Film Theory: Neo ISN'T The One in The Matrix Trilogy

[@Chopinwannabe7556]

The Oracle said that Smith was a result of the equation trying to balance itself out. If x=x, and you add ONE to one side, then you must add ONE to other, balancing the equation. Both Neo and Smith are ONEs from either side of the equation. Edit: either that or a negative one on the same side of the equation.

[@ferdiemvira]

"who is he" "he is your opposite, the negative" i think maybe because the oracle had the same will with neo that the war will ends someday and really want to go far as him, merely she can't seen it through smith as truly "the one" and play "dangerous game" as a mother program and doing her purpose as "i am here to unbalance it" the architect purpose.. my real question is, why the architect and oracle had a different purpose, why oracle helps human? isn't that machine hates human so much?

[@Jacegon]

@@ferdiemvira the Oracle helped the humans because she saw that in the future, if Agent Smith won, he would kill all of the humans, leaving the machines without an energy source. Meaning both sides would go extinct.

[@dhr6v427]

Tf you smoking man 😂 No offense dude

[@bakbak4960]

@@Jacegon I guess she did it because she really wanted change. the Oracle and the Architect are programs just like the Frenchman but very powerful ones meaning that they have a choice and they have the freedom in doing what they want. it is the Oracle alone who chose human over the machines. and since she is doing the machines a "favour" by studying humans and tell the machines why they behave the way they do to help perfect the matrix because the "paradise" of the first version was a total disaster so they needed her to understand why and help them improve the Matrix. only then they let her free to have her in own choices and not question her. that is what i believe anyway

[@dasa7921]

YES! Neo is one of the light side and Smith is DarkLord :) Classic shit human can think of.... white black...cold hot...silent loud...goodor bad

[@t.c.bramblett617]

This actually made me appreciate the trilogy better

[@fermataselin]

me too

[@Daedalus1010]

T.C. Bramblett I 100% agree. It now makes so much more sense.

[@Chunkhead]

My thoughts exactly. The 2nd and 3rd movies actually kinda make sense, now. I guess I have to watch them again.

[@TheHipPro]

ye XD

[@shadyflipful]

T.C. Bramblett same here

[@sagbag]

You want to hear something truly mind blowing? It took me over 10 years to realized 'Neo' is 'One' rearranged. YES! Someone that fucking oblivious ACTUALLY exists.

[@StormyStories]

+SagBag lol! Me too!xD

[@ramonapromethazine]

+SagBag wait, it is?

[@AnActualRedPanda]

Same! We can be blunt together! \(^3^)/

[@elijahbousson1773]

Wait u now relies that

[@badinfluence2175]

+SagBag mind blown

[@ユウキニール]

Neo is "the 1" and Smith is "the 0" - they must coexist, like good and evil

[@mansoorkhanjadoon1360]

I was thinking of a way how they both could be the chosen one and your comment blew my mind.

[@D3StInIeus]

Only ‘good & evil’ doesn’t really exist. At least, not in a way how ‘Light & Dark’ really exists! I mean it does, but only us humans can comprehend good & bad. . Because in the grand scheme of things it’s only a made up concept. I know half the people reading this probably thinks I’m crazy. Though it’s been a widely known concept in philosophy for a really long time! So if you don’t believe me, just look 👀 it up . , . XD

[@dwaynevenzon643]

So like, Zero One? What about Zero Two is she also from millions of numbers?

[@noneyabizz8337]

@@dwaynevenzon643 ....computers communicate using ones and zeros, on and off.

[@commonsense2697]

Nice one

[@Corghy]

To be honest, I really want a movie about the first guy, that woke up from the Matrix.

[@lomaxx27]

his name was noah then theres Moses , it's in the bible , they were awake to lucifers realm of fakery

[@blackglitter1474]

yes. I want a movie on some of the history. too bad the characters have aged.

[@Corghy]

Jo Black It doesn't need to be with actors, that played the original 3 movies. The story is many decades before the Matrix movies, if not a century... That's why it's so interesting.

[@guardingdark2860]

What if that first One was actually Jesus? It never says how much simulation time is between iterations of the One. And being able to remake the Matrix as he sees fit? That sounds like a miracle-worker to me. Liberation into a new world sounds a bit like admittance into the Kingdom of Heaven. Plus, the name of the land of the free people, the ones chosen by the One to continue the existence and freedom of humanity, is called Zion, which is essentially another name for Israel, homeland of God's chosen people. Perhaps it's rather a stretch, but you never know :P

[@Corghy]

Bel-Shamharoth I mean, everything is possible, that's probably why nobody is brave enough to do the movie. But this jesus version would probably just dump the whole Matrix...

[@mjsart7399]

Morpheus: holding a blue pill and a red pill me: eats both "Now we wait..."

[@SeverSFSs]

Wait, thats illegal!

[@-M0LE]

MJ's Arts 😂😂😂😂

[@mysticvipergaming1874]

Morpheus: uhhh what uhhhhh.. what now Neo: please kill me me 1101 1100 110011........... I am dead

[@michelledavidson7167]

Like Red Bull and jagermeister.

[@subscribefornoreason7390]

Don't do drugs.

[@toadmedicine1184]

Trinity is not my lover She's just a girl that thinks that I am The One.

[@jovan.5312]

...

[@kieranb7747]

Toad Medicine ................. *facepalm*

[@AXharoth]

very good xD

[@kk8490]

Toad Medicine I don't know whether to cringe or applaud so I'll do both.

[@toadmedicine1184]

Are you Kidding me? I wonder what happens when One-Punch Man facepalms..... Good luck over there, man.

[@oweeenie1754]

i like this theory because it states that neo isn’t the prophesied messiah, therefore, he’s just a natural hero who is driven solely by his own agency. it feels empowering to the everyday person more than a “destiny complex”

[@um2913]

Love the way this was worded

[@Eve_gothgirl]

only difference is people stopped believing in jesus cause he wasn’t gonna do anything about Rome, then proceeded to crucify him. Glad Neo was able to have support to the end

[@bubblewrap8823]

I really like all the comments saying that Neo and Smith are BOTH the one, two sides of the equation, balancing each other out.

[@zerotakora8486]

[@levelupprotocol]

this is it! They are BOTH the one. the ying and the yang.

[@patriciar.hickhammd9371]

What if Neo is the source and agent smith is the one?

[@SoDaoudi]

Noo smith is literally the many the exact opposite of neo.

[@titoyama5760]

Neo is the one, the Oracle told Morpheus that he will find the one But when Neo went to speak to the Oracle she told him you are not the one but you have the gift, maybe in your next life

[@Artbug]

Honestly... after that summary I finally understand what the series was about.

[@Artbug]

Also ...WOW, this video. Awesome.

[@miketo201]

+Artbug like bad movies turned good

[@KingDuken]

+Artbug The plot is actually incredibly interesting how the system of the Matrix even started. The movies did a decent job depicting it. The comics have a lot of back story.

[@Avian07]

Or maybe the "ONE" has always been a rouge Agent fighting for humanity.

[@DarkKingHades]

+KingDuken Yeah. The Animatrix gives so much more backstory than the theatrical films ever did. Really helped me understand what they were going for in the sequels.

[@coachg317]

If Neo doesn’t believe he is the one, he doesn’t make the sacrifice in the end. , well played, Oracle, well played. 👏🏾👏🏾

[@picklemeister5351]

so could the one be any who just believes?

[@ThatStevenLouis]

@@picklemeister5351 nooooo goober 😂 Neo never bested Trinity let alone Morpheus in training, keep that in mind; BOTH of them knew they were stronger and more capable than Neo. Based off your comment either of them could've and should've believed they were the one, but the Oracle told them otherwise. No matter what "she" looks like the Oracle IS a computer program, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't want to die...like the other programs lol

[@joshua7426]

@@ThatStevenLouis except neo went toe to toe with morpheous his first time impressing everyone and proved by the end of the series he was far greater than both combined.

[@ThatStevenLouis]

@@joshua7426 could he beat Smith tho? 🤔 Yes he progresses ✌🏾impressively✌🏾 throughout the series, but if Neo's progress by the end of the series (as you state) is "impressive", then Smith's progress is literally nothing less than godly; dude literally created a world as he saw fit and created everyone in his image. Smith was so raw the machines wanted him deleted specifically; they went after ALL rogue/unplugged humans equally. The same forces/agents that was "sent after" Neo was sent after Zion where there were peaceful unskilled humans ranging from children to elders. The weak agents cut a deal with that one guy in the 1st movie to bring down Morpheus' crew while the machine "God" cut a deal with Neo to stop Smith.......Smith has his God afraid of him. Do the math 👌🏾

[@grymjaw]

@@ThatStevenLouis By even implying Morpheus or Trinity are stronger thanNeo proves you're a fucking idiot. Sorry, pack it up, you're done, buddy.

[@paulschumacher4308]

7 years later ... and this is still a great Film Theory.

[@liamnehren1054]

not really, they called born hooked up to the matrix as born in the matrix so yeah wrong from pretty much the first moment.

[@goroakechi6126]

@@liamnehren1054 “When the matrix was first built, there was a man born inside”. Straight from Morpheus in the first movie.

[@user-kg7qu8th7c]

I really like the take of Mark Passio's occult analysis on this. It states, according with the fact that the oracle is yet just another part of the controlsystem (which was stated by the architect), that also her prophecy is part of the control system, just like all believe systems of a messiah saving all humanity is. It is a lie created to keep humanity outside of the matrix in control as well. Neo is not "the one" because there is no such one. Everyone can and must be the one in order to free themselves from the slavery. But every human being within or outside of the matrix was deceived into thinking that there hast to be a messiah figue on whom they should rely. As a prevention to believe in themselves and take the nessesary actions. That's why Neo - just like Jesus Christ - died for the sins of all humans who did not recognize the power within themselves, the power to destroy the matrix with their minds. And that is also why the Matrix still existed after Neos death. He was - like Jesus - nothing but a role model - the only one who believed in himself and that way empored himself to do the wonders he did. A role model everybody should've followed to earn a life in paradise, but yet nobody did that's why the machines were able to build another even more vicious matrix --> Matrix 4.

