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SpiritWarrior · 12-17-2006, 08:19 PM

Yes, for some reason, lately i've had this urge to watch them all again. There is something about ridiculous hype that influcences my own judgements and expectations to a point where I can't properly enjoy a good film until it's a bit old and the excitment has died down. Just me, I guess.

So anyways, I watched them all again and really got to appreciate the trilogy the second time 'round, but I have some questions. Some of which may be horribly obvious and others a bit more obscure. If any of you Matrix fans can shed some light on my these questions i'd appreciate it. Here goes..

1) What exactly was Neo? A hacker? What was he looking for exactly...did he know what the matrix was before Trinity found him? And why was Morpheus searching for him but unable to find him? Couldn't he just hack into the matrix and select him easily? Confusion.

2) What is the Architect? Is he a machine projecting himself into the matrix? Or is he a program created by the machines? He talks like he is in a position of authority but if he's just a program wouldn't that be kinda risky for the machines?

3) What is the Oracle? I know she's a program since she told Neo this, but her answers were of course, very cryptic. The Architect referred to her as an intuitive program who stumbled upon the idea for the matrix. So she was a program the served the machines but went rogue or something? He calls her the "mother" of the matrix. What is her deal?

4) The final battle with Neo and Smith. At the end Smith says what the Oracle told Neo. So, the Oracle was inside him just *pretending* to be assimilated and that's why she stayed in her kitchen and had let Smith get her, right? He never actually assimilated her at all.

5) What is the story with the kid and the "exiles". Are these just rogue programs that are on the run like the Keymaker? If so, what was the little kids function? I thought her "father" made her...somehow.

6) Why did the Architect tell Neo he'd be destroyed if he didn't return to the source by "tonight"? Just a simple lie or was there something more behind this? The Oracle scoffed when Neo mentioned it, is all.

7) What was with the gold lights when Neo died in the machine world? And that angelic shape that took form, I know there was a message of harmony there but was that all it signified?

12-17-2006, 08:19 PM	#1
SpiritWarrior Jack Burton Join Date: May 31, 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,854	Yes, for some reason, lately i've had this urge to watch them all again. There is something about ridiculous hype that influcences my own judgements and expectations to a point where I can't properly enjoy a good film until it's a bit old and the excitment has died down. Just me, I guess. So anyways, I watched them all again and really got to appreciate the trilogy the second time 'round, but I have some questions. Some of which may be horribly obvious and others a bit more obscure. If any of you Matrix fans can shed some light on my these questions i'd appreciate it. Here goes.. 1) What exactly was Neo? A hacker? What was he looking for exactly...did he know what the matrix was before Trinity found him? And why was Morpheus searching for him but unable to find him? Couldn't he just hack into the matrix and select him easily? Confusion. 2) What is the Architect? Is he a machine projecting himself into the matrix? Or is he a program created by the machines? He talks like he is in a position of authority but if he's just a program wouldn't that be kinda risky for the machines? 3) What is the Oracle? I know she's a program since she told Neo this, but her answers were of course, very cryptic. The Architect referred to her as an intuitive program who stumbled upon the idea for the matrix. So she was a program the served the machines but went rogue or something? He calls her the "mother" of the matrix. What is her deal? 4) The final battle with Neo and Smith. At the end Smith says what the Oracle told Neo. So, the Oracle was inside him just pretending to be assimilated and that's why she stayed in her kitchen and had let Smith get her, right? He never actually assimilated her at all. 5) What is the story with the kid and the "exiles". Are these just rogue programs that are on the run like the Keymaker? If so, what was the little kids function? I thought her "father" made her...somehow. 6) Why did the Architect tell Neo he'd be destroyed if he didn't return to the source by "tonight"? Just a simple lie or was there something more behind this? The Oracle scoffed when Neo mentioned it, is all. 7) What was with the gold lights when Neo died in the machine world? And that angelic shape that took form, I know there was a message of harmony there but was that all it signified? __________________ Still I feel like a child when I look at the moon, maybe I grew up a little too soon...