That was Vardan Kushnir.
It’s better.
I never liked the perpetual motion machine aspect of the Matrix
Humans->electrical energy->feed dead humans to Humans->electrical energy… repeat
I always wanted the machines to be using the computational power of billions of human minds as their resource. All the jobs people did in the Matrix were actually doing part of the computations or problem-solving the machines wanted to do. That’s why he has a desk job - so the machines can benefit from his mental work.
Alas, the movie was not written that way.
I always thought the disks he was selling were some kind of virtual reality drug, but maybe I’ve just watched Strange Days one too many times. Drug dealers often have regular jobs, because the black market isn’t a steady source of income at such a low level.
Well, combined with a form of fusion. I get the impression the Wachowskis like to indulge their tastes for two-bit philosophy and kung-fu fighting, while nitty-gritty detail bores them.
That was (vaguely) a plot point in the Hyperion novels, which I’d like to see filmed one day in epic mini-series fashion.
Yeah, hopefully they didn’t let the inattention to detail ruin V for Vendetta.
I liked Hyperion, but I haven’t read the other novels. I agree that it would make a fabulous mini-series. Wasn’t the Sci-Fi Channel or someone going to do that?
(Geek Mode On)
I still think that the Matrix would have worked a lot better if everybody was slowly conditioned to cartoon-world physics, generation by generation. As the old cranky “back in the day…” folks died off, the humans would have no basis on which to judge whether it was normal for people to get squashed by falling anvils. 
(Geekier Mode On)
Or, just turn the Matrix into a huge virtual reality MMORPG, a la the .hack series.
Nah, children, with their still-developing brains, are much better at adapting to huge amounts of change in their lives than adults, who are more set in their ways.
I think so. I have a few friends who studied philosophy as children, and thier outlook on life is really quite muddled. They don’t appear to genuininely think about anything, let alone carefully. They just quote chapters and verses.
I always thought philosophy isn’t worth shit until you’re ready for it.
So let’s recap.
Reaction when an adult learns he is the Chosen One that will lead the world to balance: “Whoa”
Reaction when a child learns he is the Chosen One that will lead the world to balance: “Yippee”
It’s a toss up.
It’s been a while since I watched the matrix, and I never saw the sequels… 
but here’s a thought. Maybe the problems with taking an adult out of the matrix aren’t so much existential/philosophical?? Maybe there’s a serious biological or neurological component to it too??
I mean, as perfectly as the matrix is supposed to reflect a fairly calm ‘ordinary’ life, it’s not your real body, and you’re possibly not controlling it with the same kind of synapse connections as you do with a real body. The shock of finding that the body, the entire world, that you’re used to has gona away and you have another one that doesn’t really work the same way… well, I’m not quite sure how to finish the sentence, but does that make any sense?? Children haven’t gotten so used to their worlds, they haven’t finished learning the rules, so it isn’t as traumatic for them to start all over again. The younger the better, possibly.
Philosophy, as such, would only be useful for adults as a tool to make the psychological elements of the transition easier, maybe. Kids wouldn’t, I think, need it.
Interesting point, but I think Morpheus said something like “We don’t usually free a mind at this age.” Makes it sound like a mental thing.