[@imltiii]

@@liamnehren1054 wasn’t neo reborn in the matrix when he died in the first film

[@liamnehren1054]

@@imltiii not really, the point of the spoon thing was to illustrate that everything there wasn't real. If you could convince your unconcious mind of that fact then it frees you from the mental construct of a physical body in the matrix. Honestly later parts of Sword Art Online and it's sequel Accel world explain the idea better. It fits into "I think, therefore I am." 's logical extension of "We think therefore the world is." Essentially the world of the matrix is created by the minds of the people being guided by the programs into following the structure laid out. So it glitches out and releases people from it when they break the limits imposed by themselves and those around them. Animatrix shows it off pretty well with the runner and that annoying teen who shows up in the second movie. The second Neo convinced his unconcious mind of the fact that nothing in front of him was real he started to see just code and could manipulate it at will. His body just an Avatar.

[@eddydyno]

Neo entered smith first.. Smith entered Neo second. They are both halves of the same.. ONE.

[@shawn576]

+Eddy Dyno Sounds kinda gay

[@eddydyno]

indeeeeed.

[@thetreeofliberty8636]

+Eddy Dyno Indeeeeckd*

[@jonasbauer9787]

+Eddy Dyno It's like the end of harry potter all over again

[@Steam-Player]

+Eddy Dyno That makes them sound really.... Gay... #NeoxSmithLove

[@ulaso3989]

Neo is 1 and Agent Smith is 0, 1's and 0's make everything. /thread

[@melissagaudet7993]

Now u are onto something....binary

[@marztar]

There's talk of a remake of the matrix... The lead actor is said to be a Mexican... Not sure who it will be, but his first line is: "Si, i em de Juan"

[@baileykleinbard7633]

@@marztar His name's going to be Nou

[@melissagaudet7993]

Most of the World is in the dark about how this stuff works. I'm glad SOME people get it!

[@melissagaudet7993]

@TCT as above so below....and I'm going to assume you know about the spiritual end of the spectrum. Kundalini and 3rd eye pineal gland.....otherwise nothing would make sense! Hermetic library and occultism plays a BIG PART in our existence! You are on the right path....spirituality IN....Religion OUT!!!!

[@BrownHairL]

In the first movie, the Oracle implies that Neo isn't the One, but afterwards, she implies he is. Well, in the end of the first movie, Neo enters Smith. Whatever he did, it changed Smith. What would prevent Smith from changing Neo too? The way I see it, he "becomes the One" at that moment, alongside Smith. They merge. They're both necessary, they're both really just... One.

[@TheRockK95]

If you also watch the other people, Smith and the Oracle both state, by telling Neo that Smith is his other half. The Ying and Yang. So yeah, in short. They both are the One. But I only accept Jet Li as the only true One

[@Eddie2P]

i agree, when i was watching the movies i thought this was the case and im sticking to it for now.

[@Drecon84]

The Oracle never tells Neo that he's not the one. She leaves a gap in her sentence and Neo fills it in for her, all the while believing he's finally come to the truth. In fact, the Oracle even tells him afterwards: "You've got the gift, but it looks like you're waiting for something" implying that he's actually the one, but can't accept it.

[@obi-wankenobi1045]

I remember someone saying that Neo and Smith are like Ying and Yang, Neo being on the light side and Smith on the Dark. Smith is the evil version/half of Neo.

[@ciarahughes1044]

yeah and at the end of the third movie where neo and smith are fighting and smith changes neo into the last smith clone thats inserting his part of the code into neo which completes the code when neo is plugged into the thing....if you get me....

[@nedofthedead3604]

Yes Neo wasn’t around when the 1st matrix was built that’s cause he’s a reincarnation of the previous anomalies before him. They say this in the 2nd film. Also what probably happened with Smith is that Neo imprinted some of his digital self when they first assimilated in the first movie thus making smith a second anomaly that needed correcting and when in the last movie, when Smith finally assimilates Neo, Neo was jacked through the source allowing the source to correct both anomalies in one go.

[@IgnoreMeImWrong]

If neo wasn't around then explain him being there from the start. Only counts when you don't die.

[@snakevenom4954]

The architect literally said the Oracle made the one. Neo was made in a pod

[@IgnoreMeImWrong]

@@snakevenom4954 They also make software that doesn't have a human body.. So, if she made him as code then he wouldn't exist anywhere but within the Matrix and would essentially always have his powers. Also, can someone explain how they've destroyed a city like 5 times already but the city isn't in the Matrix?

[@rockypalacios2494]

He was Jesus or Michael or Adam his self and agent Smith was the snake trinity was eve her name is literally means 3 holy Trinity

[@charnet3d207]

@@IgnoreMeImWrong watch the other video about the real world actually also being in the matrix. The machines did that to make humans think they escaped the matrix when they actually are still in it. Man these movies are crazy.

[@HezkelLemerio]

I think both neo and smith is the one, but neo is +1 and smith is -1, and together they are 0

[@alanwong3989]

Hezkel Lemerio like yin and yang

[@YurrahAlHadi]

In the matrix reloaded when Neo went through the door to meet the Architect, he looked like Mr. Smith.

[@KeitoMaou]

0ne

[@trinitikorneli2750]

bullshit

[@bondpyant5730]

NEO literally spells: O-N-E (just move the O in front of the E.)

[@MusicDecomposer]

The Oracle's final line in the trilogy: "I believed." *_I_* be *_LI_* ev *_ED_*

[@gzee9]

hahahaha

[@StefBelgium]

I BLEED

[@WaveForceful]

I lied?

[@ramonschmidt6661]

I Lived

[@Amirrorofmirrors]

ah yes, beev

[@youngjyay]

Have you ever noticed that the spoon boy had 5 other spoons next to him on the floor that was already bent? As if it's a metaphor indicating this is the 6th time the Matrix existed

[@rainyday4970]

+youngjyay MIND BLOWN.

[@EnergonCubed]

+youngjyay Mind blown! haha

[@iBallisticBreadstick]

Amazing man srsly

[@aztecr7]

+youngjyay Nice find dude

[@iTsStEpHyyyy]

Huge fan of the matrix since it came out, you sir, just blew my fucking mind! Whoa!

[@titoyama5760]

Neo is the one, the Oracle told Morpheus that he will find the one But when Neo went to speak to the Oracle she told him you are not the one but you have the gift, maybe in your next life The Oracle told trinity that she will fall in love with a dead man Then Neo died and trinity fell in love, she kiss him and he resurrected and that was Neo's other life were he became the one So all the three prophecies were fullfil when Neo died

[@HelmHgaming]

wow

[@geofthompson3844]

And maybe those prophesies were lies. All part of her plan. She's on record as being able to lie.

[@snakevenom4954]

Simple. Neo needed to be strong enough to defeat Smith so Smith could get loose from the source. As a result she got Morpheus since he's a really good hand to hand combatant and Trinity, someone who is also pretty good hand to hand and but will provide that boost of motivation for Neo. The Architect literally said the One was at the beginning and the Oracle made the one. Neo was made in one of the pods and he's only 20ish years old. Not the hundreds of years the Matrix has been around

[@Shinku_no_sanbun]

@@geofthompson3844 Yes. Being able to 'predict' the future also implies that she knows what lies to tell to get people to do what she wants. In other words, being able to deduce how everyone acts and responds doesn't just let her know the future, it lets her make the future by giving them the stimuli that they need to act in a certain way.

[@kite1]

@@snakevenom4954 he's the reincarnation of the one

[@Dockktor]

Smith is not the One; he is the physical manifestation of the oncoming complete and total failure of the Matrix. The system *is* crashing, he is the result. The system is crashing because The One has not returned to the Source. The One *must* return or the entire program will fail. The One has *not* returned because this version of the One, different then all 5 before him, feels love for humanity on a DIRECT AND PERSONAL level. Neo is no great humanitarian. He loves one person only. All previous Ones made the choice to reboot the Matrix. Neo did not. Neo did not do this because The Oracle manipulated him and the people around him. She is the reason Neo feels personal love. *This* is the dangerous game she played: she, through the things she told Morpheous, Trinity, and Neo, created the circumstances wherein The One fell in love and refused to reboot. She did not want the system to repeat as it had 5 times before. She wanted humans to be freed. She won.

[@RR-mg5ss]

Smith was a virus before Neo chose not to go to the source, Smiths turns bad because he is AI and begins to question his rules same as the machines did to humans its an endless cycle.

[@Peanutdenver]

One question...Why do we see The Oracle's body lying in the crater at the end of the Neo - Smith battle in the third film? Regardless, it's fun to bullshit about this trilogy on the old inter-webs and hear all the interesting takes on The Matrix and its meaning.

[@Dockktor]

@@Peanutdenver The Smith who fought Neo *was* the Oracle. This is why he had a vision of the oncoming battle. "I've seen it. That's why the rest of me is just going to watch. We already know I'm the one who beats you." Then just before he absorbs Neo, he says "everything that has a beginning has an end, Neo". That is an Oracle quote and the ONLY time Smith calls him Neo.

[@Peanutdenver]

@@Dockktor That makes great sense. I'm going to have to watch these films again. Thanks.

[@grimreeper7225]

So basically this is a game between the Oracle and The Source

[@welcobro821]

Didn’t realize that trinity was in love with mr smith

[@ramonschmidt6661]

Not everything the oracle says is true. She even admits herself that she says stuff because People need to hear it Not because its true

[@nichsa8984]

@@ramonschmidt6661 the pill is somewhere people want doing again

[@ramonschmidt6661]

@@nichsa8984 ?

