oh, maybe we were... oops...i guess i looked at the header and forgot this thread (like all others, except Erleuchtet) had diverged from former course...then, i still say that, no, Archie is not the previous one, because that brings to mind, one, the dread spoiler (the kid) and two because why would the previous one want to continue the cycle? Why wouldn't he want to STOP it, once and for all, i mean, after all, it was his choice to keep it going, to save the humans, but if there were a way TO stop it, wouldn't you go for it? Besides, if we were to assume Archie is telling the truth, then, no, he WASN'T the previous one b/c he Designed the matrix.