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  Posted on November 5, 2003                                                                               by Binu V

The Revolutions begin today. But before you check out the final episode in the trilogy. Make sure you understand the dialogue between the Architect and Neo in Matrix Reloaded. The proceeding is a transcript of their conversation with an Ebonics translation. ( Ebonics translations are in parenthesis. )

The Architect - Hello, Neo.

( yo yo yo look who stepped up to the big time! wuz good son? )

Neo - Who are you?

( who the heck is u?  ima bout to bust five shots up in here word is bawn ) 

The Architect - I am the Architect. I created the matrix. I've been waiting for you. You have many questions, and although the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will understand, and some of them 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.  

( Yo, mah bad let me introduce myself.. Check it. I’m the architect. I created ALL this, playa and Ive been waiting for you.. I know you got mad questions for me, so lets get it crakulatin. HOLLA)

Neo - Why am I here?

( Aight, hold up pops wuz good with all the tvs? ) 
 
The Architect - Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to 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, u aint one em ordinary peeps, U a different kind a peep , your life is like a crazy mix of five diffent peeps all at one time. In other words, you wack holmes-- Ive been tryin to bust a cap in you wit my nines, mah 45’s tre pounds and mach 10’s , but u be holdin it down,like road runner kid so I said whatever, Aint nothing but a g thang )

Neo - You haven't answered my question. 

( What u talking bout Willis? ) 

The Architect - Quite right. Interesting. That was quicker than the others. 

( Word Up )

The Architect - The matrix is older than you know. I prefer counting from the emergence of one integral anomaly to the emergence of the next, in which case this is the sixth version.

( Yo, this joint is older ur momma )

Neo - There are only two possible explanations: either no one told me, or no one knows.

( There are 2 explanations –but u KNO 5-0 did it) 

The Architect - Precisely. As you are undoubtedly gathering, the anomaly's systemic, creating fluctuations in even the most simplistic equations.

( fo-shiggety, thas wha Im talking bout )

Neo - Choice. The problem is choice.

( Choice , thas wassap huh )

The Architect - The first matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect, it was a work of art, flawless, sublime. A triumph equaled only by its monumental failure. The inevitability of its doom is as apparent to me now as a consequence of the imperfection inherent in every human being, 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. I have since 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.

[ too long: No ebonics translation found ]

Neo - The Oracle.

( da Oracle? )

The Architect - Please. As I was saying, she stumbled upon a solution whereby nearly 99.9% of all test subjects accepted the program, as long as they were given a choice, even if they were only aware of the choice at a near unconscious level. While this answer functioned, it was obviously fundamentally flawed, thus creating the otherwise contradictory systemic anomaly, that if left unchecked might threaten the system itself. Ergo, those that refused the program, while a minority, if unchecked, would constitute an escalating probability of disaster.

( My baby momma came up wit this fly answer to da problem I was havin. She’s like, If we make dem humans think they got a choice, even if they be unconscious and whatnot,  it’ll be all good. But I was like, yo that aint gonna work, If we let them humans alone on the regular then there’s gonna be beef and I aint havin that)

Neo - This is about Zion. 

( This about my crib, Zion, Aint it? )

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

( You here, cuz  Zion’s about to get waxed )

Neo – Bull**** 

( same )

The 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.

( how much u payed fo that watch playa? )

The Architect - The function of the One is now to return to the source, allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program. After which you will be required to select from the matrix 23 individuals, 16 female, 7 male, 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 ultimately result in the extinction of the entire human race.

( Neo,  go back to the source,  get uself some shorties and homies and recreate like its 1999 )

Neo - You won't let it happen, you can't. You need human beings to survive.

( Chill,  stop playin, you know you need us humans to survive. )

The Architect - There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept. However, the relevant issue is whether or not you are ready to accept the responsibility for the death of every human being in this world.

( I said how much u paid for that watch playa? )

The Architect - It is interesting reading your reactions. Your five 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 the others experienced this in a very general way, your experience is far more specific. Vis-a-vis, love.

(  Is interesting to watch your reactions , All dem peeps that came b4 you was actin the same but wuz different about u is ur feelins for shorty )

Neo - Trinity.

( Trinity? )

The Architect - Apropos, she entered the matrix to save your life at the cost of her own.

( Shorty entered the matrix, cuz she got mad heart for u, Shes tryin to protect ya neck)

Neo - No! 

( Noooooo )

The Architect - Which brings us at last to the moment of truth, wherein the fundamental flaw is ultimately expressed, and the anomaly revealed as both beginning, and end. There are two doors. The door to your right leads to the source, and the salvation of Zion. The door to the left leads back to the matrix, to her, and to the end of your species. As you adequately put, the problem is choice. But we already know what you're going to do, don't we? Already I can see the chain reaction, the chemical precursors that signal the onset of emotion, designed specifically to overwhelm logic, and reason. An emotion that is already blinding you from the simple, and obvious truth: she is going to die, and there is nothing that you can do to stop it.

( Aight heres the deal. There are 2 doors. Pick the door on the right and youll be straight , Pick the door on yo left and its ‘one love’ to all . But I know what u gonna do already, so make wit the quickness and step. You know she gonna die. Aint nothing u can do about it)

The Architect - Humph. Hope, it is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness.

( Hope, it’s the one thing that got u trippin playa, but is also where u get ur strenf from. )

Neo - If I were you, I would hope that we don't meet again.

( Yo playa  you better hope we dont meet again )

The Architect - We won't. 

( No doubt )