[Nantuko Joe]

Just because the mind knows how to do it doesn't mean the body is fit to be able to execute it. If my legs are chopped off tomorrow, i'll still KNOW HOW to walk, i am just unable to do it because i'm not ABLE to do it. The same is for the matrix. In the Matrix, you use your mind. When Neo uses his martial arts in the matrix, it is independent of his physical strength, stamina, and speed. For example, take the first movie. When Neo said that he lost to Morpheus because Morpheus was stronger and faster, Morpheus said that his being stronger and faster had NOTHING to do with his muscles (aka: PHYSICAL status) while in the Matrix. Therefore, even though Neo knows every martial art in the world while in the Matrix, he would probably be unable to use them in real life, because in real life, he would be dependent on his own physical body, while in the matrix, he is dependent on his mind. Do you really think that Trinity is capable of leaping from one building to another (like she did in the opening of the first movie) in real life? Doing that did NOT break the system rules and controls of the Matrix (unlike the movements of the Agents and Neo), it required her mind to believe that she could do it.


As for the controlling the Sentinals thing....you think MY theory is moronic and stupid? Yours is the dumbest one i've ever heard. First of all, what you said was NOT the reason why Smith is able to copy himself. Smith even said he has no idea why he was able to replicate himself. What he said was HIS theory, but not FACT. Also, there IS NO bond between Neo and Smith. A bond would mean that the two of them were somehow connected, which is not the case. If Smith's theory is true, then yes, some part of Neo's programming rubbed off on Smith's own. However, when Neo resisted Smith's cloning ability, he resisted all of it. Smith's cloning ability would NOT give Neo any more abilities. If this was the case, wouldn't Morpheus get the same type of ability? He was being cloned, yet the process was halted when Neo knocked Smith away. Therefore, wouldn't that give Morpheus control over the machines?

Now, in the first movie we are shown that the Sentinals (as well as all the other enemy machines) are connected by the Matrix. Until he gets the ability to replicate himself, Smith can NOT interact with the real world...his existence is limited to the Matrix. Yet, he specifically tells another agent "Deploy the Sentinals." Therefore, the actions of the enemy machines in the real world can be controled by agents and programs that run INSIDE the matrix. Now, Neo has no real power in the real world...his only ability is to be able to control aspects of the Matrix. Now, because the Sentinals are connected to the Matrix, he has control over them. If he can control the Matrix, he can control ALL aspects of the Matrix, including machines connected to it. He passed out afterwards because apparently these abilities will require more training and development before he can use them to their full potential. I never said Neo controlled them THROUGH the Matrix. He does not need to see the Matrix code to use Matrix-altering abilities. As you know, (it is definately implied, prolly stated in the movie) that Neo is beginning to develop the same powers as the Oracle. In other words, he can sense events in the Matrix while outside, and vice versa. When he is plugged into the Matrix, he can sense what is happening outside the Matrix. He was able to HEAR Trinity yell his name at the end of the first movie, when the Sentinal was coming closer to them, and then when he heard her, he ran to the phone. He also predicted (in a dream sequence, which would be sight and mind) that Trinity would be shot fighting an Agent, and it came true. Therefore, Neo can somewhat interact with the Matrix when he isn't even plugged into it! Now, it seems that throughout Reloaded this ability was given time to grow, and I believe that the simple sight/hearing and dream/prediction interaction grew and developed into the ability to CONTROL aspects of the Matrix, even when he isn't plugged in. Now, because the Sentinals are connected to the Matrix, they are now considered aspects of the Matrix....aspects that are subject to Neo's new control. He passed out because of the amount of force he exerted (stopping and disabling three Sentinals) on his first try, and apparently such massive use of his abilities left him completely drained (like in DBZ when they use all their power in a single attack, they get drained). THAT is the most logical theory concerning Neo's outside-the-Matrix ability. It's an extention of his in-Matrix ability, the ability to control the Matrix and whatever is connected to it.