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Discussions about the movie at kottke.org made me accept/fanwank explanations about some of the unexplainables within The Matrix Trilogy. I still do think that the film itself, Revolutions, is very flawed. And what I'm about to write is a good example as to why I don't like the film: because I and many other people are now forced to fanwank our own explanation.
The explanations require me to think that the entire trilogy happened within the Matrix, even 'the real world' scenarios. Some of the things that put me in this mindset are:
1. When the Architect told Neo that Neo has done this before and will do it again, it sounds so much like a programming that is restarted every cycle. I don't see how the Architect (or for that matter, the Oracle) can guess how all Neos will react in certain situation if this had happened in real life, because humans are different and their emotions can't be predicted. However, humans' brain patterns can be read and manipulated under some circumstances. Neo's action in 'the real world', therefore, is easily calculated if 'the real world' is just another layer of the Matrix. All that they need is to insert a suggestion on the brain of an individual to make him believe that he is the saviour of the world. And from there, the machine can calculate/read the sort of action that a person under such assumption will commit.
2. This will also explain why Neo can destroy the sentient robots in 'the real world' and Smith is capable of climbing into 'the real world'. It's because 'the real world' is just another layer of the Matrix designed to make those who have 'escaped' believe that they have escaped from the Matrix and for the Neo(s) to believe that they really are 'the one' who has special powers to destroy the machine.
3. Like some people have said, it seems so taxing for the machine to actually allow such experimentation (releasing Neo, destroying Zion, repeat ad infinitum, etc) to happen in real life. It was just too grand in scale that I find it impossible to happen in reality over and over again with exact or similar result. But I don't see it impossible happening inside a simulation. If anything, this confirms my suspicion that the entire "Matrix" cycle is only possible if it happens as a recurrent program that is needed to be run in order to keep the humans inside the Matrix feel as if they have a 'choice'.
I do still have some questions that are left unanswered after this movie/trilogy is finished. For example, what happens to all of the humans within the Matrix ever since Smith took over their avatar (starting from Reloaded)? I mean, the purpose of the Matrix is so that the humans will believe the illusion that they're living a normal life. If they suddenly see themselves as 'Smith' and see hundreds of 'Smiths', wouldn't their brain function going to get confused sooner or later in regards to their identity?
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