By pure happenstance, a friend of mine just forwarded to me another Matrix theory. It's quite cool.
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The matrix explained By Jason Payne
Zion is a program, just like the Matrix. How is Neo able to figure out
that he is able to stop the sentinels in Zion near the end of the film?
The spoon given to him earlier. It had obviously been bent loads, but
how outside the Matrix?? This gave Neo the inspiration and the
understanding that Zion is still a matrix.
The One explained
"The One" is a program, but has to be "attached" to someone in the
Matrix. So Mr. Anderson got it in the 6th version of the Matrix. Then
"The One" program's purpose is to allow Zion to be destroyed then to
rebuild it. The reason for this is because of anomalies - the 1% of
humans that don't accept the Matrix. These are all brought out of the
Matrix program and into the Zion program by the "Morpheus" program and
other similar "ship captain" programs. Then once all the anomalies are
out of the Matrix (and in Zion), that is the time for Zion to be
destroyed, thus killing all the anomalies off. The Matrix is then
upgraded, thus creating the next version of the Matrix, but Zion must be
rebuilt so that the next lot of anomalies can be brought out again so
that they can be destroyed. This is the feedback-loop, and is the reason
to retain a handful of people so that Zion can be rebuilt. So this is
why Neo said the prophecy was a lie - the One's purpose was not to end
the war as the prophecy stated.
Unfortunately, "The One" program must be re-used each time, or copied,
so it can be "attached" to a new anomaly inside the Matrix. So what
happens to the old "The One" program? It faces deletion, and as the
Oracle explained, it goes into exile instead, just like the French bloke
(the Merovingian) did. He was the first One (probably from the second
version of the Matrix), and once he fulfilled his duty, he became an
exile program and "abdicated" his "Oneness" by choosing Persephone and
power. This is evident in the bogs when Persephone asks Neo to kiss her.
She says she wants him to kiss her so she can feel what it is like again
to be kissed by something close to human, just like the Merovingian used
to be. Then she says to Trinity that she envies her, but that these
things are not meant to last. So the Merovingian used to be just like
Neo - a One - thus proving further the feedback-loop explained earlier.
The correct door in the Architect's room
Now there are two possibilities here:
1. All the previous One's chose the right door allowing a "temporary
dissemination" of their code into the Matrix (i.e., the code they
"carry" thus indicating Neo is indeed human), then he must select
(unplug) 23 people from the Matrix to rebuild Zion. This takes away the
possibility that stories from previous rebuilds of Zion will be carried
through. But Morpheus indicated in the first Matrix that this is the
case anyway. He said, "there was a man born inside, able to change
things, it was he who freed the first of us," - basically the One
previous to Neo. And this proves that the previous One chose the right
door also. Neo's purpose is also to choose the right door, but he does
not because he faces deletion afterwards and has the choice of going
into exile - programs choosing to go into exile is the one thing that
can't be accounted for in program parameters. Thus, he chooses the left
door instead this time. How was Neo able to choose the other door?
Because of his extreme willpower? - Even the Architect indicated that
he'd noticed this - "Interesting. That was quicker than the others." Or
more likely, because the Oracle upgraded his coding with the candy on
the park bench. The candy/cookie was a method to change the One's
program. She said he has made a believer out of her - this is quite
human-like and perhaps the previous One's didn't accept the upgrade
candy, now she has hope... hope that Neo will finally choose the other
door.
2. All the previous One's chose the left door, saving Trinity and
letting Zion fall. So this time is no different. But the Architect does
say, "You are here because Zion is about to be destroyed. Its every
living inhabitant terminated, its entire existence eradicated," and
also, "this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it, and we have
become exceedingly efficient at it," - assuming the Architect isn't
lying, then they have already destroyed Zion (i.e., Zion has fallen)
five times - i.e., the result of going through the left door.
Morpheus and Trinity are programs. Morpheus's purpose was to find the
One and deliver him to the Architect. Trinity's purpose is to control
the One by getting in love with him. Trinity is supposed to be the
mother of the new One every time the Matrix is Reloaded. That's why the
sex scene was so important and why she was named Trinity.
The Architect says, "she is going to die, and there is nothing that you
can do to stop it." He was correct though because she did die just like
Neo did in the first Matrix (Oracle said he or Morpheus would, and she
didn't lie, but he came back to life). Trinity dies, but comes back to
life (we are using medical definition of death in all this of course!).
