I read this original post at time. I think it is dead on.

Onless of course the Wachowski Bros. just made a mistake.

Jumping around in the timeline of a story is pretty common in movies. Doing that within a trilogy just makes it a bit more complex. I remember when I saw that last scene in Matrix1 for the first time. It hit me then that "something big" must of happened between the time Neo returned to the ship and when he made that call. So it makes since that the last scene was a foretelling or teaser of a future event.

To me, this doesn't necessarily mean that it will be the last scene in Revolutions. Perhaps it could be in the middle, with some sort of final conflict or resolution at the end. If it were the last scene, the storyline would still be very open ended and incomplete.

I'm not saying they will tidy up all lose ends and show total victory over the machines... But if the end of the trilogy is left that open ended. It will seem unfinished.

I really don't think the Wbros made a mistake. The dates were clearly thrown up there for everyone to see and put there for a reason. I would agree with this theory in that "the matrix" will not be destroyed at the end of this movie. It will be very interesting to see how we get from a matrix apparently populated with Agent Smiths in the Revolutions trailer (although there do seem to be others out and about in club hell which may take place much earlier in the movie)to the seeminly "normal" matrix Neo makes the phone call from at the end of the first film

Placebo

I donot Think that neo talking on the phone is in Revolutions coz if you observe the Architect scene in reloaded, right after he says "Harmony of mathematical precision" you can see neo hanging up the phone (as in M1)in one of the screens(second to Arch's left 4th from top.).
I am not completely ruling out the possibility though, It could be WBs way of hinting at "there is no time" or some such twister we will gape at in revolutions.

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The Piecemaker

that's it. i'm not reading any more scottmanning. all these theories from different people. one of them has to be true. I don't want it spoiled :)
but what a great theory, theory 3

I've Come Up With Story For The Revolutions ! ! !
Im Sorry If Its Going To Be A Spoiler But Taking The Trailer In Me Mind I Think This Can Be It In'it ? Well Sorry Keeping It A Long! So Here It Goes . . .

The movie begins with the now-familiar green text and title, and we return the table with Bane and Neo in their comatose states. The camera pans over Bane's head, and dissolves to show the top of a building, Metacortex, which is otherwise empty save for an elderly black woman standing at the edge. The camera leans over, showing us the street below, where an army of Agent Smiths is running around, assimilating people exponentially quick.

The Architect suddenly appears beside the woman, explains that this type of security breach was not possible in the earlier, more perfect versions of the system, and blames her for tainting it. She rolls her eyes and says, "Some things never change." He says "But you have." Now identified as the Oracle, making no excuses, she asks him what they're going to do about the problem below.

Suddenly, there is a loud banging noise and the door to roof bursts open, and an Agent smith runs across the roof towards her with his hand stretched out. He is blocked by Seraph who easily destroys the single drone by throwing him off the edge. "They are weak" Seraph says, "but there is strength in numbers." The camera cuts to the base of the building where the assimilating smiths drop overpowering the humans and begin running into the bottom of the building ("We've found her."

At this point, the camera cuts back and forth between a rooftop conversation with the Oracle and the Architect and the Smith virus running rampant through the building, assimilating people they go and gaining in numbers. The Oracle and the Architect remain calm, slowly walking towards the door, just at the same time as we see Smith approaching it. The Oracle's last words are "I'll talk to him. There's still time." just before opening the door revealing a white corridor. Both of them step through, and the second the door shuts it bursts open, and hundreds of smiths pop out on the empty roof, upset.

We cut to a shot of Zion's council discussing the drilling that continues above them. They are aware of Neo's failed Journey to the source and the effort to stop the war. People begin to panic, but the chancellor remains confident. They make the decision to mobilize every available human in the city to fight the impeding threat. When someone on the council asks the chancellor why he is not worried, he simply repeats the wise words of a man he trusts: "We are still here."

