Decoded: The Making of 'The Matrix Reloaded' Page #7

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-The Oracle.

-Please.

As I was saying, she stumbled upon a

solution whereby 99 percent of subjects...

...accepted the program, as long as they

were given a choice...

...even if they were only aware

of the choice at a near unconscious level.

While this answer functioned,

it was fundamentally flawed...

...thus creating the otherwise

contradictory systemic anomaly...

...that, if left unchecked,

might threaten the system.

Ergo, those that refused the program,

while a minority, if unchecked...

...would constitute

an escalating probability of disaster.

This is about Zion.

You are here because Zion

is about to be destroyed.

Its every living inhabitant terminated,

its entire existence eradicated.

Bullshit.

Denial is the most predictable

of all human responses.

But rest assured, this will be

the sixth time we have destroyed it...

...and we have become

exceedingly efficient at it.

The function of the One...

...is now to return to the source, allowing

a dissemination of the code you carry...

...reinserting the prime program.

After which you will be required to select

from the Matrix 23 individuals...

...sixteen female, seven male,

to rebuild Zion.

Failure to comply with this process

will result in a cataclysmic system crash...

...killing everyone connected

to the Matrix...

...which, coupled with the

extermination of Zion...

...will result in the extinction

of the entire human race.

You won't let it happen. You can't.

You need human beings to survive.

There are levels of survival

we are prepared to accept.

The relevant issue is

whether or not you are ready...

...to accept the responsibility for the death

of every human being in this world.

It is interesting reading your reactions.

Your five predecessors were, by design,

based on a similar predication...

...a contingent affirmation that was meant

to create a profound attachment...

...to the rest of your species,

facilitating the function of the One.

While the others experience this

in a general way...

...your experience is far more specific...

...vis--vis love.

Trinity!

Apropos, she entered the Matrix

to save your life at the cost of her own.

No.

Which brings us at last to the moment

of truth, wherein the fundamental flaw...

...is ultimately expressed

and the anomaly revealed...

...as both beginning and end.

There are two doors.

The door to your right leads to the source

and the salvation of Zion.

The door to your left leads back to the

Matrix, to her and the end of your species.

As you adequately put,

the problem is choice.

But we already know what

you are going to do, don't we?

Already I can see the chain reaction,

the chemical precursors that signal...

...the onset of an emotion designed

specifically to overwhelm logic and reason.

An emotion that is already blinding you

from the simple and obvious truth:

She is going to die and there is nothing

you can do to stop it.

Hope. It is the quintessential

human delusion, simultaneously...

...the source of your greatest strength

and your greatest weakness.

If I were you, I would hope

that we don't meet again.

We won't.

We got a serious situation, sir.

Oh, no.

-What was that?

-It's moving faster than anything I've seen.

Holy sh*t, he caught her.

Neo, I had to.

I know.

The bullet is still inside.

Trinity...

...don't you quit on me now.

I'm sorry.

Trinity.

Trinity...

...I know you can hear me.

I'm not letting go.

I can't.

I love you too damn much.

I can't take this.

I guess this makes us even.

I don't understand it.

Everything was done

as it was supposed to be done.

Once the One reaches the source,

the war should be over.

-In 24 hours, it will be.

-What?

If we don't do something in 24 hours,

Zion will be destroyed.

-What?

-How do you know that?

-I was told it would happen.

-By whom?

It doesn't matter. I believed him.

-That's impossible. The prophecy tells us...

-It was a lie, Morpheus.

The prophecy was a lie.

The One was never meant

to end anything.

It was all another system of control.

I don't believe that.

But you said it yourself.

How can the prophecy be true

if the war isn't over?

I'm sorry.

I know it isn't easy to hear, but...

...I swear to you it's the truth.

-What are we gonna do?

-I don't know.

Oh, no!

-What are they doing?

-They're just out of EMP range.

It's a bomb.

We have to get out of here. Now.

I have dreamed a dream...

...but now that dream

has gone from me.

Here they come.

Let's go, Morpheus.

-We won't make it.

-We have to try.

-Come on!

-Something's different.

What?

I can feel them.

Neo!

-What happened?

-I don't know.

It's the Hammer.

He's in some kind of coma...

...but his vitals are stable.

What about you?

I'm fine.

You could use some rest.

No, I'm gonna stay with him.

Lock was right.

He guessed that the machines...

...would cut off the mainlines

in and out of Zion.

He thought a counterattack

might surprise them.

It sounded good.

I figured we had a shot...

...until someone screwed it up.

An EMP was triggered before

we got in position.

-Five ships were instantly downed.

-When the machines broke through...

...it wasn't a battle, it was a slaughter.

Was it an accident?

Some sort of malfunction?

-No one knows.

-Someone does.

Who?

Once the machines were done with us,

they started digging again.

We made a quick pass

to look for survivors.

You found one?

Only one.

Everything that has a beginning...

...has an end.

I see the end coming.

I see the darkness spreading.

I see death.

Mr. Anderson, welcome back.

We missed you.

It ends tonight.

You are all that stands in his way.

If you cannot stop him tonight, then

I fear that tomorrow may never come.

T101

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