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Out of the Blue
[Jun 17, 2004, 11:40 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Okay, so what did I miss? I just caught a portion of The Matrix Reloaded on the satellite again yesterday, and something stuck in my mind that I hadn't noticed before (let me insert a spoiler warning here in case you have yet to see this one... just skip to the links of the day).

So the Architect tells Neo that they've destroyed Zion six times now, but then later refers to Neo's five predecessors. I they've destroyed Zion six times, wouldn't he be the seventh Neo? If there was a version of this event that didn't include a Neo (or if the Architect was simply lying), I would hope that would be clarified. On the other hand, if this repopulate Zion scenario took place as he described, wouldn't the "old" Neo be part of Zion's current populace? I guess this all speaks again to how disappointed I was in how few further wrinkles about all this were included in Matrix Revolutions.

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Re: Councillor
Jun 17, 2004, 17:15

Blue

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Re: Councillor Jun 17, 2004, 17:15

Jun 17, 2004, 17:15

Blue

Uh, there were a few hundred thousand inhabitants in Zion, from 24, that would take longer than one man's lifespan to populate to that level, even if every girl and boy is made to fuck like rabbits from the age of 4 years old onwards

But what about the people that were freed from the Matrix?

In the *first* movie, Morpheous tells Neo that when the previous One died...

Good point. Duh.

So this now brings this question to mind... if the machines actually destroy Zion in each go 'round (as opposed to just killing the inhabitants), how do they go about building that ridiculous underground structure (it's like Event Horizon - in the future we'll be able to make even BIGGER cogs and gears)... do the machines actually help them?

The incredible structure of Zion always bothered me as illogical under the premise of have been built by those escaping from the machines while they were ont the run, much less 24 individuals. The idea that it was created by the machines themselves suddenly makes the most (albeit odd) sense.

Stephen "Blue" Heaslip
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