Final Act with Neo and the Architect in Matrix 2: Reloaded
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Architect: Hello, Neo.
Neo: Who are you?
Architect: I am the Architect. I created the Matrix. I've been waiting for you. You have many questions and though the process has altered your conciseness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will understand and some of them you will not. Concurrently, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also the most irrelevant.
Neo: Why am I here?
Architect: Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While it remains a burden assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you inexorably here.
Neo: You haven�t answered my question.
Architect: Quite right. Interesting. That was quicker than the others.
(screens burst out into questions mostly about "what others")
Architect: The matrix is older than you know. I prefer counting from the emergence of one integral anomaly to the emergence of the next in which case this is the 6th version.
(screens pretty much all start calling him a liar and or attempting to figure his words out, except one)
Neo (in one of the screens): There are only two possible explanations: either no one told me, or no one knows. (inside this screen becomes the new scene)
Architect: Precisely. As you are undoubtedly gathering the anomaly is systemic. Creating fluctuations in even the most simplistic equations.
(screens all pretty much start cussing out and flipping off the architect. Again, except one which becomes the new scene)
Architect: Choice. The problem is choice.
(scene changes to the struggle between Trinity and an agent and then back again)
Architect: The first matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect. It was a work of art. Flawless, Sublime. A Triumph equaled only by it�s monumental failure. The inevitability of it�s doom is apparent to me now as a consequence of the imperfection inherent in every human being. Thus I redesigned it based on your history. To more accurately reflect the varying grotesqueries of your nature. However, I was again frustrated by failure. I have since come to understand that the answer eluded me because it required a lesser mind or perhaps a mind less bound by the parameters of perfection. Thus the answer was stumbled upon by another. An intuitive program initially created to investigate certain aspects of human psyche. If I am the father of the matrix, she would undoubtedly be it�s mother.
Neo: The oracle.
Architect: Please. As I was saying, she stumbled upon a solutions whereby nearly 99% of all test subjects accepted the program as long as they were given a choice. Even if they were only aware of the choice at a near unconscious level. While this answer functioned it was obviously fundamentally flawed, thus creating the otherwise contradictory systemic anomaly. That if left unchecked might threaten the system itself. Ergo, those that refuse the program, while a minority, if unchecked would constitute an escalating probability of disaster.
Neo: This is about Zion.
Architect: You are here because Zion is about to be destroyed. It�s every living inhabitant terminated. It�s entire existence eradicated.
Neo: Bullsh*t! (screens echo this sentiment)
Architect: Denial is the most predictable of all human responses. But rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it. And we have become exceedingly efficient at it.
(another jump to the Trinity/agent struggle and back)
Architect: The function of "The One" is now to return to the source allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program. After which you will be required to select from the matrix 23 individuals, 16 female 7 male, to rebuild Zion. Failure to comply with this process will result in a cataclysmic system crash killing everyone connected to the matrix. Which coupled with the extermination of Zion will ultimately result in the extinction of the entire human race.
Neo: You won�t let it happen. You can�t. You need human beings to survive.
Architect: There are levels of survival we are prepared to except. However, the relevant issue is whether or not you are ready to except the responsibility for the death of every human being in this world.
(Shows a bunch of random humans on the screens)
Architect: It is interesting reading your reactions. Your five predecessors were by design based on a similar predication. A contingent affirmation that was meant to create a profound attachment to the rest of your species, facilitating the function of "The One". While the others experienced this in a very general way, your experience is far more specific. Vis-a-vis, love.
Neo: Trinity.
Architect: Apropos, she entered the matrix to save your life at the cost of her own.
Neo: No!
Architect: Which brings us, at last, to the moment of truth. Wherein the fundamental flaw is ultimately expressed and the anomaly revealed as both beginning and end. There are two doors: The door to your right leads to the source and the salvation of Zion. The door to your left leads back to the matrix to her and to the end of your species. As you adequately put, the problem is choice. But we already know what you are going to do, don�t we. Already I can see the chain reaction. The chemical precursors that signal the onset of an emotion designed specifically to overwhelm logic and reason. An emotion that is already blinding you from the simple and obvious truth: She is going to die and there is nothing you can do to stop it.
(Neo walks toward the left door)
Architect: Humph. Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion. Simultaneously the source of your greatest strength and your greatest weakness.
Neo: If I were you, I would hope that we don�t meet again.
Architect: We won�t.
-------------------- "That's the problem with nature. Something is always stinging you or oozing mucous on you. lets go watch tv." - Calvin & Hobbes
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You left out the part where the Architect explains that it's all Canada, Germany and France's fault.
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Wow, I'm really glad you found/posted this. I've been trying to remember that dialogue, trying to process it, but having a tough time of it. Thanks!
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This excerpt was probably transcribed from someone's watching a rip of the movie. I really doubt an actual script file would misspell "its" so many times.
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