Re: Question about scene in The Matrix Reloaded

For what its worth, here is my $.02.

Neo is a tool for the Architect. He is a program that gathers
information about the system to help the Architect design a better
system for humans. The Architect does not understand the logic or
choices that humans make.

The Architect probably would rewrite parts of the Matrix based on the
information gathered by Neo such that it would improve the probability
that more humans would accept the Matrix as real and not reject it.

I write programs all the time to help monitor system activity and
processes. There are way too many machines for me to watch them
individually all the time. I use the reports to help isolate problems
and make decisions.

Thus, the Architect is debugging or trouble-shooting his very large and
very complicated program, the Matrix.

Yes, Neo was probably born special. The Architech explains that "Your
five predecessors were by design based on a similar predication...".
This may or may not be based on genetic engineering. The Machines have
the ability to "grow" their own humans for the power plants.

The system may or may not reboot, but I suspect that safe-guards have
been programmed into the Matrix to prevent massive populations from
rejecting the program and potentially endangering the Machine world
again.

Neo was specifically brought before the Architect to make a choice.
The Architect is unable to make a choice other than the one that
mathmatically is most favorable. Neo is not bound to this type of
logic. The best decision may or may not be the most logical and the
Architect has come to realize this with humans.

When Neo "beat" Smith is a big discussion. You could argue it was a
balancing of the equation, the Machines were able to destroy Smith
through Neo, or that Neo was able to destroy Smith after Smith absorbed
him, or possibly it was the effect of The Source as Neo dies after
Smith has absorbed him, thus killing Smith too. As you recall, after
Smith has been destroyed, all the programs that had been absorbed by
Smith return....except Neo.

Anyway, those are just some thoughts. If you are a big fan, I highly
recommend the box set. Animatrix will help fill in a good bit of
information and history about how / why the Matrix came to be.