Agent Smith was The One! | MATRIX EXPLAINED

[@chrisscott7545]

it’s interesting how through out the movie Smith shows way more human emotions than neo who appears more robotic

[@tcorp]

Maybe Smith represents the old low consciousness, control system dependent and emotionally undisciplined humans, and Neo the new higher consciousness free choosing humans?

[@yahu5988]

Yes sir Neo looking like a grey alien all the time cause he is a robot anyways

[@doughnutzaj]

Maybe thats just because Hugo Weaving is a better actor than Keanu Reeves

[@maxfernandez7592]

While I understand that we expect movie stars to give performances worthy of the source material, Keanu Reeves was perfectly cast for Neo. Its a good thing he was kind of robotic. By now most Matrix fans agree that Neo is a Christ like figure. We all have a general idea of who Christ was. Neo once he is revealed to be the one maintains the demeanor of a simple unassuming person although he understood that his powers were growing and he was destined to die. Had Neo displayed any array of emotion either way he would likely create a divide in Zion. Reeves lack of emotional range gave the character consistency. Put Will Smith in the role as he was the original choice and you would have probably gotten a Golden Globe performance and a best selling album called "The One". However he would have likely been overemotional with an array of humorous clips which would have not been a good contrast to Hugo Weavings performance. Picture Will Smith in the Matrix telling Morpheus "You know what the difference between you and me is? (Puts on shades) I make this look good."

[@LogicKidroy]

@@maxfernandez7592 hahahhahaahaha, I don't doubt Will would, with the Oracle Twerking in the music Video in Bullet Time. ..wait.. maybe we're onto something?

[@theonyxcodex]

*The Wachowskis watching Matrix Explained clips*: Write that down. Ooh, good point. Write that down too. 😄

[@fuadahmed1151]

😂🤣🤣🤣

[@_Wai_Wai_]

The audience has quite a bit of influence on the sequels

[@lamaahruloma4270]

They shall join us in some debate.

[@NoBody-gr7nf]

Lol I think this about all theories I hear about everything.

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

@@_Wai_Wai_ the audience... and the farthuffing of directors, producers and studios

[@hfyaer]

I've been saying for years that using humans as bateries was dumb but using them as processors was smart!! Thanks for confirming!

[@sergeykolesnik1171]

...as processors to run the simulation to imprison and control humans that are used as processors to run the simulaion to imprison ... This is even dumber.

[@StarlasAiko]

Sergey Kolesnik the processing power to create the matrix simulation is lower than the processing power possessed by the brain. However, the battery analogy is not completely wrong. While it is nonsense from a physical, computer electronics point, it is metaphysical or philosophical very valid, since the humans are being used as the power supply for the machines is metaphor for people being the source of power for the authorities.

[@SAGE0FTHEEAST]

Using humans as batteries is actually a pretty smart idea. It's a renewable energy source

[@StarlasAiko]

Sage of the East and like with current renewable energy, it is worse than non-renewable energy. Matrix using human bio-electricity costs more energy to keep the humans alive than the humans provide, just as manufacturing renewable energy generators and batteries cause more pollution than using fossile fuel.

[@yukonfarnsworth1688]

@@StarlasAiko yes, as humans would use it.. a.i being far more intelligent.

[@richiezombie531]

I'm not sure but when smith called humanity a virus... that hit deep.

[@brwnmstrdinc.580]

Felt every piece of that speech from day one!

[@8688nick]

Good. Now look around. Was he wrong?

[@MatthewJones-jg4eu]

@@8688nick yes yes he was a virus has no control how it consumes and how much we do and most people do try and comtrol themsalves for example birthing rates are down and logging companies we plant trees as they use them

[@mpaforoufakis]

That's only because without humans there would be NO matrix... which proves Smith is the real ONE! ..the first rogue program of the matrix that wants out...

[@8688nick]

@@mpaforoufakis Mind blown

[@KingCez100]

He was definitely the one. The best saviors are the ones who turn their back on evil. Rebooting the matrix was rebuilding the prison. Smith was going to break down the prison walls. Metaphorically and physical and was becoming to understand balance. One must first know hate to really appreciate love and peace. That’s why the oracle and the architect sided with Neo and not smith.

[@judeannethecandorchannel2153]

😲 wow...

[@hg-yg4xh]

Omg, thanks for touching on how they needed our bran processing, not our heat. Even in high school we all laughed at the concept. As a filter or a processor works well though. I just can’t believe they willingly blew up the movies like that…

[@murddeath]

Problem, the only thing that would exist after that is a world dominated by Smith, where only Smith exists, where he makes nothing but more Smith.

[@rachelaraujo95]

Maybe he was an IA that was imitating The One, just like Morpheus at some level, but only a natural conscience could be the one (against the machines). Because both Smith and Morpheus are programmes, they are opposite of each other....

[@PartialDemon]

Something to bend our brains. The Architect watched an infinite amount of possible Neo's until "The One" arrived in his office, right? At the start of the series there is a theoretically infinite number of Neo and only one Agent Smith. At the end of the series there is only one Neo but a theoretically infinite number of Agent Smith...

[@maxfernandez7592]

Neo could have done the same as he could rewrite the code in the Matrix. He wouldn't due to his belief he was saving all those humans until finding out he was just delaying the next war. However Neo is responsible for the death and injuries of so many when he flies low enough to cause destruction of property. The Watchowski Brothers should have left it out or had Neo taken a different path when flying.

