Answering Srijith

1# Is the "Architect" a software or a real person? The Oracle is supposedly a code, but how about the architect?
2# In one of the best shots in Reloaded, Neo battles Agent Smith and his "meeees". Why the hell did Neo not just fly away? Surya, my better half, reasons that maybe Neo thought that his newly acquired powers could outwit Smith. But too many mees changed the thinking. Another of Surya's explanation is that Neo does not get enough time during the fight to do what I call the "I-have-constipation" flying sequence.
3# The Architect says that Neo is not a messiah and that The One does not bring deliverance, but rather was an anomaly that keeps on upsetting the otherwise perfectly balanced equation. Was that anomaly created on purpose by the guy who freed the first human from the Matrix (remember Matrix 1?) or was it a bye-product?
4# Supposedly the Zion has been destroyed 6 times thanks to The One choosing to keep the Matrix alive due to the humans being plugged to the Matrix. If so, why does the Architect allow The One to choose more guys to rebuild the Zion again?
5# In the end, we are told that the machines attacked again and destroyed the defense. The question is who all were destroyed? The first line of defense or the whole of Zion? (except for the sole survivor)

1] the nature of the architect.
- we cannot say. at the end of reloaded, neo takes out the sentinels pretty much the same way he takes out the bullets in the matrix. now, this suggests the existence of the very reality being a simulation in itself, like a dream within a dream. meaning, everyone is still connected to the outer matrix, and whatever they think is known to whoever is controlling the outer matrix. that is where the oracles 'illusion of choice' comes in.

2] neo and smiths
- this is a trivial question. if you ask these questions, then you can ask, why did miguel andolini de corleone not convert all his dirty businesses into legal ones like he had promised his wife kay, whom he loved so much so as not to get her bumped off even though she was giving him hell about his activities? and if he did love her that much, why did he marry appollonia in sicily? you can nitpick at every great movie that is made. but i digress. let me provide the trivial answer. neo did not fly away so that we could see him fighting dozens of agent smiths.

3] the anomaly
- did god create this world on purpose? or is it just a by-product of some action of his, one that he may not even be conscious of? another hindu-zen idea in the matrix. we are here. how? why? we don't know. but we are here.

digression: morpheus's speech at zion reminded me a koan from 7 years in tibet. worrying is of no use. if something can be done, then do it, don't worry about it. if something cannot be done, then worrying is not going to help anyway. therefore, the wise man does not worry. exactly what morpheus does. whatever can be done to stop the machines is being done. apart from that, nothing can be done. so enjoy. and how!

4] rebuilding zion
- it seems that the architect says that the destruction and resurrection of zion is needed to maintain the stability of the matrix and protect the human race. that would mean that zion and the matrix are connected in a way. but they 'really' aren't, are they? that would mean that there is a higher level of control, again pointing to a second outer matrix.

5] what remains?
- we don't know. i think zion is not destroyed, just by link's facial expression. he has a wife down there whom he has promised to see again. he would be devastated if zion was destroyed. he isn't. then again, he might be in shock. the world massacre is used fast and loose in the ending dialogues. also i couldn't catch some of the dialogues because the bloody audience was murmuring.

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