The Matrix - Transcribed so that it is understood.

Neo and the Architect’s famous dialogue

Architect : Hello Neo.

Neo : Who are you?

Architect : I am the architect. I created the Matrix. I have been waiting for you. You have many questions. Although the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will understand and some you will not.

Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also the most irrelevant.

Neo : Why am I here?

Architect : Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation, (Images in the monitors changes. Shows people in different activities) inherent to the programming of the Matrix.

You are the eventuality of an anomaly which despite my sincerest efforts… I have been unable eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision.

While it remains a burden assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected and thus, not beyond a measure of control, which has led you inexorably here.

Neo : You haven’t answered my question.

Architect : Quite right. Interesting. That was quicker than the others.

Neos (in the Monitors) : Others? How many? What others? (Neos in Monitor going crazy)

Architect : The matrix is older than you know. I count from the emergence of one integral anomaly to the emergence of the next. In which case, this is the sixth version.

Neos (going crazier in the monitors) : Five before me? You are lying. Bullshit.

Neo (Our Neo) : There are only two possible explanations. There were 5 before me. Either no one told me or no one knows.

Architect : Precisely.

As you are undoubtedly gathering, the anomaly is systemic… creating fluctuations in even the most simplest equations.

Neos (really mad now) : You can’t control me!! I am gonna smash you to bits!!! You can’t make me do anything. You old, white prick!!!!

Neo (Ours is very calm) : Choice. The problem is choice.

(Trinity is getting into trouble. Our Neo is unaware of this)

Architect : The first matrix, I designed was naturally perfect, a work of art. Flawless, sublime. A triumph equaled only by its monumental failure.

The inevitability of its doom is apparent now… as a consequence of the imperfection inherent in every human. Thus, I redesigned it based on your history… to more accurately reflect the varying grotesqueries of your nature.

However, I was again frustrated by failure. (pause and deep breath)

I have come to understand that the answer eluded me because it required a lesser mind. Or perhaps a mind less bound by the parameters of perfection.

Thus, the answer was stumbled upon by another, an intuitive program… initially created to investigate certain aspects of the human psyche. If I am the father of the Matrix, she would undoubtedly be its mother.

Neo : The Oracle.

Architect : Please. As I was saying, she stumbled upon a solution whereby 99 percent of the subjects accepted the program, as long as they were given a choice even if they were only aware of the choice at a near conscious 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.

Neo : This is about Zion.

Architect : You are here because Zion is about to be destroyed. Its every living inhabitant terminated, its entire existence eradicated.

Neo : Bullshit.

Architect : 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.

(Trinity is in serious trouble)

The function of the One now is to return to the source, allowing the dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program. After which you will be required to select from the Matrix 23 individuals – 16 females, 7 males, 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.

Neo : You won’t let it happen. You can’t. You need human beings to survive.

Architect : 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 5 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 others experience this in a general way, your experience is far more specific. Vis-à-vis Love.

(Trinity is getting thrown out of the window in the monitors)

Neo : Trinity!!!

Architect : Apropos, she entered the Matrix to save your life at the cost of her own.

Neo : No.

Architect : Which brings us at last to the moment of truth, wherein the fundamental flaw is ultimately expressed and the anomaly is revealed as both the beginning and the end.

There are 2 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 so 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 blinding you from the simple and obvious truth.

She is going to die and there is nothing you can do to stop it.

(Neo moves to the left door)

Architect : Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength and your greatest weakness.

Neo : If I were you, I would hope that we don’t meet again.

Architect : We wont.

(Neo leaves thru the left door and saves Trinity. Architect and Neo never meet again.)

Glossary

Anomaly : (noun) irregular, abnormal thing.

Apropos : (adjective) 1. to the point or purpose. 2. (adverb) incidentally.

Architect : (noun) Designer of building and ships.

Assiduous : (adjective) persevering, diligent.

Concordance : (noun) agreement; index of words used by author in book esp. Bible.

Ergo : (adverb) therefore.

Grotesque : 1. (adjective) comically or repulsively distorted; incongruous, absurd. 2 (noun) decoration interweaving human and animal forms with foliage; comically distorted figure or design.

Inexorable : (adjective) relentless.

Intuition : (noun) immediate apprehension by mind without reasoning. Immediate insight.

Irrevocable : (adjective) unalterable; gone beyond recall.

Neo : (in combination) New.

Quintessential : (adjective) purest form or manifestation of some quality etc.; highly refined extract.