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    853 posts since Mar '03
    • "A" is for the Architect; "N" is for Neo. Enjoy.

      &rt; ====================
      &rt;
      &rt; A: Hello, Neo.
      &rt;
      &rt; N: Who are you?
      &rt;
      &rt; A: I am the Architect. I created the Matrix. I've been
      &rt; waiting for you. You
      &rt; have many questions, and though the process has
      &rt; altered your consciousness, you
      &rt; remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you
      &rt; will understand and
      &rt; some of them you will not. Concordantly, while your
      &rt; first question may be the
      &rt; most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also
      &rt; the most irrelevant.
      &rt;
      &rt; N: Why am I here?
      &rt;
      &rt; A: Your life is the sum of a remainder of an
      &rt; unbalanced equation inherent to
      &rt; the programming of the Matrix. You are the eventuality
      &rt; of an anamoly which,
      &rt; despite my sincerest efforts, I've been unable to
      &rt; eliminate from what is
      &rt; otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While
      &rt; it remains a burden
      &rt; assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected and thus not
      &rt; beyond a measure of
      &rt; control -- which has led you inexorably here.
      &rt;
      &rt; N: You haven't answered my question.
      &rt;
      &rt; A: Quite right. Interesting. That was quicker than the
      &rt; others.
      &rt;
      &rt; [The Neos on the wall monitors immediately respond:
      &rt; "Others?" "What others?"
      &rt; "How many?" "Answer my fuckin' question."]
      &rt;
      &rt; A: The Matrix is older than you know. I prefer
      &rt; counting from the emergence of
      &rt; one integral anomaly to the emergence of the next, in
      &rt; which case this is the
      &rt; sixth version.
      &rt;
      &rt; [The Neos on the wall monitors immediately respond:
      &rt; "Five others?" "Bullshit!"
      &rt; "You're lying!" Laughter. "There were five Ones before
      &rt; me?"]
      &rt;
      &rt; N: There are only two possible explanations: Either no
      &rt; one told me ... or no
      &rt; one knows.
      &rt;
      &rt; A: Precisely. As you are undoubtedly gathering the
      &rt; anomaly is systemic,
      &rt; creating fluctuations in even the most simplistic
      &rt; equations.
      &rt;
      &rt; [The Neos on the wall monitors immediately respond:
      &rt; "You cannot control me!"
      &rt; Shouting. Flipping the bird. Scorning laughter.]
      &rt;
      &rt; N: Choice ... the problem is choice.
      &rt;
      &rt; [Cut to Trinity meeting the agent at the elevator.]
      &rt;
      &rt; A: The first Matrix I designed was quite naturally
      &rt; perfect. It was a work of
      &rt; art. Flawless. Sublime. A triumph equalled only by its
      &rt; monumental failure.
      &rt; The inevitability of its doom is apparent to me now as
      &rt; a consequence of the
      &rt; imperfection inherent in every human being. Thus I
      &rt; redesigned it, based on
      &rt; your history, to more accurately reflect the varying
      &rt; grotesqueries of your
      &rt; nature. However I was, again, frustrated by failure. I
      &rt; have since come to
      &rt; understand that the answer eluded me because it
      &rt; required a lesser mind or
      &rt; perhaps a mind less bound by the parameters of
      &rt; perfection. Thus the answer was
      &rt; stumbled upon by another, an intuitive program
      &rt; initially created to investigate
      &rt; certain aspects of the human psyche. If I am the
      &rt; father of the Matrix, she
      &rt; would undoubtedly be its mother.
      &rt;
      &rt; N: The Oracle.

