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Date Posted: 00:22:37 06/11/03 Wed
Author: Zombie_Boy
Subject: Ok, but.....
In reply to: SoccerBoy_AP 's message, "What is the matrix: Control" on 15:24:18 06/10/03 Tue

>Control, to turn the human body into this...
>
>Control how? is the question?
>
>By 'choice' of course, but every choice has an effect
>therefore we have 'cause and effect' 'action,
>reaction'.
>
>Control over someone as understanding as Neo and the
>previous 'anomilies' has been done by giving them
>choices along the path to the source. However theses
>choices have been lopsided because they wouldn't lead
>him to the source if they were equal choices. So far
>the choices have been easy to make for the 'anomilies'
>because there have been 5 before Neo who have 'reset'
>the matrix without an unpredicted 'effect or reaction'.
>
>Thruout the movies Neo has been given choices
>(an example)
>CHOICE #1 - oracle invites him to take a seat or he
>could remain standing.
>ACTION - Neo has a choice to sit or stand
>REACTION - Neo does what the oracles invites him to do
>based on the power of suggestion, a play on the human
>psyche.
>
>Another form of choice:
>The architect gives Neo two doors, one will destroy
>the human race in zion and crash the matrix forcing
>the machines to live on alternate forms of power OR
>walk the the other door and zion is destroyed the
>matrix is rebooted AND 24 people from the matrix
>survive to rebuild zion thus saving the human race
>from total extermination.
>
>Neo has a 'choice' that is being forced upon him by
>his two options. Now as the 'anomilies' before Neo
>have done they choose based off of compation to save
>the human race.
>
>Choice 1) Destory the entire human race and force the
>machines to live substandardly
>Choice 2) Zion is destoryed, the human race plugged
>into the matrix are rebooted and the anomilie takes 24
>humans from the matrix back to zion to rebuild.
>
>So they weren't really given a choice but Neo on the
>other hand has a different approach in which he says
>"this isn't right". Because he is being forced to make
>the decision that will continue the recycle of the
>matrix. So in his ultimate moment of human emotion he
>decides to "tell you how this is going to begin"
>
>If some of this doesn't make sense, I haven't slept
>for about 30 hrs...sry


ah, but Neo really only chooses option 2 because he has been touched by his love of Trinity, whereas the other 5 weren't, and they weren't because the Architect said so. So the choice was made for selfish reasons, not to save Zion, but to save Trinity. Another miscalculation on behalf of KFC man, the 'grotesqueties of humanity' - Selfishness, or love for another being more important to Neo than the potential destruction of Humanity.

but then again, the architect did point this out to Neo, almost goading him into making that choice.... hmm interesting. also interesting was the architect's disgust when Neo named the 'mother of the matrix' as 'The Oracle'.
Interesting....

Zdb

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