[@justicejamalpur]

@@ramonschmidt6661 Then who's to say the prophecy is true? Then this entire Film Theory falls apart.

[@marywalker8328]

😑😑😐😐😶😶

[@Daerento]

So to conclude, he's not the messiah. He's a very naughty boy.

[@davidcooper5618]

the moral of the story is: don't trust a ho.

[@unstoppableify]

+Ryan Colgan He was the "antichrist" "anomoly from perfection" that unwillingly gave his life "goes to hell" by destroying the world and playing his part in the charade so that "world peace" could happen "god" = oneness = peace. fullcircle.....just like in the bible....The matrix is just the bible wrapped in computer code.

[@bopinhojr4019]

NEO IS JUST A GAY

[@JohnArktor]

+unstoppableify this is (partly) why the 2 sequels suck hard.

[@unstoppableify]

John Arktor Yes sir.

[@sirjazzaroth]

Smith was able to think for himself, hence the ability to function and strategise without the ear-piece in. His ability to replicate himself is simply his ability, as an agent, to enter any other sentient being or program still connected to the Matrix. Neo just freed him from the agents' restriction to only enter one sentient being or program at a time. This finally gave him the power needed to bring the whole system to a standstill, so he didn't have to watch us squander a world created just for us, for the seventh time over. It would be like an NPC having to watch someone else take 100 years to finish a video game, only to have them restart every time they do finish. After watching this for 600 years, you would want to destroy the console too, even if you only lived in the game.

[@Littleprinceleon]

But where did this autonomy of his (instead of the intended semi-automatism) come from? Although I realize, that there were depicted other renegade programs refusing to "re-fuse" with the Matrix and it's not explained in the movie where their "power of will" comes from, too. Why can't the machines (at least their boss, the Godhead) write more efficient programs or even reboot the system themselves. By the way, how can the creators of Matrix be so unintelligent as to use some of the least efficient sources of heat.... Why heat, in the first place? Of course, we humans also created complex societies in reality (I mean what we generally call as such) and also make a lot of stupid stuff. Also, we just started to think of more coherent hypotheses about our (somewhat) self-conscious mind... ....and after all, maybe we are just super complex automatons (look up superdeterministic interpretations of QM experiments).

[@goroakechi6126]

So he’s Monika from DDLC, but on a muuuuuuuch longer timeframe.

[@aeronautisch]

@@Littleprinceleon "By the way, how can the creators of Matrix be so unintelligent as to use some of the least efficient sources of heat.... Why heat, in the first place?" Watch the video about Smith being The One by Matrix Explained, where it is stated that the Wachowski's originally wanted humans to be used as processors but the idea proved to be too complicated for viewers. Thus, batteries.

[@pwnn00bzorz1]

...it's Neville Longbottom.

[@kunyoruyo]

nice

[@shrimp3rjr413]

legitimate

[@MaxwellTornado]

+pwnn00bzorz1 Okay, I'm not the only one then.

[@virginiacanfield2307]

Bum, bum, buuuummmmm!

[@gbornem8634]

+pwnn00bzorz1 Nope, ser Pounce

[@gatisstrods1955]

Neo was the One, and smith was -1 , after they both died, they balanced everything

[@misterrancho6499]

but surely if you have a 1 and a -1 then it's already balanced?

[@gatisstrods1955]

+Server then what ?

[@gatisstrods1955]

+Server yeah i know 'bout deletion, but i assumed (like many) that he died at the end.

[@gatisstrods1955]

+Server yeah, i can take that as truth. Damn, Matrix trilogy needs sequels so bad..

[@rosenti]

yes, but it had to be reset.

[@kapboom_9432]

ROSES ARE RED VIOLETS ARE RED TULIPS ARE RED BUSHES ARE RED TREES ARE RED FENCES ARE RED OMFG MY GARDEN IS ON FIRE.

[@Michael_H_Nielsen]

+Kapboom _ Brilliant :)

[@NaNAmbient]

+Just Why You Feel So Violently Strange Awesome ^_^

[@kapboom_9432]

***** TF?!

[@XlXBlueManXlX]

+Kapboom _ Roses are grey Violets are grey I'm a dog

[@rdablock]

my mixtape is too

[@aidenanimations9990]

seriously a lady in the first movie freaking said: "He thinks you are the one." Neo"am I the one" lady"no"

[@wtfisthis2316]

What lady said that? The Oracle?

[@JonCollinsMedia]

Who is "lady"? 🤣

[@chesstrollol]

@@wtfisthis2316 Yes. As they are chatting in the first movie, she implies this, which seems to bring a combination of relief and disappointment to Neo. The first line in OP was talking about Morpheus, who has pinned every hope on Neo, much to Neo's dismay. Neo was asking the Oracle, "Yo, wtf is his deal yo?" It's interesting to interpret what the Oracle's "Sorry, kid" might mean. On one hand, as the audience we are clearly being tinkered with by the directors, because fundamentally we want to believe that Neo is the one, and here is this supposed all-knowing entity implying he isn't. On the other hand, I feel like it's hinted that the Oracle knows Neo has to find his One-ness for himself, and that he cannot fulfill the prophecy without finding out for himself that he is that one. After all, what is she supposed to do? Tell him "Yes, you are the one!", and let him go off and get himself killed? That's all purely in the context of the first movie, but I guess also if you think about it from the perspective of the others, there were six Ones anyway, so maybe she was just having a laugh because, "No dude, you definitely are not the ONE, you are the sixth ONE to come along as a matter of fact".

[@od4407]

@@chesstrollol she never says no, he says “I’m not the one” and she responds “Sorry Kid”....so she never says no, only that he has the gift but is waiting for something.....so please delete your entire second paragraph

[@chesstrollol]

@@od4407 Wow what a helpful and useful comment. I have updated to say "Sorry Kid" instead of "No". The intelligent reader would have figured that out anyway.

[@freedomgaming9987]

Only Smith & Neo combined are The One. Once assimilated The One destroys The Matrix. The Oracle say's "He is you, your opposite, your negative, the result of the equation trying to balance it's self out. The Architect say's "If I am the father of The Matrix she would undoubtedly be its mother." Neo is the bastard son of the Architect maintaining order over Zion and the 6th Anomaly to make it to him. (I say bastard because the humans in Zion are literally tossed out of their Pods as waste because they're now unwanted.) The Oracle also refers to Smith as a bastard. The game is the Oracles control over The Matrix & The Architects control of the Machine City & Zion. With both Neo & Smith gone the balance of power has been restored.

[@freedomgaming9987]

+Sophia Eris (HiddenTara) Sati ask the Oracle will we ever seem him (neo) again? "I suspect so, someday." This is the Wheel of Dharma - Neo will raise again just like Smith will. The Imagery of Buddhism is very evident in The Animatrix.

[@EtoThe1toTheV]

:)

[@freedomgaming9987]

+Order & Chaos Hehe I could dive deeper down the rabbit hole but I wanted people to read my comment. =)

[@freedomgaming9987]

+Juan Leonardo =)

[@freedomgaming9987]

I also would like to see MattPat cover the Theory that the end of the first Matrix is the "True Ending" as in it takes place after the 3rd film. The One now has the power to change the Matrix & show them a world without the agents policing the Matrix. Once the Matrix & Zion become unbalanced again a new Smith will be born & The Cycle of Death & Rebirth begins anew.

[@sabrinaalease]

Curious to see how well this theory holds up after the matrix 4 comes out in may of 2020

[@darkknight_8891]

2021 unfortunately...

[@thisis_lungstar]

Yeah this ought to be interesting... And now we wait.

[@sandisithebe673]

Smith is NOT the one, the video below shreds that argument m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/apzEoX9tmLmhr9U

[@Scarcrow84]

There's is definitely a reason they are making Nr 4. I'm tripping too see the symbolism.

[@CryptoChanakya]

theyre gonna ruin matyrix

[@gb1421]

They both were the one. Like the Yin and Yang, with out each others actions they wouldn't have saved humanity.

[@TheAngelaw1977]

Greg Bourquin Yes! This is symbolic of the third eye awakened in the transcendence of duality.

[@Chippyishere]

It is consistent to what the Oracle said that Smith is to unbalance the equation, so it is pretty obvious that both Neo and Smith are of the same entity with opposite nature.

[@dylanstone2045]

Greg Bourquin hey hey that makes a buttload of sense actually.

[@osman_0394]

Greg Bourquin i think neo is the one and that smith is the -one just like that ying and yang

[@BakaryD]

Angela Wendelken which creates the trinity..... holyyyyyy

[@projectunity5795]

That’s what I kept telling everyone when the movies were first out. That Morpheus, trinity, switch, all those people could do incredible things like Neo could, I mean who TAUGHT neo how to jump across those buildings, that whole “free your mind” concept wasn’t limited to just neo, I think that if you convince yourself you can’t do something (ie: only neo can do this) such as fly, etc then you won’t be able to do it because you’re restricting your code yourself. Neo was hyped up and was told he was the savior and only he could do all these crazy things and he used his mind to create the circumstances in the matrix that he wanted. However if any of those others tried and believed they could break these limits, they’d be able to. Also I found it weird how they never used those ships to fight the machines at the end of the 3rd movie, what caused the council to send the ships away?

[@PanSaltzCaballeratos]

If Smith was Mexican then he would be the Juan.

[@thefairone1816]

😂

[@Shahablo]

If he was Vietnamese he would be Tuan

[@thehuntergaming6772]

If he was german he would be Schmidt. Tell me how long it took you to understand that MCU fan

[@SarcasticGrumps]

If he was a true american he would be The Gun

[@woneezy]

I'm Juanita. I'm the Juan 🔮👑

[@sanemind143]

"Do not speak to me about the code. I was there, Morphius, 5000 years ago. I witnessed the failure of man."

