The Matrix??????

[texol]

Can anyone explain to me what the hec hapened in the second Matrix movie (Reloaded) ive watched at least 3 times but still get lost at the arcitect bit. Please explain in laymens put my mind at rest cheers.

[david small]

They lost the plot and threw away a bloody good idea,

The mighty buck strikes again.

[bobjim1705]

*Deep Breath*

Basically, the Architect is the program that created the Matrix, and appears in human form to Neo.

He explains to Neo that his powers are a result of the way the Matrix is made, and that it isn't the first iteration of the Matrix, since it's a cyclical thing - it keeps being restarted.
Originally, they had everyone connected to the Matrix, and it was a failure because people kept dying as a result of rejecting the Matrix (or something like that, I can't remember exactly.)

To remedy this, they reconstructed the Matrix, and allowed for people to reject the Matrix and leave. The rejection only happened to a small number of people, and this wasn't a problem for the robot population.

Unfortunately, this new Matrix resulted in "The One" being created every time they reset it. As well as having some cool powers, The One carries some kind of code with him, which is necessary to reset the Matrix, and start again.

The Architect gives Neo a choice - return the coding he carries with him to the source (like a good boy.) The only problem is, is that Zion will be destroyed, although Neo will be allowed to choose people to repopulate Zion, so that the people who reject the Matrix have somewhere to go.

The alternative to that option is to go back into the Matrix and save Trinity, who's suffering from a gunshot wound, having jumped out of a building. If he does this, the robots will undoubtedly obliterate Zion, and kill everyone.

Neo chooses to save Trinity, believing that he thinks the humans can win against the robots this time.

[spaced]

bobjim is exactly right. It is difficult to understand forst time round. The 3rd one may confuse matters more for you, but it all makes sense in the end. The films have a religious backdrop them also. Also think of each thing in the matrix as a program

[Mattk]

the 1st 'matrix' failed as the architect had created a perfect world and the human mind couldnt deal with it so he re-made it but this time round with imperfections to allow humans to accept their 'reality'.

the matrix was brilliant but the 2nd and 3rd films were just stupidly over-complicated.