Originally posted by BP:
Originally posted by dubkatz:
The machine didnt work thru neo....



The machines did work through neo. That was part of the deal to stop the war, which is why he went to the machine world. Smith was getting too strong for anyone to control so made a deal that would allow himself to be used as a conduit for the machines to destroy smith, while sacrificing himself in order to help the machines and save zion. That's why when smith assimilated neo at the end, he said 'it's a trick' and then the machine that neo was 'plugged' into sent the virus or whatever it was through neo in order to infect and destroy all the smiths.


If you go back to what the Oracle said, it makes more sense: she told Neo that Smith was his negative opposite, and that the Architect's job was to keep the equation balanced. Neo and Smith together balanced the equation, so when Smith assimilated Neo, the equation was unbalanced, allowing the Matrix to re-balance itself by destroying Smith.

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