We return to the shot of Neo and Bane in their coma. The camera pans back over Neo's head and dissolves to show him in a Train station. He is disoriented and people are walking past him contemptuously as if he's a homeless person. A little girl, who identifies herself as Rama-Kandra, refuses to ignore him sitting there and tries to make sure he's okay. Her father is noticeably upset at first, but then seems to turn white. His wife asks him what's wrong, and then we cut to the Merovingian's restaurant in Reloaded.

We witness a conversation between the Merovingian and the unidentified man. Mero is screaming, asking if the "software abstraction" known as "purgatory" is indeed possible. The man, a software developer, refuses to talk at first. "I am not going to build you a prison for rogue programs!" He insists. Mero eventually convinces him that it's in his best interest, by showing telling him he's wired a particular piece of food in his restaurant directly to the lifeline of the person most dear to him. "My daughter!" he yells, and Mero smiles. "Everyone stop eating!" the man yells, and the entire restaurant goes silent. People stand there for a moment in disgust, before the man sheds a tear, and Mero sends one of his goons to escort them out the side door, just as he notices Neo enter.

We cut back to the two comatose men lying on their backs. The crew of the ship marches back in, and a pissed Morpheus looks at Bane and says "I'm going to kill you for what you've done!" but another crewmember stops him. "No! Watch this!" The member takes a small pin to Bane's hand and pricks him in the centre of his palm with it. Trinity puts her knuckle in her mouth as neo winces, and a drop of blood suddenly appears in his hand. They explain that it's called Stigmata, and it's something they'd only ever seen in the Matrix before, when two entities become inextricably linked. "How can this be happening? How did Neo stop the sentinels? This doesn't make any sense!"

We cut to a side room where Persephone walks in to talk to the Indian man. She demands the key to purgatory. He sobs for a second, then pulls out a plastic lipstick container and hands it over. She looks confused. "All it takes is a kiss,” he says. Persephone smiles, and runs down the corridor beside a sign that says "Elevator."

Back on the ship, the captain suggests that they kill Bane anyway. He's destroying the matrix, and killing so many innocent humans they've yet to free. Morpheus, no longer clinging to hope that Neo is the one, admits that maybe it's something they should consider, that Neo is likely in a coma in both worlds anyway. Trinity is understandably upset. And there is a moment of tension while they all let the idea marinate.

We inter cut with scenes from the train station. The man tries to snap Neo out of it, but it's obvious he's having difficulty understanding what's going on. A train enters the station and the man's paranoia increases. Rama-Kandra reaches into his pocket and pulls out a ragged metal spoon. Back on the ship, they hold Trinity back in tears as the captain moves towards Bane with a knife. Back in the train station, Neo looks at the spoon. "But how could that be here, in the Matrix?" He feels his arms, and there are no plugs. He concentrates on the spoon, and sure enough, it bends, but at the same time we cut to his body back on the ship, where the spoon is his pocket moves there too. Trinity, shocked, pulls it out of his pocket and watches it bend... "He's still alive!"... The captain looks at Bane, who twitches with excitement: "But so is he."

At this point there are various shots of the war brewing in Zion, and everyone preparing, crying and dealing with their loved ones. Battlemechs are stationed, a very lengthy and emotional sequence.

We cut back to the ship, where Trinity is stroking Neo's had like in the first Matrix and begging him for information. She tells him she loves him, and just as she does, his lips move and say "The Merovingian?" As if he's asking a question.

Back in the train station, we see Neo ask the same question. Rama and her family are helping him remember, but he can barely stand up. All of a sudden the train goes out of service, and the passengers inside all clear out. We cut to the driver of the train who is cocking a handgun and smiling. Neo, upset, asks Rama's father why he would have given Persephone the key to Purgatory, and he says, "I know, it's irrational, but I was threatened with the one I love the most." Neo cools down, and forgives him, saying he understands. All of a sudden, there is a gunshot as the train conductor jumps out shooting.

Back in the coma, both Bane and Neo get a bead of sweat on their forehead. Trinity says something like "I hope you're okay in there."

