The Matrix

[Chaerophon]

Pete, Warblade, Nico, et al,

I wish that you had actually written the movie - you're filling in the gaps very nicely. However, I have a feeling that maybe the answers that you've got go a ways beyond the level at which the movie was created and for that reason, you and a few others are actually writing the script as you go along here! While I can concede the obvious intelligence and fascinating intricacy that you and the others have contended exists in the movie, I searched for much of it, and although I can admit that your stories make for some good science fiction, I'm not sure that it's all actually there. While Reloaded seemed to me to be trying to come across as "brilliant", I think that the majority of its acclaim has come from those who a.) wanted it to be more than what it was, and b.) used what they were given as jumping off points from which to ponder and engage the plot on higher levels. Of course, c.) there are those who don't understand or can't engage the vague inferences that are there and feel the need to proclaim its greatness lest they face ridicule.

Not a flame at all. If it floats your boat, that's cool with me. However, I have to tell you that I'm actually enjoying the forum discussion more than I did the movie. The "theoreticals" weren't all that evident to me amidst the cheese and (as alluded to in another post) what I felt was infantile crypticism that ran rampant throughout the script.