The Architect has already laid down an ultimatum for Neo choosing the
left door:
The Architect - "Failure to comply with this process will result in a
cataclysmic system crash killing everyone connected to the matrix, which
coupled with the extermination of Zion will ultimately result in the
extinction of the entire human race."
Neo - "You won't let it happen, you can't. You need human beings to
survive."
The Architect - "There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept.
However, the relevant issue is whether or not you are ready to accept
the responsibility for the death of every human being in this world."
Looking at this further, the Architect does say "coupled" with the
extermination of Zion will the human race be exterminated. So he says
everyone connected to the Matrix will die, but if Zion is not
exterminated, the human race will not necessarily die. Also, there is
likely to be a time-window between not going through the right door, and
the cataclysmic crash, thus allowing Neo to unplug as many as possible
from the Matrix, then those people won't die. This will be the start of
the next Zion. As for the Matrix, a cataclysmic crash doesn't mean the
end of the Matrix - just needs rebooting or reloading!
Agent Smith explained
Agent Smith is the only "human" in this world. He's the one spreading
himself like a virus replicating himself over and over until the Matrix
will finally get overloaded and fail. Smith is the one who wants to get
out of the Matrix for good. He said so in the first Matrix, "I must get
out of here, I must get free! And in this mind, is the key," squeezing
Morpheus's temples, "my key! Once Zion is destroyed, there is no need
for me to be here!"
Smith knows that by killing Neo he can escape the Matrix because Neo is
the key to resetting the Matrix, or to shut it off. It was originally
killing Neo (in the first Matrix) that allowed Smith to become powerful
(cloning ability) - so killing Neo again will allow him to gain Neo's
powers completely, and thus gain the power to shut down the Matrix.
So where the hell did Smith come from if he wants to destroy the Matrix?
He's obviously not meant to be there - he's a computer virus as he has
every characteristic of a virus - he multiplies and spreads and infects
(and emulates) other programs like one. He is exactly as he described
humans at the end of the first Matrix - "You move to an area and you
multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the
only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another
organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what
it is? A virus."
But who put him there? This will only be revealed in Revolutions
(Revelations?) I guess - but I'm betting on humans in the real real
world, i.e., outside of Zion and the Matrix. They're at war with the
machines and trying to destroy them by infecting them with this virus -
Agent Smith. So the irony with this theory is that Agent Smith
represents the human race!! Neo represents the machines! Agent Smith
says to Neo just after he's seen the Oracle that he became free when Neo
destroyed him in the first Matrix (remember when Neo entered his body
and exploded him from inside out) - as a virus, Smith has the ability to
"inherit" other programs' abilities and thus inherited some of Neo's.
The anomaly explained
The anomaly is all the humans that do not accept the Matrix. The
Architect says "Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced
equation inherent to the programming of the matrix. You are the
eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have
been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of
mathematical precision. While it remains a burden to sedulously avoid
it, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control."
This includes Neo, but Neo's Matrix avatar is attached with the One
program so that he can follow his purpose as explained earlier under
"The One explained". However, he is also supposed to protect himself and
destroy anything that gets in his way - i.e., Agent Smith - so that he
may fulfil his purpose.
Further proving Neo - and other non-accepters of the Matrix - are the
anomaly, the Architect says, "Your life is the sum of a remainder of an
unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the matrix." The clue
here is Neo's program name - "The One". Take one-third for example. 1
over 3 is 0.33333 recurring. A computer cannot deal with recurring
numbers, so must accept a limit, let's say 0.33333 for argument's sake.
Multiply by 3, you get 0.99999 - never 1.00000, where has the
"remainder" 0.00001 (One) gone? This is the limitation of computers,
this is the mathematical imprecision inherent in programming (of the
Matrix) and the eventuality of the One anomaly unable to be eliminated.
What is the equation then?