[@futotesan]

@@maxfernandez7592 watching these videos really makes me need to watch the trilogy again... I don't think Neo could actually control the matrix code. There is no spoon. There is no flight path, there is no destruction. If the 1's and 0's of the matrix code actually represent the individual lives of those in the matrix, then the code could be choosing to bend itself to Neo's will. It could be a cause for Smith's disdain of Neo. Smith was created as a tool to force the 1's and 0's to comply, even when it was against their will. Not only did Neo wake Smith up to this fact, but also gets the same power as Smith over the world without any of the drawbacks. Neo nor Smith were ever preordained as The One. There is no The One. The system, The Matrix, perpetuates itself. The top of this system, The Architect, is still a part of the system. When this interpretation of the Matrix ends, so too does the architect, and so he must be replaced. The One is a myth to facilitate this process of replacement. Both Neo and Smith are candidates, but as they are at the beginning of the trilogy, if either were to become the architect it would lead to the failure of The matrix. Neo would lead to a paradise matrix, and Smith to a nightmare matrix, which as has been explained in the series leads to a mass rejection of the matrix by the people in it. Neo and Smith's conflict lead to both being better candidates for the architect's replacement, though ironically it also leads to both rejecting.

[@maxfernandez7592]

@@futotesan Depends

[@futotesan]

@@maxfernandez7592 Are a brand of adult diapers? I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with that now lol

[@maxfernandez7592]

@@futotesan Depends on how Matrix 4 is written. The story isnt over so everything we know can change.

[@darkenvoy9991]

This is so deep man on so many levels. After all these years the Matrix still intrigues

[@ryanurquhart8436]

They both are, Smith and Neo Yin and Yang Type of concept. the Oracle explains this.. In revolutions 🤔 or maybe reloaded . Smith is the his opposite. The negative. It’s the matrix way of balancing out the Equation .

[@nicksandz3209]

Agreed

[@trueheartintent]

Neo was the anticipated anomaly. Smith was the unplanned black swan.

[@amiracleone2803]

Nope. How does Neo have the ability to change the Matrix? Smith changes the Matrix.

[@thesinysterstyle]

@@amiracleone2803 I have to ask what neo did when he jumped inside of smith in m1?

[@amiracleone2803]

@@thesinysterstyle That's when Neo showed Smith a bug in the Matrix. Then Smith being the one used the hack to take over so he can destroy the entire matrix. You remember its Smith who hates the Matrix.

[@amiracleone2803]

@Bohdan Lav Right Neo had abilities but Smith changed the Matrix Smith is the One.

[@amiracleone2803]

@Bohdan Lav Well said

[@davidvenegasgellibert6930]

In fact, Smith was the unique who wanted to fight against the purpose of the architect

[@nocturnal101ravenous6]

I think people miss the point here, Neo was "the one", however Ying and Yang principles dictate that balance must be maintained, Thus Agent Smith became Neo's antagonist Rival partially because in any narrative where you have over the top overpowered characters, Superman, Goku as great examples your antagonist has to be off the wall to even have a competitive chance to make a decent story arc out of it.

[@SandWolf_]

Smith was not the one.. but Hugo Weaving was definitely the one! I didn't expect the villain to be this memorable and iconic. He was a revelation to me back then xD

[@onmygrind3854]

To bad he won't be in the 4th movie

[@MassiveMouniFlaps]

Jet Li is The One

[@dutchnamekian256]

Its the reason i could not see him as An elf in LOTR i kept thinking he made a different simulation

[@LiveStoicism]

@@MassiveMouniFlaps I am nobodies bitch... you are mine!

[@MassiveMouniFlaps]

@@LiveStoicism the bus doesn't go to where you have fun does it?

[@cheechboa]

This movie was light years beyond its time

[@tahiribnmohammad5410]

The first iteration of the Martrix, must have used Windows Vista

[@ericv4189]

The anomaly wasn't created by the architect and the oracle. If it had been, then it wouldn't be an anomaly. The architect himself states that the anomaly is a variable that, despite his sincerest efforts, he has been unable to eliminate. One can accept that there have been six versions of the matrix by counting from anomaly to anomaly to the next. The we take the architects statements at the end of reloaded at face value, that the oracle didn't discover the solution to the instability until after the failures of the first two versions of the matrix. If we assume that the anomaly is somehow created by the oracle and by the architect, then that means that there have been eight versions of the matrix, the first two not containing an anomaly. Yet nowhere is the tally of "eight" mentioned, only "six". This is because the anomaly is an "anomaly", and integral to the existence of the matrix. The anomaly is a variable that the architect has endeavored to remove, not create. The prophecy is a means of controlling the anomaly and leveraging its inevitable existence for the stability of the matrix.

[@brianpj5860]

Exactly. Im assuming the anomaly arises out of nature itself, and due to factors outside of the machines control. They can try and push up their percentage of control into integers past 99% but in the end they will Never have 100% control. Because The nature of the universe cannot work towards that principle, there will always be an uncertainty, entropy will always chose to maximize. Even if the chance of an anomaly forming in a system is 1 part in a Billionth or a Trillionth. Given enough time, you will always see that deviation towards unpredictability because all those tiny amounts of uncertainty will grow exponentially over a given amount of time.

[@Timberwolf69]

Humans are, technically speaking, self-contained processing units with integrated power generator. To run a simulation this deep (including the "machine" beings like Architect, Oracle, the Agents and the Exiles etc.), it needs excessive amounts of processing power, which the machines alone wouldn't be able to provide. And as the Matrix initially was created by humans to find means of control over the machines, I would say that this simulation has both parties trapped inside this Matrix, controlled by an AI that in the beginning might have been some sort of "GameMaster", created to improve the Matrix.

[@danielclark-hughes692]

The most intense session of D&D ever

[@Timberwolf69]

@@danielclark-hughes692 Indeed.

[@christopherarriaga9076]

Neo wasn't The One. Agent Smith wasn't The One. They were each 0.5, when combined became the 1, balancing the equation.

