Souriat said
[b]Big bunch of theory stuff copied from another forum here, not sure how 'true' some of it all is but i found it interesting anyway.
Phooey! Its the same matrix within a matrix scenario, I don't see them copying the plot of another movie, they're too clever for that.
My take on the situation...fairly simple.
Original matrix, perfect paradise...fails. New matrix, set to reflect human tragedy and despair, close...but also fails. The problem is that the architect programs things in a logical manner. Mathematical precision. Cause and effect, one thing leads to another, each event logically bringing about other events.
However, it doesn't account for a human trait that doesn't always follow logic, choice. Whether its logical or not, we all have a choice in everything we do. When the oracle tips him off to that, the 3rd revision is a success. Everyone has a choice whether or not to accept what they see and live as real.
Its just like when you wake up in the morning, you believe what you're seeing is real...even though we've all had dreams we would swear were real until we woke up. The fact that that choice exists is the problem. People who are free from the matrix are able to convince people that what they see is not real, thus freeing them from the matrix.
The people that do this are the ones freed from the Matrix at the time of the previous Zion's destruction. It happened 5 times prior to the current movie timeline. The one entered the core, met the architect, was given the choice. They all chose to return to the matrix, select some 32 people to be freed to perpetuate the human race. When the one returns to the core, and zion's population is destroyed, they essentially eliminate the problem brought on by the anomly. Which he described as an escalating probability of disaster.
Namely, you risk the entire population of the matrix rejecting the program, more and more people refuse. The matrix collapses, everyone dies...and with the destruction of Zion, the entire human race is destroyed and the machines power source is cripled.
By freeing 32 people to perpetuate the population of zion, having the one return to the core where his code is reinserted, and the death of all people alive who have rejected the matrix programming, the problem is solved. Nobody who has rejected the program is left alive. The system runs as usual.
The problem as they said, was choice. Neo's five predecessors all felt protective and bonded to other people in a general manner. Neo, who is in love with Trinity, does not. This throws a wrench in the architect's plans. Neo chooses not to enter the core and choose a few people to surive, he chooses to go back to the matrix, to save trinity.
The prophecy is basically a tale of the repeating cycle. The man born inside the matrix, previous versions of Neo, able to do what he wishes in the matrix. Frees the first of zion's population...(as he re-enters the core and the cycle repeats itself). The oracle prophesizes that his return will hail the destruction of the matrix and the end of the war. Which is precisely the chain of events set into motion thus far...by re-entering the matrix, according to what the architect said, the matrix will collapse.
What I'm thinking is the clincher, is that when he brings the matrix down, everyone won't die. However, the machines won't have any power and Zion will still be around.
If it was a MWAM scenario there would be no reason to kill everyone in Zion. Everyone would still be under control. There's no reason to reset the whole scenario. Most importantly, that would be a corny knockoff of a movie that's already been made and I refuse to believe the people clever enough to come up with this series of movies would do such a thing to its audience.
Something else has changed that allowed Neo to stop the sentinels. The architect said being there had altered his consciousness in some way. Its all on the line at this point. The little problem is left unchecked, the sentinels are still advancing.
The resolution will come out in November.