[@loIipop]

Lord of the rings reference

[@Alpostpone]

Welcome to Rivendell, _Mr. Anderson._

[@nichsa8984]

@@loIipop the matrix machine AI keep conduct you treating experience

[@_Axolottie_]

lmao

[@sharkfilet]

The longest comment I've ever seen is here on this video. Guess it had to be someone somewhere.

[@513hook513]

I read the comment until he said my final point. Then I realized it was 8 more minutes of reading after scrolling down 20 more seconds

[@calaclullaalaflulla5285]

i left a long clunker in the johnny yesterday

[@jouridesantis7438]

@@513hook513 OMGG SAMMMEEE

[@jouridesantis7438]

HAHAHHAHAAHAH I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR MORE COMMENTS ON THAT

[@TheDandonian]

Well hot damn! Here's to the guy who asked him a follow up lol. The troll powers are strong with that one.

[@n00blord14]

New theory: Smith and Neo are the anomalies that make The One when combined.

[@Gorgoil313]

What? So now I have to rewatch the entire trilogy?!? Holy crap!

[@classicmail8239]

Gorgoil313 Same. It's like when you're a kid and you don't understand all the adult jokes in cartoons and then you watch it 20 years later and are like holy fuck why didn't I get that?

[@dinkmartini3236]

Well, you can try. But let's not fool ourselves. About 20 minutes into that second one, you'll start checking your watch and skipping to the martial arts and shoot-em-ups. This theory changes nothing. NOTHING I SAY!!!

[@Mr_Penguins_Pet_Human]

Yep, me too now!

[@Fleato]

I mean. You should anyway.

[@gusramos7928]

So Neo was not the one, it was Agent Smith... Luke wasn´t the chosen one because Darth Vader killed The Emperor Frodo didn´t destroy the ring, it was Gollum, so Gollum is the chosen one Harry Potter isn´t the chosen one (sorta) Emmet from The Lego Movie was not the chosen one it was Lord Business... I will no longer believe in the main character as the chosen one again!!!!

[@nazarenogonzalez5614]

or maybe most of the theorys are bullshit...

[@wereheald2100]

+Alan Smithee But Emmet is the reason for that epiphany so he is in fact 'the one'.

[@chewie4565]

+Gus Ramos Of course Luke wasn't the chosen one, nobody ever said he was. Everyone always referred to Anakin as the chosen one.

[@ApexGale]

Harry is the chosen one. Him and neville were the two candidates and ultimately voldemort chose harry.

[@WileyBoxx]

+Gus Ramos who said luke was the chosen one

[@CreepsMcPasta]

What next? Harry Potter ISN'T the chosen one?? I'm kidding, this episode was great ~

[@evil_wizard76]

lol

[@shrimp3rjr413]

he has actually done that

[@animekid9554]

that was already done! haha

[@simplyepic1234]

Well actually he kinda already did a video on that ;)

[@iBlackMamba12]

+CreepsMcPasta he already did that lol!

[@quitthecleanersradio9201]

Can we all agree how great of an actor Keanu Reeves is from “Hard Ball” to “John Wick” and of course “Matrix”

[@darkop861]

Really?! No mention of 'Speed', 'Devil's Advocate','Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure' and 'Constantine'?!

[@davidscott4045]

He's certainly good at playing Keanu

[@EdgeOf1996]

The monitor in the architects room clearly show Neo in his earlier versions. Meaning Neo was born in the matrix and he is the anomaly hence why he keeps coming back. Him changing the matrix is like Morpheus demonstrated in the simulation, it's not physically changing things. But breaking things like physics. Something a logic bound computer can't do. So when he flies or stops bullets in mid air he is breaking (changing) the system. But as far as the end.... Idk. These are very solid reasons for smith. But that doesn't count out Neo. And it doesn't explain why he has the powers he does. I think perhaps "The One" represents them both. When the oracle says "he is everything you aren't" they are polar opposites, but in that they are part of the same puzzle. Like yin and yang. I think they are both two halves of "The One" But that's just a theory.

[@helios5868]

+EdgeOf1996 A FILM THEORY! THANKS FOR TYPING! ...but in all seriousness, as Matpat commented on, the Wachowskis were influenced by Kung Fu movies so this is a really likely explanation.

[@dragoliched1977]

+EdgeOf1996 I got to admit, that was my theory when I first saw the trilogy. While people arguing either side make good points, them both being the one makes sense. Especially since the Oracle makes it sound like their both the same person split in two.

[@wanaan]

+Dragoliched Damakos And it doesn't get much more literal than both Smith and Neo repeatedly enterring, copying and overwriting eachother. Queue hidden homosexual interxourse metaphor.

[@Atariese]

+EdgeOf1996 im not here to argue... but an observation i had the first time thru that was shot down by people beliveing the first line of your comment. if we are watching the 6th one... why are we not looking at 5 moniters? These arent the same thing over and over again... and slowly during the conversation the neo's on the video respond in a similar fashion. to at the very last pert... they all mirror neo's actions and quietly turn and walk towards the door that only neo made. Not the choice that the other 5 have made. I don't think this is the other neo's... i think this is is the architect's view of the conversation. Think of it liek a program... there are many different results that can happen at any given point in time... you prompt a question, what is the likelihood of a given response. "whats 1+1?" you may end up with "2" or "7" or "potato" he is simply going thru the conversation, learning, and throwing out the variables in order to understand who it is he is talking to. The obvous question was prompted immediately, and the obvious question is mirrored with all the other monitors. Then the scene shows drastically different monitors untill neo says the word "choice" and the architect understood what page neo was on. Remember when neo says "Bull#@$%" the monitors all respond in kind... but they all respond differently, reacting in different severity. In short, the monitors show the variables that neo could chose to do in the conversation. But this is also why this movie is so good... that these debates can happen well after the movie is out of the relm of "SPOILERZ OMGZ"

[@SetoShadowVT]

+EdgeOf1996 That could have been all part of the lie, like Matpat said and the first film showed. Neo was born outside of the Matrix, sure their are reincarnations which the tvs "showed" but did you notice how many Neos were their? Too many in the TVs in the Architect's room when their have been 5 previous versions of The Matrix till the one Neo was Born on. Since it was the Architect he could have been showing a shit ton of Neo's split mixed feelings all at once with each sentence. While "Physical" Neo wasn't speaking a majority of Neo's did and even if Neo was born in the Matrix at one point like Smith he would have learned The Master plan and rebelled and Neo wouldn't have been so shocked at what The Architect said. Also consider Neo KNEW the moment he killed one Smith by going inside him that threw his computer code Neo learned the Truth as well which was why "Physical" Neo wasn't surprised at The Architect's speech but his mind in a lot of ways was. Its like learning the Truth of a big plot point of a book or game or movie...or anything really. Your excited about a reveal but at the same time question it and ask many other questions in your mind.

[@realtalk4689]

That was fascinating and convincing. It has bought a sense of finality to the film to which i have yet to feel untill now. That trilogy should win film of the decade. Good job.

[@alexl1178]

Agreed. These theories give us a sense of closure, however theoretical they may be.

[@Kernow80]

real talk - having just watched the trilogy again ..this has been both facinating and convincing. lol..makes me want to watch them again already but this time wearing agent sunglasses to go with my new perpective :)

[@Toki420]

i agree this video is great and makes sense.But film of the decade I think NOT it could have been film/trilogy of the decade if the WACHOWSKIS didn't royally fuck up the 2nd movie and completely destroy the third.

[@alphadelta2954]

Opinions...

[@michaelanetsberger9505]

They weren't that bad....ehh gottta love the hater bandwagon, the one in which people hop on to avoid having to make their own opinion about sometihng,

[@joshuaprieto4795]

This theory is actually on point

[@Jay_Hammer]

Joshua Prieto cool

[@soultiger267]

I Agree

[@Traumglanz]

When you ignore the movies and the simple fact that Neo came to bargain. ;-)

[@TheWormzerjr]

You are the one, but you lack faith. click my name part 8

[@hypernoxious]

I love linkin park :)

[@oliviamoore3426]

One in Spanish is uno, since smith is unwittingly the one, does that mean he’s playing the reverse uno card?

[@abeehausman5067]

Olivia Moore :0

[@jishnujetwani538]

.

[@DjSselim]

yes and I am the one:)

[@anneblueberry5686]

omg hahah

[@HIPHOPANTIFA]

si

[@luckyakazombie]

First time I regret pressing "read more"

[@justmoody5797]

i saw your comment i was like what could happen and then i pressed and reloaded the page as soon as i saw the scrolling bar

[@GodOfDestructionVegeta27]

😂😂😂

[@tsdekielsellers2766]

spie killer 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tsdekielsellers2766]

spie killer dude put a whole book on his comment

[@pamelagaskin2924]

Buhahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣 for reals!!!!

[@Lunar_Blacksmith]

My questions are still: how does Neo have those powers still? Power of suggestion was so strong he learned to free his mind more than anyone else? Also, how does he use powers outside the Matrix? (I still like the theory that even Zion was in another Matrix)

[@sonicblade200]

Remember the kids that were with the oracle, they have the power to bend the matrix to their will as well. They explained Neo the logic behind doing. They pretty much suggested that anyone could do what they were doing they if their minds could fully understand what was really happening. "Do not try to bend the spoon, that's impossible. You must first realize that there is no spoon." The real difficulty of it is probably just convince your mind that the matrix isn't real when all senses perceive it as real, like when people get scared when watching a scary movie. The oracle was mostly gambling on Neo figuring it out.