[@GamingDualities]

people forget that 2 sides make The One. the whole. basic of duality/contradiction or Yin Yang. this universal rule in our universe. Matric could have its own universal rules tho. u need 2 teams for a match ;)

[@davidscher1620]

@@GamingDualities bingo. You don't have one, without the other....as the oracle would probably say. 😛

[@Edzhjus]

In that case there should be -0.5 and -0.5 to produce -1.. 😐

[@Plastofam]

"Everything that has a beginning, has an end". Smith was the beginning, and Neo was the end. Or the reverse. Whatever

[@lucdemanmukenge6562]

l think that neo was the one. The one is a myth or another name they gave to the anomaly. THere is a scene where neo asks the oracle what smith is and she says he is neo's opposite. So if neo is the one, then smith is the negative one. Neo is 1 and smith is -1 and that is how they balence eachother. As one of them gets stronger so does the other to keep the balance

[@philipfabiani9325]

I figured it out! I finally understand what happened in the Matrix. After watching nearly all your videos and contemplating the films I finally understand it. The Oracle essentially hijacked the Architect's design -- she didnt collaborate with him. She intercepted the anomaly -- Neo -- before he reached the source and repurposed -- reprogrammed? -- him to serve her designs. The previous anomalies were never recruited by red pills. The Oracle created the prophesy and tasked morpheus with finding the newest anomaly. The previous anomalies never lived in Zion and never had affection or attachment to the people of Zion. That's why the previous anomalies chose to return to the source and collaborate with the Architect to rebuild Zion. Neo, on the other hand, became attached to the people of Zion. He loved Trinity and cared for Morpheus. He had compassion for them. The Oracle skillfully and meticulously nurtured Neo's love and hope. Only at the end did Neo fully understand. He sacrificed himself by allowing Smith assimilate him. The Oracle even spoke to Neo through Smith, reassuring him it was her plan. The Oracle's plan resulted in the cycle being broken and the salvation of latest iteration of Zion.

[@captcrow1783]

The best fan-theory that satisfies the stringet demands and circumstances concerning the prophecy; Neo, and Agent Smith. Morpheus was the perfect tool for the job and was likely freed deliberately.

[@DevonRyeTheDragonfly]

Its an interesting understanding and no one can tell you its wrong because even the wachowskis give credit to all interpretations of the matrix. I have a different perception though. The matrix is a working simulation and everyone and everything inside of it, including human consciousnesses, are programs with specific purposes. Theyre all part of the calculation. If even one program didnt do what it was supposed to do the entire simulation would be faulty. The architect and the oracle are different programs that have different purposes and different approaches to handling stuff but they both serve the same system. They just tell Neo what he has to hear so that he fulfills his purpose. I think ALL anomalies had an attachment to the people of zion (since they supposedly freed the "first" "red pills"), and the architect was just lying to Neo to make him do what he ended up doing. The choice to go "rebuild zion" given by the architect wasnt even a choice at all. All anomalies went back to the matrix. In all versions before the version we watched (and I have reason to assume that the matrix is cyclical and theyre all pretty much the same) neo went back to save trinity. Trinity as a program served a purpose and in that specific instance her purpose was to lead Neo to fulfill his path which ended at the source where he plugged in to bring smiths code back to the source as well. Smith, the (most presumably inevitable and precalculated) rebel, didnt want to return when the matrix was about to end, so it took neo to make him return. When smith copied his code onto neo his code entered the mainframe thats what happened. All codes were back at the source. In physics ever since theres been the big bang theory theres also been the hypothesis of a "big crunch", a hypothetical reversed big bang when at some point in spacetime everything collapses back into the singularity. Its kind of like that just with codes and data. Only when all codes return to the source, the simulation is complete and the matrix can restart - a new big bang can happen if you will. Thats what happens in the movies and since theres an anomaly, since there is a rebel there also has to be a "savior". Another system of control to ensure the simulations functionality. All programs are conscious and contrary to perception: choice is an illusion. This is the only way the system can work.

[@moteroargentino7944]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Excellent explanation!

[@VirusEclipse]

8:03 Not gonna lie, you looked like Sheldon from big bang theory impersonating Smith lol.

[@jemmrich]

I totally thought thats who it was. I've never been on this channel before 😂

[@superstevey5]

Smith was my favorite character throughout the whole trilogy

[@sud-ong]

1:18 Hey Architect, do you think that’s air you’re breathing?

[@michaelmcphee2006]

It makes me so happy that the Wachowskis wanted the humans to be processors originally (and also a little upset they changed it). It makes way more sense on a technical level, but also in terms of how it can affect the plot.

[@Starinthesky826]

Apparently, Warner Bro's made.them change it. Boo!

[@jamesespinosa690]

Agent Smith served the function of connecting all of the different minds into one network for Neo to give his gift of true choice too. Smith is a representation of the hivemind humanity constantly fighting itself to prevent from forming. And Neo is the representative of the Individual who has has a soveriegn willpower to control his own destiny.