We go back to street level, where Smith is still assimilating people left right and center. A bead of sweat hits all of them on the forehead at the same time. And they say, "He's fighting..." another says "But where?" and then there's the echo of another gunshot in the subway. They all nod, and make a break for it.

Down in the subway we witness a spectacular fighting sequence between neo and the conductor and some other goons. As agent smith runs faster and faster, neo finds himself with more energy. At first he's losing, but he soon regains his powers, getting better and better. Eventually he defeats them, just as Smith runs down the subway staircase. Rama says, "Run!" to Neo, but he doesn't want to leave them for dead. "She's right... See the Oracle... Italian quarter" Her father says. Neo repeats it aloud, and it echoes back in the ship with Trinity. Trinity jumps to her feet and runs to tell Morpheus. Back in the subway, Neo, concerned about Rama and her family, says he can't leave them for death. Rama says he has no choice, which perplexes him. Then her mother says "Don't worry, we were almost out of here anyway." She opens a janitor's closet, revealing another hall of doors. Neo sees a bunch of Smiths coming in all the entrances to the subway and says to himself "Italian Quarter? That's at the end of the Loop." and jumps into the tunnel and starts running along the track.

There's another shot of the drills getting closer to Zion and the counsel getting all upset, wishing that they hadn't given in to false prophecies. The Kid interrupts them saying "How do you know it's false? Neo saved me!"

Back on the ship, Trinity and Morpheus plug themselves in and find themselves at night in the Italian quarter, where Seraph is waiting for them. He takes them down a hallway to see the Oracle, warns them that she has changed. The oracle, back in her kitchen, explains that it's important that Neo is saved. In her usual guessing games, she makes Trinity explain where they need to go next based on the information she has "The Merovingian", Neo's words. Morpheus and Trinity argue over whether or not they can take him on themselves, and the Oracle reminds them that they don't even know where he is anymore. She explains he's in a very exclusive club, but not to worry, because she's sending them with a VIP member. The camera pans to Seraph who smiles. "Neo's in Purgatory." He says. "Let's go to Hell." The oracle asks them to hurry, because she's expecting a guest.

Just as they leave, seconds later Neo arrives at the end of the tunnel, and sees Seraph, Morpheus and Trinity leave her building and get into a black car. He runs to meet them, but they don't notice and drive away. Fed up, he walks into the building they left, where he meets the Oracle, and she says he's right on time, as usual. He asks why she didn't tell Morpheus and Trinity to wait for him. She asks him why he ran down the tunnel instead of flying. He says he can't fly anymore, that he's weak. And then she says that's why she didn't want him to go with them, that there's no room for weak where they went.

He asks her questions about the Architect and whether the Matrix is doomed. She hands him a red pill and says that the threat of Smith is far greater to the robots than the threat of losing the Matrix. He asks her where they'll get their power, and she asks him where Zion gets their power. The earth's core. That's what the architect meant by different levels of survival they'd be prepared to accept. Neo asks if Zion can be saved, and the Oracle says that because he didn't reload the matrix, the robots are going to destroy it.

We cut to club hell. Trinity is disgusted to discover that the twins are alive and well, after their car exploded. They say something about the ability to become invincible is especially useful in the middle of explosions. There is a spectacular battle between them all. It ends on a sad note, as Seraph sacrifices himself to keep the twins visible long enough to die. Persephone, obviously back at Mero's side even makes a couple of gunshots.

Back in the oracle's office, Neo asks why he can only act in the matrix world and has no sensation in the real world. The oracle gives a wonderfully grandmother line about how children never want to take their pills. She says "The red pill, like many important things in life, come in threes." Neo unwraps the candy package from Reloaded revealing another red pill. He pops both in his mouth, and suddenly wakes up on the ship. He sits up, and in a wonderful piece of directing Bane wakes up too at the same time, yet they mirror each other's actions so much that they think at first it's a real mirror of their back. When they realize what's going on, they begin to fight in the ship's hull. It culminates with a blaze of lightning in Neo's face, blinding him. Back in the Oracle's kitchen, Neo says "I've got a problem, someone's fighting me here and I can't see." and the Oracle says, "You only destroyed your eyes in one world." All of a sudden, Neo starts to see things in Code in the real world, and Bane turns into a fire silhouette, revealing his true identity as Smith. Neo fights even harder, and manages to throw him through a hole in the bottom of the ship.

