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Jason: "no one has ever been trained to the level of technology seen in the Animatrix."
They seem to grasp the technology needed to create hardware for use in the Matrix, and create their own programs (training and such). I think the hover-ships and Mecha-units are leftovers from the last stands of the humans, they probably have enough knowledge and tech to rebuild cities far superior to Sydney 1999.
There are a few other points in "Reloaded" I've been meaning to bring up, though.
If they grow foodstuffs and goodies in Zion, how come they don't get to take some food on their ships on missions? Not even for a real meal once a week? Cipher complained on having to eat the same goop every day. If there's one thing that's important for keeping morale in a crew, it's the food.
I hereby claim the provisions officer(s) of Zion to be responsible for the deaths of Apoc, Switch, Dozer and Cipher!!
In Reloaded, Neo should've taken all those religious thanksgiving gift snacks that he got and loaded them on the Neb, talk about waste of resources.
Second point, if they have a whole fleet of hover ships, a great dock with a well-tailored staff and council, how come they still have to fly around dressed in rags? Haven't they taught their crews basic sewing, stitching and mending? They did seem to have some decent party clothes for the Zion MTV Grind...
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Not to mention the fact that just about everything in the real world is filthy! Would you want to trust your life to equipment that's continually coated in grease and grime? To say nothing of sticking one of those probes in the back of your head. The city's supposed to have been in existence for a hundred years; you'd think somebody would have found a few spare minutes to break out a mop and a bucket.
As far as symbolism goes, there's the obvious Christian slant (Neo is Christ, Smith the Antichrist). Given that, (and his role in finding Neo), Morpheus should be real careful; remember what happened to John the Baptist!
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There is an 'episode' of the Animatrix where it has a group of humans and a lemur called Baby capturing sentinals and other robots and plugging them into their own version of the Matrix to get them to work in cooperation with the humans. "Matriculation" it's called. I don't know if it's one of the 3? you can only see at the movies/on the DVD - it's very good - if not a little confusing here and there.
I red something where "The Kid" that Popper kid from "A Kid's Story" Animatrix episode has a much bigger role in Matrix: Revolutions.
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Another thing with that guy Smith 'copied himself into' and then escaped - why was he cutting his hand? He then shook Neo's hand... was this to pass Smith onto Neo? Is that why he could control/destroy the sentinals outside of the Matrix?
Would all the humans in the Matrix that have been 'copied' by Smith be - if removed/disconnected "Smith" in personality?
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I was watching the DVD with Carrie-Ann and two of the crew-people (can't remember their names) but one of the guys said that the Brothers wanted the Matrix world too look very green and outside it very blue.
Also did anyone notice the scene where Neo is arrested by Smith and his is being viewed in the room before they come in on the many video monitors/screens. Those monitors looked IDENTICAL to the monitors/screens as seen in the Architect's room!!
Go have a look. Maybe he has been spying on Neo for a while - like Morpheus had been.
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"why was he cutting his hand? He then shook Neo's hand... was this to pass Smith onto Neo? Is that why he could control/destroy the sentinals outside of the Matrix?"
I thought he was about to go all Klingon on Neo's ass to spread the infection, but doubtless it had some other significance...
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AndrewYarr: "Those monitors looked IDENTICAL to the monitors/screens as seen in the Architect's room"
I had that same thought when seeing "Reloaded".
And I wouldn't worry too much about those probes they stick in their heads, it probably just connects with some steel interface further in, not any flesh. They should put some plastic plug in there though, when they're not using it. Because, what if Neo gets a bit of candy wrap or satsuma peel in there, or even a little piece of nutshell (from those Buddhist gifts), must be a bitch to clean out.
Apparently the system is water resistant as the humans lie soaked in pods with it, and they must shower in Zion.
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I sure hope they bathe in the Neb too! Neo and Trinity woulf be awful funky otherwise!
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I hereby claim the provisions officer(s) of Zion to be responsible for the deaths of Apoc, Switch, Dozer and Cipher!!
So what happened to Tank, anyhow?
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Tank's dead, according to that one conversation.
Assuming that Smith found a way to actually put himself in that guy's brain, my impression was that he was cutting into his hand just to see what it felt like.
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Of course, the real reason for his absence is an ugly contract dispute between the actor and the Wachamawhositkowskis.
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A friend brought up an interesting idea. Zion is another level of control, but what if it's not really real? What if the awakening and Zion are all just another program? How would you REALLY know if your no longer in the matrix? that would explain why characters can 'see' code so well, and how Neo generated that EM pulse...
With no frame of reference, there's no way to know what it's like, NOT being in the Matrix.
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