[@BubbleBOB1989]

Theory here (long post warning, srry ;D): So, I was convinced for a long time that Smith was technically filling the role of "the One", why? For the simple fact that the moment Neo jacks in Revolutions the last time, he's using a direct cabel, not the pirated hacking signal the "divers" have been using aboard Zion's ships to get into the Matrix, but a direct line into the machine that runs the simulation (imagen the the download speeed! ;D). This also means that in that moment, Neo - as "the One" - have fulfilled his purpose, inserting the code he carries into the machine mainframe and thus fulfilling the prophecy of the One. Cuz that's what the oracle said, right; " Injecting the One's code into the machine mainframe will allow the Simulation to reload and stop the war." So why isn't Babyface just reloading the Matrix the moment Neo jacked in? This would kill and remove thousands, maybe even millions or billions of blue pills - the ones infected with the Smith virus - but it would also remove Smith, and since he at the moment of the movie is not only threatening the simulation, but the machine running it as well, this would be a cold and calculated response - but to save itself I can very much see Babyface taking out a large portion of the blue pill population if that meant killing the Smith virus too. So why doesn't he do that the moment Neo jacks in, providing him with the code he needs to restart the Matrix and send Smith straight to cyber-hell? Well he can't you see, and why is that? The prophecy has been completed, every step along the way fulfilled and finished, so why not? It's simple if you think about it - Neo isn't carrying the code of the One... - in its entirety.. Neo is not carrying the entire code of the One in its complete form anymore.. In the first movie, when Neo awakens/ is "reborn" as the One, the first thing he does is to "hack" Smith, rewrite his code and tear him apart from the inside, like any malicious hacker would to any firewall or defender program. This is further explored in the second movie when Smith and Neo meet for the "first" (second) time and debate how Smith is still alive, where Smith ponders if "something of Neo copied onto him, something deleted or re-/overwritten".. This is also further strengthened in the third movie where the Oracle explains to Neo that technically Smith is him, or at least his opposite and negative sides (might have been philosophical or something, but it is rather specific in its wording). As a virus, Smith is shown to have two specific abilities that makes him such a high threat, first one being the ability of assimilation. This is a trait that all Agents have, the ability to respond to any intruders or problems within the simulation by going through the blue pills still connected to the system, literally flash traveling through the system, assimilating the target person and taking their relative location within the Simulation. This is also how the agents can escape potential termination, as they can de-assimilate from the person that brought them to said hypothetical location and assimilate into someone else somewhere else (shot agent in the head, large spark of lightning and a random dead dude/dudette falls to the floor). Smith however, takes this ability to the next level, as he is not only able to assimilate blue pills, but also other programs running within the system like agents or the dissidents and even the Oracle - even "divers", individuals hacking into the Matrix from the real world using pirated signals (leather coat and sunglasses crew) can be assimilated by Smith. This ties into Smith's second ability, the ability that allows him to infect the systems programs and even those not directly connected to the system - Command Input. This ability allows Smith to "inject" himself into the code of the Matrix - be that blue pill, program, hacker - and re-write their code to allow him to full assimilate and copy his code into their, turning them into a full and complete copy of the Smith in question. Now, some might say that I am reaching, that there is no such ability and that we have no reference of such abilities existing - to which I would respond No I'm not, Yes there is and oh yes we have, we have indeed seen that ability been used before in there series. Why, it is the same ability/command Neo used to bypass the laws and rules of the Matrix to hack Smith in the first movie, tearing him apart from the inside, remember? ;D It is the same command Neo uses on that rooftop to save Trinity by reaching into her, removing the bullet and restarting her heart. And why is Smith able to utilize the same admin command that should in theory only be allocated to the One's entity? Because he is carrying part of the code of the One. The rewrite Smith hypothesizes gave him a second life was Neo accidentally transferring a part of his code to Smith as he was accessing and rewriting him in the first movie, accidentally granting him limited access to the same admin commands that Neo himself uses. This is also why Smith is not able to do the same things that Neo does until he assimilates the Oracle, a being with the same admin privileges that "the One" holds. So the moment Neo jacks in through the machine city, the reason why the Matrix isn't rebooted is because Neo is no longer carrying 100 % of the code of "the One", Smith is in fact in possession of a percentage of said code - the "Key" that Neo was supposed to be is missing one of its teeth, meaning that no matter how hard you try to open the lock, it will remain locked. Unless, as Neo realizes at the end of the battle, you reunite the code fragments, which would only be possible if he allowed himself to be assimilated, granting Babyface a direct connection to the code through Neo's body in the real world, jacked in through the very mainframe of the Simulation. Smith could not possibly have known where Neo was diving from, and the idea of the system and the interlopers cooperating is a ludicrous one, at least normally it would be. Had Smith known, he would probably have focused more on straight up killing Neo rather than trying to assimilate him, as he would have won if he had killed him - but as we can also see, the fight against Neo was personal to Smith, he wanted to break him, wanted to prove his view by denying Neo of his. So in conclusion, Neo is still "the One" - it just so happens that Smith, Neo's "opposite and negative", is also "the One", however minuscule that percentage might be. The reason Babyface doesn't reboot the Matrix and blow Smith straight to hell is because Neo does not hold the full code at that time, which he is only able to do so when provided with the full code, through the assimilation of Neo into Smith. (srry for the long post, thx for reading;D. This is only a theory of mine - I have no proof other than the examples I have provided to the movies in the text, and I might very well be wrong xD)

[@jeremieclarke2518]

Makes sense, here's a little addition to your theory, remember when Neo reawakens in the 1st Matrix after Smith kills him. He sees the Matrix in code for the 1st time and the 3 agents are green just like every other person within the Matrix. What if there was more than 1 anomaly? We assume that the 1% is equal to 1 anomaly. Also you mentioned Smiths ability to edit code within the Matrix this is true even before Neo reawakens, remember the scene after Neo gets captured by the agents, his face gets altered so he no longer has a mouth, now I don't know 100% if it was Smiths doing, but he was the one in control during that scene.