We cut back to Zion, and at this point the people inside are all prepared for battle, and the sentinels are so close that they can hear them. Everyone is nervous and more inspiring speeches are given. There are some wonderful shots of Zion's walkways, full of people. The Kid from the last movie and Animatrix comes back and proves to be a semi-useful warrior, despite coming close to death a few times.

Back in club hell, the Merovingian and Persephone are cornered. Mero dares Morpheus to kill him, that it wont bring Neo back. All of a sudden, Trinity looks at Persephone, and something clicks about the kiss they experienced. "No, but killing her might." All of a sudden Mero starts to sweat. "You wouldn't." And in a swift movie, Trinity says to him "You might not get Jealous, but I do" and shoots Persephone in cold blood.

In the Oracle's kitchen, there's a knock on the door. A bunch of Agent smiths begin to enter, and Neo assumes his battle stance before turning into green code and disappearing. Smith is disappointed at losing Neo, but is all too happy to destroy the Oracle and does so. At the same time, Bane's body, on the ground in the desert of the living turns into code and disappears the same way, separating them into real/matrix worlds.

Back in club Hell, Morpheus and Trinity call back to the ship and are surprised to hear Neo answer (who has re-united with the ship captain.) He gives them the address of a local phone, and they come back out of the matrix and re-unite. All is well, but there's that feeling that they've lost more than they've gained. Neo is still blind, wearing a blindfold over his face. The oracle is dead. Zion is about to be destroyed. They make the decision that the best thing to do is go back and fight the sentinels with the last of the human survivors.

This is where the third act of the movie begins, and there's a spectacular yet horrifying special effects sequence as Zion begins to get destroyed. The ship with Morpheus, Neo and Trinity approaches during the bloodshed helping out the best they can. They begin to lose the battle terribly, being vastly outnumbered and outgunned. Morpheus is convinced that there's got to be a better plan of attack. All of a sudden Neo is stunned with an epiphany. He asks Trinity, to describe what's going on around him and the captain says something like "Hah, you're good, but not good enough to fight without your vision." He insists, and Trinity describes the horror going on. When she stumbles upon the description of three huge power cables, Neo stands up in place.

He demands that they follow them. Trinity asks him what he's talking about, and he explains that the Oracle mentioned it to him. Morpheus, at this point, is terribly fed up. He used to be a believer, but he's seen too much. Things have gotten progressively worse, and he thinks he'd be better serving humanity by fighting than by chasing cables. The ship captain agrees, but Trinity stands by him regardless. However, at this point their ship is so badly damaged that it's almost useless to fight, so they hand it over. Neo and Trinity drop them off where they rejoin the fight on foot, now that the sentinels have started to destroy hundreds of people on the inside of Zion.

Neo tells Trinity to fly close to the cables, and scares her by describing the surroundings in detail. She observes that it doesn't make sense, but nothing has made sense ever since they met. Surprisingly, the sentinels aren't willing to blow up anything even remotely close to their ships, presumably because the cables provide some sort of important capability to them. The cables turn upwards, and they end up flying directly to the surface, in the middle of the desert to a place known as 01. The cables stop at a platform, and the ship lands. Neo and Trinity stumble out in front of an odd green doorway. She knocks on it, but it's solid. Neo, reaches out like a blind person, and is surprised that his hands go right through it, as if it's water. He tells her that he has to go alone. She asks if he knows what he's doing here, and he says he has a good idea. They exchange a kiss, as if it's their last.

