Neo & Trinity

I think the biggest question of what happens following the conclusion of The Matrix Revolution is whether or not the peace agreement that was reached between the humans and the machines really lasted. I hate to be a pessimist but I have a lot of doubt as to whether or not they were able to really keep the peace. Eventually the competition for natural resources to feed the competing human and machine civilizations would draw both sides back into war.

You have to think about the scarcity of resources that exists in this new, post-Neo world. There are several huge problems that play off that initial issue. First, the machines still control the world. Second, there is pollution everywhere. Furthermore, regardless of whether or not humans want to be freed from the Matrix, the machines are the overlords of the real, physical earth which means they control the already scarce natural resources. Next, humans have to find a place to live on this “new” world. Sure, the humans had Zion, but it was severally damaged in the battle between the machines and the humans. The humans will have to branch out and build new cities. The building of new cities requires the use of natural resources, thus leading to further strife. Where all these newly emancipated Matrix residents will now live and how they will survive is a real consideration. Just as the rush for control of resources is the cause of conflict in the real world, it is hard to believe that it wouldn’t be in the world that came into existence after the Matrix Revolutions.