[@ShivPlush]

+Katie Wahl The explanation that I heard a long time ago for his powers working outside the Matrix was that there was always a sort of secondary program built in, that was essentially a person chosen at random who could operate both in and outside of the Matrix while still connected to the system. I don't remember 100% of the explanation but it seemed pretty convincing.

[@MontySlython]

+Katie Wahl as +sonicblade200 said everyone can do what Neo does its just that Neo is a lot more attuned to it.

[@YumLemmingKebabs]

+Katie Wahl The only reasonable explanation I can think of or have heard for why Neo has his powers outside the Matrix is that the so called real world is actually just another layer of the Matrix. The idea I heard was that The Real World is actually a simulation being run by AI programmers to test Artificial General Intelligence they're developing to make sure they don't want to destroy humanity.

[@FredrickTesla]

+Katie Wahl In order to understand how and why Neo can do his matrix magic, you have to understand how computer systems work, and kind of how they would think. Computers see humans as programs, and Neo essentially is a program that has admin access. As 'the one' designated by the system, he has all the rights and privileges granted to machine programs that are allowed into the matrix, he just isn't told what those rights are. Since he doesn't know, he kind of has to find them out himself, thus he learns to fly, to enter programs and destroy them, and be generally invincible cause he tries it out. Also, he sees the code of the matrix while he's in it, much like the machines. When you give programs high end permissions like that, it's system wide though. That is why he can go against the matrix's rules, even to the point of destroying other processes created by other admin programs (agents, the merovingian's thugs.) Now if you take into account that the machine programs in the matrix are not simply functions of the matrix, but fully developed A.I. beings that simply go into the matrix to operate (Merovingian, Ghost twins, the Train Man) and may sometimes leave it, that means the permissions granted to Neo are granted by the same systems that allow the AIs to live, not just the ones that make up the Matrix. So in effect, even when he's outside the matrix, those same systems are controlling the Sentinels, and Neo still has admin rights on them too. Now, how he's able to send the signal to them in the real world, that's still completely unexplained, dude didn't seem to have a wi-fi antenna sticking out of him last time I watched.

[@clairemadeinheaven]

what Reloaded had bad CGI?! how old are you? that movie came out in 2003, and the cgi was actually amazing for its time. compare it to other 2003 movies, or read reviews from that time period. nobody complained about the cgi

[@RowanJColeman]

+Arkansause Peninsuli-Mapledoryme Well that's difficult to judge because the movies were accomplishing very different tasks with their VFX work. Lord of the Rings was creating creatures, environments, armies etc. The Matrix on the other hand did a lot of work trying to replicate real living people which is a far more difficult task. We know how other people move and how their faces look so anything off sticks out. But how an Orc or Olyphaunt moves is completely made up. Both movies have incredible CGI, but both of them have also been surpassed by what we can do today.

[@1SaG]

+Bre Fujimoto The Agent-Smith fight was mocked even back when Reloaded first came out. I remember people laughing at that sequence when I watched the film in the theater. At the very least, it was overambitious in its execution. CG just wasn't ready to render people/faces in close ups or even medium shots at the time. Heck, even the digital Arnold from Terminator Genisys suffers from the "uncanny valley" effect.

[@DanielRichards644]

+Bre Fujimoto I remember thinking how BAD the CGI was when I watched that scene the first time back then IN THEATERS, hell it was the same quality of CGI people you got from the TV SHOW Enterprise which is from the same time period.

[@fullmetalnolatheboot2854]

I will fly with you

[@minority86]

AGREED

[@ILY1273]

Adolescence is being attracted to Neo. Adulthood is being attracted to Agent Smith...

[@djturbofiwip2137]

how'd you come up with that account name

[@ILY1273]

@@djturbofiwip2137 A little ol’ anime by the name of Hetalia.~

[@twoguysonebutt]

More like as a Teenager you're into Neo, Young Adult you like Agent Smith more.. Adulthood... You either like both or none hahahaha

[@B0GlES]

urh, ive been lied to all this time?! you'll be telling me next that Simba isn't really the Lion King...

[@MrShockzine]

+Go Bogies Go it's really scar... he was the one lying.

[@B0GlES]

MrShockzine ....fffffffuuuuuuuck

[@Pugpono]

+MrShockzine The one "Lion-ing" lol 😂

[@wojak-sensei6424]

+Go Bogies Go Or if goku wasn't a saiyan or...anything that seems to be offending

[@MarkShawakage]

+Go Bogies Go the guys on cracked.com did that one already. Scar is secretly the good guy in Lion king. He's the one who doesn't follow the role that was given to him. He breaks all the social protocols.

[@lapindurand778]

The Oracle saw Trinity and was like: "i'm gonna tell her she's gonna be in love with the one, that's gonna be fun"

[@emmawatts7875]

+Wilko1991 hahaha

[@hipera]

The chosen one is Trinity , Whomever she choose to love, that's the one.

[@lapindurand778]

... I'd love to see a movie where she falls in love with Smith^^

[@VegaChastain]

This is how I feel about this whole franchise - would our world have become so controlled and shitty if this movie had never been made? If the idea of this menacing, shadow authority had not been presented, we may never have seen it, but what if it couldn't exist without us believing in its possibility??? ugh

[@artier6676]

Your other theory says the “real world” is also the matrix. So yes NEO was born in the matrix. So the story of the one doesn’t really matter anyway, as it’s just a way to pacify the 1% who reject the matrix.

[@Nova-tu9xi]

@Shahrzad Mirzaagha When talking of the "1%" in Matrix, it talks about the humans living in the matrix. The 1% are the people that reject the Matrix and figured out it's not real. That's all. Machines created the matrix and there are no % involved in that.

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

Shahrzad Mirzaagha Ok boomer

[@nichsa8984]

@@Nova-tu9xi that mean people people no wanted to join the architect to create perfect universe paradise utopian fantasy heaven

[@jesse1926]

I mean just because he was born in the matrix doesn’t mean agent smith isn’t the one

[@spookyscarysteve]

Not all Mattpatt’s theories have to be connected.

[@electrixfyingipod6206]

That makes sense for the Oracle to send morpheus to chase the rabbit of finding the “one”. It wasn’t about finding the person to save the matrix but to find the “one” powerful enough to make the true one to destroy the matrix.

[@CreepyHandedMan]

One could argue that the reason Smith explodes at the end of the 3rd movie is because by assimilating Neo, he also assimilates Neo's code. The matrix is green, love is often symbolized with fire in the movie. How does Neo see the machines once he's blind ? Yellow. He loves the machines and learns that the machines also love humans, he understands that there must be peace, osmosis between humanity and the machines. And by implanting this sparkle of love and hope into Smith which infected the entirety of the matrix, it reloads it completely. Making Neo the actual one. There's no final answer to this because the Wachovski never wanted it. You can analyse the movie whichever way you want, it'll somehow fit your point of view. This is why the first movie is genius, but the TRILOGY is a masterpiece.

[@AXharoth]

machines destroyed smith

[@steverempel8584]

I have another Matrix theory: Humans aren't kept alive because they are a power source, that's completely stupid, and nobody in the movies should have ever bought that lie. Humans are primarily kept alive because humans have complexities that the machines don't and the machines don't want to throw humans away, just imprison us. Their matrix is both a prison to contain us, and a system for the machines to use our brains as processors, to add computing powers to their systems, they might have even become fairly reliant on our processing powers. If we are a power source the machines rely on, it is a computational power source, and not an electrical one. They also use our body heat to partially power this system, to offset the energy costs. The machine's main source of power is actually nuclear fusion. When Morpheus told the story in the first matrix he made the fusion power seem to be the secondary source of power. I shouldn't have to tell everyone that using a human's own body heat to not only keep him alive, but power other things, doesn't make any sense. Any food obtained by liquefying the dead wouldn't provide any significant energy, that would be like expecting to keep someone alive by feeding them a full pig worth of meat, and nothing else, for their entire lifetime. All the energy we get from our food ultimately comes from the sun, whether we eat plants, or animals that eat other plants. The machines could synthesis this food, but that would require energy to do that. Energy they probably get from nuclear fusion power, their real energy source. Space solar power, and geothermal power are also very doable for the machines, and much better than human power.

[@Welverin]

+Steve Rempel No, that's the reason. It is stupid in real life, but it is like FTL, completely unrealistic, but a part of the setting you have to suspend your disbelief and accept.

[@stoppi89]

+Steve Rempel Great theory. Always boggled me, the whole "human energy harvesting" thing. But with your theory, it does not matter which one is "intended/real". Interchanging them doesn't change the setting, nor the plot, so either one is fine. One is fancy and explained in the movie. The other one is realistic and explained by you. gj

[@Axolotl_Mischief]

A more important thing to point out, would be how can humans even exist on a planet without hospitable atmosphere? The sun has been taken out of the equation, there is no photosynthesis, so technically there should be NO organic life on Earth, save for aenerobic bacteria. The machines don't simply use humanity for a power source alone. There is more to it than people batteries. It is a bondage issue, the same way people are dependant on technology, the machines couldn't just wipe everyone out. This was the thought that went through my mind back in 99 as I sat in the theater enjoying my favorite sci-fi movie. I think PKD would have enjoyed the Matrix, and that's enough for me. Still better than that classic snore fest Enders Game...a great story told through painfully dull writing.

[@GrayFox102]

+Steve Rempel I thought this was well known by fans that the original Wachowski script contained this instead of the whole energy BS. I would go further and say human brains were used for its creative power, its ability to solve novel problems, etc the likes of which an AI could never attain. What would have been interesting is if humans never dream until their plugged into the matrix a sign of our brains being used by the machines for creative tasks. hmm

[@SoSoKayla]

+Atom Manhattan Hospitable atmosphere is achievable within sealed environments, even in the vacuum of space. Astronauts existed perfectly fine while walking on the moon despite it having no atmosphere capable of sustaining life. Also, photosynthesis can occur through the use of artificial light, removing the need of any energy from the sun to sustain plant life. How do you think people grow marijuana in their basements?