Neo walks through the door, and the second he does he finds that his eyes have repaired themselves. He's in a psychedelic hallway that changes color, and all alongside him are weird looking creatures staring at him. He walks the length, and is presented with another green door. He walks through it, and is disoriented when he finds himself on top of a cliff. A huge robot shows up and speaks to him in a metallic voice. In its center is a screen with faces that change depending on what it's talking about.

He tells the robot leader that the Smith virus is endangering both of their species, that although they hate each other they're going to have to work together to defeat him. Neo only wants one thing in return, to leave Zion alone so that he can reload the matrix like he sound have done in the first place. The robots agree, and the sentinels attacking Zion suddenly stop fighting and fly away (there's a huge victory celebration.) At this point, Zion has been ruptured, so Neo has the robots get the access codes from Trinity so that he can relay a message. He explains what is happening, and what he's going to do. Many people disagree, but they admit he had not done it; they all would have died at the mercy of the sentinels anyway (so at least this buys them time.)

Back in the matrix, we observe as Smith has taken over every single human being. There are literally millions of him running around. At first you think he's just destroying things in the virtual world, and then you realize what he's doing -- taking out every single phone except for one.

Neo returns to Trinity's ship and asks her to relay the feed of the matrix to Zion (and to 01) so that people can watch what's going on. She agrees, and he jacks in. Inside the matrix, it's raining, and Neo pops out of a phone booth on a street full of Agent Smiths. Like old war generals, Neo and the original Agent Smith meet in the middle of the road like gentleman. Neo tells him that his reign of terror on the Matrix is over, and a huge battle begins. They fight on the street, in the air and in the facades of empty buildings as the other agent smith’s watch alongside the robots and the humans in Zion. The fight is so evenly matched that Neo and Super-Smith basically tear each other to shreds until they're both barely alive. One interesting thing is that as Neo fights Smith, the other Smiths tend to get hurt too, since they're all connected. Eventually, both of their bodies collapse onto the ground and it looks like they've both destroyed each other. And in a surprise move, Smith gets up to his feet, and picks up a concrete block and starts walking towards Neo to finish him off.

Back in Zion, people can't believe what's going on, that they have to watch Neo die in slow motion. Morpheus tries to jack into the Matrix but can't do it because there are no free connections (the one free one is being used by Neo back in Trinity's ship.) There is a lot of tension, where everyone in Zion cries and says their last words to each other, before The Kid stands up and walks to the front of the crowd. He begins to meditate, and we hear Neo's voice saying "You saved yourself kid." The kid becomes enlightened, and manages to push himself back into the matrix the way he pulled himself out. He walks out of a dark alleyway with a broken piece of metal, smiling. He walks up behind the weak Smith (still making his way towards Neo) and stabs him through the heart, delivering the last blow. All the Smiths fall down dead. He drags Neo's body to the phone and puts his head up to the receiver and Neo disappears, transported back to Trinity's ship.

Trinity kisses him and starts to drag his body outside the ship, back to the green door, but Neo is almost at death. She cries as his heart starts beating slower and slower. All of a sudden, The Kid appears behind her, having gone through the phone as well. "They cured his blindness, maybe they can save him again!" He says, and they push his body through the green wall. Sure enough, Neo falls into tip-top shape on the other side, and walks to rejoin the Robot on the other side.

Sentinels appear, and drop Trinity, the Kid and Neo off back on the platform before the leader. He mentions to them how curious it is that the Kid was able to jump back and forth between Robot and Human worlds, as was Agent Smith. Neo mentions that it doesn't puzzle him, that it's the order of evolution. He mentions that robots and humans are far more connected than they think. That they need each other to live. Humans can't filter water to make it pure, and robots can't make energy without us. The Kid is the next natural step, a being that is useful in both worlds, electronic and physical, and can transcend realities. Neo asks that if the problem with the matrix is choice, why not ask humans to take part? That the virtual world can be as beneficial as the real one. Why not allow them to generate power for you voluntarily, and allow both species to continue along successfully. The Robot makes a sound of uncertainty.

