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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bond, James Bond: [QB] In relation to the point above, my primary complaint with "Revolutions" was that it altered the premise of the first two movies in regards to the supernatural. In "The Matrix", it was stated that Deja Vu is a glitch in the Matrix that happens when they change something. It could be said that reincarnation is possible in the Matrix because Cypher was going to be put back in as someone else. In "Reloaded" they take the idea even further. The Oracle can see the future not because she is some mystic, but because she is a program who was involved in the creation of the Matrix and has seen what happens over and over again, so she sort of knows what's going to happen but can still be surprised by minor changes in each repeat performance. She points out that ghosts, vampires, aliens, wherewolves, whatever are programs in the Matrix not doing what their supposed to do. Indeed, we later get to see some vampire and ghostlike henchmen of the Merovingian. And what is the Architec if not an allegory for God? The whole point is leading us to believe that all supernatural things are a creation of the Matrix. At the end of Reloaded Neo is able to use his powers in the real world somehow. This indicated to me based on the prior caviate in the movies of the supernatural being a result of programming in the Matrix, that Neo must have been trapped in another layer of the Matrix, indeed the Architect must have placed him there to keep him from saving the real Zion. Or, even more Machiavellian, there never was a "real" world, it's all just layer upon layer of the Matrix, with no hope of escape. Which brings us to "Revolutions". In the beginning, we have Neo trapped between the real world and the Matrix. OK, so far so good, that's what I expected based on the cliffhanger. Then we learn it was the Merovingian who trapped him there and not the Architect. Huh? When did the Merovingian have a chance to do this exactly? The Architect could have done it easily by fooling Neo into believing he could save Trinity by going through the right door when in reality he was entering another layer of the Matrix. This may have been how they got him to re-insert his code into a new Matrix to beging with, just send him in there by lying to him about saving Trinity. But as it left we are meant to believe that after they leave the train station Neo has returned to the real "real world". And here is where the problem compounds itself. "The powers of the One extend beyond the Matrix into the real world". What the Hell? So, now, after two other movies make it completely obvious that the supernatural is not real, but just a glitch in the Matrix or purposeful programming, we are supposed to just believe that Neo has magical powers in the real world. They basically took the premise of the first two films (a premise that I loved) and flushed it down the toilet. Magic and the supernatural are possible apparently, it's not just programming. :mad: That's my main problem with Revolutions. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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