Matrix Agent Guns

[Justin]

Ok I need some answers on the whole duracell thing. All of this advanced technology and they choose humans for an energy source?

In the first movie, when Morpheus is explaining the whole thing to Neo, he points out that humans generate a certain amount of energy through body heat. That is then combined with a form of fusion to give the machines all the energy they need.

Did anyone notice that the plugs in Neo's arms and back that were removed in the Matrix has somehow found their way back in Reload, or did I miss something? I hope I missed something, I would hate to think the director would not over look something like that.

The plugs are visible in the real world (that'd be the world of Zion and the Sentinels). They are not visible when you are jacked into the matrix because of residual self-image. It also explains why everyone has a rockin' hairdo inside the matrix, but something much simpler in the real world. So, real world: plugs, ratty clothes, and bad haircuts. Jacked into the matrix: no plugs, black leather dusters, shades, and cool haircuts.

Most good sci-fi is based on the idea of one 'gimme.' In other words, the writers get one far-out concept on which to build an entire fictional world. That gimme for The Matrix is that humanity has been enslaved to be used as a source of energy.

 

[AnchorYanker23]

no, They were removed in the first movie

I distincly remember the plugs being removed in the real world in the first movie, Justin. I remember the scene, because Neo was lying on his stomach as Trinity was cutting them out of him. I guess it was just a goof.

 

[TheMariner]

Ok, number one... just about every scene of shooting, the agents reload their weapons...

Numebr two, a handgun is more practical and easier to explain away to the plugged in masses than gunships and what not. besides, up until now, what would have been the point? No human could get away...

 

[Kharn]

I think one explanation for the plugs was that they were just closing the holes up, and not removing them, so he didnt leak like a sieve. I doubt the machines would invest in slide-checks/one-way-valves when they didnt have to, and why would the humans remove the plugs, that would be a complicated procedure depending on what they're linked to.

[Simpsons Comic Book Store Guy voice]Scene 11 on the Matrix DVD, at 36:30 in, a wrench/tool and a hemostat (is that the right name?) are showed adjusting one of the plugs on Neo's back (with bloody gauze covering other ports further up his spine), a few seconds later, his arms are shown with the plugs present and then again when Neo wakes up in his room and he removes the IV from his left arm. [/Simpsons Comic Book Store Guy voice]

Kharn