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Matrix Reloaded question---warning spoilers | by gary_7 | 2003-10-22 19:49:27 |
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GALVATRON solves the Matrix: | by MajorG17 | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
| As Blur said, "Oh, that one." |
by Arcanum |
2003-10-22 22:17:07 |
(WARNING: POSSIBLE REVOLUTIONS SPOILERS!) I've picked it apart before, but don't feel like doing it again at this hour. I ended up coming up with just as many plot holes in or caused by that theory as it closes up. Here's the (not so) short version of my take:
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Almost everything is as it has been presented. The humans in Zion really are in the real world (and they really are human), they were set free by previous incarnations of The One, etc. The exception is Neo. Neo is either partially or completely a machine, created by the machines. As were all the previous "Ones". Think about it. There are various offhand remarks in the movies that suggest that he's not quite human. The one that comes most readily to mind is "Ten hours straight. He's...a machine," from the first movie. Others are references to code being copied, reinserted, etc., in the second movie. Then there's the whole ka-ZAP of the Sentinels at the end of the second movie. A robotic or cyborg Neo would explain that nicely.
Now you ask, why would the machines do this? Why try to mimic the very things they dispise and want to enslave? The answer is simple: They don't dispise us, or particularly want to enslave us (remember, the only machine that has shown hate for humanity as a whole is Smith, and he's an anomaly). If you've seen the history shorts from the Animatrix, they show that the machines originally wanted to coexist peacefully with humanity. They tried repeatedly to do this, first via diplomacy, then via warefare (started by humans).
I posit that The One is not simply a method of keeping the upstart humans in line (though The One is that, when the real objective fails). Rather The One is an attempt to reconcile the machines and humanity. The One is an attempt by the machines to create a connection beyond simple dependency between humanity and the machines. Pay attention to what the Architect says to Neo about him and the other "Ones" developing attachments to humanity. It's a strange thing to tell someone who supposedly is human, isn't it? Ahh, but suddenly it makes so much more sense if Neo is a machine! Then, him developing a relationship beyond abstract attachment to humanity as a whole is a significant feat, as is his display of hope beyond hope! Also, the kiss with Persephone appears in a wholly different light: Perhaps it is a kind of test, or maybe she's just curious, as to how well Neo is progressing!
There's more evidence in the movies. I just don't remember it. You guys can go hunt. It really makes a surprising amount of sense. Maybe the "power plant" isn't even a power plant at all, just a way to keep humanity docile while the unification plan progresses.
I'll post this some time tomorrow, to see what people think about it. |
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