Okay, seems you guys can't wait until I post my theory in a new thread (you keep mentioning parts of it here) so I'll let you guys know what I think is driving the whole Matrix trilogy now.
First, timdgreat mentioned
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i know part of it is Neo's doing i think a majority of it is Smith trying to control everything, seems hes the wild card that no one had counted on and now hes really messed up everything in his play for power cant wait to see what happens
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Absolutely! And what stripe said in the last post hits on the same thing.
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In other words, despite his choice to save Trinity, he still has the power to saves those in the Matrix itself.
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I think what's happening between these two is that essentially they are battling to be the next "God" of the Matrix... and the real world.
Consider what we know:
1) The code of the Matrix has changed. Everyone keeps mentioning it throughout the movie, especially Neo and Link (the operator). When Smith tries to overwrite Neo, Link and the others can't figure out what he's doing because they can't read the code. When Neo, Trin and Morpheus go to see the Marovingian, Neo says in the elevator that the code looks strange, like every floor is wired with explosives. And even when Neo flies out of the Architect's monitor room, his own code is so different that Link and Morpheus can't identify him: ("What's that?" "I don't know, but whatever it is is moving faster than anything I've ever seen.")
2) Both Smith and Neo have the power to create life: Smith by copying himself onto other software, including humans who are plugged into the Matrix; Neo by bringing Trinity back to life after she "died" inside the Matrix. Miracles like creating life are usually reserved for saviors and gods... at least in human mythology (and religion).
3) Both Smith and Neo have begun to bring their "powers" outside the Matrix. We saw Smith finally leave the Matrix (in the form of Bane, after having overwritten his personality with his own) and we don't know if he triggered a ship's EMP to tip the humans' hands in their attempted counterattact, or if he manufactured it himself. And Neo stopped the squiddies at the end by creating what looked like an EMP barrier (since it had the same effect as an EMP) which disabled them. (I think he was able to "sense" the machines in the real world because he was changed when he left the Architect's room.) These are things they would have only been able to do inside the Matrix... until now. But neither one has enough power yet to do these things without some personal risk... thus they are both in a coma, presently.
There's more too it (like the symbolism of Neo's name, and more) but you get the drift. I've been talking about it with friends, and they agree.
Dave said that the Architect has been watching Neo for a long time... I agree. I think it chose him to be the next "One" so it's been watching his progress. The fact that Morpheus and the others took so long to find Neo is bad for the Architect, though. Seems Neo developed more of his own personality and was a different person by the time he even learned about the Matrix, so he had different ideas of what he could and couldn't do going in. The others may have had "more respect" for the Marovingian, meaning possibly that they treaded more carefully, but Neo could do more against his minions. He has more "skill" than his predecessors. Because of these things, I think that the Architect was telling the truth about the five previous incarnations of the Matrix and it's subsiquent offshoots, like the creation of Zion. I also think that the Architect
knows something else is going on inside the Matrix that's beyond its control (ie, Smith taking control) and that's why it tried so hard to convince Neo into going back to the source for the ultimate reboot. The machines ARE desperate.
Problem for the humans is, Neo doesn't know what's he's possibly becoming. That's the WHY he hasn't figured out.
Anyway, that's my theory. Feel free to poke holes.
I gotta get ready for work.