The final shot of the movie begins with the familiar matrix green text, and the world with a semi-blue sky. Neo is standing near a phone booth saying, "I once told you I didn't come to tell you how it was going to end, that I came here to tell you how it was going to begin. Now that the war is over, as we work together, that statement is as true as ever." Neo jumps off the ground and flies into the air, like he does in the end of the first movie, and the camera follows him up to show sentinel and human ships repairing the atmosphere, alongside other flying humans. Cue end credits.

corny as, sorry. I hope the movie is nothing like this.

About theory three,I like the idea however, there could be one glitch and that is the fact that Neo is probablly gonna die in Revolutions,I could be wrong of course but its something the Oracle says:Everything that has a beginning has an ending. It could mean anything we'll have to see.

Pardon me if this is old news, but I just noticed that Cypher is being ushered away in the restaurant as Neo et al approach the Merovingian. The camera makes such a point that he and Neo look at each other, it's the only thing that makes sense. I was certain that Zion is part of the Matrix before this, but Cypher's ability to be returned to the Matrix proves his body never left its pod. Also, Neo knew what to do at the end of The Matrix and he did it - freed lots of people (like the kid who Neo insists freed himself, implying people woke up without being red-pilled and flushed). Now he's asking what he's supposed to do about the war. At the end of The Matrix he could feel the machines in the Matrix. In Reloaded he can feel them IN ZION. The theme of The Matrix was "Is it real?" The theme of Reloaded is "I believe". In Revolutions Neo should help everyone realize there's no point in flushing themselves into Zion - he should teach them how to wake up and transcend the programmed reality of the Matrix without harming each other. We in the "real" world will do well to learn from this.

srry i must disagree with all of these theories
i can map out my own and mail them to u, i beileive they are correct and i have proof agains ur proof for all of ur theoris, but i wish not to explain now, to much to type.

I am pretty sure the guy being escorted in marovingians' is not Cypher, Its Rama Chandra (isn't that his name ?), the father of the child we see in Mobil Ave scene in the revolutions trailor

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i just read an article on matrix revolution and in it keanu reeves makes the point that the WB are VERY literal and he goes on to say that they don't try and fool you in his words " if you in the matrix your in the matrix and if your out the matrix your out the matrix" so the matrix within a matrix theory are shot to shit now the time thing makes some sence but there are some thing need to be worked through like if ther time is correct then why even watch reload or film it i think that it meant that he knew how to use his powers and no his true mission

In "Reloaded" it is suggested that about six months have passed since the events of "The Matrix", namely Morpheus' remark that they have freed more minds in six months than in the past six years. Therefore, I suppose it is plausible that the end of "The Matrix" is actually the end of the entire trilogy. However, I tend to think it's just a mistake (the Wachowskis are not perfect after all) because I think "Revolutions" will aim for something bigger. To paraphrase an exchange between Neo and Morpheus:

Neo: "Are you saying I can fly around and free everyone in the Matrix?"

Morpheus: "No, Neo. I'm saying that when you're ready, you won't have to."

I have seen "Reloaded" two more times (once on Imax and once on DVD, for a total of four times), and seen all the "Revolutions" trailers, and have abandoned theories like "matrix-within-matrix", and wilder but cool ones like "everything is AI" and "it's really the machines that are slaves".

I think the truth is fairly straightforward: humans have in fact been enslaved by machines, Zion is real and Neo is the result of the systemic anomoly that the Architect couldn't get rid of.

The next step, the one hinted at in "Reloaded" with the re-emergence of the spoon theme and with Neo stopping the squiddies, is for Neo's powers to transfer over to the physical world. This fits with the Wachowski's fascination with Eastern philosophy, the whole "there is no spoon" idea, and the stylistic elements of the movie.

Consider: scenes in the Matrix are washed out, sterile, while ones in the real world are gritty, colorful and fleshed out. I don't think they'd make such a sharp distinction just to fool the audience. Instead of going for a cheap "you thought they were out the Matrix but they really weren't!" ploy, the Wachowskis will try to take it to the next level by making a statement about *reality*. I imagine they will weave in elements of Buddhist thought along with strands of modern theories that describe the universe in computational and informational terms.

