quote:
Originally posted by TK-069:
I still can't tell if the Bros. deliberately left the movie so open-ended for a possible comeback. Will the humans and AI try to rebuild earth together? Is Neo really dead? Will he be reborn like Christ? Was Neo really a program in a human body? Is Seti a program or a human raised by programs? Is Seti the next Oracle or Architect? What will happen to the Fields? Were the Merovingian, Persephone, Trainman and Agents restored like Seraph and the Oracle? Where did the Architect go after his chat with Neo? Where was he when Smith took over? Did the Wachowskis and Joel Silver screw us over or what?

I have a feeling this series ain't over yet.
If you really want to delve deeper into the whole Judeo-Christian symbolism, then technically Neo's going to return ONE MORE TIME to destroy the Old Earth, and build a new one in its place.

According to the Book of Revelations, Jesus will call his Saints back to Him via a cosmic event called the Rapture. If the Bible is true, then more than a hundred million people are going to up and vanish from the face of the Earth all at once, causing mass hysteria to break out all over the world. This leads into the Seven Year Tribulation, in which the Anti-Christ and the False Prophet will rise to power. At the end of these 7 years, the Anti-Christ and all the armies of the world will turn against the nation of Israel and surround Jerusalem with an invading army. Just before the first bullet is shot, the first missile is fired, the first nuke is detonated... Jesus Himself will appear in the skies, backed by all of his Saints and Angels, and will obliterate the armies of the Anti-Christ with a single word. He will then set his foot down upon the Mount of Olives, and the Second Reign of Christ will begin. Satan, the Anti-Christ, and the False Prophet will be bound by the Archangel Michael and thrown into the Abyss. Anyone and everyone left alive at this time will continue living for the next 1,000 years, without death or disease, with Jesus as World Leader. At the end of this 1,000 year period, Jesus will release Satan from the Abyss for ONE LAST SHOW-DOWN. All those who lived during this 1,000 year reign and DIDN'T want to side with Jesus will have their last chance to join with the Devil. Of course, there isn't even really a battle. Jesus finally conquers Satan and tosses him, his demons, and all of his followers into the Lake of Fire, forever cut off from the presence of God (this is the true torture of Hell, not demons eating your guts or poking you with pitch-forks). Even if you don't believe in the Bible, which is your choice, it still makes for some compelling drama, doesn't it?

That's the Book of Revelations, in a nutshell. I wonder how much of this the Wach Bro's are going to work into a possible sequel(s). They can't go the Eastern mysticism route with this, because no other religion in the world outside of Christianity requires a savior to save you from yourself. Also, Western concepts of time, influenced by Christian tradition, is linear... there is a beginning, a middle, and an end. Eastern concepts of time are cyclical... everything happens in one giant loop, over and over and over again.

So... IS THERE AN END? Who knows...

Non