I think andromeda especially might find this analysis interesting: http://www.corporatemofo.com/stories/051803matrix.htm This review is based on lots of philosophy - I really liked the way he explained it. Anyway I don't think having multiple layers of matrix would be lame at all...it totally breaks my head in fact. The architect's explanations and everything we think we know about the first matrix might only be valid in the next higher level matrix (the one that Zion is in) - begging the question why THAT matrix was created? It could be a completely different reason, a completely different set of oppressors, heck it might not even be on earth. Who knows? The more down-to-earth explanation is simply that Zion is part of the SAME matrix, since the machines planned for it from the start. They don't necessarily need to kick the 1% of doubters entirely out of the matrix, they just need to make them believe somehow, so they could have just coded in Zion to make them feel happy. This is supported by one point: if Zion was real, and the machines had actually destroyed it 5 times previous, then why did they have to dig again? Shouldn't the holes still be there? However I just thought of a counterargument as well...if Zion was in the matrix, and the machines wanted to kill them all, they could just go up to the real bodies and unplug them, couldn't they? hmm... -mo
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Date: 2003-06-02 08:52 am (UTC)http://www.corporatemofo.com/stories/051803matrix.htm
This review is based on lots of philosophy - I really liked the way he explained it. Anyway I don't think having multiple layers of matrix would be lame at all...it totally breaks my head in fact. The architect's explanations and everything we think we know about the first matrix might only be valid in the next higher level matrix (the one that Zion is in) - begging the question why THAT matrix was created? It could be a completely different reason, a completely different set of oppressors, heck it might not even be on earth. Who knows? The more down-to-earth explanation is simply that Zion is part of the SAME matrix, since the machines planned for it from the start. They don't necessarily need to kick the 1% of doubters entirely out of the matrix, they just need to make them believe somehow, so they could have just coded in Zion to make them feel happy. This is supported by one point: if Zion was real, and the machines had actually destroyed it 5 times previous, then why did they have to dig again? Shouldn't the holes still be there? However I just thought of a counterargument as well...if Zion was in the matrix, and the machines wanted to kill them all, they could just go up to the real bodies and unplug them, couldn't they? hmm...
-mo