[@PhazonEnder]

I can't wait for MatPat's epic crossover theory where he explains how John Wick, Bill & Ted, and Cyber Punk 2077, are actually taking place within The Matrix.

[@shlokshah5379]

Just look at the gliches it's clear that it's a Matrix 😂

[@mementoscuderia833]

This aged like fine champagne.

[@retroflour]

hey in the final fight in the matrix revolutions, didn't they land outside a building which looks exactly like the continental after smith rock lee'd neo?

[@williamkirkland2222]

just different interations. lol

[@musgodness]

John wick is Neo, who is Gaster, who is Sans

[@sarahpoisel6734]

Neo: 😂 I’m the one ☝️😂 Master code: naw your a rounding error. Neo: noooooo

[@galelululu]

HOW MANY THE ONES ARE THERE AND HOW MANY ARENT ACTUALLY THE ONE

[@Rob-sf4xy]

The anser is infinte of one person or GARY GARY

[@GonnaDieNever]

+N3lag Probably as many as there are 0's

[@MrSinjoy]

+Roberto Marú Gary?

[@TheMasterQuests]

+N3lag All of them

[@TemmiePlays]

Morpheous tells Neo, there was more ppl able to do same things as Neo. Smith, on the otherhand, was able to absorb, multitply himself, and "be" that person... like he did to the Oracle. That is breaking code, i think. Smith makes more sense as the one

[@rockpaperscissors8893]

The Oracle had told Neo that he was not the chosen one but later that movie Morpheus said "She told you what you need to hear."

[@passioncramps]

Doesnt that add to the theory? The oracle told everyone what they needed to hear for the events to play out like they did hence the 'dangerous game.' Telling humans Neo is the one gives both sides a false flag while Smith unknowingly fulfills the prophecy.

[@coryenglish4392]

Chris Bosward I'd like to hit like on your comment more than once, nice.

[@imaMickeysman]

Cory English Without Neo none of that shit would have happened, Smith adapted because of NEO blowing his shit up imprinting his code on him and allowing him to change shit, Neo went to the machine world, Neo jacked himself into the source, Neo held the anomaly code to reset the Matrix. Neo sacrificed himself. SMITH AND NEO ARE THE ONE. Opposite sides if the same coin.

[@imaMickeysman]

Without Neo Smith would have killed the people and machines , NEO SAVED BOTH

[@SecretSensei0]

That REAL Question is..... "What was in that Cookie?!!!".... Everything weird started happening... RIGHT after he at that cookie... What if the cookie was a change in his code... that gave him simulated powers of the ONE... What if it was her way of infecting Smith... because whatever program that NEO ate (from the cookie) infected Smith at the end of the first movie... Think about it... NEO didn't intentionally turn Smith into a Rogue... something had to insert the virus... Neo was just a Carrier...

[@immortalpirate]

I like it

[@geebster.]

What if...there were raisins in it

[@helios7170]

Good idea.

[@Niobesnuppa]

Or what if... the cookie contained LSD and the entire trilogy was just a bad drug trip?

[@robertdupuis8731]

Neo shows his potential abilities before meeting the Oracle, when fighting Morpheus after his training.

[@Rerickthered]

anyone here in 2024?

[@kadeembailey00]

Me!!!!!

[@jonathangrant480]

​@@kadeembailey00me too

[@cdeeznuts1999]

me ‘,:)

[@craigford33]

What’s good

[@Whitesquall123]

Just arrived

[@chrisdooley6468]

I just realized Neo is an anagram for One . I've only seen it a million times:/

[@Trainwheel_Time]

Don't feel bad... same here...

[@alexanderthered5603]

If it makes ya feel better, I didn't realize Palpatine was Lord Sidious until I read the ROTS novelization. It happens.

[@DevilMaster]

***** OMG PALPATINE WAS LORD SIDIOUS??? :-O (ha ha, just kidding :-D )

[@chrisdooley6468]

Holy shit you're kidding right? I didn't know that about Palpatine either lol. You're blowing my mind for the second time in days :/

[@alexanderthered5603]

Haven't seen Revenge of the Sith? ... Well honestly, I don't blame ya lol. Sorry for the spoilers.

[@dend1]

Now we know what smith was laughing over when absorbed the Oracle. The absurdity that he, smith, was the one all along

[@levelupprotocol]

DEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@halpreme009]

👀

[@MetaSynForYourSoul]

Matt, I have to say that while your theory is "sound", I have to say that my uncle actually came up with this theory after viewing the first Matrix. In the scene where he was interrogating Morpheus, the other 2 agents come in and ask what he was doing and one says the phrase "He doesn't know..." My uncle surmised that they were saying that he didn't know that he was actually as special as Neo, or even in fact the "one" himself. I'm just surprised that all these years later, he's actually vindicated.

[@sadsore]

I'm pretty sure the "he doesn't know" line is in reference to the incoming badass rescue mission - as Smith taking out his earpiece would leave him clueless to the attack.

[@thewaever78]

+deathskilledreaper It's not "sound." The movies are clear that the program called the Oracle was manipulating the humans to create Ones. That includes the fictional prophecy she made up. The prophecy was a lie. This theory fails because it is built on a flawed premise.

[@voxorox]

+thewaever78 No, she was manipulating *something* to create them. There is nothing stating they had to originate from human minds. All of those kids in her apartment could have been test programs, or alternate copies, backup copies, or just about anything else. We know that programs can hack into and overwrite a human mind, so there's not even anything that guarantees Neo was fully human. He could easily be a specially-designed program implanted into a human host, programmed to think it's human, with a specific set of intended objectives. Another point that would support Smith being the One is that when not in the Matrix, Neo can not be shielded or protected by the system to do the job he's intended for. He could easily trip and fall over the railing in Zion and be killed, or be on a ship destroyed by sentinals, and there's all that work gone. That's a huge risk to take. Better to keep the real solution inside the Matrix, and only let a replaceable trigger mechanism go outside of it.

[@MetaSynForYourSoul]

sadsore I know that in the context of the movie that seems the most plausible, I'm just stating one of my uncle's reason behind him espousing the theory right after we left seeing The Matrix in theaters. He came up with it on the spot and sited all this supporting evidence from the movie on the ride home, which, to be honest, is kind of amazing.

[@kipobenauf4434]

+voxorox Remember the two programs that had the child program they were trying to move away to safety at the train station? Maybe the other children in the Oracle's waiting room were offspring of other programs.

[@Alex-mq6qi]

That explains why one of Smith's final lines is "it's not fair". He has sentience, he thought he had won, but he didn't realize Neo was plugged in. Smith knew he was The One in the end and he believed himself powerful enough to beat both Matrix and humanity alike

[@iampyre2016]

I believe that Neo and Smith were equal and opposites. I believe that was even stated by a character in the movie, they both shared similar coding. Neo was a catalyst to Smiths actions, and Smith played a catalyst to Neos actions. They both seem to be the one.

[@fanoffandoms5910]

😮🙂😃😄Thank You!!!😄 Finally!! Someone gets it! Thank you!😄

[@bowens9211]

Nah people think he's badass only because of his looks lol its so obvious. If her were fat nobody would think so lol

[@angelisbored848]

i believe in God

[@fanoffandoms5910]

+Angel Rodriguez Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.

[@dlhughley8017]

It was the Oracle who said it, but Neo and Smith do not combine to equal 1... remember she said Smith was Neo's opposite, his negative, so one is +1 and the other is -1 making -1 added to the remainder +1 yielding the balanced equation. 1 - 1 + Balanced Equation = Balanced Equation

[@stoenchu122]

Your life will never be the same after this....

[@AwesomeBlackDude]

I has always been wonder about the one's actually being Mr.Smith. Great to know I'm not the only one. Now back to figuring out how the Saturn 5 went around the 3 Van Allen Belts which journey to the Moon. Wasn't Nixon in office at that time? Hmmm...

[@nichsa8984]

@@AwesomeBlackDude he just a progam A.I agent refuse updating software

[@yneshAshanti]

Lord Elrond was never a fan of man, to be fair.

[@ryancroy]

Neither was the Red Skull.

[@screwthenet]

Yes he was, he was part human and worked frequently with them and dwarves. But like anyone that gets remotely that old, hes crotchety as hell. Plus Though Tolkien was the progenitor for modern fantasy as its been for the last 80 years he was a tad racist with it. Waaaay too much across the board of the genre lol *smfh *

[@davidhatcher7016]

true

[@connarbott]

That why wonder wonder had to do man's work again kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnummJiFdrCLr8k

[@Mhats]

is he a fan of digital avatars?

[@benkirk6880]

Absolutely fantastic! I just found your channel and I gotta say the theories made me feel like I didn’t totally waste my time on the sequels and these short videos are more entertaining to be sure

[@hjaltenielsen7566]

To the stuff about why the Oracle would lie; "What did she tell you?" "Exactly what i needed to hear". So maybe the reason the Oracle would be lying, isn't to gain personally, but to grant her listeners what they really wanted, to end the war.

[@lexterslife]

When I was younger, my dad let me watch The Matrix, I did my opinion writing on it in fourth grade, when my teacher read it, she laughed hysterically, because I had a category all about Keanu Reeves

[@SovietEquestria]

Rule #1 of Film Theory: The chosen on is never the real chosen one.

[@thepineappleappolis7253]

+LonelyFanaticN ya XD

[@Aristocratic13]

Rule #2... Nobody talks about Fight Club

[@ivanova2505]

+The Black Owen Grady about what?