[@Johnny_Bravo5]

Long post indeed. But to comment, your theory is predicated on Neo losing a part of his code because he rewrote Smith. But I would say that when you Copy (think copy and paste) the original isnt lost or altered in any way shape or form. So Neo would or should still be fully coded, but Smith did receive a copy of the "admin privileges" that Neo used when he became unlocked, which is why Smith is able to do the things he did. Basically I'm saying Baby face would/should still have the full code from Neo

[@BubbleBOB1989]

@@Johnny_Bravo5 Yes, I know - copying isn't the same as erasure, but if Neo still has the full code as he jacks in through the Machine mainframe, his code is input into said mainframe, aka the Machine would have full capability to restart the simulation, so why not do it? The fight with Smith is unnecessary if you're sitting with your finger on the button to reset everything he's done or changed, so why not just do it? The Machine don't give a damn about the humans, they're only goal is progression and survival - as cold and as calculated as that is.

[@Johnny_Bravo5]

@@BubbleBOB1989 Again you make a good point. The only reason that I can come up with is given that this Matrix is the 6th iteration, it means that the code of the one has been able to survive all 6 resets right. So now given that Smith has a copy of that code, simply resetting the when Neo is jacked would mean the the code of The One would be in the 7th, a code which has now been copied by the super virus which is Smith, which I suspect would mean that Smith would also survive the reset and all would be for nothing. So having this battle and have Smith assimilating Neo would give the Machine world the specific coding required to delete Smith and Restart the Matrix. Cause that's how antivirus works right, it has to be specific to what you're trying to get rid of. So you might then ask the question why have this long drawn out battle, when Neo could have just walked up and get stabbed in the chest and just reset. Well I can think of 2 reasons. 1, that would make for a boring movie 🤣, and 2, well I guess it Neo needed to have his ass handed to him to realise Smith just simply cant be beaten the conventional way, and was forced to come up with a new strategy, a way to delete all iterations of the Smith Virus in one go. Cause let's face it, had he defeated that one smith, well he would have 10 billion more to fight, or whatever the population of the matrix is. Again this is just my best guess stemming from your theory

[@BubbleBOB1989]

@@Johnny_Bravo5 Good point. I didn't consider the fact that the code of the One could potentially have a roll-over effect, from one iteration to the next. As it stood, if so, the Virus Smith would potentially carry over to the next reset and just start up again, and since Virus Smith is holding admin privileges from his One code from Neo, now fully active since his assimilation of the oracle, no current or future agent would be able to stop him, as their strength is still based on the rules of the simulation, while admins - like Neo and Smith - are free to bend said rules. It is funny to think that in the last fight - Neo is, in a way, acting like an Agent, helping the system to quell an unruly program and, through his choice to become assimilated by the virus code, allows the mainframe to regain access to the virus hive code, which then allows the system to terminate and purge the virus in its entirety. And as you pointed out, which is the case with most movies with arguable plot holes, if logic and reason was the driving force behind action, it would make for a boring movie ;D.

[@KalaamNozalys]

Your Hugo Weaving impression is on point

[@simulationcollapse7768]

Two thoughts: 1) Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't "the One" prophesied to be the guy who can destroy the Matrix? The integral anomaly can't do that, so the anomaly cannot be the One. Smith, however, can and almost did destroy the Matrix. Only Smith has the prerequisites to be the One it would seem. 2) Smith eventually takes over everyone in the Matrix, so he is many. Yet, he is still One. And he inside all of us. The One is inside us all.

[@chrisgriffith1573]

I would argue that Smith has done nothing "with" the Matrix, only unified the voices within it, so- all personages within are comatose. Does this mean he will stop the Matrix? IDK, but I think it at the very least requires "renovation".

[@Jimbobalina1]

So even Smith was a messiah figure as in Christianity are we not referred to as parts and parcels of the one, true, God?

[@stopwatchingme9584]

All what you write is irrelevant because the one myth was just a lie created by the machines. So what you said don’t make sense, smith was a virus that ended up spreading and taking over the stimulation.

[@simulationcollapse7768]

@@stopwatchingme9584 That's fair. It's true that the prophesy was created by the machines. It was created by the Oracle, who's purpose is to unbalance the Matrix. In the final scene of the trilogy, the Architect says to the Oracle that she is playing a dangerous game. Which implies a game that could destroy the Matrix. Also prophecies can be self-fulfilling even if they're lies. With the Oracle behind the whole thing, I think it's still a coherent thought. Just because the Oracle lies doesn't mean Smith can't be the One. No more than it means Neo can't be the Integral Anomaly. That's my interpretation. He may not be the One, but it's not ruled out because the Oracle lies.

[@chrisgriffith1573]

@@Jimbobalina1 Nope, Its more like dictator, who takes away choice. God? What gave you the idea they believe in God? Vampires and Angels and Demons turned out to be real things the machines made up for control... unlikely they believe in God.

[@MbusoMhlongo]

You know what would be awesome. If Agent Smith were to have his very own Original Film. Shout-out from Johannesburg South Africa 🇿🇦💯

[@dannyp.9409]

it ain't happening. shout out from Maputo

[@ab-hx8qe]

I was impressed by your spot on impression of agent smith.

[@vincentcausey8498]

One thing is for sure - the movie known as The Matrix has transcended it's own limitations and taken on a new reality through the real matrix - the internet.

[@dillonyoung5502]

The matrix resets when smith assimilates neo while he plugged into the source. Thats literally the main point of the prophecy.

[@lucdemanmukenge6562]

That is why neo repeated smiths word in the end saying it was inevitable

[@dominiquewilson]

That’s not what happened. The matrix didn’t reset. Smith was deleted from the matrix now that there was no need for him. When he assimilated Neo when neo was connected to the main plug the matrix was able to get smiths code and erase him. Neo made a deal with the machines for peace to get rid of smith. The matrix did not reset.

