Re: Question about scene in The Matrix Reloaded

"I was hoping that wasn't the case, because the whole thing with trying to figure out how Neo got his powers"
-It was my impression that it was Neo's purpose to "contain" the glitch, or whatever you want to call it.  It are these glitches that allow him to disobey the rules of the program.

"...and the nature of the anomaly.. if the anomaly is indeed a glitch, why can't the Architect get rid of it?"
-I think that's the Architect's term for those few who don't inherently accept that Matrix.  The Architect can't do anything about it because the glitch originates not in the program, but in the complexities of the human mind.

"And more to the point, how does a human do what the Architect can't?  Furthermore, how does dumping a glitch somehow reboot the Matrix?"
-Not quite sure what you mean by that - I don't remember ever hearing anything about rebooting the Matrix.  The Architect said that if Neo didn't return to the Matrix and allow them to reanalyze the glitch(es) he's carrying, the Matrix would crash for some reason or another and everyone would die.
And what did Neo do that the Architect couldn't?  Fight off Agent Smith?  Smith was a virus, it was his job to take out the system.
If you're asking *why* Neo was able to beat Smith in the end, maybe you should (as much as I hate suggesting this) read up on your biblical references.

Wow, it's getting late.  I think I'm done replying to this thread from here-on out.>_<.  Hope that helped, though.