Blizzardman15
11-09-2003, 04:36 PM
Over at latino review they made the best thing on the web that I have seen yet, a complete guide to the trilogy and answers for almost everyquestion imaginable. But some of their answers leave me asking more questions. The article can be found here http://www.latinoreview.com/films_2003/wb/matrixrevolutions/redpillreview.html but I will take excerps out so you can read the important ones.
Regarding Seraph:
It also appears that Seraph may have worked for the Merovingian but I suspect their previous encounter was due to the fact that Seraph was the previous One. When Neo fights him in the Teahouse they match each other's every move to a standstill. Seraph does this to be sure Neo is the One. Also notice how when Seraph first shows up at Club Hel in "Revolutions" one of the bouncers says "Look, it's Wingless." or something like that. He's referring to the fact that Seraph is now an Angel with no wings having given up his power to Reload the Matrix just as Neo was supposed to.
Q: Now if he is indeed a previous one, then why when neo asks the oracle in reloaded if she is a program along with Seraph she says yes? And if he is a program then why does he look wierd when neo first walks in on him?
Regarding Sati:
When Neo awakens in the Mobile Ave subway station of the Trainman he meets the programs Rama Kandra, his wife Kamala and their daughter Sati. Rama and his wife aren't just programs like the Merovingian and Persephone, but machines from the real world plugged into the Matrix. Machines can jack in. This was touched upon in Peter Chung's wonderful Animatrix short "Matriculated." They often plug in and take the guise of humans to insure the operation of the system. From their studies of humans and the previous Reloads of the system many machine have grown to love. Together Rama and Kamala created offspring, a program in the form of their daughter. But Sati serves no purpose and if they don't send her away she will be deleted by the machines. So they made a deal with the Merovingian for Sati to live with the Oracle. This act touches Neo who realizes that the machines are not evil but as capable of love as humans are.
Q: If the parents are machines plugged in why did the make a child in the matrix rather than out? How can they know love from previous ONES if Neo is the one that teaches love to the machines at the end of the movie? Whywould the machines be after a machine child?
Regarding the Merovigian:
Neo doesn't have his powers because he's not in the Matrix and his software cannot interact with this form of limbo. The Merovingian hoped this would happen because he too knew that Neo would walk out on the Architect. He knew of Neo's attachment to Trinity because his wife Persephone told him. The Merovingian himself is an interesting character, representing Hades, God of the Underworld "a trafficker of information." You see the machines have allowed the Merovingian's secret society to exist because he is harmless and can be called upon for all the dirty little secrets and information they need, ultimately helping the system work. It's possible he may be a previous One or was one of the first malfunctioning rogue programs. Think of it as the FBI calling on the help of organized crime once in a while. He's allowed to have his safe haven for rogue programs such as the Trainman and the Twins and control of many programmer access points (back doors) so long as he doesn't threaten the system. The machines must definitely share a relationship with him otherwise he would not have encountered Neo's predecessors or survived a Matrix Reload.
Q: Why would the merovigian hate the oracle? Why would Peresophone tell him about the love between Neo and Trinity if they hated eachother?
There are alot more questions that I have come up with but I cant remember them right now. I know this is a long post but for anyone trying to understand the whole story this is the perfect article.
Regarding Seraph:
It also appears that Seraph may have worked for the Merovingian but I suspect their previous encounter was due to the fact that Seraph was the previous One. When Neo fights him in the Teahouse they match each other's every move to a standstill. Seraph does this to be sure Neo is the One. Also notice how when Seraph first shows up at Club Hel in "Revolutions" one of the bouncers says "Look, it's Wingless." or something like that. He's referring to the fact that Seraph is now an Angel with no wings having given up his power to Reload the Matrix just as Neo was supposed to.
Q: Now if he is indeed a previous one, then why when neo asks the oracle in reloaded if she is a program along with Seraph she says yes? And if he is a program then why does he look wierd when neo first walks in on him?
Regarding Sati:
When Neo awakens in the Mobile Ave subway station of the Trainman he meets the programs Rama Kandra, his wife Kamala and their daughter Sati. Rama and his wife aren't just programs like the Merovingian and Persephone, but machines from the real world plugged into the Matrix. Machines can jack in. This was touched upon in Peter Chung's wonderful Animatrix short "Matriculated." They often plug in and take the guise of humans to insure the operation of the system. From their studies of humans and the previous Reloads of the system many machine have grown to love. Together Rama and Kamala created offspring, a program in the form of their daughter. But Sati serves no purpose and if they don't send her away she will be deleted by the machines. So they made a deal with the Merovingian for Sati to live with the Oracle. This act touches Neo who realizes that the machines are not evil but as capable of love as humans are.
Q: If the parents are machines plugged in why did the make a child in the matrix rather than out? How can they know love from previous ONES if Neo is the one that teaches love to the machines at the end of the movie? Whywould the machines be after a machine child?
Regarding the Merovigian:
Neo doesn't have his powers because he's not in the Matrix and his software cannot interact with this form of limbo. The Merovingian hoped this would happen because he too knew that Neo would walk out on the Architect. He knew of Neo's attachment to Trinity because his wife Persephone told him. The Merovingian himself is an interesting character, representing Hades, God of the Underworld "a trafficker of information." You see the machines have allowed the Merovingian's secret society to exist because he is harmless and can be called upon for all the dirty little secrets and information they need, ultimately helping the system work. It's possible he may be a previous One or was one of the first malfunctioning rogue programs. Think of it as the FBI calling on the help of organized crime once in a while. He's allowed to have his safe haven for rogue programs such as the Trainman and the Twins and control of many programmer access points (back doors) so long as he doesn't threaten the system. The machines must definitely share a relationship with him otherwise he would not have encountered Neo's predecessors or survived a Matrix Reload.
Q: Why would the merovigian hate the oracle? Why would Peresophone tell him about the love between Neo and Trinity if they hated eachother?
There are alot more questions that I have come up with but I cant remember them right now. I know this is a long post but for anyone trying to understand the whole story this is the perfect article.