Matrix day 1-31-10

[Vesuveus]

I think the software/ programming/ code Neo held was a "piece" of the Source. Mainly because the Architect's line "Your primary function is to return to the Source allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program."

Maybe a reboot code, maybe an anti-virus. I'm inclined to think reboot. The architect mentioned a cataclysmic system crash, but that didn't happen after Neo chose wrong. It may have happened if Smith were to gain more power.

Only the Brothers know what the terms were for Neo's predecessors. I think we all assume it was the same, but if the above is true about Smith causing the crash, then the system crash may not have been a factor for Neo 1-5. For example, "Failure to comply will result in us being very angry with you and we will write you a letter telling you how angry we are, then ultimately kill you in the Real along with Zion and have to make another "One" without a reboot."

I'm not sure if it was the Wachowskis or other commentators on the films that said as the trilogy went on Neo became more Machine and Smith became more Human.