Not sure, but it definitely involves pi. The Keymaker refers to the
window of time to open the door to the mainframe as 314 seconds. 3.14 is
pi to three sig. figs., or the number of radians in half a circle. Half
a circle is like the cross-section of a womb, similar to the alcove of
Neo and Trinity's love scene - conceiving the next One? "NEO",
incidently, is an anagram of "ONE". Trinity and Neo - one on one; a
choice - one or one. Leads us to 101. "101" is mentioned numerous times
in Matrix 1 and Reloaded. Neo's room at the beginning, Merovingian is on
the 101st floor, the 101 freeway of the car chase in Reloaded, then when
Trinity is hacking into the power plant system, she resets the password
to Z10N0101. Freaky. Indicates that she is a program because that's not
some random password she's put in. 101 is binary for 5, which in
zero-based binary counting: 000 is 1, 001, is 2, 010 is 3, 011 is 4, 100
is 5, 101 is 6 - And this is the 6th version of the Matrix! Then there's
303. 303 is the room Neo got shot in Matrix 1, the Oracle lives in room
303, it's also the hotel room number Trinity is in in Matrix 1 and it's
seen at the end when Neo fights the Agents and Smith and begins to
literally see the code that makes up the Matrix. 101 x 3 = 303, a
trilogy, 3 + 0 + 3 = 6 = the 6th Matrix. Trinity means 3.
Who is the "mother" that the Architect refers to?
The Architect says, "Please," in an almost disapproving sense when Neo
suggests the Oracle, but does not reveal who it really is or even
directly that Neo is wrong. The architect was the one who created the
Matrix; the co-creator is neither Persephone nor the Oracle. Both of
them are only programs that have a purpose in the matrix, just like the
rest. The Architect is in charge of the Matrix world and the co-creator
is in charge of Zion. She has almost the same age as the Architect.
Therefore, that woman is the Head Counsellor, the only woman of
importance that lives in Zion and the one who asked for the two captains
to volunteer at the council meeting. She's the one who knew all along
about the Matrix. She was the one who told Zion's Defence Minister to
cool off and to let Morpheus do his work so things could go as planned.
Or alternatively, it could indeed be the Oracle. She is the only program
that truly wants humans to have a free choice... at the same time, she
sees the future, because she knows the program code - she is like God -
which is why Seraph protects her - see "Who is Seraph?" below.
What's so special about Neo's avatar?
Neo is a skilled hacker, and his avatar in the Matrix is based on the
person that founded the AI of the original machines that eventually took
over the world... How? Take a look at the disc he gave to the bloke at
the door at the beginning of Matrix 1. It said "DISC AI" on it. The
hollowed book Neo takes the disc out of is "Simulacra and Simulation" -
a collection of essays by the French postmodernist philosopher Jean
Baudrillard. He opens it to the section "on Nihilism" (meaning nothing
is truly known, etc.). "Baudrillard's concept of simulation is the
creation of the real through conceptual or 'mythological' models which
have no connection or origin in reality. The model becomes the
determinant of our perception of reality--the real." And Morpheus says,
"Welcome to the desert of the real," in Matrix 1. I'd say this book
describes The Matrix to a tee. So this disc contains the key to the AI,
and thus how to destroy the machines, so I think they'll use this info
in Revolutions to ultimately destroy the machines, which means he'll
have to go back to the nightclub and find the guy he gave it to.
Who is Seraph?
The reason Seraph (the chinese guy Neo meets before meeting the Oracle)
had golden code and was so spectacular is that he came from the first
incarnation of the matrix, which was heaven. "Seraph" is singular for
the plural "seraphim". The seraphim are the highest choir of angels and
included amongst others: Lucifer, Gabriele, Raziel and Malaciah, and
they sit on the 8th level of Heaven just one below God. So Seraph will
obviously have a big part in Revolutions, but whose side will he be on -
the machines or the humans?? That is the question.
The Twins
They are exiled programs that emulate the human myth of ghosts as the
Oracle explained. They are programs behaving badly. Persephone killed
one of the Merovingian's bodyguards with a silver bullet because he was
emulating a werewolf. So if the Twins could phase into ghost form, why
didn't he when his arm was trapped in the door of the garage? Was it
because he was wounded or because he can't phase when his arm is
trapped? No of course not. The doors of that building, when shut, always
led somewhere else (usually in the mountains) when opened again without
the Keymaker's key. So if it were slammed shut due to the Twin phasing
into ghost form, the Twin's arm would've ended up god knows where, but
certainly not attached to the Twin's body.
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