Even in real life we have certain basic assumptions and we trust most people. In situations where we don't know who to trust - two conflicting versions of a story - we at least know the advesaries.

As storytellers, the Wachowski brothers can't keep asking us to question every single person in the film that way and expect us to still be entertained.

Regards,
Mark

From Kyle West <barrick75--hotmail.com> on 19 May 2003:

> "If anything anyone tells you can be a lie, then why bother doing
> anything
> to help anyone?" --- yeah, but isn't that the way it is in real life
> too?
> How can you trust anyone? I think for anyone who's ever had their trust
>
> betrayed... I think it is a concious choice to either not trust anyone
> again, which I think is along the lines of giving up one's humanity...
> or to
> trust again knowing as well that it may be betrayed again, but also
> knowing
> that it may not.. and if it's not, it's worth the risk.
>
> Okay, that's my deep thought for the day.. way deeper than I should be
> capable of at 6am on a monday morning.
>
>
>
> >From: <ar--marktaw.mailshell.com>
> >Reply-To: AlternateReality-From-barrick75-hotmail.com--alternaterealityarchive.com
> >> >Subject: Re: AR: Matrix, more spoilers
> >Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 21:30:44 -0700
> >
> >I've always had trouble with stories where you couldn't trust people
> you
> >formerly trusted... Sometimes it works as a betrayal, but otherwise the
>
> >story loses it's center... Who do you trust? It becomes arbitrary and
> the
> >main character's point of view loses it's focus.
> >
> >If anything anyone tells you can be a lie, then why bother doing
> anything
> >to help anyone?
> >
> >It's possible she was clueing him in to certain things... by giving him
> a
> >red candy, by leaving just before an Agent attacked. He asked whether
> or
> >not he could trust her and she basically said "you have to make that
> >decision." Is there any point where he does? He just sort of goes along
>
> >with what she told him to do because that was the only lead he had.
> >
> >I think The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman pulled this off much
> better.
> >She had to fulfil her destiny without knowing that she was fulfilling
> her
> >destiny.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Mark
> >
> >From Dan Burget <byock_--hotmail.com> on 18 May 2003:
> >
> > > I don't think she was in hiding, I just think she wanted Neo to
> think
> > > she
> > > was, making it seem she was against the machine.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <ar--marktaw.mailshell.com>
> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 6:17 PM
> > > Subject: Re: AR: Matrix, more spoilers
> > >
> > >
> > > > Kyle,
> > > >
> > > > I was well aware of the possibility that your SO could be your
> > > boyfriend... I did say SO in the essay, and I was vaguely aware that
> I
> > > was
> > > making a distinction you weren't in my previous post.
> > > >
> > > > Reloaded... I always figured it was a reference to the fact that
> it
> > > was
> > > the second in the series... Never gave it much thought beyond that.
> It
> > > certainly makes sense that it could also mean rebooted in terms of
> the
> > > storyline.
> > > >
> > > > I noticed the bowling pin sound. Funny, but funny is out of
> character
> > > for
> > > the Matrix, IMHO. I did notice that the EMP made visual waves in the
> > > first
> > > movie... something that it wouldn't do in real life.
> > > >
> > > > The french guy survived the other Neo's... This is why I need to
> > > re-watch
> > > the movie, picking up on details like this. When it comes out in
> iMax...
> > > mwa
> > > ha ha. Anyway didn't the Architect say that Neo would have to choose
> > > several
> > > people to rebuild the Matrix with? Oh wait a minute... The French
> guy is
> > > a
> > > program. He survived the same way the Architect and the Oracle
> survived.
> > > I
> > > guess he didn't want to give up his position in The Matrix this
> time, or
> > > something along those lines.
> > > >
> > > > I also thought that about the Oracle... She's the one who
> introduced
> > > the
> > > flaw. Is she in hiding? I seem to remember her implying that she
> was.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Mark
> > > >
> > > > From Kyle West <barrick75--hotmail.com> on 18 May 2003:
> > > >
> > > > > lol.. that's great and all.. thanks for giving me credit.. but
> with
> > > all
> > > > > due
> > > > > respect, I never used the word girlfriend..I actually used
> > > "significant

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