I was a huge matrix fan, i have my advanced tickets, and come hell or high water im seein it tomorow... but i read a reiview by roger ebert which raised serious questions in my mind. Why cant the machines just make all the people comatose...they would generate just as much energy....and it would illiminate the problem of neo and the rest of the resistance too...in my mind this is a major plothole...i am hoping there is a logical answer to this question and i know matrix fanatics such as yourselves will be able to answer my question.

thanks

(yes i recognize the possibility that this question may have been already asked several times but seeing as my search yielded no results here we are)

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I think the answer is: it's just a movie, it's not real.

so thats it? major plothole? that sucks! there must be an answer

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i think its because people are a more "efficient" energy source
the way they are now.

i think i know the answer to your question, but i dont want to
spoil the movie for you by answering it.

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Tim, we have talked about this a few times. Tell Ebert to call me.

Many of us think that it may be that they also use our brains, thought processes as an additional value of having us around. Note that computers aren't creative by nature. Maybe they use humans' cumulative creativity to improve themselves?

I don't expect any person that watches movies for a living, like they are on an assembly line to understand the instricasies (sp?) of this series.

Even in M2, the Architect said that he uses Neo to debug the Matrix and make it better. Assuming he's not lying about that, that is exactly one good reason why they don't keep humans comatose.

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I think the people that are plugged into the matrix are comatose, or pretty close to it. Also it might keep them alive longer if they think they are actually living a lie. And the whole thing about rejecting the initial matrix, maybe they could not keep the humans comatose that long without them rejecting it. People who are kept alive today on life support need a lot of energy consumed to keep them alive, maybe not as much energy is needed if the person thinks they are living a life. Regardless, having not tried to harness energy from millions of semi-comatose humans, I can't, and Roger Ebert can't discuss the details of the operation. It takes place in the future, you can't expect the future's technology to be explained today, why does he not ask why the AI does not just unscorch the sky? These questions are meaningless, and don't put a hole in the plotline.

I did not see wildcard's post before I just posted but now i have a question for it. Is not the definition of AI that it is creative. I think this is central in how the AI's became a race. They created themselves. The difference betwwen computers today and of AI is the creativity and thought process, AI does not have to be told to think.

thanks a lot wildcard...but mermel...the life support systems required to keep someone whose comatose alive are precisely what is within the pods from the matrix

one more question...will seeing reloaded answer my question( and thus enhance the whole movie experience) a simple solid yes or no will do

in further reply to wildcard....yes i have heard that the brain itself hold an impressive electric charge..and im sure if active the energy harvested would be far greater