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SPOILERS
If you haven't seen the movie, go away
You know the architect speech? Well here it is.... with some [annotations by me]......
The Architect - Hello, Neo.
Neo - Who are you?
The Architect - I am the Architect. I created the matrix. I've been waiting for you. You have many questions, and although the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will understand, and some of them you will not. Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realise it is also irrelevant.
[I am the person that tries both explain and confuse the audience at this point. I can see the future and therefore, I think you're an idiot]
Neo - Why am I here?
The Architect - Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While it remains a burden to sedulously avoid it, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you, inexorably, here.
[You are a bug, I mean a defect, I have tried removing you but alas I received a beta for doom3 and hl2 and lost track of time]
Neo - You haven't answered my question.
The Architect - Quite right. Interesting. That was quicker than the others.
[what? pardon? dammit stupid head crab........ you were saying?]
*The responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "Others? What others? How many? Answer me!"*
The Architect - The matrix is older than you know. I prefer counting from the emergence of one integral anomaly to the emergence of the next, in which case this is the sixth version.
[Here at Matrix™ we are constantly updating and renewing our product line, we are up to version 2.5]
*Again, the responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "Five versions? Three? I've been lied too. This is bullshit."*
Neo - There are only two possible explanations: either no one told me, or no one knows.
The Architect - Precisely. As you are undoubtedly gathering, the anomaly's systemic, creating fluctuations in even the most simplistic equations.
[Basically, this defect is affecting everything...... it starts small and gathers momentum. You are a worm]
*Once again, the responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "You can't control me! F*ck you! I'm going to kill you! You can't make me do anything!*
Neo - Choice. The problem is choice.
*The scene cuts to Trinity fighting an agent, and then back to the Architect's room*
The Architect - The first matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect, it was a work of art, flawless, sublime. A triumph equalled only by its monumental failure. The inevitability of its doom is as apparent to me now as a consequence of the imperfection inherent in every human being, thus I redesigned it based on your history to more accurately reflect the varying grotesqueries of your nature. However, I was again frustrated by failure. I have since come to understand that the answer eluded me because it required a lesser mind, or perhaps a mind less bound by the parameters of perfection. Thus, the answer was stumbled upon by another, an intuitive program, initially created to investigate certain aspects of the human psyche. If I am the father of the matrix, she would undoubtedly be its mother.
[Version 1 was perfect, everything was great. The graphics, sound and controls were perfect. But the gameplay was lacking we lost a lot of players. We started v2 afresh. We new what worked and so tried to find that something to make it balanced. I couldn't think of it... because I had much better things to do, it was beneath me. Some intern checked in some buggy code which changed the balance for the better, it was defect #0001. The programmers just call it "the one".]
Neo - The Oracle.
The Architect - Please. As I was saying, she stumbled upon a solution whereby nearly 99.9% of all test subjects accepted the program, as long as they were given a choice, even if they were only aware of the choice at a near unconscious level. While this answer functioned, it was obviously fundamentally flawed, thus creating the otherwise contradictory systemic anomaly, that if left unchecked might threaten the system itself. Ergo, those that refused the program, while a minority, if unchecked, would constitute an escalating probability of disaster.
[Oracle? nah, we couldn't afford the licences...... we are using mysql, someone complained that we didn't use postgres, but we just reassigned Smith to be a GameOP. Anyway...... defect #0001 was great..... it gave us 99.99% uptime, which means we hit our SLA target, unfortunately, as #0001 was a defect in a NPC and as it grew it tended to walk around and tell people how to wall hack and speed hack. so while we have great uptime... the cheaters grow exponentially]
Neo - This is about Zion.
The Architect - You are here because Zion is about to be destroyed. Its every living inhabitant terminated, its entire existence eradicated.
[Zion? what is this? We make a wonderful system and you go ripping off some Gibson to name your city? I mean we didn't do that.... um... hang on.. Matrix....... dammit! Anyway, we have introduced our lawyers (Sentinal, Sentinel and Sentinol) into the equation, to shut down the unauthorised Zion Mod.]
Neo - Bullshit.
*The responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "Bullshit!"*
The Architect - Denial is the most predictable of all human responses. But, rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it.
[Other mods have come and gone.... including some Star Wars crap.... I mean geez...]
*Scene cuts to Trinity fighting an agent, and then back to the Architects room.*
The Architect - The function of the One is now to return to the source, allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program. After which you will be required to select from the matrix 23 individuals, 16 female, 7 male, to rebuild Zion. Failure to comply with this process will result in a cataclysmic system crash killing everyone connected to the matrix, which coupled with the extermination of Zion will ultimately result in the extinction of the entire human race.
[Now to business. We see you and your mod as a great way to extend the Matrix™, but we want you on board, you can bring your friends and "hackers", although not too many, Payroll Tax is a bitch. We'll give you a nice new start on ZionMatrix™. If you don't want to, the lawyers will take down the amateur Zion shite and leave the Matrix™ server as it is.... you can watch it fall apart. You realise you have released that postgres loving GameOp as well....... and he is mad as hell]
Neo - You won't let it happen, you can't. You need human beings to survive.
The Architect - There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept. However, the relevant issue is whether or not you are ready to accept the responsibility for the death of every human being in this world.
[Need people to survive? Sure the hardcore gamers will leave, but there is always other ways. Anyway, do you really want it all to end?]
*The Architect presses a button on a pen that he is holding, and images of people from all over the matrix appear on the monitors*
The Architect - It is interesting reading your reactions. Your five predecessors were by design based on a similar predication, a contingent affirmation that was meant to create a profound attachment to the rest of your species, facilitating the function of the one. While the others experienced this in a very general way, your experience is far more specific. Vis-a-vis, love.
[Each time we change version, I have this conversation and each time it ends the same. But you have been hitting it pretty hard lately and I can see that you are really emotional about this..... would you like a cookie?]
*Images of Trinity fighting the agent from Neo's dream appear on the monitors*
Neo - Trinity.
The Architect - Apropos, she entered the matrix to save your life at the cost of her own.
[(NEB)Trinity has joined the game. I see one of your clan mates is here...... but all alone....... oh dear]
Neo - No!
The Architect - Which brings us at last to the moment of truth, wherein the fundamental flaw is ultimately expressed, and the anomaly revealed as both beginning, and end. There are two doors. The door to your right leads to the source, and the salvation of Zion. The door to the left leads back to the matrix, to her, and to the end of your species. As you adequately put, the problem is choice. But we already know what you're going to do, don't we? Already I can see the chain reaction, the chemical precursors that signal the onset of emotion, designed specifically to overwhelm logic, and reason. An emotion that is already blinding you from the simple, and obvious truth: she is going to die, and there is nothing that you can do to stop it.
[So? How about it? Either way, what you know to be real or unreal will end and change. You can be part of the new version or you and your cronies can have your MatrixIDs™ banned]
*Neo walks to the door on his left*
The Architect - Humph. Hope, it is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness.
[Oh FFS, you really think you can take us?]
Neo - If I were you, I would hope that we don't meet again.
The Architect - We won't.
[We won't because I'm going on long-service leave. You'll probably see my replacement]
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