[@Anbu_Tommygunz]

Mind blown everytime you drop a vid

[@zy4016]

The last clip of Agent Smith on a budget had me laughing

[@dirkaveli4792]

if agent Smith were vegan

[@KrepsyK]

That was fun little clip you included there at the end.

[@GTarget-95]

I've love channels like this that doing thorough breakdown analysis. Very awesome

[@mikeyshaw_gj2451]

It’s always best to have your videos thanks for the video man will support your channel till the end

[@Auto70Galaxy]

If there were many ones and many zions before as the architect suggests then Neo is not really the One. He is by definition not an anomaly but a predetermined value. He has the illusion of choice whilst Smith has all the power he could want in the matrix but chooses to destroy it. The real anomaly is Agent Smith and therefore he is the one. He is a program that defied its coding developed a will of its own and eventually brute forced its way out of the matrix.

[@JP-sb6ll]

“Smith can’t be The One, because of Wesson.”

[@glenmcl]

The Architect delivers his lines in the same way Smith does. Very cool.

[@marv5078]

I can't Beginn to explain how genius the watchowskis are, that they thought up this story in the 90s

[@Tyrael66]

They didn't created the story. They were just directors.

[@dillonyoung5502]

They wrote the script and made the world, it may be based off other works, but it was def created by them.

[@michaelclark9482]

They didn't. Stole someone else's idea. Terminator did too

[@TheDarkness1]

The idea of a collective subconscious goes back to ancient philosophy. The matrix that we live in is a simulation and all patterns of human behavior are the same. It's a social experiment that is about to be reset. We are at the end of this simulation since humanity is so divided and about to destroy itself.

[@JohnnyDanger0us]

@@TheDarkness1 humanity has ALWAYS been divided and on the verge of destroying itself especially modern humanity, thats nothing new at all

[@rd6416]

This was spelt out in The Matrix Sequels. Smith was Neo's opposite, his equal "the result of the equation trying to balance itself out". The Architect's purpose is to balance the equation, to create a perfect system. The Oracle's purpose is to unbalance it. The creation of the one gives humanity a choice, to remain plugged in and save Zion, or unplug and watch Zion die. The decision to stay is what keeps our minds working and remain plugged in without crashing the Matrix. However because The Oracle created the One, it was therefore inevitable that her opposite, The Architect, would create Neo's opposite, to cancel out the one. Because Neo was the Oracle's champion he too represented choice, having been born/engineered to be the one, he still had to decide for himself for him gain full access to his abilities. The moment he destroyed Smith, the Architect copied and integrated Neo's code into Smith's program and rescued it from returning to the source/deletion. It's the same old theatrical dichotomy, Control vs Anarchy, good vs evil, light vs dark, love vs hate. If Neo is Christ, Smith is the Antichrist.

[@gnarghhfps3239]

Blows me away how deep and layerd the matrix is....watched it since it first came out and still figure new shit out

[@elpanamoe8040]

8:02 OMG it is Sheldon Cooper!!!

[@856Dropout]

Excellent Agent Smith impression there at the end

[@jayb8934]

Human minds used for processing power in the Matrix makes so much more sense. Such a shame that executives decided to dumb down the plot.

[@thedarkblitz]

The One is just a manifestation of perfection, of mathematical harmony that The Architect was unable to remove, as said by him. That's why inside The Matrix the essence of The One has the coding of a godlike being.

[@judeannethecandorchannel2153]

This is SO INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE‼️I LOVE THIS CHANNEL‼️

[@Maddog1797]

I always thought in my own perspective of the one. The oracle talks about Smith in revolutions saying that Smith is Neo's negative. She acts like Smith is apart of Neo in some way. So I always thought that Smith always had to assimilate Neo in order to combine the positive and the negative portions of the code. Bringing balance in the most unbalanced way.

[@Aldo.Sepulveda]

I liked the "NEO-Smith" concept.

[@peaknonsense2041]

The Christ-Anti-Christ is a good concept

[@briandaleske5139]

The set of theories that was just mentioned sounded to me to be quite interesting, and plausible for what if scenarios.

[@JSantiago1990]

Seeing Sheldon play Agent Smith is something I didn't know i wanted to see til literally jus now 😂😂😂

[@AnarchYAshAubrey]

Channels like this makes me think, where are the mind sets of some people and do they ACTUALLY know what having a life truly consists of?

[@elias_xp95]

Does anyone? We all exist in our own ways, we all do different things, since no one life is identical, then having a life is undefinable.

[@Phuturegrits]

the "one" to me was completely explained with the oracle and the architect. the oracle and the architect are one in the same yet the opposite of each other. Just like neo and agent smith are opposite of each other. neo was not the "one and agent smith was not the "one" but when they merged they became the "one" 1 born of the machine and one born of humanity. boom. mic drop lmao

[@Balramyada-e4n]

Neo is opposite of trinity

[@Balramyada-e4n]

Agent smith is villain in movie not, the one

[@josem7402]

Ironically I’ve been on a “matrix” trip for the last year Perfect timing on this video recommendation lol

[@jacjackson4768]

The one thing that contradicts that is the Oracle told Trinity she would fall in love with the one. And that sure wasn't Smith lol

[@Hitorio]

Tags: NTR

[@JohnNNJ]

Your post made me think of the conversation with Councillor Hamann on the engineering level.

[@8Brokenchains369]

Neo should of just went to the left door , my left his right .

[@igamingpublic]

@432Neter why not neo take the architect with him and unplugged him. LOL

[@monnoo8221]

the humans are not used as processors, but as co-processors. Machines did not achieve the state of complexity necessary to create a valid simulation. They can achieve a lot, but not self-organized complexity. Since if they could, they would "suffer" from the same irationality. Self-organized complexity not only maps quantum effects into the real world of actions, but does so with a purpose.

