Something thats been really bugging me lately.

TheRedeemed

I had a realization a few days ago that i've been meaning to ask. Neo was assimulated by Smith, correct?

Then even IF Neo comes back, which i personally believe he won't, even though i am Zionist, wouldn't he still be overwritten by Smith?

RainKingX

**Garu**

No, the infection was cleansed by the system. All those who were copied over by Smith were returned to their prior state.

**Othinn1**

What's been bugging me about a possible return of Neo is the fact that the poor man will probably be a depressed shell of his former self.

I wonder if the "Neo will come back" people realize that, if he did come back, it would be into a world without Trinity. SMILEY

**Garu**

Some realize that and some just don't care.

SMILEY

**AqueousRei**

It is "against his wishes to return".

That may well be the very reason why.

**Fractor**

The 'One' will probably come back but it won't be neo because the gift (or you could think of it as a curse) has to move on to another person, which I thought would be that Sarah person from a mission item but nothing has been heard from her since.

TheRedeemed

^ Thats a good point.

Plus, i doubt Neo would have wanted everyone to be chasing his RSI and what Morpheus was doing.

~ J

minuend

Mon May 01 20:07:50 2006 [Area] Oracle: There have been other Ones, you know--before him.
Mon May 01 20:08:04 2006 [Area] Oracle: He was different, though. He changed the game.
Mon May 01 20:08:28 2006 [Area] Vaico: But he was the true one. Exceeding all limitations of body and mind at the end.
Mon May 01 20:08:43 2006 [Area] Oracle: Maybe... Or maybe he made it so that you don't need another One anymore. That was the old way the system worked.
Mon May 01 20:08:54 2006 [Area] Oracle: Neo stopped the cycles.

Mon May 01 20:43:07 2006 [Area] Oracle: The next logical step was to destroy Zion, reset the Matrix. That's how it used to work. Neo changed that. He stopped the deaths.

Mon May 01 20:44:03 2006 [Area] Oracle: Machines can have gods too.
Mon May 01 20:46:58 2006 [Area] Zeniph: You could say we're THEIR gods.
Mon May 01 20:47:01 2006 [Area] Zeniph: We created them..
Mon May 01 20:47:32 2006 [Area] Oracle: Haha! Bright boy. But don't go thinking too highly of yourselves.

The Machines don't want to give Neo back. It's like the Christians handing over Christ relics willingly. Never going to happen.

Neo doesn't want to come back. He has no family left. He has no purpose left. The goals that mankind needs to reach can no longer be reached by One. The Many must make the journey now.

There is no reason Neo should be dead right now, no one else died from being Smithified. Everyone returned to normal. I've only heard of Programs being permanently affected from the Smithiplication process, but they still appear to be themselves.

n-tell

True but it was through Neo that he was blown to "smithereens" - a process that he could well not have survived.

**DarkRevenantW**

Neo is most likely dead. Possiblity that he is not, but most likely dead.

Neo and Smith were positive and Negative. One cannot exist without the other. Smith is still out there, but the actual Smith that we new is probably gone, meaning Neo is too.

The only things that are left behind for sure is The One and The Negative One.

Shadow Griever

Minuend hit it right, people think that this is the 7th instance of the third Matrix, but it is in fact a new edition of the Matrix, a fourth version. The third Matrix's fulcrum, it's center, was the Systemic Anomaly (The One). Each One, when faced with the Architect's chose, choose the Source. Neo chose the Matrix, or more importantly, Trinity. The purpose of the one is to return to the Source, he chose differently, he broke the cycle, the reason for the One ended because of this.

There will never be another One, not in the way we all know. If a One does ascend, it will be to match this Version of the Matrix.

n-tell

Shadow Griever wrote:

Minuend hit it right, people think that this is the 7th instance of the third Matrix, but it is in fact a new edition of the Matrix, a fourth version. The third Matrix's fulcrum, it's center, was the Systemic Anomaly (The One). Each One, when faced with the Architect's chose, choose the Source. Neo chose the Matrix, or more importantly, Trinity. The purpose of the one is to return to the Source, he chose differently, he broke the cycle, the reason for the One ended because of this.

That's one way to put it. Another way to put it is that the 3rd matrix allowed for choice but operated by trying to counter choices made. This 4th matrix does not. You are allowed to live anyway you choose.

**DarkRevenantW**

No, this is the 7th instance of The Matrix. The first two Matrices are not counted as a part of the previous sixth because they highly differ, totally diffrent simulations, one was a fairy tale land and one was a war torn simulation.

This Matrix is grouped with the other six Matrices because it is still under the same section if you will.

**AqueousRei**

Well, I would have to say that revolutions is mainly the 7th version of the 3rd matrix. Once the matrix is reset again, giving wake to the time of "gift". That if this refers to the version of the Matrix where we as operatives can freely choose our organization, the rules have changed, so it would be the 4th version of the Matrix.

How long do you expect this peace to last?