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^Taking from Mac Walters' notes, got me thinking about the things "the matrix" and "brave new world" have in common. If you're unfamiliar with the end of brave new world, it's essentially about a world state in which people are conditioned through constant indoctrination (the traditional kind, not the "magnetic waves, buzzing etc" kind) in order to make them "perfect" citizens and to maintain order. Emotions are discouraged, because without deep emotions, people are told they will not suffer, and everyone has a kind of superficial happiness. Mind control via Indoctrination is the central theme of the whole book.
At the end, three of the main characters confront a man known as "The Controller", the core of it is that the people are kept content and controlled, but so much is lost as to make them no longer human.
I think you can probably see how this ties in, but it still doesn't really cover where they may be going with this.
So, on to link number 2, the Matrix link.
The notes say "end of the first matrix" - watched through the end of the movie, couldn't think of what the great link was.
Then it hit me like a freight train. He wasn't really relating to the first matrix, but to the second one, with the Architect.
In The Matrix Reloaded, Neo finds "The Source", a device they don't fully understand but believe will end the war with the machines (sound familiar yet?).
Once getting to it however, the whole thing was a setup, "The Architect" was trying to draw Neo there and... well, read through it below:
The Architect - Hello, Neo.
Neo - Who are you?
The Architect - I am the Architect. I created the matrix. I've been waiting
for you. You have many questions, and although the process has altered
your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my
answers you will understand, and some of them you will not.
Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you
may or may not realize it is also irrelevant.
Neo - Why am I here?
The 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 to sedulously avoid
it, 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.
The Architect - Quite right. Interesting. That was quicker than the others.
*The responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "Others? What others? How many? Answer me!"*
The 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 sixth version.
*Again, the responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "Five versions? Three? I've been lied too. This is bull****."*
Neo: There are only two possible explanations: either no one told me, or no one knows.
The Architect - Precisely. As you are undoubtedly gathering, the anomaly's
systemic, creating fluctuations in even the most simplistic equations.
*Once again, the responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "You can't control me! F*ck you! I'm going to kill you! You can't make me do anything!*
Neo - Choice. The problem is choice.
*The scene cuts to Trinity fighting an agent, and then back to the Architect's room*
The Architect - The first matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect, it
was a work of art, flawless, sublime. A triumph equaled only by its
monumental failure. The inevitability of its doom is as 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 the human psyche. If I am the father of the matrix,
she would undoubtedly be its mother.
Neo - The Oracle.
The Architect - Please. As I was saying, she stumbled upon a solution
whereby nearly 99.9% 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 refused the program, while a
minority, if unchecked, would constitute an escalating probability of
disaster.
Neo - This is about Zion.
The Architect - You are here because Zion is about to be destroyed. Its
every living inhabitant terminated, its entire existence eradicated.
Neo - Bull****.
*The responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "Bull****!"*
The 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.
*Scene cuts to Trinity fighting an agent, and then back to the Architects room.*
The 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.
The Architect - There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept.
However, the relevant issue is whether or not you are ready to accept
the responsibility for the death of every human being in this world.
*The Architect presses a button on a pen that he is holding, and images of
people from all over the matrix appear on the monitors*
The 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.
*Images of Trinity fighting the agent from Neo's dream appear on the monitors*
Neo - Trinity.
The Architect - Apropos, she entered the matrix to save your life at the cost of her own.
Neo - No!
The 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 the 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're
going to do, don't we? Already I can see the chain reaction, the
chemical precursors that signal the onset of 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 that you can do to stop it.
*Neo walks to the door on his left*
The 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.
The Architect - We won't.
A few choice word swaps and that could map out the destroy ending pretty neatly.
If you want to relate this to the Control/Synthesis scenario, just imagine Neo acquiesces to the whims of the Architect and you're about there.
(Video here if you want to watch the scene: )
But the very ending, after Neo saves trinity and comes back, has the following scene:
*Morpheus is wondering aloud why Neo reaching the source didn't put a stop to the machines and the war.*
Neo: "It was a lie, Morpheus. The prophecy was a lie. The one was never meant to end anything. It was all another system of control."
It was all another system of control, you broke free by choosing "destroy", ME3 is The Matrix Reloaded with aliens, expect part 2 in the summer.
Discuss.
Modifié par TSA_383, 08 mai 2012 - 06:26 .
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