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Ok, can somebody explain the cycle that Zion and the Matrix go through when there is another "one"? Like is everything (Zion and Matrix) destroyed and re-created everytime there is a "one"? and if so how is this time (revolutions) any differnt? have there been 7 zions and 7 matrix? does the world basically just restart? help me out here

well this time aournd was different because of neo and smith, and their relationship. for the rest of your answers watch the architect scene and "use the muscle that matters most"

ok here it goes......

the system has an anomaly (that is made by the human factor in the matrix)

this anomaly surfaces every so often and then zion is destroyed to protect the whole "real" purpose of the one.....

the one then return to the source allowing a temporary desimination of the code that he carries "relaoding" the system

if the one was to not "relaod" the system (as Neo did) then the system will crash (because of the system trying to balance out the equation) aka Smith (in this story) the opposate of the anomaly will try to balance out the unbalanced equation. the only way to do this is to try to compinsate for "the one" and what is the opposate of "1" it is all, however it is not possible to have "everything" (which is what smith wants) so the system trys to calculate for everything, but they cant account for an infinit amount so the only way to turn this into a number is to have "zero" (that is what smith is)

this has only happend once however because the five previous "ones" have relaoded the system restarting the anomaly and thus restarting "the Zero" and this happens over and over (except for this time when Neo did not relaod the matrix)

kind of confusing but i hope this healpes

just watch the architect part in relaoded alot and you will get anything that i missed...........

ok thanks that makes a little more sense

so if the one doesnt reload the system and the system crashes (likethe previous ones) what has happened to ZIon the past 5 times?

Destroyed with all its inhabitants killed. The one is then supposed to pick out 37 or so people from the matrix and restart the human resistance.

if neo did reload the system does that also mean that he is not the ONE?

No, it just means he made the same choice as his predecessors

37 people?
i thought the architect said 23 people.

but didnt new do something differnt than his predecessors thus making him the actual "one"?

and so zion has be rebuilt 5 times

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The only thing different with Neo is that he was in love. Because of that, he chose to save Trinity, thus the Matrix wasn't restarted.

8freekobe8> Check out the "Matrix Time-line" thread.

no neo did the opposate of the 5 previous "one's" the other ones reloaded the matrix where as neo did not in essence he broke the cycle that had been going on, the point of the cycle is to keep relaodinmg the matrix and thus restarting the anomaly over and over again, thus stopping the "zero" (smith in this case) because the program is rebooted and the anomaly restarts and so then does the zero, this is the only way that the machiens can deal with the anomaly, only neo did not do what the machiens wanted him to do and thus smith (the zero) grew beyond thier control and had to be stopped another way (like in revolutions) this is the only time this has happened though......hope this clears some stuff up..

My mistake.

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