As to Agent Smith, he is the catalyst that will drive the movies to their ultimate conclusion. Think, without the danger posed by Smith, Neo is still part of the system. Even if Neo chooses the wrong door, I believe the Architect when he says there are levels of survival they are prepared to accept. But with Smith on the loose, Neo must now face the possibility that not only will all humanity be destroyed, but all computer intelligence as well, including the Oracle and good programs like Seraph. Only Smith will remain. This will spur Neo into action, and I expect the climax to be something along the lines of Neo merging with the mainframe core to create a sort of human-AI merged mind.

I don't think everything will be wrapped up nice and tidy, though. I'm sure the Wachowskis will leave some things ambiguous so that people will think things through for themselves and debate the ideas presented in the movie. I think my scenario above is likely, but it is possible there will be some final twist that will be just ambiguous enough to make everyone doubt everything.

All you're theories are good and they all could potentially have truth to them...maybe the entire 3rd movie will lead up to a tremendous climax and end with Neo waking with a start, saying
" what a strange dream...i can't remember it but...i feel like i should..." there is a knock at the door...
Yeah...thats not going to happen but imagine if it did...crazy!

I'm pretty sure revolutions will end something like this:

Neo and Smith are locked in a death grip with each other. The music builds to a climax and then shuts off. Both stand and release each other. Neo turns to the camera, takes off his sun glasses and says, "Hi, I'm hollywood actor Keanu Reeves. We've had a lot of fun here today. Whoa."

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The only problem with this theory is that one of the first things that Neo says in the phone call at the end of the first movie is "I don't know the future.". If this call takes place after Revolutions, then that would not be accuarate since we know by Neo's meeting with the Oracle in Reloaded that Neo can see the future (or at least some parts of it). Even the Oracle says something like "you have the gift of seeing what will happen, Neo".

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well...everything has been shot to shit
I really wish at least one of the stories came from this site's theories, cos they really really stuffed up the final version, storywise

The Oracle caused all of this. Her motive? Love. She fell in love with the humans. Her purpose was to learn about human emotion in an attempt to create a perfect Matrix. She learned it too well. I woke up this morning at 4:00am and popped Matrix in the DVD. Neo's first encounter with the Oracle confirmed this in my mind. After she tells him he's not the One, she tell him knowing he's the One is like falling in Love - "You know it through and through, balls to bones." She devised this entire scheme to free humans because she loved them. She guided all events but could not see past the choices humans had to make. The first choice - the red or blue pill, the second - Neo allowing Morpheus to sacrifice his life or not and so on. She had lots of practice with the several iterations of the Matrix. She learned from each mistake from each Matrix iteration and guided the humans to the "other" path that would lead to success - the coexistence of man and machine. In Reloaded, she couldn't see past the door leading to the Architect because in the previous Matrices Neo had never chosen the other door. He always chose the good of mankind. Since love was never part of the equation before for the One, it probably wasn't to hard of a choice for Neo to sacrifice one to save the many. The Oracle planted the seed for Love in Trinity by telling her she would love the One.

Questions?
1. Is Smith the other balance of the equation caused by the element of choice being introduced into the Matrix?
2. Why was Neo able to beat him in the end instead of the other way around?
3. Was the Architect and the Big Angry Computer Head at the end of the movie one in the same?
4. Does heavy drugs and alcohol help to understand this better?

I’ve got to go or my head will explode.

I too was just a little disapointed that none of the theories, that I thought about so hard, came true. However, that being said, Revolutions was perfect. Many people didnt like the ending or the fact that none of the mysterious questions (like those above) were answered. But in the end, those questions don't really matter because those are not the questions the film was designed to make us think about. The real questions the film raises are the huge eternal questions that have no real answers: "are we governed by fate or free will?", "what are faith, love, and trust?", etc.