      Edited by xiao_p 24 Jul `03, 8:29PM
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    • &rt; A: Please. As I was saying, she stumbled upon a
      &rt; solution whereby nearly
      &rt; ninety-nine percent of all test subjects accepted the
      &rt; program as long as they
      &rt; were given a choice -- even if they were only aware of
      &rt; the choice at a yet
      &rt; unconscious level. While this answer functioned it was
      &rt; obviously fundamentally
      &rt; flawed, thus creating the otherwise contradictory
      &rt; systemic anamoly that if left
      &rt; unchecked might threaten the system itself. Ergo,
      &rt; those that refused the
      &rt; program, while a minority, if unchecked, would
      &rt; constitute an escalating
      &rt; probability of disaster.
      &rt;
      &rt; N: This is about Zion.
      &rt;
      &rt; A: You are here because Zion is about to be destroyed,
      &rt; its every living
      &rt; inhabitant terminated, its entire existence
      &rt; eradicated.
      &rt;
      &rt; N: Bullshit.
      &rt;
      &rt; [The Neos on the wall monitors all echo with
      &rt; "bullshit!"]
      &rt;
      &rt; A: Denial is the most predictable of all human
      &rt; responses, but rest assured:
      &rt; This will be the sixth time we have destroyed it, and
      &rt; we have become
      &rt; exceedingly efficient at it.
      &rt;
      &rt; [Cut to Trinity fighting against the agent.]
      &rt;
      &rt; A: The function of The One is now to return to the
      &rt; Source allowing a temporary
      &rt; dissemination of the code you carry, re-inserting the
      &rt; prime program. After
      &rt; which you will be required to select from the Matrix
      &rt; twenty-three individuals,
      &rt; sixteen females, seven male, to rebuild Zion. Failure
      &rt; to comply with this
      &rt; process will result in a cataclysmic system crash
      &rt; killing everyone connected to
      &rt; the Matrix, which coupled with the extermination of
      &rt; Zion will ultimately result
      &rt; in the extinction of the entire human race.
      &rt;
      &rt; N: You won't let it happen. You can't. You need human
      &rt; beings to survive.
      &rt;
      &rt; A: There are levels of survival we are prepared to
      &rt; accept. However, the
      &rt; relevant issue is whether or not you are ready to
      &rt; accept responsibility for the
      &rt; death of every human being in this world. [pauses] It
      &rt; is interesting reading
      &rt; your reactions. Your five predecessors were, by
      &rt; design, based on a similar
      &rt; predication, a contingent affirmation that was meant
      &rt; to create a profound
      &rt; attachment to the rest of your species, facilitating
      &rt; the function of The One.
      &rt; While the others experienced this in a very general
      &rt; way, your experience is far
      &rt; more specific, vis-a-vis love.
      &rt;
      &rt; N: Trinity!
      &rt;
      &rt; A: Apropos. She entered the Matrix to save your life
      &rt; at the cost of her own.
      &rt;
      &rt; N: No.
      &rt;
      &rt; A: Which brings us at last to the moment of truth
      &rt; wherein the fundamental flaw
      &rt; is ultimately expressed and the anomaly revealed as
      &rt; both beginning and end.
      &rt; There are two doors. The door to your right leads to
      &rt; the Source and the
      &rt; salvation of Zion. The door to your left leads back to
      &rt; the Matrix, to her, and
      &rt; to the end of your species. As you adequately put, the
      &rt; problem is choice. But
      &rt; we already know what you are going to do, don't we?
      &rt; Already I can see the
      &rt; chain reaction, the chemical precursors that signal
      &rt; the onset of an emotion
      &rt; designed specifically to overwhelm logic and reason,
      &rt; an emotion that is already
      &rt; blinding you from the simple and obvious truth: She is
      &rt; going to die and there
      &rt; is nothing you can do to stop it.
      &rt;
      &rt; [Neo looks down at the floor, turns, and then walks
      &rt; towards the door on his
      &rt; left.]
      &rt;
      &rt; A: [hmmpf] Hope. It is the quintessential human
      &rt; delusion, simultaneously the
      &rt; source of your greatest strength and your greatest
      &rt; weakness.
      &rt;
      &rt; N: If I were you, I would hope that we don't meet
      &rt; again.
      &rt;
      &rt; A: We won't.

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    853 posts since Mar '03
    • ok the full topic title is here:

      MATRIX 2 -- transcript of the conversation between neo and the Architect

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