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I really enjoy trying to figure out the story in and behind the matrix movies, but I must say I thought the way it was portrayed in the Matrix Reloaded was somewhat disappointing. The novelty of the first part wasn't there, everything seemed to be almost routine. The fights, especially, seemed to lack purpose even though there were some very nice effects.
There's probably a reason for that though... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
One thing I can't figure out is how you reset the matrix. Sure, you place a bit of code in someone's avatar and let him figure out what's going on. Send an army to Zion to force the One to return to the source and there the code can trigger a resetting of the system. You repopulate Zion, but using people from inside the Matrix who have no idea what's going on.
And if I recall correctly you'd start with sixteen adults, of which nine are female. Assuming five generations over 100 years, with half of those born also female, and an insignificant amount of newcomers from inside the matrix, assuming noone would die, to reach a quarter of a million inhabitants, on average people would have no fewer than 12.4 siblings. Now, either my calculations are way off, I'm using the wrong numbers or it's plain illogical.
Assuming the latter, there must be a different reason behind the numbers mentioned in the movie. I wonder what that might be.
In any case, they are supposed to learn to use the technology (and reproduce it, or you'd end up without any alien-looking hoovercrafts to broadcast, get into the Matrix and pull anyone else out) for no reason other than to force the next One to pick the door resetting the matrix of his own free will [img]graemlins/saywhat.gif[/img]
You make choices based on your experiences and what you know (like kong-fu [img]tongue.gif[/img] ), there should be many much more easier and safer (more controlable) ways of forcing the One to return to the source and choose to reset the matrix.
Like the mixed code idea BTW. From the first movie I'm led to believe the agents are machines rather than programs, and having them mix would explain why Neo can sense the sentinels and affect them. He's part man, part machine, and part something unidentifiable now, and there is no reason his abilities should be limited to those of regular mortals, even if he retains some weaknesses.
The falling into a coma, would suggest that it took an extreme effort of will to halt the sentinels, but that does not tell us anything about whether or not he is a real world 'superman'.
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