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The Matrix Revolutions - further thoughts
December 15, 2003 00:00
I received the following e-mail today:
>James,
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>I read your commentary about Matrix Revolutions and have a minor correction for you to consider.
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>In regards to Sati, you say:
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>"She is the next 'One' - at the end, we see she is 'one born in the matrix with the ability to change things".
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>The idea that Sati is another "one" is interesting and certainly worthy of some thought, however Sati was
>NOT born inside the Matrix, she was born in the Machine World. Her father, Rama Kandra, is the "Power Plant
>Systems Manager for Recycling Operations". In other words, he runs the power plant where humans are used
>as batteries in the fields outside 01 (Machine City). Rama Kandra and Kamala (an interactive software programmer)
>smuggle their "child" into the Matrix to keep her safe from deletion. She is the product of love and has no purpose
>in the machine world. All of this is clearly explained at the Mobil Ave. train station.
>
>If you're interested in reading a comprehensive analysis of Matrix Revolutions, take a look here:
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>http://wylfing.net/essays/matrix_revolutions.html
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>It suffers from some minor logical snags but it's definitely the most engaging essay I've read.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Lance Watts
>
Thanks Lance for your feedback! You are indeed right that Sati was not 'born' in The Matrix - although in a sense one can presume that human beings are not 'born' in the matrix either, although they are quickly harvested and plugged into it. I still think that the point about her ability to change the matrix makes the rest of my observation about Sati retain its validity. Hopefully I will find the time soon to watch Revolutions a few more times!
Hopefully Matrix fans have cracked the 128-bit encryption and are seeing some of the details in the Zion Archive. The park bench on which the Oracle sits at the end of the film is dedicated in memory of Thomas Anderson! Her cigarettes are 'Double Destiny' brand! There is so much attention to detail in these films that it is hard to believe that any religious or philosophical overtone is accidental!
Well, that's all for today...
James
Smith as Neo's Negative
December 19, 2003 00:00
So in what sense is Smith Neo - that is, Neo's negative? It seems that the imbalance in the system created by the One inevitably produces a Smith as well. When Neo went to see the Architect, he was given a choice, one that encouraged him to return to the Source so that there could be a temporary dissemination of the code he carries and a re-introduction of the prime program. Isn't that what actually happens at the end of Revolutions? Neo is connected to the Source, and this allows a temporary dissemination of the code he carries. I wonder whether, had Neo gone through the door to the Source, whether his first stop would have been to confront Agent Smith! Was it, as Smith suggests, inevitable, with Neo's choice of the other door simply delaying things, and giving him some leverage with the machines as he then later freely offered to play the role for which he was always destined?