+The Black Owen Grady, you can't teach the rules without breaking them

[@Aristocratic13]

Arturo Torres Sánchez Mind-blown

[@wrathandflame3987]

When he said that Agent Smith was there back when the first matrix existed I couldn't help myself think of Elrond saying "I was there 3000 years ago" to Gandalf😂😂😂

[@likilovesmc8514]

I showed this to my dad and I think he’s broken

[@nanithehusky3544]

Hahahahahhahahah

[@exgrzy]

I was thinking about doing it but idk

[@elg3cko]

Neo is the zero, Smith is the one.

[@austinbaker8042]

+Azel And when Smith wins a fight against Neo...One divided by zero...1/0...the Matrix collapses.

[@SpydersByte]

+Austin Baker Oh snap, I think you and Azel just made more sense than the entire video :P

[@lunaangeleclipse9745]

+Azel I see what you did there, with the binary! ;D

[@mrwii97]

+Azel Ones and Zero ;)

[@fishi4296]

+Crushingon shut the fuck up smithy boy is the one and we all know it and he is a better actor anyway

[@DocWolph]

Thanks a lot... now I want to watch the Matrix trilogy again...

[@adamcummings20]

+DocWolph maybe just the first one...

[@TheKeyser94]

+Conveniently Placed Goat Yeah, the sequels would burn your stupid and lazy brain.

[@adamcummings20]

TheKeyser94 And the second one. Not compromising on the third. It's just awful. And I'm not stupid and lazy. At least not for my age.

[@TheKeyser94]

Conveniently Placed Goat I never consider myself a hardcore fans, and never the less, when the sequels come out, I read every article that come to the philosophy of the Matrix, everyone, in the old official site (that I think that exist any-more), but you don't seems the type of people that make that kind of effort.

[@adamcummings20]

TheKeyser94 I agree. I am lazy. Or maybe just a little sane. I'm not really a fan of deeply philosophical things but liked the Matrix because it questions reality and stuff.

[@TheHowingFantods]

Ah this is a spectacular theory-you've reignited my obsession with The Matrix films!

[@benjaminbyham7839]

What if I Told you You could have taken both Pills.

[@Aristocratic13]

I took the blue pill once, ended down a rabbit hole in court 15 days later......helluva night at Vegas that was

[@Helvedear]

Sounds like the craziest overdose

[@ryokuhasu9699]

+Wow Elijah Doesn't give a damn No, an overdose would get you in a 6 foot hole.

[@Helvedear]

Ryoko that's exactly what would happen if you took both open reality and the opposite pill at the same time, you'd die...

[@aquagirl555]

+Benjamin “CHUGGADILO PRIEST” Byham wow that is weird, just before I looked at the comments and started watching the video I was thinking that I would have taken both pills. weird.

[@jbot91]

My real question is how Morpheus gets those glasses to stay on.

[@golfbum90]

They actually clip onto the nose and are very sturdy

[@jbot91]

@@siomhagormley so he glues then on every time he wears them?

[@jbot91]

@@siomhagormley hehe. Taking them off must be painful. I wonder if it's worth it 😎

[@perro79]

They are part of his head.

[@HDcompany_]

with his mind.

[@SunBunz]

My theory that the first _true_ One (meaning the first to truly wake himself without being reached out by the others outside The Matrix) was Dan Davis-the runner in The Animatrix short, “World Record.” He didn’t successfully escape per se, but he _did_ break through the binds of his prison by running so fast and intensely he literally woke himself up and learned the truth by accident, waking up inside his pod, felt his real body and saw reality for the first time. Then moments after Dan woke up, the Agents panicked and had the machines electrocute him in an attempt to fry his brain and erase his memory before they jacked Dan back into The Matrix-rendering him paralyzed and appeared to be brain dead. As a result, the Agents had to upgrade The Matrix programming dramatically, to avoid humans being able to escape without a designated “exit” only possible by hacking. It could be that it wasn’t for Dan, the others couldn’t find a way out on their own. He may have been the first! He eventually did gain back his ability to speak and said, “Free...” The ending is ambiguous-but I believe he could’ve told someone, even just the nurse about what he saw, which made others starting to doubt about their reality, and wanting to see the true world that Dan saw, because of what he achieved and saw-he set himself free all by himself. No other prisoner of The Matrix had done that.

[@CAESER226]

What an amazing job the editor did. That´s worthy a sub

[@ALEN1ful]

I actually liked the whole trilogy. Not sure why so many people disliked the second and third movie.

[@B20C0]

Oh that is just because they were bullshit, not much more.

[@ALEN1ful]

lol oh yeah now i get it.

[@TheSuicidalTeddybear]

Muddled plots, bad acting, confusing writing, too much CG and waaaaaay too much symbolism

[@ALEN1ful]

Yeah thats understandable. I guess its like the starwars prequals. I know they are crap but i still like them.

[@masonvest9119]

the first movie awesome the second alight but the third was drew out that battle way to long

[@SuperKamiGuru-i3c]

Neo could defy physics in the Matrix, Smith could corrupt the Matrix into a stormy nightmare, but only Sati the little girl seemed to be able to remake the Matrix as she sees fit, as shown at the end of the third movie when she changes the sky.

[@saphironkindris]

+arkayen666123 the one for generation 7 of the matrix perhaps?

[@nikt12]

+arkayen666123 to the top with you

[@SuperKamiGuru-i3c]

saphironkindris The actual answer is "an idea the Watchowski's had but then forgot about" but I'd like to think she was something stronger than the one.

[@BD-fi5wy]

you have a better case than mat pat but she is simply another advanced AI. :)

[@nikt12]

+nik t tho i think she's just another program. and she has the permissions to do that

[@kizarguevara7013]

*pauses video 30 seconds in *lights blunt

[@nonnieJ94]

Kizar Guevara facts 😭😭

[@Chrisratata]

Why

[@arexino4u]

Word

[@joshuahh5782]

*FBI* OPEN UP

[@StormOfDarkness67]

ah the One. The multiple One.

[@FreethoughtFarmEnthusiast]

The comments saying that Neo and Smith are both The One to balance each other like two halves of an equation is really convincing (or actually cannon). If Neo was similar to a reincarnation of The One that was born in the first version of the matrix, and Smith was reborn as a rogue program then they're already quite similar, at least in terms of birth and rebirth.

[@ERICROJO156]

Theory is close, but not quite accurate. Neo is the one in the first movie, but unintentionally shared parts of himself into Smith. So in the rest of the movies, they are both the one. At the last movie, the matrix could only be reloaded when the full code was joined into neo's body and therefore to the source (ie. When neo turned into Smith)

[@donutboi467]

True

[@justsomenerd8925]

Nope, gay theory.

[@veysky4008]

Fuck You your username

[@maciekx10]

Since there is no official statement for this I see the video and your comment as theories on the same level. That being said my head cannon will go with the video because it is a few million times more interesting.

[@lucslash7179]

best

[@Adactylous]

so much logic.. you CANNOT argue with this.. holy shit

[@MrVagif1]

+aDactylous Actually after reading some of the comments you can. The channels owner even admitted that this video was wrong

[@Adactylous]

+Dongerino Pasterino really :/ gotta do some more reading it seems

[@MrVagif1]

aDactylous There isnt one answer to thi movie. There are alot, and none is false. Its how you want to interpret it

[@Adactylous]

Well, I completely agree and support this theory because i am able to actually comprehend what he's talking about and to me it actually makes sense. How do u interpret it?

[@MrVagif1]

aDactylous I dont have my own interpretation actually, mostly because i watched this movie years ago. I will watch it again soon

[@ChadWithaJ]

Sounds like there's the TWO. Both Smith and Neo.

[@ChadWithaJ]

+ChadWithaJ Or just Two ONE's haha, however you'd like to put it :)

[@RumbleHD]

like 3.14?

[@AntagonistInPhoenix]

+AnddoGX HOLY SHIT

[@Wayofthegamer7]

+ChadWithaJ You mean 10? (2 in binary)

[@corrinflakes9659]

So that means Smith is an anagram (or whatever it's called) of Two as in the second, no wait... it's not.

[@emesar5233]

When I first saw the the Movie, I couldn't help but notice that Smith called the Oracle, "Mum." This got me thinking that Smith was some how going to defend his Right as, "The One" of the Matrix. Such good acting from Hugo Weaving.

[@jeroenmorhen]

For my theory (sorry for the bad english) : You are seeing this with a binary mind, the oracle said it : Smith and Neo are the 2 sides of the same coin ! It's the Chinese Tao, they needed to be reunited to create balance and then harmony.

[@halidabera]

You said it!!! ☯️

[@dave14647]

Dang Matt. This was really good it made the sequels way better

[@thanatoskw8285]

Let's not go crazy here. They're still garbage. They were always garbage for reasons that went way beyond just the story, and the story is the only aspect this theory fixes.

[@hermes0623]

He completely ignored the prophecy while using it as a qualifier to dismiss neo.. Smh. It said he was born in the matrix AND died.... Then was REBORN. Neo wasn't born in the matrix and didn't need to be because he was reborn

[@timelordsleep]

Don't give him any credit for this that Siri is from people discussing on The Matrix forums years ago and the Matrix mmo forum as well

[@happygraveart]

If you would have watched the directors Dvd commentary you would have found out that Neo is and is not the one and smith is and is not the one. They are both halfs of the yin yang energies and when Smith finally assimilates Neo at the end of the boss fight in the third movie they together become "the one."

[@spacecodes2]

Justin Aerni wow that does make more sense. especially given that the directors are explaining what's going on.

[@brianmerritt5410]

That's how I interpreted it.

[@jakubkalian3325]

Yeah, its look good, but ! When Neo jump to Agent Smith, they become to one. So ? How that fits into your theory ?