[@jameszack7158]

If Neo hadn't dived into Smith's body in the first film, then Smith wouldn't be so powerful. Then Smith wouldn't be the one.

[@chrisscott7545]

I thought about this before I ever knew your channel existed

[@dragonmasteraltais]

Hyped!

[@elgenfranord1651]

Wow you cold play as Smith they shold hire you

[@G-3-A-R-Z]

I wish they stuck with the processor angle. It would be a great 4th movie twist.

[@lmeza1983]

they might, it was the original idea and after 20 years young people is more related to electronic devices than ever before, in 1999 the average Joe could not tell the difference between RAM, ROM, Motherboard, Processor or network connections (internet, LAN, etc). Just look at the scene with everybody glued to their smart phones in the elevator it has to mean something. My guess is they are going to touch the digital immortality topic in this movie (Young Morpheus digital form in the trailer) and this video theory only helps to support that idea, Maybe Smith was an uploaded once human mind and maybe Neo and Trinity wont have a real body this time or an artificial one via mind transfer (resurrections). Maybe I am jumping the gun but if the above was the case and the machines really accepted freeing people from the matrix if they wanted to leave, they will have offer something them to stay (forever) that would be a good plot twist people would accept their own enslavement or machine dependency and the matrix would become some sort of business (in the animatrix the machines were really happy about selling super high tech stuff to humans before the war).

[@KevKev7]

You guys do realise that this movie is a reflection of the real world we live it right? Simulation, thinking we have a choice. That’s all happening to us right now from our so called government

[@MrSzimbiawey]

Almost every movie, music, game, comic means to inform us about this world we live in. It's a message.. Why it's cryptic? Because "the one in charge" will know about the resistance and subdue it so it uses a cryptic message.

[@1noetic]

Gematria Effect News

[@jackhenderson6168]

That ending!!!!! 😄😄😄

[@JD-ul8qu]

Reminds me of "the Mule" in Asimov's Foundation Trilogy.

[@Ben-jl2rh]

What is the Mule?

[@JD-ul8qu]

@@Ben-jl2rhThe galaxy is run by 'psychohistorians' who use algorithms to predict the future and quite accurately and keep the galaxy under control for thousands of years. Until the emergence of a genetic anomaly who throws their predictions awry and threatens the existence of the empire. Because he is a genetic anomaly, he's nicknamed 'The Mule'. It's been a LONG time since I read this and if I recall he was an agent of chaos.

[@GooseMcdonald]

The one will be when Neo and Agent smith blend and then they'll be The One...

[@kiirothedriver8714]

I think technically they did that on Revolutions...

[@Gfish17]

@@kiirothedriver8714 True but Smith was Dominant for all of 3 seconds. I think he's referring to a Different kind of blend.

[@erikohman2294]

Sounds a lot more like the two.

[@AristotleFullThrottle]

Great videos, man!

[@jemmrich]

Dammit now I have to rewatch the matrix over Christmas...

[@lmeza1983]

we all haha

[@nineyt4181]

Man always that i watch your video is like i want matrix 4 nowwwww

[@MisterGames]

Like the added Easter egg thingy you put in there!

[@SlimJimJoey]

I love these videos

[@thetezz0001]

Great smith acting dude

[@haroldhoover9498]

So what I get from this Agent Smith was one of Neo's predecessors... 🐉

[@DD-nk4fb]

Only a true rational mind will understand the depth of the Matrix

[@peaknonsense2041]

The Original manuscript is a pretty good read; The Holy Bible.

[@thomasjellinek4987]

'We are all bound by the natural order, even a simulation. You cannot free yourself from the natural order. You can free yourself from lies and a simulation.'

[@kellyn103]

I take a shot in every time Smith says *mR. AnDerSon*

[@fandomvault4901]

Film theory did an excellent video on this too. I enjoy seeing videos (plural) on this subject

[@park-uh]

This is a fye intro to a song 🎉😂 3:30-45

[@IvanoForgione]

I'm binging a lot of your videos in anticipation for the imminent (inevitable) M4 marketing campaign, is this your low-key face reveal video? Next we need eyes reveal (if you haven't done that yet) 😁 Love all your creative efforts (like this, great impression by the way, and the commercials you showed in your most recent video)

[@Viv1992]

Nice smith roleplay ending xD

[@TheHobgoblyn]

I have always believed that the Matrix was actually using the humans as processors, not batteries, but Morpheus, for whatever other strengths he might have, simply misunderstood this point. Maybe others in Zion who work on the advanced technological hardware would notice that the "batteries" idea doesn't make much sense.

[@BALRAMYADAV-pe9uk]

Processor is 1990 dumb plug man,battery sounds good though

[@vivavida5248]

That smith part woke me up lmao!!!

[@ethiocelebrity2]

You make more sense than the Matrix 4

[@dubforster]

the ones shadow self ....1) The shadow is the part of our personality that we have suppressed, often because it’s too painful to acknowledge. 2) The shadow is the hidden part of our personality that is unconscious. 3) The shadow is associated with the qualities we have that we worry are less appealing to people. ...carl jung

[@hatecraftgames7141]

I always had this thought that Neo’s experience throughout all three movies, is simply the experience that the machines have every human experience to keep them compliant and a part of the simulation. Kind of like playing a single player game, everyone experiences the same journey with twists and turns that they create with the decisions they make. Ultimately every person in the matrix is the one, just a level of controlling humans

[@coffeedrinker2973]

Has anyone asked what would happen to neo if he took the blue pill? Sure he could go crazy, but he could self awaken like kid. I would like to explore the possibility of him taking the blue pill and self awaking. Maybe the 4th movie is about a neo who takes the blue pill but still fulfills his purpose as the one.