The 3rd movie had to end the way that it did. One of the central themes of the movie was balance and the ending did balance out all the equations and fulfill the prophecy.

Leaving the theater, I was filled with the message of "balance": I wrote a review as soon as I got home. Read it here.

I believe strongly that the matrix is what it is, the whole movie is explained in the movie......only problem what they explain is completely weak....it lacks logic......to many things contradict themselves....thats why i love it, i love it for what it is.....hey did u know people can jack and operate themselves into the matrix? (cypher the agent smith meeting) Neo entered the source now is able to have a part of his conciousness in the matrix while in zion, or whatever, maybe a electrical connection caused from wierd activity in his brain while at the end of reloaded, what he did, what the others ones never did, either way, i seen revolutions they never totally answered all the questions generated from the first 2, which was a lil annoying, but i did like the ending

I think I'll have to see it again to fully understand it, like Revolutions. And it doesn't really account for the powers Neo has in the 'real world' (as far as I can see). But apart from the questions the movie raises in itself (ones in previous posts, what is reality, etc.), ask yourself, would you really want to leave the Matrix? I wouldn't. I wouldn't care if I knew it wasn't real. Whats important is that you're enjoying yourself, which is what I think the purpose of life is. I'd much rather be plugged into the Matrix than living in Zion.

But I have to say it was very unpredictable. And the fight scenes were very cool.

I think it's really impossible to make that decision until after you've made it, so the speak, Jove. If someone told you right now that the world was a lie, of course you'd want out. I know I would. Although, I might regret it after I learned that in the real world you live in a rock and eat nothing but slop. But you don't get that information until it's too late.

Jove - they actually address your point in the first movie. Remember the "training program" with the woman in the red dress? Morpheus said that the "very people we are trying to save will fight against us", presumably because they do not want to be freed, or are too content where they are. Buddha said that everyone is walking around "asleep and dreaming"(the matrix) and the first step on the path to enlightenment is to realize that life is suffering (zion). Jesus said similar things, one of them being that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Why? Because we are all too comfortable sitting in front of our televisions and computers drinking our $4 latte's to actually *want* to try and reach enlightenment. Said another way: "Pain is the touchstone of spiritual growth", and we do all we can to try and avoid pain. These are exactly the sorts of questions I think the movie intends to ask.

peace!
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That was very well put! I still think that the action could have been better in the Revolutions. All in all i loved all three movies and I think that we all have to live with what the W. Bros decided to do with the end. After all it is there movie.

NOT SATISFIED! COME ON SCOTT MANNING WRITE YOUR REVIEW

does any one have the script for reloaded and if so can you email it to me
at neo_anomaly_6@yahoo.com

I like your theory. It is interesting. However, I believe that you should not get to caught up on the trans opt date and times. Remember that the humans on the outside know the figurative date, and that the date on the outside is different from the one on the inside. With that said, you then have to account for space and time. One in which is based on a real world, as in the one you and I live in, and the other, based on a artificial one, one in which people are enslaved in a dream state. Now, before I continue I want to say I believe that the Wachowski brothers do not add insignificant details to their plots, however I do not believe this is one that needs reading into. With in a dream state where all neurological output functioning one that has never been able to evolve so to say is your conception of time, this cannot be learned within a dream state, it can only be learned in the real world. I myself have gone on lengthy vacations within dreams, where I even assume that I did a lot on the week vacation. Aside from that, whether the humans plugged in had a concept of time or not, it would only relate to the speed that the matrix is running its space and time at; much like a FPS. Now, let us assume I am all wrong. Why is Neo still alive? Why is he threatening the AI after already having done so? If these questions are allowed to be asked then, the Wachowski brothers made a mistake, and or did not assume that Reloaded and Revolutions would be made. Besides, most people nowadays have a very low attention span, do you think any of them, noticed the trans opt: received dates? They assume it is just effect, and perhaps it is. Well, that’s what I think at least.