.
Ayden Myers
You have autism.
Cameron Morales
There's nothing to fix, faggot. Go dilate.
Liam Edwards
Water is wet and the sky is blue.
Henry Murphy
Cypher betrayed everyone because he was an incel
I think he's fine the way he was
Nathaniel Miller
>but that he'd personally psychotically murder them like some sort of I'M DAMAGED character and doom every single known free human to death is a bit too far. Is it really too far? Hes probably been to Zion and saw that its a degenerate shithole with no hope to ever succeed thats why he was okay with it.
Depending how you view it it makes sense that he betrayed the free humans.
for murdering them personally I think that things just went out of control.
Michael Nelson
No I meant it as in Morpheus misinterpreted some stuff because of his zeal and pulled him out thinking “Hey this could be the guy. Woops, he’s just an ordinary dude and I was just seeing what I wanted to see. Oh well, another soldier at least”
This would of course result in Cypher growing bitter, he’s not The One, he’s not even a proper candidate for red pilling and wants to go back to an ordinary life before he got tied up in Morpheus’s messiah bullshit.
Brody Williams
there is nothing wrong with him, Cypher is BASED
Thomas Sanchez
Cypher was maddened by the juxtaposition of real world vs. matrix. he hated the gruel they ate, he hated the sweaty heat of the ship, he hated being pursued relentlessly by machines
and a fantasy world that gets rid of all of that was just. out. of. reach. ignorance is bliss
Xavier Peterson
Based
Camden Diaz
Fucking gladiator ya fuck
Samuel Rivera
I'd lave him as he is but not make him a sadist. So no taunting Trinity or licking her cheek. He'd be emotional but his dialog would be him trying to get the others to understand sympathize. I mean he kind of does this already and it is clear that his sadistic outburst is probably a reaction to his pent up depression, hopelessness, and resentment over how fucked up everything is and how miserable it all is, as well as his skepticism that anyone can turn it around. However the Wachowski's clearly made him kind of an ass just so the audience wouldn't sympathize with him too much.
James Perry
>the part where he not only gets everyone he knows killed, but that he'd personally psychotically murder them like some sort of I'M DAMAGED character and doom every single known free human to death is a bit too far.
Him having to personally kill the crew and doom humanity should stay in. Just his mentality about it should be one of desperation with him extremely emotional about it. Ranting and raving that he HAS to do this. That they're all going to die anyway at least this will be quick and life in Zion is shit and can't last forever, ect... He's just in that much pain, mentally, that he'll do ANYTHING to make it stop.