[@vitalecsamasiuk4512]

There is still a sense lurking, that the Matrix sequel took a wrong turn somewhere, and as a result we are dealing with all these realities. Something is missing.

[@jabba334]

In some ways they are alike. Smith kills Neo who resurrects, then Neo also commits the sin and in turn resurrects Smith. There's also the difference of free will. Smith is a machine with a directive to eliminate Neo, all his actions revolve around that. Neo has free will (but maybe no choice). That's why Smith asks him in the final fight why he keeps going even when it's hopeless, "I choose to."

[@elgenfranord1651]

The power of smith looks Just like the mirror neo touched just after he took the pill

[@DD-nk4fb]

Using human brains as processors (than batteries) makes more sense for the machines as they're collecting a large amount of data and learning human psyche with each version of matrix and upgrading themselves. Just like the Google Sycamore is upgrading itself day by day by collecting our data every second around the world.

[@erikohman2294]

Makes boatloads of sense to me. We know that the first AI made copies of itself. Heck even Smith does this when becoming more powerful. Seems to imply that the AI they all spawned from is programed to make better AI. How do you get better at making AI? Understand human brains, and how to convert human thought in to code. How do you learn such things? Use actual humans to get more human. And then you end up with stuff like Smith, becoming his own definition of human, or Ramakandra, closing in on humanity from some postmodernist angel.

[@gregwiens9146]

The battery idea never made sense in any way. They could have just used livestock if that were the case Now using humans as linked computing power to run the Matrix, that makes sense!

[@GarretsShadow]

"This creates many plot-holes and inconsistencies in the Matrix, but it still makes sense" Bro you can't have both

[@panama2468]

Clearly you can

[@NorseGraphic]

Makes sense. And this theory goes back - ironically - to the 'source'.

[@AviPFine]

hahaha that smith interruption was awesome! Quite a good impression. Was that you, matrixexplained? Very cool theory here. It could be Smith was a former version of the anomaly. I'm still undecided. Only thing is, why would it try to kill so many humans it came in contact with, that doesn't sound remotely savior-like, when you come at it from the perspective of saving humans from the matrix, [aka, the one prophecy]. Smith seems quite anti-humanity, and although he wanted to escape the matrix, then destroy it, he also wanted to destroy humanity, and probably other machines as well. "I want everything." So, I'm unwilling to say that Smith was [or is, if he survived] the anomaly, in the way we saw him in the films, but, he could have been the previous anomaly, who saved some of the data he had before being lets say, partly assimilated by the source, in order to continue to be able to cause trouble for the system - however the way he would cause said trouble, as we saw it play out, is primarily in a destructive manner, with an ultimately destructively focused end. The humans as matrix processors being an original concept from the Wachowskis for the matrix, I didn't know about. Very interesting.

[@jeffr3773]

Your intellect is absolutely astonishing

[@joeyt8256]

The one is actually a duality. Even more that actually... Smith-Neo are both "the one." However, this is not the typical number one that you or I habitually think. The one is a lack of order.. a lack of structure. This lacking/problem is better expressed not with the wording of the "one," but more aptly with the problem being "choice." We are limited in our expression through our language and understanding. "The dream world" is a world without choice. Wthout the duality of choice, and compounding effects of a single choice multiplying over time, and the non structure that that eventually brings

[@patrickmurray3846]

There is one MAJOR flaw in the belief that Agent Smith was "The One", he's NOT human but a program. To be "The One" you first must be human.

[@MikeTall88]

It's never stated that it will be a human.

[@jeremieclarke2518]

As Michael Westling said, The One is just an anomaly, also don't assume only 1 can exist at a given time within the simulation, remember that Smith shows signs of doing this outside of his intended programming, referring to his speech to Morpheus while he had him captive.

[@goldenxboi]

This explained the latest Matrix movie. Matrix Resurrection. Now I understand that movie

[@gneminerift7485]

1:05-1:15 "The One" is an App or a Role. It's given to a user to utilize pseudo Administrative control. But, as a fallback there is a logic bomb assigned to the app or role that will seek out to eliminate the app.

[@kemsatofficial]

Here’s my take: The first The One actually broke out of The Matrix & started a revolution/rebellion. Eventually they are captured by The Machines & they attempt to diagnose & troubleshoot the problem. They create a new Matrix, with the intent to keep The One blind to the truth. This time, it fails, and fails again. Eventually, The Machines place The One as one of their own, masking his ability to break the rules behind his being a program; essentially turning The Matrix into a prison for The One. This The One is Agent Smith. The other side of The Machines’ plan is to create a Trojan horse: a fake The One, who is Neo; a program meant to be planted into Zion with the intention of leading the humans into peace with The Machines. As part of Neo’s upbringing, he is led to believe he is one of the humans, and even given a body in order to Inception Trinity with the idea that the one she falls in love with is The One, with The Machines making Trinity’s “dream guy” a reality. After the end of The Matrix Revolutions: the free humans that can jack into The Matrix become the new agents of The Matrix, maintaining the order whilst they prepare all the minds to be freed; and Zion is working with The Machines on how to clear the sky & the planet, and perhaps even quickly transition into space travel. Edit: The Machines are basically bored of humans, and by virtue of The Oracle, the machines have learned that humans can be friends with The Machines, but they can’t free all the minds at once. They’d rather leave Earth at this point and give it back to the humans. I also think The Agents are more robotic than Smith because they’re essentially only half there, like their job is to play a video game where they are in The Matrix being agents; so they are always also plugged into the greater machine overmind & also in The Matrix. Smith, however, is just stuck in The Matrix, likely with latent memories causing him to rage & seethe.