[@Shadows00001]

but back then neo wasn't plugged in to the source

[@tatltails3923]

Perhaps the ending of the first movie was both of their 'rebirths'?

[@fearlesssoldierfromgod4395]

I can say this. Neo wasn’t born in Matrix but he did stuff like the agents did. If he’s not the one this is proof, how could he stop the bullets and got back up after death, saved trinity from death?

[@MGKiryu]

you should do an episode on gravity falls

[@JHoxtell]

You stole my idea

[@streetlightalchemist5948]

Fuck you

[@JHoxtell]

jakealvarez913 admit that you stole my idea!

[@OgunTheShogun]

that episode would be an hour long

[@jacob1851]

Really, Jason? You're mad because he apparently "Stole your idea"? Quit whining

[@darcraven01]

first of all, the "being born in the matrix" is part of back story for the original "One".. neo would be the 6th reincarnation of the "one". and to that point, neo was originally not born in it, but was also not originally the one.. when he died and was reborn, that was when he became the one. The oracle originally that neo was not the one.. "not yet, anyways", and then she also said something about him "having the gift" but something was missing.. then he died and was reborn.. "born in the matrix" although... with you're second video about the "real world" being apart of the matrix, that would mean that Neo would have been born within the matrix to begin with, making this whole point invalid on both sides... *shrugs* the only thing that would make sense for this theory would be that Neo is the One, but the code that he had that needed put back into the source was moved into into agent smith, which caused his "corruption" turning him into the virus. without that instance, agent smith would never have been able to change the matrix.

[@eleckson]

+darcraven01 Seriously, the new video is contradictory.

[@linusbaker5963]

+Morgan_Fucking_Freeman Didn't Mat admit that in his new video? That he made a couple mistakes with this theory? I'm kind of a moron, though, so I don't know.

[@darcraven01]

Linus Baker honestly dont remember... wasn't paying 100% attention to every word in his videos (i often end having to rewatch them as im writting commens.. lol) but yeah, as it stands, the only way i could see this theory working is that both neo and agent smith were "the one"... neo, being the actual "The One", loses the code to agent smith when he jumps inside him, and the code corrupts smith and turns him into a sudo "the one"... im sure if i actually sat down i and worked on my own version of these theories i could merge them and make them work... but i just dont wanna think that hard on. rofl

[@linusbaker5963]

darcraven01 Very valid points. However, it is fairly obvious that the Oracle had manipulated the code to some degree so that Neo or Smith could not be the One without one another. Honestly, I haven't watched these movies in a long time, but I personally think that the prophecy does not necessary mean much since this is the sixth incarnation. I agree with you on the being reborn in the matrix at the end of the first movie, and with Smith being given godlike powers through Neo's weird tackle thing. However, Smith did express human desires and emotions earlier on in the movie, and it could be in fact this that the Oracle implemented to be the impetus of the trilogy's events. But, if Zion was just another tier of the Matrix, then there is no knowing for certain if anybody in the Matrix is in fact human. There's really no way to conclude the humanity of any character, considering how the Oracle expresses the desire of change, very much a human nature and completely counter-intuitive to a computer program to want such a thing. The only thing that makes a character "real" or not in the Matrix is by how many versions or tiers of the Matrix they have been in, with Neo and Morpheus and other Zionians being more real than the typical 1999-era simulation population, and programs such as Smith, the Oracle, and the Architect being more real than the Zionians. I personally believe that the Matrix and its enslavement is a sort of metaphor for the Internet, and not something the machines (who only exist in the Zion tier and therefore are less real than Neo and the Zionians) built to power their processors. I say this because of the way the Internet can mean so much to a lot of people, and because the Architect has a striking resemblance to Vincent Cerf. But I admittedly am a moron.

[@darcraven01]

Linus Baker yeah the more we analyse the movies, the more its beginning to look like the whole "war against the machines" is just a program to distract those in zion rather than actually be a threat. kind of makes you wonder what the real purpose of the matrix is.

[@RaviBMaharaj]

+The Film Theorists hate to burst your bubble, but there's another theory to wrap your minds around. What if Both Neo and Smith are the One? How you ask? Simple. When Neo goes to visit the Oracle in the first movie she tells him that he isn't the one but he has the gift and he's waiting on something. Then the fight for Morpehus takes place and he ends up getting shot, and presumably killed by Smith. But here's the thing, while many people think Neo imprinted some of his code on Smith when he dived into him, it's the other way around. The thing that Neo was waiting on to become the One was for Smith to imprint his code into Neo. And Smith does that when he shoots him. Because when an agent assimilates a human, their entire code is -re-written into the host body, including clothes, gun and bullets, which are all part of the Agents's code. That's why when Neo gets the code and becomes the One, the very next thing he does is unplug Smith, because the code told him to. And when they merged they became a single entity with the complete code of the One, until they separated back into two entities each with part of the code of the One. That's why in the end, the Machines needed Neo to get assimilated by Agent Smith in order to acquire the entire code of the One, since they could have gotten Smith's code through any other human he had assimilated that was still plugged in to the matrix. Really want to hear your thoughts on this.

[@robertdoucet1207]

wut

[@JuanBahiaBlanca]

OSOM a much more interesting theory. thanks man

[@eljaviv9276]

Neo and Smith are the One... Only Smith is the reflection of Neo (Smith is the Negative side)

[@RaviBMaharaj]

What I'm saying is that the code for the one was split into both Neo and Smith and only when it was combined did it becomes the code of the One

[@SeraphimFoA]

Little mistakes there. The Oracle never tell Neo that he's not the One. Check that conversation again. The Oracle let Neo say what he think it's true, never confirm or deny it: Oracle: But... you already know what I'm going to tell you. Neo: I'm not The One. Oracle: Sorry, kid. You got the gift, but it looks like you're waiting for something. That "You got the gift" tells you everything.

[@deftrascal1626]

I never realized how eclectic the influences were for the matrix until he started naming a few, what a bizarre combination

[@Lee0297556]

Neo also brought trinity back to life by restarting her heart with her hand. That kind of changed the fabric of it a lot tbf man

[@nichsulol4844]

aka haunting himself

[@chrysm6842]

Yep but don't forget that she ALSO revived him by kissing him so... To me it was just a way to put a love story in the movie XD.

[@levelupprotocol]

@@chrysm6842 yeah tbh in Hollywood the big executives always demand a love story. I would bet the neo trinity was a lot less significant cuz those scenes kindaaaa make no sense.

[@enlightendbel]

I think both are The One. Smith is the system side part of The One that accumulates the leftovers by assimilating everything. Neo is the human side of The One that is linked between being an actual human and being part of the system and able to alter the system to an extent of defying death and the basic laws of physics imposed by the system. Neo becomes the eventual link to bring Smith back to the source. Together they are the sum that balances the equation. Apart, they are both a critical failure to the system. Smith because he's a runaway program. Neo because he's a human that in time can achieve everything Smith could. Neo is the one that taught Smith how to assimilate programs. Neo is the one that showed Smith how to bypass the basic rules of the program. Neo is they key to Smith's awakening.

[@rustyk4645]

And every Free Choice makes an Anomaly. Agent Smith is Neo's Anomaly. As Neo gets more powerful, so does Agent Smith. They are Two. Only at the very end do they merge and become 'The One'.

[@chuckrose3894]

So what you're saying is that the ONE is TWO?

[@rustyk4645]

@@chuckrose3894 As the mighty Nomeansno say, 2+0=1

[@AceSpaceSpades]

Sati is the one, born in the matrix... out of 'evolution': Love between 2 machines... To produce Sati, whom served no purpose... but shows that she can freely change the matrix, by creating the sunrise for Neo.

[@n1lknarf]

Neo is yang, smith is ying. Yep.

[@roberthofmann8403]

Smith was around a lot longer than the matrix or Humanity. He is really an Elf named Elrond!

[@albinjsam1]

:D

[@Ssj_Dirty_Apes]

best comment ever! lmao

[@MrsSukre07]

LOL! I was about to say the same thing

[@polyquaternium7]

So Mr. Underhill,... It seems that you've been living two lives. One life, you're Frodo Baggins a gentile Halfling coming from a rich family. You have a social security number, pay your taxes, and you... help your Gardner carry out the garbage. The other life is lived in Taverns, where you go by the alias "Ringbearer" ....... One of these lives has a future, and one of them does not. We know that you have been contacted by a certain individual. A man who calls himself ...Gandalf... We are willing to wipe the slate clean, to give you a fresh start and all we are asking in return is to throw The One Ring into Mount Doom.....

[@vysearcadia522]

Oddly enough.... the word "One" is a very big deal in both franchises.

[@KattoVideo]

I agree with you, but you miss something: both of them are "the one", they are two faces of the same coin, the ying and yang of the Profecy and Matrix universe. Without Neo, Smith wouldnt be free, and viceversa. But the awesome of the movie is that the real gods and main characters behind everything that we have seen, are The Arquitect and the Oracle; even Trinity's love for Neo was pre-determined by the Oracle, wich finally leaves to Neo saving her instead of Sion, leaving to the events that we all now, even in the final battle between Neo and Smith the Oracle is capable of speaking throw Smith directly to Neo, quot "everything that has a beggining has an end", making Neo stop fighting Smith to be converted by him and to self destroy when he reunite with the Source (the arquitect). Forgive my bad English.

[@Jeon1958able]

@Monkey Smell she never answers the question. She just says "sorry, kid."

[@phillipsmejkal1]

I would say it was all a simulation. Even Zion wasn't the reallity they said they try to keep the people connected to the matrix. So maybe it all is a version of the Matrix where Neo can chose to not save Zion and Smith was made to give Neo the opportunity to end the war so peace exist. And the new version of the Matrix inside the Matrix was uploaded. As the kid said the spoon is not real.